garryv (55)in #life • 6 years agoSuicidal ThoughtsI used this house picture because my biggest dream is to build my own house. I think about suicide more often then not…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoFacebook, Google face first GDPR complaints over “forced consent”After two years coming down the pipe at tech giants, Europe’s new privacy framework, the General Data Protection…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoDot lets you invest in property without the hassle of a traditional mortgageDot, a new U.K. startup de-cloaking today, aims to make it easy to invest in property without the hassle of taking out…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoTake a look at your Twitter timeline 10 years agoHere’s a fun thing for a Friday: go back and see what your Twitter timeline looked like 10 years ago. Twitter has…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoLime, Bird and Spin have to temporarily remove scooters from SFThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has officially made available its permit application for electric…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoJury finds Samsung owes Apple $539M in patent case stretching back to 2011A patent case that began back in 2011 has reached a conclusion, with Samsung ordered to pay about $539 million to…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoAndy Rubin’s Essential is reportedly up for sale and has cancelled work on its next smartphoneEssential, the smartphone company helmed by Android co-creator Andy Rubin, is trying to sell itself and has cancelled…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoSnapchat launches less creepy Send and Request Location featuresSnapchat is taking another shot at location after its always-on coordinate-broadcasting Snap Map proved a bit invasive…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoOpenStack in transitionOpenStack is one of the most important and complex open-source projects you’ve never heard of. It’s a set of tools…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoNetflix magic market number larger than big cable company’s magic market numberNetflix’s market cap is now larger than Comcast, which is pretty much just a symbolic thing given that the companies…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoGOAT launches electric scooters in AustinGOAT, a dockless electric scooter company, has launched in Austin, after receiving official permits from the city’s…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoFamily claims their Echo sent a private conversation to a random contactA Portland family tells KIRO news that their Echo recorded and then sent a private conversation to someone on its list…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoNavigating the risks of artificial intelligence and machine learning in low-income countriesAubra Anthony Contributor Aubra Anthony is the strategy and research lead for the Center for Digital…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoHitlist’s new premium service puts a travel agent in your pocketHitlist, a several-years old app for finding cheap flights has begun rolling out a subscription tier that will turn it…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoThe AI in your non-autonomous carSorry. Your next car probably won’t be autonomous. But, it will still have artificial intelligence (AI). While most…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoTwitter unveils new political ad guidelines set to go into effect this summerFollowing the unrelenting wave of controversy around Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Twitter…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoUber in fatal crash detected pedestrian but had emergency braking disabledThe initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the fatal self-driving Uber crash in March confirms…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoSome low-cost Android phones shipped with malware built inAvast has found that many low-cost, non-Google-certifed Android phones shipped with a strain of malware built in that…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoAnd the winner of Startup Battlefield Europe at VivaTech is… WinglyAt the very beginning, there were 15 startups. After a morning of incredibly fierce competition, we now have a…garryv (55)in #blog • 7 years agoReddit adds a desktop night mode as it continues rolling out major redesignFor being one of the most visited websites on the web, Reddit‘s product has rocked a notoriously basic design for much…
