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David Mayman has a vision for personal aviation that he’s spent the past dozen years and millions of his personal fortune chasing. He hasn’t accepted the convention that jetpacks were just a misguided fantasy for the future; his company, Jetpack Aviation, has been building them and he’s been zooming around in publicity-grabbing stunts in a …
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelThe City of Los Angeles is fighting for access to data from an unlikely source: scooters. City officials want to use location data from Uber-owned Jump's dockless scooters to inform public transit policies. But the company says that could lead to "an… Source: Engadget | Los Angeles is fighting for e-scooter data
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelFacebook announced today a new plan of action for combatting misinformation surrounding vaccinations. The social networking giant will start by reducing the ranking of groups and Pages that spread false information about vaccines so they appear less… Source: Engadget | Facebook will make anti-vaccine content less visible
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelAirbnb is buying last-minute hotel booking service HotelTonight, in another move on the traditional hotel industry. The HotelTonight booking app and website, which offers day-of hotel reservations at discounted rates, will still operate independently… Source: Engadget | Airbnb is buying last-minute hotel app HotelTonight
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March 7, 2019 | by RaheelThe next phase of social media is about hanging out together while apart. Rather than performing on a live stream or engaging with a video chat, Instagram may allow you to chill and watch videos together with a friend. Facebook already has Watch Party for group co-viewing, and in November we broke the news that …
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelMany things are better said than read, but the best voice tech out there seems to be reserved for virtual assistants, not screen readers or automatically generated audiobooks. WellSaid wants to enable any creator to use quality synthetic speech instead of a human voice — perhaps even a synthetic version of themselves. There’s been a …
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelWhen E3 kicks off later this year, Electronic Arts will be seen but not heard. The company announced today that it will be forgoing its standard press conference at the event. Instead, EA will be focused on EA Play, its annual showcase that will kick… Source: Engadget | EA is the latest to nix its …
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelLeica made a few waves with its original Q camera in 2015, and not without merit: the Q was a compact full-frame camera that took advantage of the company's reputation for high-quality lenses. You'll be glad to hear, then, that Leica is back with a… Source: Engadget | Leica's compact, full-frame Q2 captures 47MP photos …
March 7, 2019 | by RaheelIn November, researchers discovered a Facebook bug that allowed websites to extract data from users' profiles thanks to a security flaw relating to cross-site frame leakage (CSFL). Today, the same team has revealed a now-patched vulnerability that wo… Source: Engadget | Facebook Messenger bug let other people see who you'd been talking to
March 7, 2019 | by Raheel