Mark Zuckerberg Extends Facebook Apology Tour With European Gig

He was warned he might be “the genius that created a digital monster that is destroying our democracies.”

Vietnam Is A Test For What Happens When The U.S. Abandons Climate Diplomacy

The Asian country’s energy needs are growing and coal power is a tempting solution.

Just One-Third Of Americans Think Trump Is Successfully Draining The Swamp

That percentage has barely budged since last year.

Facebook’s AI now filters out those photos you trusted your ex with

Late last year, we learned of Facebook’s plan to combat the spread of revenge porn through its services. The plan was admittedly a little weird, as it involved sending your own naked photos to yourself through Messenger and having a Facebook engineers create a unique hash for those images that would prevent them from being shared across the whole of … Continue reading

Bloxvox straps over your mouth to keep conversations private

Bloxvox, a contraption you hold and/or strap to your face, wants to help quiet down the open office workspace, enable phone conversations in libraries, and keep private details private. The device, which is being funded on Kickstarter, is similar to the HushMe devices introduced last year, but designed to accommodate a user’s existing headset rather than a proprietary one built … Continue reading

Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 9 feature upgrade

The Galaxy Note 9 received a bona-fide real-deal feature confirmation this week straight from Samsung. This came amid leaks on top of leaks for the past several weeks, the lot constructing an image of a phone that’s been surprisingly consistent. In light of rumors of a game-changing Galaxy S10 in 2019, a unique feature for the Galaxy Note 9 is … Continue reading

The Ford Fusion Energi hybrid is great but going away

A week before I took delivery of the Ford Fusion Energi (starting at $31,400), the automaker announced it would be ending the US production of all but one of its cars (the Mustang) in the next few years. The Fusion’s days are numbered and no single r…

Spotify's GDPR updates add privacy and data download tools

In the lead up to the EU’s May 25th GDPR enforcement deadline, companies like Facebook, Oculus and Google are all updating their privacy policies to maintain compliance with the guidelines (which can be enforced with some stiff penalties). Now Spotif…

Special Olympics and Microsoft will host a ‘Forza 7’ tournament

This summer’s Special Olympics USA Games will host a competition that has nothing to do with sprinting around a track, stretching to touch the wall of a pool or bowling a turkey. For the first time, there’s an eSports event at the Games, with eight t…

I’m Gay. She’s Straight. Here’s What Happened When We Decided To Have A Kid.

Because of our unique situation, parenting has been been interesting, to say the least.