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VentureBeat |
Facebook and ZeniMax settle Oculus VR lawsuit
After more than four years of legal back-and-forth, ZeniMax and Facebook reached an undisclosed settlement in a suit that ensnared three key Oculus leaders.
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CNET News |
How to get a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts for $1 - CNET
Today only, double up on donuts: a buck buys you a dozen when you buy another dozen.
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BetaNews |
Google relents and hands duck.com to privacy-centric rival DuckDuckGo
It may well just be coincidental timing, but shortly after DuckDuckGo accused Google of personalizing search results even for people not signed into their account, Google has handed control of the Duck.com domain over to its rival. The concession comes after years of frustration for DuckDuckGo, with Google having acquired Duck.com after buying On2 Technologies (previously The Duck Corporation) in 2010. The privacy-focused search engine has long asked Google to point the address at its website, a...
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Digital Trends |
Charging via USB-C for laptops: Here’s what you need to know
Charging via USB-C is a great way to power up your laptop. It only takes one cable and you can use the same one for data as well as power -- perfect for new devices with limited port options.
The post Charging via USB-C for laptops: Here’s what you need to know appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Massive Samsung Galaxy S10 leak details storage size, price and release date
A leak has reported the Samsung S10 series will launch on March 8, start at £669 and have up to 1TB of storage.
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Extremetech |
ET Deals: 1350VA Cyberpower UPS for $100, Dell PowerEdge Xeon Tower $300
Weeks after Black Friday, we can still find deals on the likes of UPSs, 4K TVs, Apple Watches, Nintendo Switch bundles, and more. But if you're hoping for your purchases to arrive in time for Christmas, you won't want to wait much longer – time is running short.
The post ET Deals: 1350VA Cyberpower UPS for $100, Dell PowerEdge Xeon Tower $300 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Neowin |
Interview: Qualcomm's Miguel Nunes talks about what's next for Windows on ARM
Last week was Qualcomm's Snapdragon Technology Summit, where we got a chance to sit down with senior director of product management for Windows on ARM at the company, Miguel Nunes. Read more...
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Wired Top Stories |
In the Sierras and Rockies, the Snowpack Is Shrinking Fast
An analysis of 36 years of snowpack shows that the US's peaks are shrinking, and that means more wildfires, less drinking water ... and less skiing.
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Boy Genius Report |
Apple’s next iPhone may be even thinner and lighter thanks to new OLED technology
As part of Apple's never-ending efforts to make its products thinner and lighter, a new report from ETNews relays that one of Apple's next-gen 2019 iPhone models may include a new touch-integrated OLED display. With current iPhone models housing a separate touch panel, integrating everything into a single display could result in a substantial reduction in weight.
The rumored OLED panels will, of course, come from Samsung Display, and are reportedly called 'Y-OCTA' displays. According to the rep...
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TechCrunch |
Confirmed VPN wants to bring transparency to the VPN industry
The VPN industry sucks. Dozens of companies promise you the impossible dream of perfect privacy. But it’s simply a big lie. A company called Confirmed VPN wants to change that by holding VPN companies accountable. WTF is a VPN? VPN companies let you establish an encrypted tunnel between your device and a server in a […]
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Business Insider |
Amazon's public policy exec got booed in a meeting with New York council members when he evaded a question about the company's business with immigration agencies (AMZN)
Amazon executives appeared in front of New York City's council to answer questions about its headquarters that are heading to Long Island City in New York's borough of Queens.
In response to a question about Amazon's relationship with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, VP Brian Huseman said: "We believe the government should have the best available technology."
Amazon has faced sharp criticism from the public — and employees as well — for selling its facial recognition softw...
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Digital Trends |
Black Shark review
The world is being treated to an ever-increasing number of high-powered gaming phones. With so many great options already out, is there room for another? The Black Shark thinks so. But is it any good? We find out.
The post Black Shark review appeared first on Digital Trends.
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CNET News |
Google now lets you donate to charity through the Play Store - CNET
Donating to charity could be as simple as buying an app.
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Engadget |
Overwatch League events expand beyond LA in 2019
To date, Overwatch League matches have taken place in Blizzard's own venue in Los Angeles. It's a special experience, but likely off-limits if you live on the other side of the continent or another country. For the 2019 season, though, you might not...
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CNET News |
Smart bowl snitches on you for double-dipping, you monster - CNET
Philadelphia Dips' sensor-equipped, pressure-sensitive Double Diptector bowl is watching you.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
A Microsoft 365 subscription for consumers wouldn't work without the Xbox
Microsoft is hiring a product manager to lead a new Microsoft 365 subscription service for consumers—and boy, that person will have their work cut out for them.The job posting, unearthed by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, pretty clearly specifies that Microsoft wants to orchestrate a consumer version of the Microsoft 365 subscription it has put in place for enterprises. The existing Microsoft 365 service for enterprises covers Windows 10, Office 365 and a bundle of enterprise services called EMS, ma...
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Digital Trends |
Firefox 64 helps keep your numerous tabs under control
Mozilla officially launched Firefox 64 by placing new features into the laps of its users including new tab management abilities, intelligent suggestions, and a task manager for keeping Firefox's power consumption under control.
The post Firefox 64 helps keep your numerous tabs under control appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
The American Coalition Resisting Trump at the Climate Talks In Poland
While White House representatives promote coal and other fossil fuels at COP 24 talks in Poland, “We Are Still In,” a coalition that includes more than 3,600 representatives from all 50 states, remains committed to supporting the Paris Agreement.
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Business Insider |
A venture partner at Greycroft shares his best advice on what what makes a good venture investor and how to break into the business
Kamran Ansari, a venture partner at Greycroft Partners who previously led the fund's investment in Venmo, shared his best career advice for young finance professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Speed is at the core of the venture industry. "In the venture business, it's not necessarily about getting convictions; it's about getting a conviction first," he said.
Venture capitalists do much more than sign checks. They're constantly on the hunt for the next big idea and work closely with startup ...
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MSPoweruser |
C’mon, Sony? PlayStation Classic easy to hack thanks to cryptography failure
The PlayStation Classic hasn’t even been out for 10 days and has already been easily cracked by hackers, according to a report from Ars Technica. Ars Technica say that ‘sloppy cryptography work’ on Sony’s part is the main reason why the device is so easy to crack. Console hackers yifanlu and madmonkey1907 were two of […]
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Android Police - Andro... |
Minecraft 1.8 adds pandas, bamboo, and crossbows
A new update was recently pushed out for the Bedrock edition of Minecraft. It brings everyone's favorite black and white bear the panda, along with bamboo that's useful for creating scaffolding. Crossbows have also been added, which seems like an outlier compared to the pandas and bamboo. But hey, if you've ever felt the urge to shoot a panda with a crossbow, now's your chance thanks to the Minecraft 1.8 update. Read MoreMinecraft 1.8 adds pandas, bamboo, and crossbows was written by the awesome...
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Hacker News |
Facebook retires Nuclide Atom extension
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VentureBeat |
Microsoft takes on Google Optimize with Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is an alternative to Optimizely and Google Optimize. The web analytics product helps developers understand user behavior at scale.
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Neowin |
Microsoft testing splitting search and Cortana in the latest Windows 10 Insider preview
In the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview, some users have discovered that Cortana and search have been separated, as Microsoft has been rumored to be doing in the OS for some time. Read more...
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SlashGear |
The Punisher season 2 lands on Netflix next month
Netflix has revealed all of its new arrivals for January 2019, and among the movies and shows is something a lot of people have been waiting for: the second season of The Punisher. We’ve known that Netflix has been cooking up a second season of The Punisher since the end of last year, when it was confirmed shortly after the … Continue reading
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AppleInsider |
Comparing the Samsung X5 Thunderbolt 3 SSD versus the G-Drive Mobile SSD & Glyph RAID Atom SSD
Samsung's X5 portable SSD is a beast with best in class performance, but a price tag above what the average consumer will need. We review the red and gray device and compare it to a pair of other extremely capable SSDs from GDrive and Glyph.
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The Verge - All Posts |
All the news from Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee
Earlier this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before the House Judiciary Committee on a wide-ranging set of issues, from alleged liberal bias in search results to YouTube moderation issues to the company’s plans to launch a search product for the Chinese market. The event was notable because it was Pichai’s first appearance before the Republican-controlled House, after a long string of such congressional hearings over the last two years, but also because it happens to coincide with o...
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TechCrunch |
Android users can now donate to charities through the Google Play Store
The Google Play Store is receiving an update today that will allow customers to make charitable donations to nonprofits from their Android device. While it may seem odd to be rallying for support for charities within the same marketplace where users download apps and games, it’s not uncommon — Apple for years has collected donations […]
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Digg Top Stories |
What It's Like To Live With A Chronic Urge To Die
I believe that suicidal people can see ghosts in a way that sturdier folks cannot. The Canadian physician and addiction expert Gabor Maté describes addicts like me as living "in the realm of hungry ghosts," people who have become ghosts while still alive.
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Digg Top Stories |
The Most Likely Occupations In Single-Income Households
About 18% of households in the US are single-income households. But the question is, what do the earners in these homes usually do?
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The Telegraph - Techno... |
Taylor Swift uses facial recognition on concert-goers to weed out stalkers
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MSPoweruser |
Microsoft is working on a consumer version of Microsoft 365
Microsoft is working on a consumer counterpart to its Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscription for consumers. A job listing was spotted by Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley confirming the existence of a Microsoft 365 Consumer Subscription. The job listing for a Product Manager, M365 Consumer Subscription reads: The Subscription Product Marketing team is a new team being created […]
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Techradar - All the la... |
Today's best deals: Sony headphones, Instant Pot, Fitbit Versa and more
Save on the all-new Kindle Paperwhite, 4K Fire TV Stick, Fitbit Versa Smart Watch and more at Amazon
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CNET News |
William Shatner comes to defense of Baby, It's Cold Outside - CNET
Say, what's in this drink? A lyrics controversy that now features a Star Trek captain, that's what.
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Mashable! |
Happy holidays from this human Christmas tree walkin' around New York
Huge news: One man in New York City just WON Christmas.
Don't believe us? Check out this video a paparazzi by the name of Joe Jonas took while standing outside of a Bank of America.
The 13 seconds of footage shows a Christmas tree straight up crossing a street! What a sight, right? And once the tree gets closer you'll notice there's actually A MAN inside there who's so committed to his holiday wardrobe that he even wore some pants that resemble the bark of a tree trunk.
Jonas, who has three ...
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Hacker News |
Skill Lync (YC W19) is hiring lead full stack developer in Chennai
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MSPoweruser |
Microsoft is messing around with the design of Windows 10 Settings in 19H1
Microsoft did not inform us of all the changes in their recent 19H1 build of Windows 10. One, noticed by Florian B, is some tweaks to make Settings menu which introduces a new area on top of settings for notifications and your account. This would presumably let Microsoft draw your attention to important features they […]
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MSPoweruser |
PUBG abandons Xbox exclusivity for multiplatform release, but it still isn’t up to snuff on PS4
PUBG’s timed exclusivity on Microsoft’s Xbox One family of consoles is at an end. Now that the battle royale shooter is on PS4, has it improved at all? On launch, PUBG on Xbox One was in an absolute state. Those on the base console would suffer from entire environments refusing to load in properly for minutes […]
Read More: PUBG abandons Xbox exclusivity for multiplatform release, but it still isn’t up to snuff on PS4
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The Huffington Post |
She Couldn’t Find A Partner In Life, So She Sought A Sperm Donor On A Podcast
More women are freezing their eggs or embarking on motherhood alone to keep from pairing up with someone out of panic.
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Ars Technica |
Uber was “hell-bent on stifling competition,” new lawsuit alleges
Uber suggests Sidecar is trying to get a piece of its pending IPO action.
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Boy Genius Report |
This $12 portable mini tire inflator should be in every single car
Now that the weather is getting colder, the air pressure in your tires has gotten low and you need to fill them up. So which sounds like the better option? Your first choice is to head over to your local gas station, pop quarters in their air pump, get grease all over yourself as you fill three tires, get angry when time runs out before you fill your fourth tire, find a gas station attendant to change a dollar, and get more grease all over yourself as you finally fill your fourth tire. OR... pop...
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The Verge - All Posts |
You can buy a wearable camera to track your social life
The OrCam MyMe identifies faces and quantifies your social time
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Resources | ZDNet |
5 features I'd love to see come to every smartphone in 2019
While smartphone manufacturers try to differentiate their products, there are some features they need to be on the same page about.
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VentureBeat |
Synthace raises $25.6 million to automate bio labs with software
Synthace, a U.K. startup developing an operating system to automate lab work, announced that it has raised $25.6 million in a Series B round.
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Android Police - Andro... |
The Oppo R17 Pro and OnePlus 6T are twins separated at birth - but why?
OnePlus is something of a Cinderella story in the smartphone world. It seemed to appear out of nowhere, releasing a phone with numbers that matched the best the likes of Samsung and HTC had to offer - and did it at half the price. The OnePlus One went viral in a way few products do, and the rest is history (well, as much as four years can be “history”). OnePlus just keeps improving on that formula, most recently with the excellent OnePlus 6T, which I’ve had a chance to use for ...
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ReadWrite |
Customers are Making Traditional Transport Movement Obsolete, Fast
Let’s get down to the basics before we delve in more advanced tech. What is a business? An entity that offers a solution (or a set of solutions/products) to more than one customer. It caters to a defined or latent need. It offers this ‘value’ and accepts value back as compensation (money, time, or now, […]
The post Customers are Making Traditional Transport Movement Obsolete, Fast appeared first on ReadWrite.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Why we might want the school day to start later
Starting school later may have helped some disadvantaged students in Seattle get better grades, according to a new study. The research adds to a mounting pile of evidence that suggests we’re making teens get up way too early.
Sleep experts have long said that teenagers tend to fall asleep late and need up to 10 hours of sleep per night, compared to only about eight hours for adults. As result, the American Academy of Pediatrics calls early school start times a “public health issue” that a...
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Neowin |
This Professional Python Flask Developer Bundle only costs $29 at 95% off
With today's highlighted time-limited deal, delve into back-end programming with Python Flask, Docker and more of today's most in-demand technologies. Get the bundle via Neowin Deals. Read more...
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Mashable! |
The correct length for a relaxing YouTube video is 8 hours
This post is part of Hard Refresh, a soothing weekly column where we try to cleanse your brain of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter.
To the extent that "relaxing" online is possible, YouTube is full of relaxing content, from hot knife ASMR to unedited dog show footage. But sometimes I don't have two hours to watch the 2017 Crufts sporting group competition. Sometimes I don't have time to watch anything at all.
This is where relaxing nature sounds come in. When I find myself ...
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Engadget |
'AmalGAN' melds AI imagination with human intuition to create art
Don't worry, they only look like the Pokemon of your nightmares. The images you are about to see are, in fact, at the very bleeding edge of machine-generated imagery, mixed with a collaborative human-AI production by artist Alex Reben and a little he...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Machine learning could help figure out what pooped on your produce
This year, hundreds of people got diarrhea from Salmonella-contaminated beef, tahini, kratom, even pet guinea pigs, to name just a few. Salmonella bacteria normally hang out in animal intestines — and now, scientists are using machine learning to identify which animal’s intestines emitted the unpleasant and dangerous bacteria.
Researchers led by Xiangyu Deng at the University of Georgia trained an algorithm to recognize genetic differences between Salmonella strains pooped out by four commo...
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The Next Web |
Google Search Trends show off the emotional rollercoaster that was 2018
Google today released its data on search trends in 2018. While these always reflect the state of the world over the course of the year, in this case the list of trending searches range from joyful to very, very sad — we’ve had a rollercoaster of a year. It’s basically like reliving the year itself in a few seconds. “World Cup?” Yay! Avicii? Sad. Meghan Markle? Congrats again! Stephen Hawking… well now I’m really sad. More than anything, Americans were apparently googling the people...
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Techradar - All the la... |
NZXT BLD gaming PCs are gorgeous and affordable with this holiday deal
NZXT has some spectacular pre-built 'BLD' gaming rigs going on sale right now.
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9to5Mac |
Comment: AirPower update probably days away, but we’re likely beyond the good news window
Ah, the middle of December without a single update on AirPower from Apple in sight. That can only mean one thing: we’re just days away from some sort of big announcement about the fate of Apple’s magical wireless charging mat. Unless AirPower ships this month, I see three possibilities:
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Business Insider |
An Audible gift subscription is a thoughtful present for people who love to read — and it starts at $15
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.
If you're struggling to find the perfect holiday gift for a lapsed reader in your life, one of the best options is a gift subscription to Audible.
The service has over 425,000 titles available, and subscriptions start at just $15 per month. The person you gift this to will receive one credit per month to use on the audiobook...
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The Huffington Post |
Twitter Users Taunt Michael Cohen For Newly Ironic Anti-Hillary Clinton Tweet
"There's a Michael Cohen tweet for everything," one Twitter user noted.
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Business Insider |
'Amazon has got to go': Protesters swarmed City Hall as New York's city council held a contentious hearing about Amazon's HQ2 deal (AMZN)
Protesters swarmed City Hall as New York's city council held its first in a series of hearings about Amazon's HQ2 deal on Wednesday morning.
Amazon announced on November 13 that it would split its second headquarters between the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens and a region of Northern Virginia that Amazon has named National Landing.
Many New Yorkers were furious about the deal and gathered outside City Hall, with some eventually heading inside as the hearing got underway.
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Mashable! |
'Game of Thrones' was 2018's most on-demand show, despite no new episodes
Game of Thrones is the number one show for Comcast video-on-demand, USA Today reports – even though the show hasn't aired a new episode in almost 18 months.
SEE ALSO: 'SNL' revives your favorite dead 'Game of Thrones' characters in Khal Drogo's Ghost Dojo
"The fact that that show is still ranked No. 1 across the board when it wasn't even current is pretty incredible," Brynn Lev, VP of editorial and programming at Comcast Cable told USA Today. "It shows just how large of a fo...
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The Verge - Circuit B... |
Looks like Apple’s making its own modem to compete with Qualcomm
Apple may be leaving Intel behind in search of better performance
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Hacker News |
California wants to tax text-messaging
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Mashable! |
This gold iPhone XS Max-Apple Watch combo is the dumbest way to spend $21,050
It’s an iPhone. It's an Apple Watch. It's, um, both. And it costs $21,050.
Yes, Caviar, the Russian company that gave us the golden Vladimir Putin iPhone, just dropped the Swiss Dreams Watchphone.
SEE ALSO: Gold iPhone With Vladimir Putin's Face Is Only $4,300
In case you're wondering, that's an iPhone XS Max covered in gold and decorated with a world map for some reason. Attached is an Apple Watch Series 4, with the added convenience of not being wearable.
Imagine the kind of person...
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Business Insider |
These 7 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' tips will help you dominate your friends like a pro (NTDOY)
"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" is out now for the Nintendo Switch and players are already starting to get competitive with the new game.
Up to eight players can fight each other in Smash at the same time, leading to plenty of mayhem on the battlefield.
While players who have played Smash in the past will have no problem picking up "Ultimate," there are a few tricks that set veterans apart from casual players.
"Super Smash Bros." has provided fierce a fierce video game battleground since the first...
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VentureBeat |
Fortnite dev launches tools to simplify cross-platform multiplayer
Fortnite's cross-platform support is famously so easy to integrate that Epic accidentally turned it on once in 2017. Now, every dev is getting those tools.
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News Tom's Guide US |
Best PS4 Deals for Christmas 2018
Looking for discounts on the PlayStation 4? Here are the best PS4 Christmas deals available.
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AfterDawn.com |
Puma's 80s computerized running shoes have been reintroduced
Puma introduced a futuristic running shoe in the 80s it called the RS-Computer. The company called these their first computerized running shoes.
The product was meant for serious runners who wanted data, such as distance travelled and calories spent, from their running efforts. Now Puma has been struck by a retro spark as they are re-releasing the RS-Computer to the market.
The new edition of Puma RS-Computer look almost identical to the original ones, and there's still the awkward bump in the...
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CNET News |
YouTube says people watched 50 billion hours of gaming videos this year - CNET
Now that's a lot of hours to watch somebody else play.
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Engadget |
Police are using fake Amazon boxes with GPS to catch thieves
'Tis the season for tons of Amazon packages arriving at your doorstep, but nothing puts a damper on the holidays like having one stolen. Police in Jersey City have been setting up fake Amazon boxes on doorsteps in order to catch thieves, according to...
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GeekWire |
WeWork unveils first companies at new Labs incubator in Seattle, aims to spur startup activity
WeWork Labs is off and running with its first West Coast location where the co-working giant is aiming to help spur startup activity in Seattle. WeWork held an opening ceremony party at its startup incubator concept on Tuesday evening, as members of the Seattle tech community helped welcome the new program. There are more than 30 Seattle-based companies (see full list below) that are already working out of WeWork Labs, a program that offers extra support for startups beyond core WeWork services...
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
Google’s Own Email Filters Flag Google’s Party Invite as Malicious
A cybersecurity reporter says his own Google-provided email app flagged an email about a Google party because it included content “typically used to steal personal information.”
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Hacker News |
An Open Source Tool for Scaling Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
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Android Police - Andro... |
NVIDIA SHIELD upgrade 7.2 adds Amazon Music, customizable Quick Settings, and more
We just got done telling you that the SHIELD Android TV is still a great device three years after release in part because it keeps getting updates. NVIDIA isn't stopping the updates, either. A new upgrade to the SHIELD is rolling out today with Amazon Music integration, NAS improvements, customizable Quick Settings, and more.
The 7.2 upgrade includes a few headlining features and a raft of smaller tweaks. Here's the full list. Read MoreNVIDIA SHIELD upgrade 7.2 adds Amazon Music, customiza...
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We Don't Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy
Rare earth metals are used in solar panels and wind turbines—as well as electric cars and consumer electronics. We don't recycle them, and there's not enough to meet growing demand.
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GeekWire |
NYC Council grills Amazon over HQ2: ‘You’re worth $1 trillion. Why do you need our $3 billion?’
Amazon got a healthy dose of New York brashness Wednesday as city councilmembers grilled company executives and their economic development partners over the plan to build a 25,000-person office in Queens. Amazon’s appetite for incentives was a key concern raised by the Council, along with frustration over the bid’s lack of transparency and the bypassing of the traditional land-use process. Total incentives from New York City and the state could amount to $3 billion. “You’re ...
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Hacker News |
Internet Search Tips
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Hacker News |
Women Who Code Moves Global HQ from SF to Atlanta with Help from Home Depot
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MSPoweruser |
Firefox 65 beta lands with WebP support, simplified privacy controls and MSI support
Firefox 65 has now rolled out to the Beta channel, and the firm is bringing support for the WebP Image format and better privacy features. The WebP image format is a relatively new one pioneered by Google to replace the .jpeg and .png format. While it was previously supported in Chrome, Firefox is now signing up […]
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Techdirt |
Malware Purveyors Targeting Pirate Sites With Bogus DMCA Takedown Notices
DMCA takedown abuse is nothing new. But it normally involves bogus takedown requests claiming copyright violations. TorrentFreak has uncovered a new form of abuse that involves the DMCA, but unlike normal copyright claims, doesn't allow the target to contest the claims.
One of the most recent scams we’ve seen targets various popular game piracy sites, including gamestorrents.tv, fitgirl-repacks.site, freegogpcgames.com, crotorrents.com, nosteam.ro, pcgames-download.com and skidrowreloade...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Watch The Full Nerd talk Intel news and RTX laptop rumors right now!
Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In today's show we talk about Intel's big CPU plans for 2019 and beyond, rumors of Nvidia RTX in laptops, and Corsair's wild and fake RGB RAM. As always we will be answering your live questions so speak up in the chat.
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CNET News |
Cloudy headlights can cut light output by 80 percent, AAA warns - Roadshow
DIY and professional headlight restoration kits aren't all they're cracked up to be, either, says the motor club.
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Techdirt |
Daily Deal: Ultimate Cisco Certification Super Bundle
The Ultimate Cisco Certification Super Bundle will help you prepare to gain certifications necessary to work with Cisco Networking Systems. The 9 courses cover interconnecting Cisco networking devices, LAN switching technologies, IPv4 and IPv6 routing technologies, WAN technologies, infrastructure services and maintenance, network security, and much more. Each course is designed to help you prepare to take various Cisco certification exams. This bundle is on sale for $49.
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CNET News |
Here are the original shows, documentaries and movies Netflix has on the way - CNET
Netflix unveils a stable of originals heading to screens in early 2019.
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SlashGear |
Motorola One and Moto X4 update to Android Pie
This week the folks at Motorola responsible for bringing big software updates to smartphones hit 3-point shots for two major machines. The Motorola One was launched relatively recently inside the United States and already it’s prepared for the Android Pie update from the company. The Moto X4 is also coming up Milhouse with Android Pie, also starting this week. According … Continue reading
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The Huffington Post |
Students Make Professor The Punchline After He Challenges Them To Go Viral
Missouri State University professor Andrew Cline never expected the students to succeed so wildly.
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Boy Genius Report |
Doctors are now facing prison time and huge fines for illegal opioid prescriptions
It's no secret that the US is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Addiction statistics and overdose rates have climbed so high that they're actually beginning to affect overall life expectancy for US citizens, leaving health officials scrambling to manage the huge number of opioid prescriptions that are handed out from coast to coast.
Now, in what might be the start of a trend, two doctors in separate cases are facing real consequences for handing out prescription opioids to people who definitely...
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VentureBeat |
Detroit: Become Human sales pass 2 million copies
Sony announced today that sales for Detroit: Become Human have passed the 2 million mark.
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AppleInsider |
Apple's streaming video service casting director is Sony exec Tamara Hunter
After what has been called an "extensive search," Apple has brought on Sony Pictures' Tamara Hunter to lead Apple's casting efforts for its video streaming service.
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The Next Web |
Intel’s new GPUs show it’s slowly getting serious about graphics
There’s one thing we know all know about integrated graphics: they suck. Usually, they’re barely enough to play any modern games, or even some old ones. But Intel is trying to make them suck significantly less with its ‘Gen11’ series of GPUs next year. Intel seems to have skipped a number, considering we’re currently at Gen9, but it’s indicative of the performance boost the company is going for. Long story short, the new GPUs have more than twice the execution units as its predecesso...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Fortnite Battle Royale: Season 7 gets festive
Fortnite Season 7 brings in shotguns, a brand-new Creative Mode, and a whole lot of Christmas cheer to the Battle Royale phenomenon.
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
The FCC Is Investigating Cell Carriers' Wireless Coverage Maps
Smaller companies say big carrier wireless claims of uninterrupted, nationwide coverage are a “sham.”
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Digg Top Stories |
No, You're Not On Drugs: This Lake Is Completely Pink
Eh, or maybe you are on drugs, but either way this salt lagoon in Western Australia is still pink as punch due to a carotenoid-producing algae called Dunaliella salina.
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Digg Top Stories |
It's Hard To Believe This Footage Of Orcas Dancing Alongside A Swimmer Is Real
This drone operator in New Zealand got supremely lucky, capturing a scene that at first appeared frightening — why are these potentially-murderous orcas circling this woman? But evolved into a devastatingly beautiful scene.
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GeekWire |
Fake moves: Dancing Russian robot that wowed state media turns out to be a human in a costume
Oh, great, more Russian propaganda. Only this time it appears it was the Russians who were fooled by some fake moves. A human dressed in a robot costume reportedly danced for the audience at an event celebrating Russian technology advancement and was convincing enough to garner a real story from a state-run news channel. Vice reported on “Boris the Robot” and his moves on Wednesday. The video is clearly not what we’ve come to expect from humanoid robots such as those created by...
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Digital Trends |
The best action cameras of 2018
Action cameras are great tools for capturing videos of your everyday activities, whether it's a birthday party or the steepest slope you've ever descended on your snowboard. These are the best money can buy.
The post The best action cameras of 2018 appeared first on Digital Trends.
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CNET News |
Ajit Pai's FCC gives carriers the option to block text messages - CNET
The agency approves new rules to help phone companies combat spam texts. But opponents have censorship concerns.
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Techradar - All the la... |
iPhone 2019 may be thinner and lighter thanks to touch-integrated OLED screen
The newest iPhone 2019 rumor suggests that the phone could be thinner and lighter, all thanks to Samsung.
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Digg Top Stories |
This Camera's Zoom Is So Powerful It Can See Saturn's Rings
The Nikon P900 can zoom and zoom and zoom, so much so that it can distinguish Saturn's body and rings in the night sky.
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BetaNews |
The elements of cybersecurity hygiene and secure networks
The two fundamental building blocks in ensuring that your data is secure are physical infrastructure and network security. Understanding and protecting your information from threats and human error requires meticulously layered security protocols. Last year, British Airways canceled over 400 flights and stranded 75,000 passengers because of an IT outage caused by an engineer who disconnected a power supply at a data center near London’s Heathrow airport. When it comes to data centers and netwo...
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BetaNews |
The fundamentals of network security and cybersecurity hygiene
The two fundamental building blocks in ensuring that your data is secure are physical infrastructure and network security. Understanding and protecting your information from threats and human error requires meticulously layered security protocols. Last year, British Airways canceled over 400 flights and stranded 75,000 passengers because of an IT outage caused by an engineer who disconnected a power supply at a data center near London’s Heathrow airport. When it comes to data centers and netwo...
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Extremetech |
InSight Takes Its First Mars Selfie
A bunch of smarter than average primates, who several thousand years ago were building tone tools, have landed a robot on another planet to study its interior. That's all well and good, but you can't say you've really been someplace until you take a selfie.
The post InSight Takes Its First Mars Selfie appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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CNET News |
Go, Wonder Woman! Movies led by women dominate box office, study finds - CNET
Filmmakers respond to the new study, which looked at 350 top box office films that featured women in lead roles and passed the Bechdel test.
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Facebook and ZeniMax settle Oculus VR lawsuit
