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• The Morning After: One typo created a random skyscraper in 'Flight Simulator'
• Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulations
• Major news organizations join the fight against Apple’s App Store fees
• Epic Games' #FreeFortnite Cup has 1,200 non-Apple prizes
• A drive-through 'Stranger Things' experience in LA is coming in October
• Heron Systems' AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfight
• Facebook's 'classic' look dies in September
• Former Uber security chief arrested for covering up 2016 hack
• A typo created a 212-story monolith in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’
• Nintendo Switch games are up to 50 percent off in eShop sale
• Twitch teams up with streamers for ‘Chat’s Choice Awards’ show
• Adobe Lightroom iOS update permanently deleted users’ photos
• 'Black Myth: Wu Kong' looks like a gorgeous Monkey King-inspired game
• Uber and Lyft get a temporary reprieve from California shut-down order
• Uber can now deliver prescriptions in Seattle and Dallas
• Adobe brings clipping masks and better brush management to Fresco
• White House calls on Supreme Court to rule on Trump's Twitter blocking
• Panasonic's $835 cubicle offers authentic office hell in your home
• Korg's Volca Sample 2 is a huge upgrade in almost every way
• Lyft will not stop running in California at midnight (updated)
• DoorDash adds on-demand grocery delivery to its app
• 'Control' publisher doubles down on limited next-gen upgrades
• TikTok has removed hundreds of thousands of videos for hate speech
• Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 hateful subreddits since June 29th
• Razer made a dull keyboard and mouse for working from home

The Morning After: One typo created a random skyscraper in 'Flight Simulator' Posted: 21 Aug 2020 04:27 AM PDT Ridesharing's legal drama in California will continue, at least for now. Uber and Lyft faced a midnight shutdown on Thursday until a court granted them a stay. They're appealing a court ruling over whether they need to treat their drivers as employee...

Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulations Posted: 21 Aug 2020 03:58 AM PDT Blue Origin and its "National Team" partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper have delivered their full scale lunar lander mock-up to NASA. The space agency will use the engineering prototype to simulate how it could get "crew, equipment,...

Major news organizations join the fight against Apple’s App Store fees Posted: 21 Aug 2020 02:15 AM PDT News sites have joined Epic and Spotify in fighting Apple's high App Store commissions (via the WSJ). A group representing the New York Times, WSJ and other major publishers wants Apple to reduce the 30 percent cut it currently takes on first year su...

Epic Games' #FreeFortnite Cup has 1,200 non-Apple prizes Posted: 21 Aug 2020 12:56 AM PDT Epic Games' battle against Apple is far from over. After releasing a parody of Apple's 1984 ad, the video game developer is now taking another jab at the tech giant by holding a #FreeFortnite Cup on August 23rd. In its announcement, Epic said that iO...

A drive-through 'Stranger Things' experience in LA is coming in October Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:49 PM PDT There's an upcoming Stranger Things interactive experience in LA that seems to be tailor-made for the social-distancing era. Netflix has teamed up with event curator Fever and immersive event company Secret Cinema to launch a Drive-Into Stranger Thin...

Heron Systems' AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfight Posted: 20 Aug 2020 07:56 PM PDT The final round of DARPA's AlphaDogfight Trial is complete, and once again, the winning AI pilot celebrated its victory against a field of virtual contenders by going on to defeat a human F-16 pilot. An AI pilot developed by Heron Systems won the sho...

Facebook's 'classic' look dies in September Posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:55 PM PDT It's been over a year since Mark Zuckerberg first showed off the new look of Facebook.com, but soon it will be the website's only version for desktop users. It has been the new default since May, but users could opt-out. A notification on the page an...

Former Uber security chief arrested for covering up 2016 hack Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:01 PM PDT Federal prosecutors have charged Uber's former security chief, Joseph Sullivan, with obstruction of justice for attempting to hide the company's 2016 data breach from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The hack exposed the email addresses and phone...

A typo created a 212-story monolith in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:55 PM PDT Microsoft's latest Flight Simulator entry doesn't do anything small. It's a title that comes on 10 DVDs and allows you to explore the world in almost its entirety. It turns out that scale even extends to its accidental inclusions. Flight Simulator us...

Nintendo Switch games are up to 50 percent off in eShop sale Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:21 PM PDT If you've worn out the games you have on your Nintendo Switch already, you can pick up a few new ones for less during the company's new Share the Fun sale. Through August 30, a number of digital Switch titles are up to 50-percent off at Nintendo's eS...

Twitch teams up with streamers for ‘Chat’s Choice Awards’ show Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT Twitch plans to close out the summer with a new award show that will let fans vote on their favorite games and viral moments of the last several months. It's called Chat's Choice Awards, and will kick off September 3, at 5pm PT. Twitch will give out...

Adobe Lightroom iOS update permanently deleted users’ photos Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:46 PM PDT A recent update to the Adobe Lightroom app permanently deleted some iOS users' photos and presets, an Adobe rep confirmed on the Photoshop feedback forums. Adobe has since corrected the issue, which was first spotted by PetaPixel, but not before draw...

'Black Myth: Wu Kong' looks like a gorgeous Monkey King-inspired game Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:32 PM PDT Black Myth: Wu Kong is an upcoming action-adventure game from a Chinese independent game studio. If you played last year's excellent Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice or the recently released Mortal Shell, what's on display here will be familiar. Black Myth:...

Uber and Lyft get a temporary reprieve from California shut-down order Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:09 PM PDT Uber and Lyft can continue to operate in California thanks to a last-minute ruling that grants the companies a temporary stay while they appeal a previous court order to re-classify their drivers as employees.The stay comes less than 12 hours before...

Uber can now deliver prescriptions in Seattle and Dallas Posted: 20 Aug 2020 11:11 AM PDT Uber is now able to deliver prescriptions in two cities. The company is expanding its Uber Health business to include medicine delivery in Seattle and Dallas, and plans to bring the service to more US cities "in the coming months."Uber Health launche...

Adobe brings clipping masks and better brush management to Fresco Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:53 AM PDT Adobe has updated its Fresco drawing app with a bunch more features. There's a clipping masks tool that will allow you to capture certain parts of your drawing and move them to another layer or layer group. That way, you can continue to work on your...

White House calls on Supreme Court to rule on Trump's Twitter blocking Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:25 AM PDT President Trump wants to settle the legal debate around the constitutionality of blocking critics on Twitter for good. Earlier this morning, the White House officially petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a decision handed down by an appeals cour...

Panasonic's $835 cubicle offers authentic office hell in your home Posted: 20 Aug 2020 10:06 AM PDT In case you're not already depressed by the current state of the world, Panasonic is launching a work-from-home cubicle. For 88,000 yen ($835 dollars), you can sit behind two wooden peg boards that make your home feel like the office, just what you w...

Korg's Volca Sample 2 is a huge upgrade in almost every way Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:45 AM PDT Korg's Volca Sample is one of the most beloved members of beloved family of affordable and portable instruments. But it's far from perfect. Now, after almost six years since its introduction, the Sample is getting a sequel. The Volca Sample 2 is visu...

Lyft will not stop running in California at midnight (updated) Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:32 AM PDT Lyft will suspend its operations in California at 11:59PM Pacific Time. An injunction that requires the company to reclassify its drivers as employees is set to take effect on Friday. A court issued the ruling last week and the injunction was stayed...

DoorDash adds on-demand grocery delivery to its app Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:17 AM PDT Since the pandemic began, DoorDash has been steadily expanding its on-demand delivery portfolio. Today, the company announced that it's adding on-demand grocery delivery to its app. More than 10,000 items will be available for delivery in under an ho...

'Control' publisher doubles down on limited next-gen upgrades Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:03 AM PDT Control is an atmospheric stunner of a game, so it's no surprise that publisher 505 Games wants to introduce it to new players in the form of an Ultimate Edition. Even better, 505 decided to offer a complimentary next-gen upgrade, so people who own t...

TikTok has removed hundreds of thousands of videos for hate speech Posted: 20 Aug 2020 09:00 AM PDT TikTok is the latest social media platform to peel back the curtain on its efforts to fight hate speech. Since the beginning of the year, the company says it's taken down more than 380,000 videos and 64,000 comments in the US for breaking its hate sp...

Reddit has banned nearly 7,000 hateful subreddits since June 29th Posted: 20 Aug 2020 08:45 AM PDT Reddit says it's ramping up its fight against hate speech. Since rolling out its new content policies on June 29th, the platform has banned nearly 7,000 subreddits for hateful content. While the company admits it has more work to do, it says it's enc...

Razer made a dull keyboard and mouse for working from home Posted: 20 Aug 2020 08:00 AM PDT Razer has taken a small step sideways with its latest peripherals. The company's perhaps best known for its gaming accessories. This time around, it has built a keyboard and mouse intended for office work (or, you know, working from home, as many of...

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