US unemployment checks are being held up by a coding language almost nobody knows ~tech Article 1760 words, published Apr 14 2020 21 votes
Answers to questions about Apple and Google’s new coronavirus tracking project ~health Article 2353 words 8 votes
The ancient computers in the Boeing 737 Max are holding up a fix ~transport Article 1706 words 10 votes
Jeff Bezos’ space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic ~space spaceflight.suborbital spaceflight.commercial Article 2028 words 7 votes
Apple now lets some video streaming apps bypass the App Store cut ~tech amazon apple.app store Article 704 words 6 votes
Airbnb asks its US hosts to provide 100,000 free rentals to first responders ~health healthcare Article 6 votes
Tesla told to shut down California factory to help fight the coronavirus ~tech Article 592 words 10 votes
Joe Biden’s first virtual town hall was an absolute technical nightmare ~tech Article 558 words 12 votes
Google now giving away three months of Stadia access to new Chromecast buyers ~games Article 278 words 9 votes
NASA still doesn’t know if it wants Boeing to perform another test flight of its passenger spacecraft ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 911 words 7 votes
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night released for iOS and Android for US $3 ~games Article 232 words 12 votes
The high-tech iBackpack received almost $800,000 from crowdfunding, but backers never received their bags. Now the creator is being sued by the FTC and state of Texas. ~tech Article 5523 words 13 votes
Students say the Lambda School coding bootcamp isn't delivering on its promises, with concerns about poor instruction and prospects while being bound by income-sharing agreements ~tech Article 3866 words 16 votes
Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest phone show, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns ~tech Article 297 words 9 votes
Tesla remotely disables Autopilot on used Model S after it was sold ~transport Article 571 words 30 votes
The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform ~tech Article 1012 words 10 votes
Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service leaves beta - Uses many existing game purchases, supports ray-tracing, and has a time-limited free trial ~games Article 1022 words 12 votes
YouTube moderators are being required to sign a statement acknowledging the job could give them PTSD ~tech google social media Article 1550 words 26 votes
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things have to go right’ ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 1793 words 10 votes
Leica’s new Monochrom camera has a purpose-built black-and-white sensor ~tech Article 499 words 10 votes
AirPods Pro owners complain of worse noise cancellation after firmware updates—some people are convinced Apple’s latest earbuds worked better at launch ~tech Article 629 words 7 votes
Emotional baggage—Away’s founders sold a vision of travel and inclusion, but former employees say it masked a toxic work environment ~tech Article 4625 words 12 votes
Alienware’s Concept UFO prototype imagines a gaming PC that’s shaped like a Nintendo Switch ~games Article 641 words 12 votes
Twitter will put options to limit replies directly on the compose screen ~tech social media Article 974 words 5 votes
Katamari creator Keita Takahashi on why his games are both silly and serious ~games Article 836 words 6 votes
Facebook is working on its own OS that could reduce its reliance on Android ~tech facebook android Article 383 words 7 votes
The terror queue - Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that's giving them PTSD ~tech social media google Article 6184 words 13 votes
Showdown in Wisconn Valley: Why won’t Foxconn tell Wisconsin what it’s building? ~tech Article 3342 words 13 votes
Apple will reportedly release an iPhone without any ports in 2021 ~tech apple Article 399 words 22 votes
The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers: One PlayStation can play a game, but 100 PlayStations can peer into the secrets of the universe ~tech Article 1423 words, published Dec 3 2019 10 votes
Riot Games announces Riot Forge, a publishing label that will work with smaller studios to create games using League of Legends IP ~games Article 527 words 7 votes
Pour one out for the Steam Controller, now on closeout sale for just $5 plus shipping ~games Article 747 words 27 votes
Netflix CEO defends decision to pull Patriot Act episode in Saudi Arabia, says company isn’t in ‘truth to power business’ ~tech Article 516 words 17 votes
The self-hammering probe on NASA’s Mars lander can’t seem to actually dig into the ground ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 577 words 10 votes
Mark Zuckerberg is struggling to explain why Breitbart belongs on Facebook News ~tech facebook social media Article 686 words 27 votes
House overwhelmingly approves contentious new copyright bill ~news law usa politics.usa Article 654 words 19 votes
Google Pixel 4 and 4XL review: More than the sum of its sensors ~tech google android Article 4293 words 5 votes
HBO Max acquires exclusive streaming rights to entire 21-film Studio Ghibli library, will be available starting in spring 2020 ~anime Article 490 words 8 votes
Facebook’s Libra association crumbling as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and others exit ~finance cryptocurrency Article 315 words 11 votes