Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing
Clive Thompson: I hate doing Google's CAPTCHAs. Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects -- traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses -- just so I can finish a web search. I also don't like being forced to donate free l.....»»
More OnePlus 9RT and OnePlus Buds Z2 details appear before launch day
More specs and pictures leak out online, and OnePlus confirms a few details, while we wait for October 13......»»
Rover’s pictures show long history of rivers flowing into Martian crater
Jezero Crater's river delta left behind a distinct geometry we can see in photos. Enlarge / The rocks of Kodiak Butte record a lot of the history of Jezero Crater. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) Normally, it takes some ti.....»»
Twitch Defaced With Pictures of Jeff Bezos
Hackers have managed to deface Twitch for a few hours this morning, replacing a number of background game images with photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. From a report: Users reported seeing images of Bezos in the listings for GTA V, Dota 2, Smite, Mine.....»»
The First Trailer For Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Releases Tomorrow
Tomorrow will see our first look at the Resident Evil film with a trailer announced as coming by Sony Pictures, ahead of the film's release in November. The post The First Trailer For Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Releases Tomorrow appeared.....»»
Facebook warned over ‘very small’ indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns
Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe has raised concerns about a pair of ‘smart’ Ray-Ban sunglasses the tech giant is now selling. The glasses include a face-mounted camera which can be used to take pictures and short videos.....»»
Five crucial steps to reverse our trajectory towards an uninhabitable Earth
The headlines speak for themselves. The pictures paint a thousand words. Our planet is in flames. Lives and livelihoods are being destroyed. Our cities are under water. The biodiversity and ecosystems that are central to human survival are being inci.....»»
Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing
Clive Thompson: I hate doing Google's CAPTCHAs. Part of it is the sheer hassle of repeatedly identifying objects -- traffic lights, staircases, palm trees and buses -- just so I can finish a web search. I also don't like being forced to donate free l.....»»
Amazon"s ad-supported IMDb TV streaming service finally gets Android and iOS mobile apps
The service, if you recall, launched in early 2019 under the name IMDb Freedive. In June of the same year, IMDb rebranded the service as IMDb TV and tripled the amount of viewable content thanks to new licensing deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment.....»»
Here are the first official Pixel 6 pictures and info
Google's "Whitechapel" SoC is officially "Google Tensor," plus we've got pictures! The Pixel 6. Notice how the bottom one has a bigger area above the camera block? That's the "Pro" model......»»
Check out the new look for Paint and Photos in Windows 11
The pictures quietly appeared on the Unsplash Windows page (via Windows Latest), revealing the updated looks for Paint and Photos. Both match Windows 11's implementation of the Fluent Design language, which gives them a much more modern appearance......»»
Twitter accidentally gave its blue tick verification badge to six fake accounts
Data scientist Conspirador Norteño (via the Daily Dot) discovered the accounts had been created on July 16. Not one of them had made a single tweet, and they shared nearly all the same followers. Additionally, two of the accounts’ profile pictures.....»»
Why Media Mogul Barry Diller Thinks the Movie Business Is Dead
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Barry Diller made his name in the film industry as the chairman and CEO of two Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and what was then 20th Century Fox. Now, he is declaring the industry dead. "The movie.....»»
Igniting plasmas in liquids
Physicists of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have taken spectacular pictures that allow the ignition process of plasma under water to be viewed and tracked in real time. Dr. Katharina Grosse has provided the first data sets with ultra-high temporal r.....»»
Still-Troubled Hubble Space Telescope Once Snapped a Red, White, and Blue Image
For three weeks the "payload computer" has been down on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and "Without it, the instruments on board meant to snap pictures and collect data are not currently working," NPR recently reported. But as this weekend approached.....»»
Duolingo filed to go public
Duolingo, a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. The 400-person company, which we explored in great detail in our EC-1, was co-founded by Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and.....»»
Duolingo just filed to go public
Duolingo, a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. The 400-person company, which we explored in great detail in our EC-1, was co-founded by Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and.....»»
Mass Effect was too big for the "big screen," but director says it"s just right for TV
In 2010, Legendary Pictures announced it had acquired the license to make a Mass Effect film adaptation. The studio tapped "I Am Legend" screenwriter Mark Protosevich to write the screenplay and Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad to produce. However, aside.....»»
The top 5 alternatives to CAPTCHA
Great and easy-to-use alternatives to CAPTCHA Bots out there looking to do some malicious things are always a present danger on the internet. The damage or inconvenience they have cost people is enough to warrant websites looking for ways to block th.....»»
Apple Repair Tech Posted Woman"s Explicit iPhone Photos to Facebook
"Apple paid a multimillion dollar settlement to a woman after iPhone repair techs posted risque pictures from her phone to Facebook," reports the Washington Post, citing legal documents obtained by the Telegraph. An unnamed Oregon college student ".....»»
Graphics cards could become even more expensive following GDDR6 price rise
The depressing news comes from TrendForce, which notes that graphics DRAM prices are expected to rise by 8% to 13% throughout the year. That will almost certainly push up the retail prices of graphics cards already selling way above their MSRP......»»