TechCrunch

◆ Apple acquires talking Barbie voicetech startup PullString

◆ Marriott now lets you check if you're a victim of the Starwood hack

◆ Deploy the space harpoon

◆ GoTrendier raises $3.5 million to take on Spanish-language fashion marketplaces

◆ Even years later, Twitter doesn't delete your direct messages

◆ Opendoor files to raise another $200M at a $3.7B valuation, documents show

◆ Daily Crunch: Amazon scraps HQ2 plans in NYC

◆ As GE and Amazon move on, Google expands presence in Boston and NYC

◆ Uber reports $3B in Q4 revenue, rising operating losses

◆ Twitter considering a tweet ‘clarifying' function

◆ Amazon leads $700M round in electric automaker Rivian

◆ Palmetto gets $20 million credit line for its solar and energy efficiency installation marketplace

◆ Dubai airport briefly halts flights after drone spotted

◆ Urban unicorn renewal

◆ Coinbase users can now withdraw Bitcoin SV following BCH fork

◆ How to decarbonize America - and the world

◆ 3DEN raises $2M to create pay-as-you-go urban spaces

◆ Peloton pedals toward an IPO, self-driving is big business and SaaS's new highs

◆ BRCK acquires ISPs EveryLayer and Surf to boost Africa's public Wi-Fi

◆ Samsung's new tablet sports Bixby 2.0

Wired

◆ Hacks, Nudes, and Breaches: It's Been a Rough Month for Dating Apps

◆ Trump Declared an Emergency Based on Data That Doesn't Exist

◆ Gadget Lab Podcast: The Allure of OG Usernames

◆ With HQ2, New York and Amazon Played a Zero Sum Game-And Everyone Lost

◆ California's Rain Was a 'Cat 4' Atmospheric River. Wait, What?

◆ A 7-Year Journey Across the US, One Highway at a Time

◆ 'Metro Exodus' Brings the Series' Grim Atmosphere Aboveground

◆ The Fallout of the Activision Layoffs Will Last a While

◆ The Eye-Popping Alita: Battle Angel Never Ends-Literally

◆ See All the Tools and Tricks That Make Nascar Go

◆ 7 Best Cold-Brew Coffee Makers (2019)

◆ Netflix's 'Umbrella Academy' Is Your New X-Men-Ugh

◆ Darpa Wants to Solve Science's Reproducibility Crisis With AI

◆ Personal Data Collection: The Complete Wired Guide

◆ Au Revoir, Airbus A380

◆ How Do I (Safely) Use Dating Apps?

◆ Before There Was Internet Paranoia, There Was Lyndon LaRouche

◆ Trump's Wall Won't Solve a National Emergency. It Is One

◆ Amazon Won't Build Its HQ2 in New York City

◆ India Is Cracking Down on Ecommerce and Free Speech

◆ Women Will Dominate-and Dismantle-the Music Industry in 2019

◆ The AI Text Generator That's Too Dangerous to Make Public

◆ A 'Breaking Bad' Movie Is Coming to Netflix

◆ Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless Review: Not Your Best Buds

◆ Don't Get Your Valentine an Internet-Connected Sex Toy

◆ Launch an 80,000-Pound Sled off an Aircraft Carrier? Sure!

◆ Two Satellites Almost Crashed. Here's How They Dodged It

◆ 10 Ways to Stay Active Indoors (and Sane) in Winter

◆ How Measles Hacks the Body-and Harms Its Victims for Years

◆ What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country

slashdot

◆ US Labor Organization AFL-CIO Urges Game Developers To Unionize In Open Letter

◆ GAO Gives Congress Go-ahead For a GDPR-like Privacy Legislation

◆ US Investigators Probing Years of WikiLeaks Activities, Report Says

◆ Robot Squeezes Suspected Nuclear Fuel Debris in Fukushima Reactor

◆ Copyright Office Refuses Registration for 'Fresh Prince' Star Alfonso Ribeiro's "Carlton Dance"

◆ An Insect-bot Mimics Desert Ants by Looking at the Sky To Navigate

◆ Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits

◆ NASA's SPHEREx Mission Will Investigate the Origins of the Universe

◆ Venezuela's Government Appears To be Trying To Hack Activists With Phishing Pages

◆ Interviews: Ask Social Network Minds.com CEO and Founder Bill Ottman a Question

◆ Visa, Mastercard Mull Increasing Fees For Processing Transactions: Report

◆ After Calls For an Edit Button, Twitter Says it is Considering a 'Clarification' Feature

◆ Nvidia CEO Foresees a Great Year for PC Gaming Laptops

◆ Facebook Settlement With FTC Could Run Into the Billions

◆ 8-Character Windows NTLM Passwords Can Be Cracked In Under 2.5 Hours

Engadget

◆ Inside Nike's DIY studio for Snapchat selfie filters

◆ PowerUp Toys is motorizing more paper vehicles

◆ Updated Mormon rules let missionaries call or text their families weekly

◆ High-tech Pictionary is more challenging than using a pen

◆ NBA game recaps are coming to Facebook Watch

◆ Hasbro's Bluetooth lightsaber lets kids train to become a Jedi

◆ Amazon's first 'Lord of the Rings' teaser is a minimal Middle-earth map

◆ Dubai Airport drone scare temporarily disrupts flights

◆ Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs outlines how it'll make money from Toronto

◆ How AI made Facebook's Portal your ‘personal cameraman'

◆ Amazon invests in electric truck-maker Rivian

◆ The best portable laptop charger

◆ Overwatch League's premium pass wasn't ready for its debut

◆ Unboxing Nike's self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers is like opening a smartphone

◆ Netflix will explore Transformers' origins in upcoming animated series

◆ Twitter may let us 'clarify' (but not edit) our old tweets

◆ Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless review

◆ What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy S10 event

◆ Ubisoft: Ditching Steam for Epic caused a surge in 'Division 2' sales

◆ The new Pictionary has you drawing in thin air

◆ The 'Fortnite' dance lawsuits are close to falling apart

◆ Samsung's thinnest ever tablet is the first with Bixby built in

◆ A pristine 'Super Mario Bros.' cartridge sold for over $100,000

◆ Facebook may take extra steps to remove anti-vaccine misinformation

◆ The Morning After: Amazon walks away from HQ2

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