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Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images On the list of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s most-pressing problems right now, porn is nowhere near the top. But that doesn’t mean the agency, which operates New York City’s subway and bus systems as well as its commuter rail systems, isn’t irked that obscene language keeps showing up in its search results on Google.
The problem was first noticed by the Queens Daily Eagle newspaper, which published its findings in

Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General has opened an investigation into its own agency’s role in the Trump administration’s replacement of an Obama-era rule that curbed greenhouse gas emissions in cars. The Inspector General’s office will examine whether there were any “irregularities” during the process of crafting the new rule — dubbed the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles rule, or SAFE &mdash

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Qualcomm has introduced Quick Charge 5, the company’s latest fast-charging standard, and it’s bringing some big promises: more than 100W charging speeds on a smartphone, with the ability to charge a device from 0 to 50 percent in five minutes or fully charge a phone in 15 minutes.It’s been a few years since Qualcomm introduced its last major quick-charging standard, Quick Charge 4 (which also had an enhanced version, Quick Charge 4+), but the new version represents the biggest

A massive cyberattack has left a popular wearable and GPS technology company reeling for days now.
Garmin confirmed on Monday that it was still working on getting all of its systems back online after it was hit with a cyberattack last week. The company manufactures fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other GPS and wearable devices.We’d like to thank all of our customers for your patience and understanding. For more information, please visit https://t.co/U3vwBre4U2.
— Garmin (@Garmin)

Once a month at the very least, I get nostalgic for the 2011 dramedy, Hart of Dixie. The show is set in the small fictional town of Bluebell, Alabama, it has a stacked cast led by Rachel Bilson, and it crucially features one of the greatest wardrobes I've ever seen on television.
Though I only rewatch Hart of Dixie once every few years, thanks to my favorite fashion blog, WornOnTV.net, Zoe Hart's stylish shorts and Lemon Breeland's elaborate dresses are available for me to gaze at in admiration

Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will skip the United States for its initial release because of ongoing safety concerns surrounding the pandemic. It will instead roll out to several international territories weeks before the US gets it.Warner Bros. is gearing up to release Tenet in 70 international territories, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom on August 26th, according to a press release. Tenet will then

It didn’t take long for the long-awaited successor to Suikoden to get funded on Kickstarter. Today, just a few hours after the crowdfunding campaign launched, Eiyuden Chronicle managed to surpass its funding goal of $500,000. The game is being helmed by a new studio called Rabbit & Bear, founded by some of the key creative minds behind the classic PlayStation-era roleplaying series, including Yoshitaka Murayama, director and writer on the first two Suikoden games.
The studio describes

The coronavirus isn't going anywhere. 
That appears to be the thinking of Google, as CEO Sundar Pichai told employees Monday morning that many of them would be working from home until July 2021 at the earliest. That's right, the Big Data company thinks we're all in this for the long haul — at least in the U.S., anyway. 
So reports the Wall Street Journal, which quotes Pichai as framing the announcement as a way to grant his employees a modicum of certainty in otherwise uncertain

Photo by Josh Brasted / FilmMagic Lollapalooza will happen this year — on YouTube. The set will stream from July 30th to August 2nd, beginning at 6PM ET. It is free.
More than 150 performances will be available during the four-day broadcast, in a combination of past Lollapalooza sets and new live originals, according to the festival’s website. New “original live performances” will include artists such as H.E.R., Kaskade, Louis the Child, The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, and

Last month, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation suspending guest worker visas, like the H-1B, which is widely used by tech companies to attract talent from other countries without needing to go through the traditional immigration process. Competition for the visas is high since the US only issues 85,000 per year and means a foreign worker’s employment status affects their immigration status. Tech companies in Silicon Valley have protested the administration’s policies; Twitt

The coronavirus has reached an isolated part of an already remote national park in Alaska.
On Sunday evening, Katmai National Park and Preserve — home to the livestreamed bear cams  — announced "multiple cases" of COVID-19 at Brooks Camp, the place where visitors come each summer and fall to see the park's famous brown bears and migrating salmon. The infections, which forced a temporary shutdown of the camp (but not the live cams), underscore how easy it is for this new coronavi

Garmin’s smartwatches are syncing again. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Garmin on Monday confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack on July 23rd that led to a significant outage for the company’s popular fitness tracking services. After downtime that lasted several days, Garmin Connect cloud syncing capabilities and other features began returning on Monday.“We have no indication that any customer data, including payment information from Garmin Pay, was accessed, l

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
After the morning show went out, the Equity crew could not shut up about the Qualtrics-SAP deal, so we had no choice but to jump back into recording mode for an off-the-cuff Equity Shot. As always, Shots are short-form Equity episodes that focus on a single, news topic.Why is SAP spinning Qualtrics out via an IPO?Building off of Danny’s SAP knowledge,

TL;DR: Enjoy cooler sleep with a Sleepletics Celliant Performance 4-Pc sheet set for $99.99, a 33% savings as of July 27. Good sleep can be hard to come by nowadays. We don't need to get into the many reasons why. But instead of relying on sleep supplements or white noise machines, why not try simply giving your bed an upgrade? These highly-rated Sleepletics Celliant Performance Sheets are a great starting point.
Here's why: these advanced sheets go far beyond the last basic set you bought

TL;DR: Amazon has several AeroGardens on sale for as much as 35% off as of July 27. Unless you're willing to chance it on a few carrot or kale seeds, we're well past gardening season in most regions of the U.S. Anything planted at this point is at risk of succumbing to cold weather when the first frost rolls around, no matter how much fertilizer and TLC you shower upon it.
Mind you, this isn't to say you should scrap your dreams of homegrown salsa and salad completely — you can still

These are truly strange times and, oh man, was that fact really on display during MLB's opening slate of games over the weekend.
In what now seems like an ill-considered move — considering the Miami Marlins have had a massive coronavirus outbreak — Major League Baseball played a whole host of games without fans over the past few days but also without an attempt of an isolation "bubble" like the NBA has done. 
The resulting baseball games were a bit strange. Huge stadiums, zero f

TL;DR: As of July 27, you can improve your internet connection with a WiFi router from Best Buy for as low as $53.99. If you're lucky enough to be working from home, you know it can have perks. There's no commute and, let's face it, you save a ton of money making your own lunch instead of leaving the office and spending $15 on a sandwich (if you're from a big city, you understand this struggle). 
However, there are still some downfalls. Home distractions and work/life balance issues as

Last year, Analogue announced the Pocket, a sleek and modern handheld designed to play all your old Game Boy cartridges. It was originally slated to launch this year, but due to the current state of the world, it’s now expected to debut in May 2021. Analogue cites “the unfortunate global state of affairs and supply chain challenges outside of our control” as the reason for the delay. But there’s good news. Analogue is starting pre-orders for the handheld very soon; they&r

Smart speakers are error prone, leak personally identifiable information, and line the pockets of bad actors like Facebook and Amazon. That said, if the worst person in your life still insists on owning one, the least you can do is buy them an Alexa-jamming device. 
Say hello to Alexagate, a new ultrasonic speaker that fits neatly on top of most Alexa-enabled smart speakers. The idea is simple enough: while turned on and placed on top of your device, Alexagate uses "pulsed ultrasound to jam

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Shopping for a new set of wireless headphones can be a difficult and expensive journey. That’s not the case for today, as Amazon is selling the Beats Solo Pro for $70 off their usual price. Normally $300, they’re $230 in a wide range of colors, covering people who want a vibrant look or a muted one. These are Beats’ latest on-ear model, and they are packed with features, like active noise cancellation to silence distractions, a transparency mod

TL;DR: As of July 27, purchase two months of Amazon Music and get an Echo Dot for $0.99 or an Echo Dot with clock for $9.99, saving you $49 or $50 respectively.Spotify and Apple Music might dominate the music streaming industry, but Amazon Music is a solid competitor, especially if you regularly use Amazon smart home devices. And if you don't already use Amazon smart devices, now's a good time to start.
As of July 27, when you buy two months of Amazon Music you'll get either an Echo Dot for $0.9

WiFi isn’t just a convenience of modern life. It can literally change lives.
From emailing medical records to dialing 911, most of us have the ability to transmit essential data right at our fingertips — and one of the biggest lessons learned from past crises is that first responders rely on a dependable communications system. When communications infrastructure fails or does not exist, the results can be devastating.
A new kind of network for our first responders
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can follow the show on Twitter here, and myself here, and don’t forget to check out last Friday’s episode.
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans to keep 200,000 full-time and contract employees working remotely until at least July 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. Other tech firms have announced long-term plans to keep employees working from home due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, but Google would be the first to extend remote working into the middle of next year.According to the WSJ, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, made the call last we

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans to keep 200,000 full-time and contract employees working remotely until at least July 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. Other tech firms have announced long-term plans to keep employees working from home due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, but Google would be the first to extend remote working into the middle of next year.According to the WSJ, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, made the call last we

Image: Netflix The fantasy realm of The Witcher is about to get even bigger. Today, Netflix announced a six-part live-action spinoff of its massively popular series, one that delves into a very different time period.
Called The Witcher: Blood Origin, the series will take place “1200 years before Geralt of Rivia” and explore a period when “the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged into one, and the first Witcher came to be.” It’s being helmed by Lauren Schmidt H

The Refine Edge Brush on an iPad. | Image: Adobe. Photoshop is getting a couple of important new features on the iPad today: the refine edge brush and the rotate canvas tool.
The refine edge brush is a big one for photographers, since it’s pretty much the only way to select the edges of fur or hair with any accuracy. The tool lets you brush around the edges you want to refine the selection of, and then toy with some controls to hone in on exactly what you want to select. The interface has

Samsung’s next big hardware event, Galaxy Unpacked, is confirmed for August 5th, and a new trailer from the phone maker suggests we can expect to see five hardware devices unveiled on the day.The silhouettes of all five are shown at the beginning and end of the trailer below. And judging by the shapes and the leaks we’ve seen so far, this is what we’re expecting to see: the new Galaxy Note 20 (regular and Ultra versions); the foldable Galaxy Fold 2; the Galaxy Watch 3; the bean

Samsung’s upcoming smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch 3, appears to have just leaked again, this time in an extensive hands-on video from YouTuber TechTalkTV, which we spotted via SamMobile. We already know a lot about the unannounced wearable thanks to a series of leaks over the past few months, but the video gives us our best look yet at the 41mm version of the watch.
In line with previous rumors, including a series of photos TechTalkTV posted themselves last month, the Galaxy Watch 3 is shown

Look, everyone's not quite fine right now, and you can tell by the tone everyone responds to that dreaded question: "How are you?" That includes Desus and Mero, and Andy Samberg, who was interviewed by the Showtime stars on Sunday about his new film Palm Springs.
"You know we're lying because our voices, they pitch up a little bit when you bullshit, like, 'Ahh nah, we're goodYeah, world's going fine. Everything's fine,' said The Kid Mero in the chat's kickoff.
Samberg talked to Desus and Mero ab

Berlin -based cargo.one, which runs a marketplace for booking air freight, has closed an $18.6 million Series A round of funding led by Index Ventures.
Next47 and prior backers Creandum, LufthansaCargo and Point Nine Capital also participated in the round, along with a number of angel investors — including Tom Stafford of DST Global and Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (COO of GoCardless and former chief product officer of Skyscanner).
The August 2017-founded startup says it’s seen bookings r

TL;DR: The Shark corded stick vacuum cleaner is on sale for £149.99 on Amazon, saving you 40% on list price.There are some tricky spots in the house that happily collect dust and grime, and somehow manage to avoid all cleaning attempts. Shark is doing everything it can to tackle this frustrating situation, and its corded stick vacuum cleaner might hold the answer. 
It uses a flexible wand that bends to clean hard-to-reach places and folds for compact storage, meaning that dirt ha

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 (pictured) will reportedly come with an 11-inch LCD display. | Image: WinFuture Specs for Samsung’s unannounced Tab S7 and Tab S7 Plus have leaked online, giving us an almost complete impression of what to expect from the company’s upcoming tablets.WinFuture reports that the big difference between the Tab S7 and the Tab S7 Plus are the screens. The S7 Plus will reportedly have a 12.4-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2800 x 1752 and an in-display finge

Who’s calling? | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge One of the stranger applications of deepfakes — AI technology used to manipulate audiovisual content — is the audio deepfake scam. Hackers use machine learning to clone someone’s voice and then combine that voice clone with social engineering techniques to convince people to move money where it shouldn’t be. Such scams have been successful in the past, but how good are the voice clones being used in these attacks? W

Garmin’s smartwatches are syncing again. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Garmin services appear to be struggling back to life after having been down since late Wednesday from an apparent ransomware attack. Garmin Connect, the service that lets runners, swimmers, and athletes of all sorts obsessively track their performance measured by Garmin wearables, is now syncing data again, The Verge can confirm. Dozens of relieved Garmin owners on Twitter are also reporting the first signs of li