Fwd: First Click: Niantic killed my f

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Date: August 02, 2016 at 07:30AM

Aug 2, 2016 Do you get out of the house enough? I bet you don't. It's certainly the case for me that when it reaches the evening, I find myself still sitting at my laptop: watching Netflix, mindlessly browsing Twitter, or (worst of all) working. But until recently, I had a solid — if somewhat silly — reason for leaving the house: playing Pokémon Go. A gentle stroll at night, a few pokémon in the bag, and hey, I suddenly felt a lot less stressed. But all that changed for me this weekend when Pokémon Go's developers, Niantic Labs, pushed out a new update for the game — and I'll bet I'm not the only player feeling suddenly cooped up... Read the full article on The Verge - By James Vincent Five stories to start your day 1 Drones will begin delivering blood and medicine in the US A startup that uses drones to deliver medicine and blood to remote areas of Rwanda is launching a similar program in the US. California-based Zipline will bring its drone delivery program to rural... 2 Murder victim's phone unlocked with paper fingerprint after 3D printing fails Researchers who attempted to unlock a murder victim's phone using a 3D printed replica of one of his fingers were forced to use an alternative method last week, after the models produced were found... 3 Theranos ignores scandal and shows off new blood testing machine Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes made an appearance at a scientific convention today, but it wasn't to allay the many concerns about the company's previous blood tests, the results of which were t... Advertisement 4 Kesha abandons sexual abuse lawsuit against Dr. Luke Pop star Kesha has filed to dismiss her sexual abuse lawsuit against producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald and has provided new songs to fulfil her contractual obligations with his record label, in a... 5 New database aims to track the global surveillance industry Privacy International, a London-based watchdog, has launched a new searchable database on hundreds of surveillance companies across the world, as part of an effort to track a murky industry.... About The Verge | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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