Category: Tech news

As special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation grows, at least one Facebook employee who worked alongside the 2016 Trump campaign has been pulled into the probe.

 Facebook Live is launching monetization for video gameplay streamers, allowing users to tip creators a minimum of $3 via the desktop site. Right now, the contributor of the tips doesn’t get any special call-out or privileges, though Facebook tells me it’s considering different options for creators and gamers. Read More

At the Colorado attraction, the world’s first and largest man-made frozen climbing grounds, you can chill on an ice wall 10 feet thick.

If you want robots at your beck and call someday, start thinking about robo-fitting your digs now.

Plus: Elon Musk’s $0 salary, details form Uber’s secretive Strategic Services Group, and more slightly catastrophic news from this week.

The console already has a series of excellent first-party games and older ports. What it needs are more new indie titles.

The dizzying network of interactions within microbe communities can defy analysis. But a new approach simplifies the math.

Right now there’s just about no recourse for victims. Here’s the lay of the legal land.

For a decade, the government has been working on a revision for grant applications. It’s finally done. It’s ethical, sensible, and a big enough pain that it might actually hurt science.

A new fight with AMC is just one sign that MoviePass has settled in for the hard part: actually making money.

Advocates of greater diversity at Google say they are being harassed and targeted on right-wing websites.

The number of women in computer science has steadily decreased since the 80s. The industry needs to change—and it could take a lesson from Maria Klawe.

Apple is preparing to launch Business Chat, Fiverr acquires And Co and The European Union hits Qualcomm with a $1.23 billion fine. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

 Reddit has finally joined other major web properties in adding two-factor authentication for all users. It’s been available for mods and some testers for a while, but this is the first time the vast multitudes of redditors will have access to it. Read More

 AT&T has placed a few full-page ads explaining that it is pro-net neutrality, it has always been pro-net neutrality and that Congress once and for all should enshrine net neutrality principles in law. No, it’s not opposite day. This is a clever play by AT&T aimed not at protecting users, but kneecapping edge providers like Facebook and Google. It’s like the fox calling for… Read More