Zero Motorcycles SR/F electric bike gets faster and more connected

The electric motorcycle world just got smarter, with Zero Motorcycles revealing its new connected street bike. The 2020 Zero SR/F will sit at the top of the bike-maker’s range, with up to 200 miles of range and a top speed of 124 mph. It uses Zero’s new ZF75-10 motor, paired with the ZF14.4 lithium-ion battery. The new powertrain is air-cooled, … Continue reading

Google Assistant is invading Android Messages next

Ever since Google Assistant launched a few years back, it’s been slowly invading a variety of platforms. The next platform it’s slated to hit is a big one, as Google announced today that the Assistant will soon be landing in Messages on Android. Though its functionality will be relatively limited to start, it sounds like it’ll still be a useful … Continue reading

Qualcomm Quick Charge wireless power now works with Qi standard

There’s a brand name for the sort of wireless charging you’ve been doing with your phone for the last however-many-years, and it’s called Qi. This brand is part of the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), a group whose members include basically every major consumer technology company in the world. Qualcomm has a brand for the tech they’ve made to allow smartphone … Continue reading

Monday's Best Deals: Uniqlo Vests, PlayStation Plus, Eufy RoboVacs, Sphero, and More

A Linksys mesh network, a food dehydrator, a J.Crew sale and PlayStation Plus membership kick off Monday’s best deals.

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NASA Renames Facility to Honor 'Hidden Figures' Subject Katherine Johnson

NASA has changed the name of a facility in Fairmont, West Virginia to the “Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility,” in honor of the retired NASA mathematician.

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Report: Facebook Moderators Are Routinely High and Joke About Suicide to Cope With Job

It’s no secret that the workforce tasked with reviewing the most offensive content on the web is underpaid, overworked, and poorly supported. A new story from The Verge on Facebook moderators in Phoenix, Arizona further illustrates the disturbing reality of life for these workers—who reportedly make just $28,800 a…

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Weird Meat Allergy Caused by Ticks May Be Easier to Catch Than We Thought

One of the strangest side-effects of a tick bite—a new allergy to red meat—could be even easier to get than previously thought. New research out this weekend suggests that bites from certain ticks can cause the allergy no matter what they’ve recently bitten. The finding could overturn a commonly held theory that ticks…

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Google’s lower-cost Pixel phones may have been revealed in FCC filings

Filings made with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may have revealed two upcoming smartphones from Google. Documents posted by the government agency today show two new devices from the company, quite possibly the Pixel 3 Lite and Pixel 3 X…

Verily's algorithm helps prevent eye disease in India

Verily’s efforts to spot and prevent eye disease through algorithms are becoming more tangible. The Alphabet-owned company has revealed that its eye disease algorithm is seeing its first real-world use at the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India. T…

Three classic ‘Resident Evil’ games come to the Switch on May 21st

Four months after Capcom announced it would bring three Resident Evil games to the Nintendo Switch, we have a release date — May 21. The company shared a save-the-date for Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4 on Twitter this morning. P…