Is Science Broken? Major New Report Outlines Problems in Research
A new report released this week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is weighing in on a contentious debate within the science world:...
Google rolls out faster image loading in Chrome Canary
Google today announced a change coming to Chrome that will help image-heavy websites load more quickly — but the addition for now is only available in...
A Way Out of No Way
For The LA Review of Books, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reviews Saidiya Hartman’s new book, Wayward Crossings, Beautiful Experiments. The book, which Taylor describes as “a radical, genre-defying...
Google’s Flutter framework spreads its wings and goes multi-platform
Google’s Flutter UI toolkit for cross-platform development may only be two years old, but it has quickly become the framework of choice for many developers. Until...
Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
It won’t be long before Red Hat becomes part of IBM, the result of the $34 billion acquisition last year that is still making its way...
18 Struggles You’ll Relate to If You Don’t Like Hugging
When did everyone in the world become such huggers? People hug to say hello, they hug to say goodbye, they hug to comfort one another—but why? As someone...
Lyft lost $1.14B in Q1 2019 on $776M in revenue
In its first-ever earnings report as a public company, Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) failed to display progress toward profitability. The ride-hailing business, which raised $2 billion in...
Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development
Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. “Android development will become increasingly Kotlin-first,” Google writes in...
Google now lets developers build games for its smart displays
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced that it is opening up its Smart Display platform to developers. Until now, there was no real way...
Google launches new Assistant developer tools
At its I/O conference, Google today announced a slew of new tools for developers who want to build experiences for the company’s Assistant platform. These range...
