Color Genomics, the genetics testing company, is partnering with Alphabet’s health technology focused subsidiary, Verily Life Sciences, to provide information from its genetic tests to the company’s Baseline Health Study…

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Valued at $535 million, autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition has emerged as a soon-to-be tech giant and the best hope for merchants to compete with Amazon Go. Cashierless checkout is…

Sophos said it is fixing a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewall appliances, which a security researcher says can allow an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without…

— 🎃 Inven Global 🎃 (@InvenGlobal) October 6, 2019Blizzard is assessing the situation for now, a spokesperson told Engadget. The studio hasn't otherwise spoken up about the issue since posting its decision to ban Chung on October 8th.Blizzard's reaction to Chung's words is extreme. The company cites Hearthstone Grandmasters rules prohibiting "any act that, in…

Why cut the power?It's become evident that overhead power lines are to blame for some of California's worst wildfires. Sparks from those power lines have ignited some of the largest and most deadly fires in recent history, including the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.As the state enters peak wildfire season, officials are keeping a close…

It's bigger and has great software, but it's no faster than before. Sponsored Links Apple is dead set on making sure there's an iPad for everyone. Want something fast and future proof? Try an iPad Pro. Prefer a smaller device? There's the updated iPad mini. Need a spacious screen and excellent performance without paying Pro…

"Safety is a big part of Michelin's DNA," said the tire company's development engineer, Benjamin Vilpert. To that end, it wanted to make sure that the wheels were capable of over 300 miles per hour. Surprisingly, the wheels in the world record-setting Chiron were not made of some special concoction built specifically for this task.…

"I was hoping to see the project through to the end and that it wouldn't come to this, but I have little choice other than to pursue other opportunities," Wyatt said in a statement.Despite the departure of the project's lead architect and his firm, Atari seems confident that it can launch the device. In a…

Technology and all of objective science are caught in a crisis of reputation. From investigations into competition practices to legislative scrutiny over the application and safety of new products, innovators are facing a reckoning for their seeming absence of principles such as privacy, security, inclusion, transparency, and accountability. But it is possible to bend the…