[ad_1] The Michelle Obama Podcast’s first episode is now live on Spotify, and it has debuted alongside an experimental feature that makes it much easier to share tidbits from the show on social media. Spotify has started testing a quote-sharing feature for mobile, giving you an easy way to start discussions about ideas or sentiments […]
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Twitter will test auto-emojis to stop you from dunk-tweeting
[ad_1] Speaking to BuzzFeed News, Twitter’s senior director of product management David Gasca explained the small changes afoot. Firstly, Twitter will add an emoji to a retweet, allowing users to quote-tweet without using the compose field. This, he says, could help put an end to mindless retweeting and give users pause for thought before taking […]
Rats can drive tiny cars, and they find it relaxing, scientists say
[ad_1] Psychology professor Kelly Lambert, a neuroscientist who led the study, told New Scientist that rats have previously been shown to be able to recognize objects, press bars and find their way around mazes. But she and her colleagues wanted to see whether rats were able to learn the more sophisticated task of operating a […]
DARPA is seeking giant abandoned tunnels for… reasons
[ad_1] The kicker is that DARPA needs an answer quickly — it only posted the notice on August 20th, and any evil geniuses tunnel owners have until August 30th at 5PM Eastern to offer their spaces. And of course, DARPA hasn’t said just why it needs this area to begin with. A lair for a […]
Facebook axed its bird-size internet drones before they even flew
[ad_1] It’s not entirely clear how pigeonet would’ve worked, but the report says the drones were designed to carry small solid-state drives filled with media. That suggests that they were meant to relay information between traditional mobile infrastructure from afar and people’s phones. What’s crystal is that Facebook didn’t conceptualize the technology as a complete […]