• Watch Facebook's F8 day-two keynote at 1PM ET

    The first day of Facebook's F8 developers conference was quite eventful, what with a slew of news ranging from app updates to a new dating feature the company has in the works. As expected, we also heard about security and data privacy, two issues th… Source: Engadget | Watch Facebook's F8 day-two keynote at 1PM …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million

    The massage-on-demand service Soothe seems to be rubbing investors the right way with the close of a new $31 million round of funding. The Series C round from late-stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company, caps a busy first quarter for the massage service. It also relocated from Los Angeles to Las Vegas; …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • The hottest April temperature ever recorded may have been set this week

    It’s happened again. After setting a national record for the hottest temperature during the month of March, the temperature in Nawabshah, in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, hit 50.2 degrees Celsius, or 122.4 degrees Fahrenheit, on April 30.  If the temperature reading was accurate, then the new record narrowly beat the old national monthly record …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Google will start investing in early-stage startups that use the Assistant

    Google is betting big on the Assistant ecosystem and it’s now putting its money where its mouth is. The company announced today it’s launching a new program that will provide investment capital and other resources to early-stage startups that build applications in the Google Assistant ecosystem. Typically, companies announce these kinds of programs to kickstart …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Google is investing in startups to make Assistant better

    As popular as Google is right now, the company wouldn't be where it is today without the embrace of the developer community. A good example of that is Google Assistant, which would be pretty lackluster if it only worked with Google services. That's w… Source: Engadget | Google is investing in startups to make Assistant …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • 'Blade Runner: Revelations' sends you on a neo-noir VR adventure this week

    Read more… {“player”:{“description”:”‘Blade Runner: Revelations’ is a new Daydream-exclusive virtual reality game with a story that bridges the events of ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049.’”,”image”:”https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/5zXAWveG9Ikg057j6aoryyOXegg=/https%3A%2F%2Fvdist.aws.mashable.com%2Fcms%2F2018%2F5%2Fc6f3aad0-3472-758b%2Fthumb%2F00001.jpg”,”mediaid”:”xL0XmbVbnK”,”preload”:false,”title”:”blade runner exclusive”,”sources”:[{“file”:”https://vdist.aws.mashable.com/cms/2018/5/c6f3aad0-3472-758b/hls.m3u8″},{“file”:”https://vdist.aws.mashable.com/cms/2018/5/c6f3aad0-3472-758b/dash.mpd”},{“file”:”https://vdist.aws.mashable.com/cms/2018/5/c6f3aad0-3472-758b/mp4/1080.mp4″},{“file”:”https://vdist.aws.mashable.com/cms/2018/5/c6f3aad0-3472-758b/mp4/720.mp4″},{“file”:”https://vdist.aws.mashable.com/cms/2018/5/c6f3aad0-3472-758b/mp4/480.mp4″}]},”options”:{“disableAds”:false,”disableSharing”:false,”nextupAction”:”autoplay”,”embedUrl”:”https://mashable.com/videos/blueprint:xL0XmbVbnK/embed/?player=offsite”,”standaloneUrl”:null,”post”:{“url”:”https://mashable.com/2018/05/02/blade-runner-revelations-details-release-date/”,”date”:”2018-05-02T16:00:00.000Z”,”bp_id”:73655,”wp_id”:null}},”advertising”:{“params”:{“keywords”:”entertainment,gaming,virtual reality,blade runner,blade runner 2049,google daydream,blade runner: revelations”,”sec0″:null,”sec1″:””,”prc”:””}},”analytics”:{“labels”:”entertainment,gaming,virtual reality,blade runner,blade runner 2049,google daydream,blade runner: revelations”,”videoSeriesName”:null}} More about Entertainment, Gaming, Virtual Reality, Blade Runner, and Blade Runner 2049 Source: …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Facebook Brings in Fake News Huckster to Conduct Conservative Bias Probe

    Facebook Brings in Fake News Huckster to Conduct Conservative Bias Probe  Gizmodo Facebook is recruiting external advisers to tackle claims of bias on its platform  The Verge Facebook agrees to audits on civil rights, alleged conservative bias  The Mercury News Full coverage Source: Google News | Facebook Brings in Fake News Huckster to Conduct Conservative Bias Probe

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • MoviePass brings back its movie-per-day plan

    Last month, MoviePass began offering a $30, three-month plan that came with an iHeartRadio premium subscription trial but limited users to just four movies per month. And when asked if the popular movie-per-day plan would be returning, MoviePass CEO… Source: Engadget | MoviePass brings back its movie-per-day plan

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Trump calls Justice Department 'rigged,' threatens action

    Trump calls Justice Department ‘rigged,’ threatens action  Washington Post Trump rips Justice Department in stinging set of tweets  CNN Trump Says He May ‘Get Involved’ in House Republicans’ Fight With DOJ  Bloomberg Rosenstein impeachment articles are gross abuse meant to sabotage Mueller Russia probe  USA TODAY Trump suggests he may intervene in DOJ release of Mueller probe documents  Politico Full …

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel

  • Facebook fires engineer who reportedly used access to stalk women

    Last week, Spyglass Security founder Jackie Stokes tweeted that a Facebook security engineer was using his access to personal data to stalk women online. Facebook confirmed to Motherboard on Monday that the social network was investigating the claims… Source: Engadget | Facebook fires engineer who reportedly used access to stalk women

    May 2, 2018 | by Raheel