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Boy Genius Report |
China just released the most stunning images from the far side of the Moon
China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth's moon. It was a monumental achievement, and the months since the mission arrived at the Moon have been filled with interesting discoveries, including the discovery of a strange "gel-like" substance around a lunar crater.
Now, as China celebrates the one year anniversary of the Chang'e 4 lander and Yutu-2 rover arriving at the Moon, the country's space group has released a wealth of data, including some never-befo...
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TweakTown News |
Sony working on new horror IP for PlayStation 5
The new horror IP for the PlayStation 5 is by a 'very well respected horror game director'... KOJIMAAAAA: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/70114/sony-working-new-horror-ip-playstation-5/index.html
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
‘From Heartbreak Comes Hope:’ Koala Rescuers Share Moving Recovery Stories
As scores of koalas battle to recover from Australia's destructive fires, hopeful stories of survivors are emerging.
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TechPowerUp |
(PR) Patriot Viper Gaming Launches V380 Virtual 7.1 Surround Sound RGB Gaming Headset
VIPER GAMING by PATRIOT, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT and a global leader in performance memory, solid-state drives, and flash storage solutions, today is proud to announce the launch of Viper V380 Virtual 7.1 Surround Sound PC Gaming Headset. It delivers crystal clear sound quality and outstanding noise isolation for hardcore gaming and theater-grade audio playback. Featured Hi-Fi grade 53 mm neodymium drivers, the V380 headset brings higher sensitivity and the superior quality of sound with ...
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Slashdot |
Trend Micro Set Up a Fake Tech Company and Honeypot To Study Cyber Criminals
DesScorp writes: In an effort to better understand the latest threats to IT systems, antivirus and security company Trend Micro created a fake tech company, complete with AI-generated photos of fake employees, in order to build a honeypot environment that looked like an actual, working tech factory environment. "Malicious hackers are targeting factories and industrial environments with a wide variety of malware and cyberattacks including ransomware, cryptocurrency miners -- and in some cases the...
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Engadget |
FDA warns hospitals about security flaws in some GE medical equipment
Some GE medical equipment have vulnerabilities that make them easy to tamper with, according to the FDA. The agency has warned hospitals and healthcare providers that a third-party cybersecurity firm has identified flaws in certain GE Healthcare Clin...
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AppleInsider |
Apple leases entire 'Triangle Building' near Apple Park
Apple has leased the entirety of San Jose's "Triangle Building," a well known six-floor office building near the company's main Apple Park campus.
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Hacker News |
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
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CIO |
BrandPost: Migrating to the Cloud in 2020? Key Reasons It Pays to be Choosy About Your Cloud Provider
The New Year is a perfect time for IT departments to reflect on the past, consider the present, and plan for a better future. For many, that means gaining the benefits of the cloud and the transformative capabilities of software-defined data centers in 2020. They won’t be alone. Cloud adoption continues to accelerate as organizations look to the cloud for performance gains and ways to eliminate the headaches and costs associated with traditional, hardware-based data centers that can’t keep...
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Hacker News |
Who wants to play the status game?
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SlashGear |
Samsung Quick Share AirDrop competitor has a weird quirk
Android has been around for a long time and yet it still seems to have trouble easily and quickly sharing files with one another. Next to iMessage, Apple’s AirDrop is one of the most coveted iOS features that Android users want on their phones. Now it seems that multiple Android partners, including Android maker Google itself, are working on their … Continue reading
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GeekWire |
Seattle shooting rattles tech companies and raises concerns about safety of city’s urban core
The deadly shooting Wednesday night in downtown Seattle is prompting tech companies in the area to implement new precautions to protect employees, amid larger questions about the safety of the city’s urban core. “I never thought as a CEO or a tech startup guy that I would have to tell my employees or my team to stay away from the windows,” said Nikesh Parekh, CEO of Suplari, recalling the moment around 5 p.m. when he first heard gunshots on the street below. Suplari is one of s...
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NYT > Technology |
Jeff Bezos’ Hack Inquiry Falls Short of Implicating National Enquirer
The Amazon founder’s investigation did not find evidence to back his suggestion of a link between Saudi Arabia and the tabloid that gleefully exposed his affair.
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TechPowerUp |
(PR) Where's the Ryzen Effect? Intel posts Record Financials
Intel Corporation today reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 financial results. The company also announced that its board of directors approved a five percent cash dividend increase to $1.32 per share on an annual basis. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share on the company's common stock, which will be payable on March 1 to shareholders of record on February 7.
"In 2019, we gained share in an expanded addressable market that demands more performance to process, move a...
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Reddit |
White House Says It Takes Reports of Amazon Chief Bezos' Phone Hack Seriously
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Hacker News |
The Car Bundle
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IT Pro - Microsoft Win... |
Code Practices: 5 Strategies for Dealing with Bad Code
Yes, good code practices should be put into place from the get-go. Here’s what to do when they weren’t.
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Boing Boing |
Bipartisan consensus is emerging on reining in Big Tech
House Antitrust chairman David Cicilline's interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel reveals the exciting shifts in how Congress thinks about Big Tech's monopolies.
Cicilline doesn't think Congress can break up Big Tech, though he moots passing a "Glass-Steagall for tech" that makes tech companies engage in "structural separation" -- for example, platform companies would not be allowed to compete with the companies that use their platforms. And he wants to do a lot more scrutiny of mergers in the...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Sonos CEO: older products will receive bug fixes, but no new features
After announcing an end-of-life date for older products, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has apologized with new plans for continued support.
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Reuters: Technology News |
U.S. to unveil crackdown on counterfeit, pirated e-commerce goods
The Trump administration plans to unveil efforts on Friday to crack down on counterfeit and pirated goods sold on major e-commerce sites and urge companies to do more to vet third-party sellers and increase self-policing efforts.
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Slashdot |
'Unauthorized Bread': A Tale of Jailbreaking Refugees Versus IoT Appliances
Science fiction writer, journalist and longtime Slashdot reader, Cory Doctorow, a.k.a. mouthbeef, writes: My novella "Unauthorized Bread" -- originally published last year in Radicalized from Tor Books -- has just been published on Ars Technica: it's an epic tale of jailbreaking refugees versus the disobedient IoT appliances they're forced to use, and it's being turned into a TV show by The Intercept's parent company and a graphic novel by First Second with help from Jennifer Doyle. Making the s...
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The Next Web |
How to add Apple Pay to your Watch ahead of your next gym visit
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Apple today revealed it’s offering a rewards program to incentivize going to the gym by making certain ones “Apple Watch Connected.” Now when you make more of an effort to close your rings, you’ll be earning rewards. At the moment, the connected gyms include several from familiar franchises: OrangeTheory, Crunch Fitness, YMCA, and Basecamp. The rewar...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Greta Thunberg Rips Steve Mnuchin For Saying She Needs An Econ Degree Before He’ll Listen
Critics suggested the U.S. treasury secretary should get a science degree so he can finally understand climate change.
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Tom's Hardware |
Intel Posts Another Record Quarter and Year, Shortages to Recede in Second Half
Intel sets yet another a quarterly and yearly revenue record as it works to ease ongoing shortages.
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SlashGear |
Google I/O 2020 detailed: Date, location and solved puzzles
Following speculation, Google has confirmed the location and date for its upcoming Google I/O 2020 event. The details were revealed by company CEO Sundar Pichai in a tweet on Thursday; he says the ‘cosmos aligned’ to make this arrangement happen. The details follow a series of puzzles Google released that fans had to solve in order to learn the details … Continue reading
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The Register |
No big deal, Rogers, your internal source code and keys are only on the open web. Don't hurry to take it down
'Closed source' blueprints available for all to gawp at – and potentially exploit
Updated Source code, internal user names and passwords, and private keys, for the website and online account systems of Canadian telecoms giant Rogers have been found sitting on the open internet.…
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Neowin |
Google I/O is taking place on May 12 - 14, won't overlap with Build this time
After a teaser earlier today, Google's CEO has confirmed that the I/O developer conference will take place from May 12 through 14. That means it won't overlap with Microsoft's Build this year. Read more...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
The best gaming headsets: Reviews and buying advice
The next great peripherals war is being waged over your ears. After every company on the planet put out a gaming mouse and then a mechanical keyboard, they turned their attention to headsets. So many headsets.We know you don’t want to scroll through every single headset review when all you want is a simple answer: “What’s the best gaming headset I can buy with my hard-earned dollars?” This page holds the answers you seek, no matter what your budget is.We’ll keep updating our recommenda...
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Boy Genius Report |
Comcast is raising cable prices again ahead of its Peacock streaming service launch
Comcast is about to try and insert itself in a major way onto the battlefield of the Streaming Wars, ahead of the company's launch of its Peacock streaming service in July. But before we get there -- if you've been paying attention for anything length of time to the Comcast story, boys and girls -- you can probably guess what the company is about to do to its cable prices in the interim.
That's right, another increase is coming (or, "adjustments," in the corporate parlance). Comcast couched the...
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Mashable! |
Experts warn smartphone voting is 'extremely risky,' yet here it comes
The effort to make voting easier and more accessible is a noble one that should be lauded, but that doesn't mean it can't still be screwed up.
It was just yesterday that NPR reported on a plan to allow Washington state King Conservation District voters to cast ballots for an upcoming Feb. 11 local election over the internet — including via smartphone web browsers. Unfortunately, warn experts and officials, the plan isn't exactly rock solid.
But before we get into the potential ...
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Hacker News |
Building a walkie-talkie for remote work
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Digital Trends |
Optical vs. laser mouse
How do they work? Which is best for you? We explain the "optical" branding, so you can pick the right mouse.
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Resources | ZDNet |
QUT to use AI and ML in Gold Coast future waterways project
The university will help the Gold Coast Waterways Authority understand how artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can be used to identify vessel type and determine the number of users of its waterways network.
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The Next Web |
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip may use bendable ‘ultra-thin glass’ instead of plastic
The general assumption about folding phones is that they have to use a plastic display. After all, glass doesn’t bend… right? It turns out Samsung may have something different under its sleeve for its next folding phone, rumored to be called the Galaxy Z Flip. Two leakers, Max Weinbach of XDA and @IceUniverse have so far mentioned Samsung using an ‘ultra-thin glass’ panel. As noted by The Verge, Samsung also applied for a trademark for the term. The front display is 0.1". You can use i...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
China Confirms 1st Coronavirus Death Outside Of Outbreak’s Epicenter
The death toll from the virus has risen to 25.
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Business Insider |
We just got our best look yet at Spotify's mysterious music streaming gadget, the Car Thing, and it has built-in LTE wireless (SPOT)
Last May, Spotify announced a voice-activated music-streaming gadget, called the Car Thing — but said it would only be available for select users as a test of how people listen to music and podcasts in their car.
Filings with the FCC give us our best look at the mysterious device yet, and could be a hint that Spotify might plan to actually put the Car Thing up for sale at some point.
Any Spotify users who might have gotten a Car Thing as part of the test don't seem to have said anyth...
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Digital Trends |
What is ray tracing, and how will it change games?
Ray tracing has a high cost on wallets and system resources, but why? Well, it's a complicated technology.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Guess Who’s Back! Bill Murray Confirms He’s In ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
The actor is set to reprise his role as Peter Venkman along with original cast members Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
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Wired Top Stories |
No, the Wuhan Virus Is Not a 'Snake Flu'
One paper advanced a controversial theory about the disease's origin. Other scientists aren't biting.
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AppleInsider |
Sonos will provide legacy devices with software updates for 'as long as possible'
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence in an apology to customers on Thursday said it was a mistake to completely cut off support for "legacy" devices, adding that older devices will receive software updates "for as long as possible."
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Engadget |
Google I/O 2020 starts May 12th
Now that enough people have completed a special puzzle, Google announced that its annual developer event will return to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. Google I/O will run from May 12th - 14th, a few days later than its timing in 2019. I...
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Digital Trends |
The best radar detectors for 2020
Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket, but our picks for the best radar detectors on the market can help.
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Digital Trends |
How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Pro is a more advanced version of Windows with encryption and other additional security features.
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AnandTech |
Intel Q4 FY 2019 Results: Record Quarter, Record Year
Today Intel announced their earnings for the fourth quarter of their 2019 fiscal year. In terms of revenue, Intel had their highest ever Q4 revenue, coming in at $20.2 billion, and the full 2019 fiscal year, which was $72 billion. On a year-over-year basis, the results were up 8% and 2% respectively. Intel’s margins did slip a bit though, falling 1.4% to 58.8% of revenue. Operating income for the quarter was $6.8 billion, up 9% from last year, and net income was up 33% to $6.9 billion. Thi...
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Slashdot |
Oregon Supreme Court Approves Measure To Limit Self-Checkout Lanes
nickwinlund77 shares a report from Corvallis Gazette-Times: A petition to limit each grocery store to two self-checkout kiosks can move forward to signature gathering for a state ballot measure. On Friday, the Oregon Supreme Court certified the attorney general's description of the proposed measure. Backers need 112,020 signatures to get to voters' ballots in November. Filed in July, Initiative Petition 41 is backed by the Oregon AFL-CIO, a coalition of labor groups representing about 300,000 Or...
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Hacker News |
Outschool Is Hiring a First Product Manager
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9to5Mac |
Latest Apple Pay promotion offers 10% purchases through StubHub
Apple has launched its latest weekly Apple Pay promotion: For the next week, you can get 10% off purchases at StubHub when you check out with Apple Pay.
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BetaNews |
Sorry, Linux and macOS gamers, but you are losing Rocket League online play
Rocket League is one of my favorite PC games. Not only is it extremely fun, but it runs well on average hardware and is very easy to play. Seriously, folks, the learning curve is so low that almost anyone can just start playing right away. If you aren't familiar with Rocket League, please know it is essentially soccer with cars -- you drive into a giant ball and try to get it into the goal. Another cool aspect of Rocket League? It is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac, and even Linux. Sadly...
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SlashGear |
Fortnite’s new Cap Kick emote has a secret failure mode
Last summer, you likely noticed a brief Internet trend (unless you live under a rock) that involved recording videos of one’s self attempting to kick the cap off of a bottle. This was the latest of a long line of social trends that attracted celebrity attention, fueling its rapid rise and brief peak in popularity. The Cap Kick has returned, … Continue reading
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Neowin |
Uber will start mapping Washington, D.C. on January 24 using its self-driving cars
Uber says it will start its data collection effort in Washington, D.C. roads beginning on January 24 as part of its self-driving expansion goal. However, the test vehicles will be in manual mode. Read more...
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BBC News | Technology ... |
What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
More and more companies are promising privacy online and an alternative to the big internet firms.
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BBC News | Technology ... |
Sonos CEO says speakers will work 'as long as possible'
The company said it was sorry for the confusion caused by plans to stop sending updates to legacy speakers.
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GeekWire |
Blue Origin ramps up team for Blue Moon lander as it waits for word from NASA
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has posted more than 50 job openings for its Blue Moon lunar lander program, which is currently under consideration for NASA funding. The online listings put out the word about positions at Blue Origin’s home base in Kent, Wash., ranging from chief engineer to administrative assistant. Most of the positions focus on software engineering and systems development. For what it’s worth, a mockup of the Blue Moon lander is the ...
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9to5Mac |
Apple leases prominent ‘Triangle Building’ just two miles from Apple Park
According to a new report from The Mercury News today, Apple has leased a prominent building in San Jose, California known as “Triangle Building.” Apple is said to have leased the entire 86,000-square-feet space, and has reportedly already started interior renovations.
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Resources | ZDNet |
Sonos CEO apologises but will not provide software updates for legacy products
At the same time, he pledged to provide bug fixes and security patches for 'as long as possible'.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Intel reports record fourth quarter as it ramps up 10nm chips and tamps down supply issues
Intel reported unexpectedly stellar fourth-quarter results on Thursday, while it continues to chart a path toward increasing wafer supply and transitioning into the first iteration of its 10nm process technology. The numbers were outstanding: Intel reported a record fourth-quarter revenue of $20.2 billion, up 8 percent from a year ago. Intel also posted fourth-quarter profits of $6.9 billion, up 9 percent. Intel’s revenue outlook for the first quarter is $19 billion, slightly higher than a ye...
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The Register |
10nm woes, CPU supply shortages, competition from AMD... What? Sorry? Intel can't hear you over the cash register going bonkers
Just don't mention the FPGAs
Intel on Thursday reported $20.2bn revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019, a gain of eight per cent year-on-year, and $72bn for the full-year, a two per cent increase.…
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AppleInsider |
Profile of Apple procurement exec details iron fist supplier negotiations
A profile of Apple VP Tony Blevins, known as the "Blevinator," reveals an architect of punishing supply chain tactics that leverage the tech giant's dominant market position to squeeze out the most fortuitous deals from suppliers.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Transcription service Rev is raising prices for the first time to $1.25 a minute
Image: Rev
Online transcription service Rev is raising its prices for the first time ever, from $1 a minute to $1.25. The price hike was disclosed in a message the company sent to Rev transcribers on Thursday outlining the change and assuring the contract workers that this is not expected to significantly impact the number of job orders available. The company, which has been around since 2010, is one of the leading online transcription services, and it made its name largely off its advertised...
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NYT > Technology |
Jeff Bezos, Tabloid Man
Just a year ago, the world’s richest man seemed to have a pretty low-key life. Times sure have changed.
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Mashable! |
Suburbs already have driverless taxis, but San Francisco is still playing catch-up
San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is notoriously tricky for any driver. Narrow roads, gobs of tourists, steep inclines, double-parked delivery vans, never-ending construction, and maddening six-way intersections run rampant there. Take away the human driver, and you've got a potential recipe for disaster.
Nevertheless, that's what Zoox, a self-driving startup, is attempting. But instead of going to the sunny, wide boulevards of Arizona or Silicon Valley, it's focusing on navigating ...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Somali American Teens Held At Gunpoint By Cops Reach $170,000 Settlement
The teens feared for their lives after an officer pulled a gun on them at a park in Minneapolis in 2018.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Google I/O 2020 will kick off on May 12th
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Google has just revealed that its next I/O developer conference will take place from May 12th to May 14th. The company revealed the date after users participated in its annual I/O teaser, which this year was a collaborative online game to restore a fictional satellite network.
When the game was completed, the constellation of satellites spelled out the date.
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In a tweet, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said I/O 2020 will be at...
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Boy Genius Report |
OnePlus 8 Pro might have a feature no OnePlus phone has ever had before
Ever since its inception, OnePlus has used the same slogan with every new smartphone release: "Never Settle."
Yet the company has always had to settle in various ways to make sure its flagship killers didn’t go over budget. The features that OnePlus famously snubbed include official waterproof ratings and wireless charging, explaining over the years that water resistance ratings add extra manufacturing costs and that wireless charging isn’t where it should be. Things might change, however, ...
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VentureBeat |
Intel CEO: We’re confident in the future, we generated $3.8 billion in AI revenue in 2019
Bob Swan, CEO of the biggest maker of PC and datacenter processors, said in an analyst call today that Intel is confident in its future.
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Reddit |
U.N. says officials barred from using WhatsApp since June 2019 over security
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Slashdot |
Germany Rejected Nuclear Power -- and Deadly Emissions Spiked
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: On New Year's Eve, while the rest of the world was preparing to ring in a new decade, employees of the German energy company EnBW were getting ready to pull the plug on one of the country's few remaining nuclear power plants. The license to operate the two reactors at the Philippsburg nuclear facility expired at midnight after 35 years of providing carbon-free power to Germans living along the country's southwestern border. The Philippsburg plant w...
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Business Insider |
TECH COMPANIES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: How Apple, Amazon, and Google are taking financial services by storm (AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL)
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Tech giants are set to grab up to 40% of the $1.35 trillion in US financial services revenue from incumbent banks, per McKinsey. Three of the largest US tech companies — Apple, Google, and Amazon — are particularly encroaching on financial services and threatening incumbents with ...
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Cyberscoop |
Hackers spearphished U.S. government agency with North Korea-related content last year
In the second half of 2019, a U.S. government agency was targeted by repeated spearphishing attempts that could be from a mysterious group that has evaded attribution for years, according to new research issued Thursday by security firm Palo Alto Networks. The campaign, waged between July and October of 2019, targeted one U.S. government agency, which researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 do not identify, as well as two unnamed foreign nationals who are “professionally affiliated w...
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VentureBeat |
Google schedules I/O 2020 for May 12-14 in Mountain View
Google has announced the dates of its annual I/O developer conference. It's scheduled for May 2020, with ticket sales to precede it in the coming weeks.
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Gizmodo |
Report: Disney's Obi-Wan TV Show Is on Hold, for Now [Updated]
Obi-Wan Kenobi first fell on the Death Star. He may have just fallen again in a corporate boardroom.Read more...
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Business Insider |
The CEO of Intel says that the 'insatiable demand' for enough processing power to handle tons of data led it to a big beat on Wall Street expectations (INTC)
Intel shares rallied more than 6% on Thursday after the chipmaker topped Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter.
The tech giant got a huge lift from its data center business, which benefited from robust demand processors from the cloud service providers.
CEO Bob Swan said the strong cloud market was being fueled by an "insatiable appetite" for data and the processing power needed to handle it.
The company also posted an upbeat outlook for the current quarter and for the year. Intel sai...
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SlashGear |
Tinder rolls out blue checkmarks as a way to deal with catfishing
Catfishing, the activity that involves pretending to be someone other than yourself on the Internet, is a big problem on dating apps. Many users have found themselves led on by and otherwise tricked into meeting up with a stranger who wasn’t the person they were expecting, leading to, in the best-case scenario, a huge waste of everyone’s time. Here to … Continue reading
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Reddit |
Wikipedia now has more than 6 million articles in English
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MSPoweruser |
Apple unsurprisingly objects to EU’s USB-C push (statement)
The European Commission is trying to get phone companies to standardize on a common charging plug with EU competition Chief Margrethe Vestager saying: “Given the unsatisfactory progress with this voluntary approach, the Commission will shortly launch an impact assessment study to evaluate costs and benefits of different other options.” Most phone companies, of course, have […]
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Reddit |
The Key To Fixing Copyright Is Ending Massive, Unpredictable Damages Awards
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Boing Boing |
US insurers, sick of being gouged by Big Pharma, will develop cheap generics
The US health insurance industry resents being on the receiving end of surprise bills and price-gouging, so Blue Cross/Blue Shield are spending $55m to have the nonprofit Civica Rx tool up to make generics of off-patent drugs whose sole manufacturers are shkreliing the prices into the stratosphere.
Civica already supplies drugs to 1,200 hospitals.
Drugmakers hiked prices 1,000% in massive price-fixing scheme, states allege
In an interview with The New York Times, Civica board chairman Dan...
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Resources | ZDNet |
Broadcom signs two new multi-year deals to supply Apple components
Broadcom's two new deals with Apple, combined with their 2019 contract, are expected to generate $15 billion in future revenue for Broadcom.
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Business Insider |
George Soros says President Trump is conspiring with Facebook to get reelected (FB)
Well-known liberal billionaire George Soros said he believes Facebook will work with Trump to get the president re-elected, as first reported by Bloomberg.
Speaking at Davos on Thursday, Soros said he thinks there's an "informal mutual assistance operation developing between Trump and Facebook."
"This is just plain wrong," a Facebook spokesperson told Business Insider.
Soros has repeatedly used the World Economic Forum at Davos as a platform to criticize Facebook, and following his 2018 remarks,...
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Resources | ZDNet |
Sydney embracing contactless transport payments with 30m journeys clocked
The state government will be launching a 'digital Opal card' this year.
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MSPoweruser |
Stardew Valley has sold over 10 million copies
Country life simulator Stardew Valley has officially sold over 10 million copies, according to game creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone. The game was first released on PC on February 26th, 2016, and passed the “1 million copies sold” milestone just two months after its launch. It’s since been ported to Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, […]
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
U.S. Moves to Curb E-Commerce Counterfeiting
The Trump administration is warning online sellers and warehouse operators they will face greater scrutiny and penalties if they don’t help stem the rising tide of fakes sold on the internet.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Best password managers: Reviews of the top products
We are terrible at passwords. We suck at creating them (the top two most popular remain “123456” and “password”), we share them way too freely, and we forget them all the time. Indeed, the very thing that can ensure our online security has become our biggest obstacle to it. This is what makes a good password manager essential.To read this article in full, please click here
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Hacker News |
Pharmaceutical Executive Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison In Opioid Trial
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GeekWire |
Gates Foundation’s new nonprofit venture will boost innovations for farmers facing climate change
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is starting up a new nonprofit group that will focus on providing small-scale farmers in developing countries with the tools and innovations they’ll need to deal with the effects of climate change. The nonprofit is known as Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations, or Gates Ag One for short. The effort will be headquartered in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, and will be headed by Joe Cornelius, who’s currently a director withi...
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Techdirt |
Copyright As Censorship: Gun Rights Advocate Gets Video Taken Down With Bogus Copyright Claim
I still laugh when I remember a copyright maximalist think tanker insisting that copyright could never be used for censorship, because "copyright holders are champions of the First Amendment" and "have no reason to censor anything." Of course, for years, we've documented over and over and over again how copyright is regularly used as a tool for censorship. And now we've got another example. And however you feel about the 2nd amendment or gun advocacy, hopefully you can agree that it's a problem ...
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Business Insider |
How to change your ringtone on an Android phone, and pick between preset or custom ringtones
To change your ringtone on an Android phone, you'll need to go through the "Sounds and vibration" menu in your Settings app.
In this menu, you can change your ringtone to a custom tone, or pick from a list of preset tones.
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Your phone's ringtone can say a lot about your personality.
The default ringtone that comes with your Android phone isn't always going to feel like it's right for you. You might find it annoying, too similar to another sou...
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VentureBeat |
Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB excerpt — Pat Vance: Doing something good…
I was intrigued by the ESRB position. At that point, I was looking to leverage my experience in the private sector, but do something “good” with it.
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Digital Trends |
A DirecTV satellite could explode in space because of a battery issue
A DirectTV satellite might explode in space, and if it does, it could take other satellites down with it.
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The Next Web |
How to add people to Twitter lists without notifying them
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Twitter lists are a useful, if little-discussed feature that allow you to group your many different follows into coherent categories. If you’re like me and follow people from a wide swathe of society, you might find it helpful to break them down into lists. That way you can check those lists when you’re interested in seeing updates from, for example, pers...
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TechCrunch |
Relativity Space could change the economics of private space launches
The private launch market is an area of a lot of focus in the emerging space startup industry, not least because it unlocks the true potential of most of the rest of the market. But so far, we can count on one hand the number of new, private space launch companies that have actually transported […]
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Digital Trends |
Intel says it’s ‘maniacal’ about fixing PC processor supply shortages
Intel had yet another record-breaking year in revenue, though supply shortages haven't gone away entirely.
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
Broadcom Lands Deals to Place Components in Apple Smartphones
Broadcom Inc. said it reached multiyear supply agreements with Apple Inc. to provide wireless components for Apple products into 2023, deals that could generate billions of dollars worth of business.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka To Face Off Again After Heartwarming U.S. Open Moment
The tennis stars are set to play each other in the third round of the Australian Open.
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VentureBeat |
How open, trusted edge can help improve data sharing and monetization
How do you monetize data if you don't know where it came from? The latest Linux Foundation project creates the framework and APIs for an open, trusted edge.
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Hacker News |
Ending Support for macOS and Linux
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Slashdot |
Sonos CEO Apologizes For Confusion, Says Legacy Products Will Work 'As Long As Possible'
On Tuesday, Sonos announced that come May 2020, a number of its older products will no longer receive software updates. Naturally, this frustrated many longtime customers, prompting Sonos CEO Patrick Spence to issue a statement to try to clear up the confusion. The Verge reports: "We heard you," is how Spence begins the letter to customers. "We did not get this right from the start." Spence apologizes for any confusion and reiterates that the so-called legacy products will "continue to work as t...
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TechCrunch |
Wikipedia now has more than 6 million articles in English
Wikipedia has surpassed a notable milestone today: The English version of the world’s largest online encyclopedia now has more than six million articles. The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after the website was founded, is a testament of “what humans can do together,” said Ryan Merkley, chief of staff at Wikimedia, the nonprofit organization […]
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VentureBeat |
Apple and Broadcom sign $15 billion wireless parts deal through 2023
A deal between Apple and Broadcom signals that the Cupertino company won't rely exclusively on Qualcomm for 5G wireless components in the near future.
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