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Digital Trends |
2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e review: This classic hybrid is a winter warrior
The 2020 Toyota Prius is the latest version of the car that put hybrids on the map. The Prius has been many hybrid buyers' default choice, but is it still the best?
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VentureBeat |
GDC survey: Game devs favor unionization, PC, and next-gen consoles
The GDC's annual survey found that 54% of game developers now favor unionization, compared to 47% in the survey from a year ago.
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ExtremeTechExtremeTech |
AWS, Microsoft, Cisco. For $39, You Get Certification Training in IT’s Most Popular Systems
Prep to validate your skills in IT's top systems and tools.
The post AWS, Microsoft, Cisco. For $39, You Get Certification Training in IT’s Most Popular Systems appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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MakeUseOf |
How to Add Website Shortcuts to the iPhone Home Screen
With millions of apps on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, you think there would be an app for everything. Sadly, that’s not the case. Sometimes you’ll come across a great website that doesn’t offer a dedicated app. Or maybe you just want quick access to your favorites sites from your iPhone’s home screen. Whatever the case, you can easily add websites to your home screen on iPhone thanks to a neat Safari trick. We’ll show you how to make any website an app on iPho...
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MSPoweruser |
Connect app could be preventing Windows 10 update KB4528760- here’s what to do if you’re affected
Last week, we reported that users are experiencing issues when downloading the latest Windows security update KB4528760; which offers important security fixes alongside other improvements. Upon download, the update will begin, then terminate shortly after, and present a fail message. Hundreds of users have since come forward to report the same issue on Feedback Hub: […]
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The Verge - All Posts |
More developers are making games for next-gen consoles than streaming services
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles are both expected to launch later this year, and developers are gearing up with new games. According to GDC’s new annual survey, developers are more likely to be working on a game for the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, previously known as Project Scarlett, than game streaming services like Google Stadia and Project xCloud.
In the entertainment industry, streaming is bigger than it’s ever been; the streaming wars ...
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Engadget |
A breath-sensing AR project helps visualize your impact on the world
What if you could see how your breath affected the world around you? A new immersive production premiering at the Sundance festival today hopes it will make you consider your impact on the environment. It's called Breathe, and features animated glowi...
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Gizmodo |
Sprint Will Repair Your Busted Samsung Galaxy Screen for $49, Regardless of Your Carrier
Sprint says it will fix your cracked Galaxy screen for just under 50 bones, and you don’t have to be a Sprint customer to benefit.Read more...
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BleepingComputer.com |
City of Potsdam Servers Offline Following Cyberattack
The City of Potsdam severed the administration servers' Internet connection following an attack that took place earlier this week. Emergency services including the city's fire department fully operational and payments are not affected. [...]
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BBC News | Technology ... |
Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law
Media giants such as Google have been outspoken opponents of the legislation.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Philips has an 88-inch 8K OLED TV – but you can't buy it yet
The new 8K screen has been demoed to the press, but isn't ready for the limelight just yet.
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9to5Mac |
Latest Beats Pro headphones $50 off, MacBook Air from $730, iPhone starting at $140 in today’s best deals
Friday’s best deals include the latest Beats headphones discounted in all colors, plus deals on MacBooks, and various previous-generation iPhones. Head below for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.
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Slashdot |
Lenovo Issues Firmware Update for ThinkPad Laptops Made Between 2017 and 2019 To Fix Various USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 Connection Issues
couchslug writes: Potential hardware damage alert. As reported by Notebookcheck and later posted to a Lenovo support page, the USB-C firmware issue affects more than a dozen ThinkPad models including the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (5th Gen to 7th Gen), X1 Yoga (2nd Gen to 4th Gen), and P-series ThinkPads. It turns out that a firmware update issued in August 2019 corrupted the software controlling the port. " couchslug adds: Anyone with more information on this expensive problem please post. It's already...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Star Trek: Picard: how Data died, and his appearance in Picard explained
How Data died ahead in Star Trek: Nemesis, and what his appearances in Star Trek: Picard mean.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Thomas Markle Admits Lying To Meghan, Harry About Paparazzi Photos
Meghan's father confessed he's still making money off photos he staged ahead of the couple's royal wedding.
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Boy Genius Report |
Boeing backs out of military spaceplane project
To say it's been a rough couple of years for Boeing would be an understatement. The company has endured a number of significant setbacks — from the multiple crashes and subsequent worldwide grounding of its 737 Max aircraft to delays of its Starliner spacecraft which it eagerly wants to deliver to NASA — and now we have another to add to the list.
In a new statement issued by Boeing the company reveals that it is backing out of the experimental spaceplane program that it had been working on...
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Ars Technica |
Why can’t I remember? Model may show how recall can fail
Model may predict why you can’t recall what you know you remember.
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Mashable! |
Winter blues got you down? Snag a light therapy lamp on sale.
Winter can be a hard time for everybody. With colder temperatures and fewer hours of daylight, our energy is not always in abundance. It's an even tougher time, though, if you experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or seasonal depression.
Other than getting outside, one of the most popular remedies recommended to help curb the effects of SAD is light therapy. It simulates natural sunlight and triggers mood boosters in your brain. This is especially powerful during winter because natural su...
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Stuff.TV RSS feed - Th... |
Random Access Memories: Motorola StarTAC: 1996
No, not that one
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Techradar - All the la... |
Samsung Galaxy S20 may launch with a similar feature to iPhone's AirDrop
New leak suggests Samsung Galaxy S20 is slated to get an AirDrop-like sharing service, but it will only work between Galaxy phones.
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Hacker News |
Show HN: Postgresqlco.nf: PostgreSQL Configuration for Humans
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SlashGear |
Fortnite Chapter 2 season 2 finally has a release date
With the release of Fortnite Chapter 2, Epic made a lot of changes to the game. Not only did the map change in fairly dramatic fashion, but account progression was given something of a shakeup and Chapter 2 gave players more to do in matches (like fishing). The changes weren’t just centered around gameplay, though, as Epic also changed Fortnite‘s … Continue reading
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Boing Boing |
Washington state government tweets photo of Bigfoot
The Washington State Department of Transportation tweeted a photo of Bigfoot caught on a webcam overlooking the mountainous Sherman Pass that crosses the Colville National Forest. People with overactive imaginations argue that what we're seeing is actually a shadow or even a human. Of course it's much more likely that this is a rare photo of the undiscovered large primate species residing in the Pacific Northwest.
Watch the webcam yourself here.
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Boing Boing |
Howto: roleplay a suit of armor filled with bees
Snickelsox's guide to playing animated armor that is full of bees is full of surprisingly well-thought-through advice for anyone who should be tempted to role-play such a thing, despite their protestations that "this is dumb."
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Hello, here is a sheet of Animated Armor that is full of bees. Please feel free to share this around and use it in your game. It is dumb, but I will not apologize. #DnD #Bees #5E pic.twitter.com/4qicec0Wop— Snickelsox (@snickelsox) January 23, ...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Game remakes vs remasters: what's the difference?
Videogame re-releases are wonderfully confusing, but we're hear to make things a bit simpler.
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Hacker News |
Announcing RDS/Aurora Snapshot Export to S3
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Techradar - All the la... |
Best beginner DSLR cameras 2020: 7 cheap DSLRs perfect for new users
If you're just getting started in photography, these are the best beginner DSLRs from Canon, Nikon and Pentax right now.
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Nintendo Switch Pro: what we want to see from a new Switch console
We're expecting Nintendo to launch an updated version of the Nintendo Switch in 2020 - but will it be a Switch Pro?
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Neowin |
Save 93% off this Python Programming, CS, Algorithms & Data Structures Course
Learn programming with Python 3 and build algorithms and data structures from scratch with this heavily discounted course. Get it for just thirteen bucks via the Neowin Deals store today! Read more...
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TechCrunch |
Goldman Sachs’ new board member diversity rule misses the mark
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon recently said the investment bank won’t take companies public that don’t have at least one board member from an underrepresented group. The main focus will be on female board members, he told CNBC, because companies that have gone public in the last four years with at least one woman on their […]
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IT Pro - Microsoft Win... |
Tech CEOs in Davos Dodge Issues by Warning Audiences About AI
Two years ago big tech embarked on a repentance tour to Davos in response to criticism about the companies’ role in issues such as election interference; spreading misinformation; the distribution of extremist content; antitrust violations; and tax avoidance. These problems haven’t gone away, but this time executives warned audiences that AI that must be regulated, rather than the companies themselves.
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Boing Boing |
Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich)
When John Stumpf (previously) was CEO of Wells Fargo, he oversaw a string of scandals including literally millions of acts of bank fraud, and still managed to walk out of the business with millions in bonuses and no criminal prosecutions.
He remains a multi-multi-multi-millionaire, but will have to surrender $17.5m in fines for his role in the scandals and is barred for life from working in banking. Many of his accomplices from Wells Fargo's C-suite are facing their own fines and restrictions ...
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SlashGear |
Sprint $50 Samsung phone screen fix seems to be a true loss leader
The situation at Sprint at the moment is a bit of a rarity in the smartphone universe – a deal with the potential for no drawback. Sprint has a Samsung screen-fixing program right now in which one phone can have its display fixed for $50 USD. Assuming you’ve got a broken phone screen and your phone is one of the … Continue reading
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Digital Trends |
Amazon and Walmart discount these Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers
Two of the best smart speakers are the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Buy one of them today and save up to $50.
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Business Insider |
Why humans, not machines, are companies' biggest competitive advantage (ACN)
"People are an organization's most significant source of competitive advantage," Accenture's HR chief Ellyn Shook told Business Insider at the Davos 2020 conference.
Even as more work gets automated, Shook said "uniquely human skills" such as creativity, collaboration, and communication are becoming increasingly valuable.
Shook said Accenture looks at technology as a way to "elevate humans and not eliminate humans."
As companies navigate rapid technological changes, however, Shook also str...
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Hacker News |
First successful electrochemical carborane process for uranium extraction
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Techradar - All the la... |
‘Porn block’ reversal sees UK government sued for millions
Four age verification companies seek £3 million in damages after government scheme scrapped.
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Business Insider |
Brands pay men a lot more money per sponsored Instagram post as influencers, but women dominate the industry
In a recent report, Izea, a company that connects marketers with influencers, found that men make a lot more money per sponsored social-media post – yet women are dominating the industry.
In its analysis, Izea looked at prices paid for sponsored blog posts, Instagram posts, Facebook posts, Tweets, and YouTube videos between 2014 and 2019 on its platform.
Brands are set to spend up to $15 billion on influencer marketing by 2022, according to Business Insider Intelligence research, and spons...
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Krebs on Security |
Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?
If you're running a business online, few things can be as disruptive or destructive to your brand as someone stealing your company's domain name and doing whatever they wish with it. Even so, most major Web site owners aren't taking full advantage of the security tools available to protect their domains from being hijacked. Here's the story of one recent victim who was doing almost everything possible to avoid such a situation and still had a key domain stolen by scammers.
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Boing Boing |
Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists
Last year's EU Copyright Directive will require online services to install upload filters similar to Youtube's Content ID system, a $100m, voluntary tool that allows rightsholders to claim video and audio and either censor or earn money from any user videos that matches their claims.
At the time, opponents of this "filternet" proposal pointed out that Youtube's Content ID had some glaring issues that made it unsuitable as a model for expansion into all services and all types of media (written ...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Teachers call for more computers in schools
More hardware, but also more training, teachers tell Lenovo survey.
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Hacker News |
Are We There Yet? – A deconstruction of object-oriented time (2009)
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
CDC Confirms Second Case Of Coronavirus In The U.S.
The virus has shut down travel and restricted festivities for the Lunar New Year, China's biggest holiday.
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Hacker News |
How to Do Code Reviews
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Hacker News |
What can you use instead of Google and Facebook?
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Reuters: Technology News |
Intel's blockbuster results lift shares to dotcom peak, fire up sector
Intel Corp's shares hit their highest in nearly two decades on Friday after cloud computing demand fired up the chipmaker's data center business and allayed concerns of market share loss to rival AMD, lifting stocks across the sector.
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Boy Genius Report |
The 5 best deals you can get right now on Apple accessories
If you're an Apple fan, you know that getting your hands on core Apple products like an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and MacBook is only part of the equation. You also need all the great accessories that enhance those products, and there are some truly killer deals available right now on Amazon. You'll find all-time low pricing on AirPods Pro (temporarily out of stock, but order now to lock in the discount and they'll ship within a week or two) and AirPods 2, an 18W USB-C fast charger with a USB-C...
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TweakTown News |
Report: KOTOR spiritual successor RPG back in development at EA
EA may be returning to the old-school RPG roots with a new Knights of the Old Republic game: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/70155/report-kotor-spiritual-successor-rpg-back-development-ea/index.html
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TechCrunch |
Early-bird savings end next Friday on tickets to Robotics+AI 2020
TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics+AI 2020 is gearing up to be one amazing show. This annual day-long event draws the brightest minds and makers from these two industries — 1,500 attendees last year alone. And if you really want to make 2020 a game-changing year, grab yourself an early-bird ticket and save $150 on tickets before prices […]
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Gizmodo |
7 Things We Loved (and 7 We Didn't) About Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has returned with Part 3, which sees Sabrina fighting for her spot as Queen of Hell while the coven grapples with a traveling band of pagans. Did we like it? In short: It’s a bit of a mixed bag.Read more...
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Macworld |
Hands on with the first Mac: Apple's Macintosh 128K
On January 24, 1984, Apple released the Macintosh 128K. Macworld U.K. took a look at the computer to see what it's like to use a vintage Mac.(macworld.com)To read this article in full, please click here
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Engadget |
I am my own spy: A personal surveillance story
One of the first webcams I purchased was a Dropcam several years ago. We'd had a couple of package thefts, and I wanted to see if I could catch the perpetrator in the act. I positioned the camera at our front window, with the lens pointed at the step...
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Motherboard RSS Feed |
Joe Rogan’s Endorsement Is One of the Most Influential in America
Bernie Sanders won the Joe Rogan primary. Is that good for Bernie?
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Digital Trends |
Here’s how to send a text message from your email account
Need to send an email to someone's phone as a short text instead? Here's how to do it using any carrier.
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ExtremeTechExtremeTech |
Siri for Self-Drive Cars: Genius or Patenting the Obvious?
Apple wants Siri to be the 'navigation manager' for your car. It would find the very best parking space, or what Siri believes is the best Mediterranean cuisine, using hand, eye and phone gestures, plus voice.
The post Siri for Self-Drive Cars: Genius or Patenting the Obvious? appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Hacker News |
Clojure – Fascinated, Disappointed, Astonished (2016)
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AppleInsider |
Flash deals: Apple's MacBook Air drops to $729 today only
Amazon-owned Woot is shaving $470 to $570 off 2018 13-inch MacBook Air notebooks today only, with prices as low as $729.99. Or save $200 on 2019 models with special in-cart savings at Amazon itself.
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Tom's Hardware |
About Tom’s Hardware: Our Staff, Ratings and History
Get to know the people behind Tom’s Hardware, as well as the history of our site and our mission. You can also find contact information here.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Coco Gauff Asks ‘What Is My Life?’ After Beating Defending Champ Naomi Osaka
The tennis stars faced off again at the Australian Open after sharing a tear-jerking moment at the U.S. Open last year.
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Gizmodo |
Tinder's New Panic Button Is Sharing Your Data With Ad-Tech Companies
Tinder has a proven track record of providing a dating platform to some less-than-stellar men who have been accused of raping—and in one grisly case, dismembering—women they’ve met through the platform. But even when the company does something right, there are still privacy trade-offs to consider.Read more...
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TechCrunch |
Vivo beats Samsung for 2nd spot in Indian smartphone market
Samsung, which once led the smartphone market in India, slid to the third position in the quarter that ended in December, even as the South Korean giant continues to make major bets on the rare handset market that is still growing. 158 million smartphones shipped in India in 2019, up from 145 million the year before, […]
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Neowin |
Amazon's Alexa-enabled Smart Oven is now in stock, and it comes with a free Echo Dot
Amazon announced the 4-in-1 convection oven, microwave, air fryer, and food oven in September, featuring 30+ presets, and more. The device, which is compatible is Alexa, is now in stock. Read more...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Android’s AirDrop competitor demonstrated in new hands-on video
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
A new hands-on video from XDA Developers has given us our best look yet at Android’s upcoming AirDrop-style sharing feature called Nearby Sharing. The video of the unannounced feature shows a number of photos and a video file being sent between a Pixel 2 XL and a Pixel 4, although XDA notes that the feature has also been seen working on a OnePlus device.
Despite how useful AirDrop is, so far, Android has struggled to find much success with its own alt...
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Mashable! |
Beats Solo Pro headphones are beautiful and on sale for the first time
TL;DR: The new Beats Solo Pro are Beats' first noise-canceling on-ear headphones and they're on sale for $249.95 — a savings of $50 and their first online discount ever.
When they first came out in 2008, Beats were that big, ridiculous purchase that you put on your holiday list as a Hail Mary. They were cool and eccentric but looked plastic-y and had too much bass to be enjoyable.
Beats has toned it down and perfected noise cancellation over the years, but many of us are still rockin...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Tesla touts safeguards as senator urges company to rebrand 'Autopilot'
Tesla Inc touted safeguards to its driver assistance system "Autopilot" after a Democratic U.S. senator on Friday urged the automaker to rebrand the system because it has "an inherently misleading name."
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Reddit |
British police will scan people's faces to see if they're criminals, and critics say it's a massive expansion of surveillance
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Boing Boing |
The Guardian has outed the true identity of the mysterious founder of the Base, a white nationalist terror group
The Base is a white nationalist terror group that made the news when three of its members were arrested and accused of planning to start a civil war at this week's gun rally in Virginia by murdering cops and opening fire on the pro-gun protesters.
The group has a "culture of secrecy" and its members know its founder by aliases like "Norman Spear" and "Roman Wolf." But The Guardian has uncovered his true identity, using a combination of insider leaks and public records requests. According to th...
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Hacker News |
Kube-scan: Octarine K8s cluster risk assessment tool
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Muslim Women Are Protesting India’s Citizenship Law By Occupying Streets
Women of all ages are staging sit-ins across India to protest a controversial law that discriminates against Muslims.
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Resources | ZDNet |
There's more to Google than Google: Dataset Search comes out of beta
The company's search engine is designed for researchers, but casual users are advised to give it a go.
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The Register |
Well, well, well. Internet-of-Things speaker biz Sonos to continue some software support for legacy kit after all
Punters can still run old and new gear on same network, for now
Sonos has said it will continue to support legacy products in an apparent reversal of a statement made earlier this week.…
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Slashdot |
Pentagon Blocks Clampdown on Huawei Sales
The Commerce Department's efforts to tighten the noose on Huawei Technologies Co. is facing a formidable obstacle: the Pentagon. From a report:Commerce officials have withdrawn proposed regulations making it harder for U.S. companies to sell to Huawei [the link may be paywalled] from their overseas facilities following objections from the Defense Department as well as the Treasury Department, people familiar with the matter told WSJ. The Pentagon is concerned that if U.S. companies can't continu...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Second case of coronavirus confirmed in the US
Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images
A second US case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in a patient in Chicago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today. The female patient had recently returned from Wuhan, China, and did not have symptoms when she arrived in the US. When she developed symptoms, she reported them to a doctor.
There have been 63 suspected cases of the coronavirus under investigation in the US, the CDC said during a press conference....
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Reuters: Technology News |
New Huawei restriction in limbo after Pentagon disagrees with Commerce approach
The U.S. Commerce Department has put on hold a rule aimed at further reducing sales to China’s Huawei Technologies amid pushback from the Defense Department, people familiar with the matter said.
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Engadget |
Fortnite Chapter 2's next season will start on February 20th
Epic Games has at last set a start date for Fortnite's next season. It's scheduled for February 20th, more than four months after Chapter 2 started, which makes the current season by far the longest in the battle royale's history.
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AppleInsider |
Wedbush is AAPL's biggest bull, setting a $400 price target
Wedbush's Daniel Ives is now saying that Apple stock is worth $400 per share -- a value that he predicted could happen just a week ago assuming everything went well for Apple.
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Mashable! |
Dolly Parton is to thank for that 'LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder' meme
A profile picture can help set the tone of an entire social media page, which is why Dolly Parton wants to make sure we all choose our images wisely.
On Tuesday, the iconic singer, songwriter, and actress shared four photos of herself taken throughout the years and wrote, "Get you a woman who can do it all 😉."
The four photos have vastly different energies to them, so Dolly took it upon herself to label each. The most professional photo was, of course, labeled "LinkedIn," the fun and cas...
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SlashGear |
London police are rolling out a controversial facial recognition system
Police forces in London, UK, have confirmed they will be switching on controversial Live Facial Recognition (LFR) systems, aiming to spot known criminals or suspects in crime hotspots around the city. The system will be able to flag individuals on a watch-list, picking known faces out of the crowd. The technology is being supplied by NEC, and the Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
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VentureBeat |
Docomo says 6G will bring AI everywhere, deliver ‘extreme’ performance
One of the world's cellular pioneers forecasts that AI will power seamless human-to-computer communications in the 6G era, starting around the year 2030.
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Gizmodo |
You Should Hoard Physical Copies of the Video Games You Love
When the Nintendo Switch arrived, I decided it was the first console on which I’d buy all my games digitally to improve its portability. Not having to wrangle a pile of cartridges was great, but I’m starting to rethink that approach after EA recently revealed its iOS version of Tetris was disappearing in a few…Read more...
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Boy Genius Report |
Here’s what you need to know about the Sonos mess, which just got more confusing
If you've seen our Sonos coverage over the past several days, you're already aware that the audio equipment company has a serious, high-profile mess on its hands right now. Tons of angry customers have been flooding social media, sending emails (and even launching at least one petition) in the wake of the company's decision to stop providing software updates to its oldest products after May. Sonos' position is that the products in question have reached the extent of their technical capabilities ...
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Techradar - All the la... |
Android 11: what we want to see
Most smartphones don’t even have Android 10 yet, but the Android 11 rumor mill has already begun.
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Tom's Hardware |
EVGA's RTX 2060 KO Arriving in Both TU104 and TU106 Variants
Some of EVGA's GeForce RTX 2060 KO Gaming graphics cards will use TU106 silicon while others will use TU104.
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Boing Boing |
The case for replacing air travel with high-speed sleeper trains
One of the best work trips I ever took was the overnight train from London King's Cross to Edinburgh: I had a comfortable berth, went from city centre to city centre, arrived rested and refreshed, and did not have to endure the indignities and discomforts of air travel.
University of Westminster Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning Enrica Papa's editorial on the glories and possibilities of overnight rail as an alternative for many air journeys describes how the phenomenon of flygskam (Swedis...
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Reddit |
AI, Blockchain technology to rescue modern slaves: For years people have been knowingly or unknowingly consuming goods made by millions of forced workers worldwide. Now, technology is forcing them to reflect on their choices by exposing their complicity i
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The Verge - All Posts |
Beats’ new Solo Pro wireless noise-canceling headphones are $50 off
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
The Beats Solo Pro are $50 off at Best Buy, taking the price down to $249.99. This matches the lowest price we’ve seen yet. And to our knowledge, this is only the second time they’ve been discounted. If you haven’t read our review, these are the best Beats headphones yet, according to The Verge’s Chris Welch, with a noise cancellation effect and sound quality that are inarguably great.
Those gifted with large noggins, be warned: you might find that th...
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Hacker News |
Human Computation and Games with a Purpose
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VentureBeat |
The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions
This week, the game industry saw three big acquisitions amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars changing hands. And there's more to come.
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The Verge - All Posts |
The best wireless earbuds to buy right now
It’s hard to make a bad choice, but Apple and Jabra remain the standouts
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Elizabeth Warren Is Ready To Move Past The Early States
Her campaign now has 1,000 staffers on the ground in 31 states, according to a new memo.
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Re/code |
Your Slack DMs aren’t as private as you think
Zac Freeland/Vox
How your employer (and others) can get your Slack messages.
Is Slack good for actually getting your work done? That’s debatable. But the popular messaging platform — which now boasts more than 12 million daily active users — is definitely a promising medium for employers, regulatory agencies, the government, and even hackers seeking a trove of data about a company and its workers. Even your coworkers could find out more about you than you might expect.
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Macworld |
In the beginning: The making of the Mac
January 24, 2020 marks the 36th anniversary of the unveiling of the Macintosh. Here’s a look back at the course of events that led to the Mac as we know it.(macworld.com)To read this article in full, please click here
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
The Full Nerd ep. 122: AMD's confusing Radeon RX 5600 XT launch
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Adam Patrick Murray review the confusing launch of the Radeon RX 5600 XT, and all the Nvidia-AMD counterpunching around it.AMD announced the $279 Radeon RX 5600 XT at CES, positioning it against the older, similarly priced GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. But rather than cutting the GTX 1660 Ti’s price to counter AMD’s move, Nvidia instead cut the GeForce RTX 2060 from $350 to $300 instead, prompting AMD to push on a very last-second BIOS...
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Engadget |
Craig Kaths' intricate synth sculptures look real enough to play
Recently, I spent the afternoon traipsing through the streets of Brooklyn for Gowanus' annual open art studios tour. It's a yearly ritual for me because the industrial neighborhood, which is full of warehouses turned CrossFit gyms, is a veritable pla...
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MakeUseOf |
How to Recover Your PC Using an Android Device
Your PC’s operating system crashed, and the only chance of recovery is an ISO file flashed to a USB stick. But if you don’t have a spare PC to create installation media with, don’t worry. Android has you covered. Here’s how to recover your system by creating a bootable USB from Android without a PC. Your PC Is Toast: What Now? We’ve all been there: your PC won’t load. Perhaps a virus has compromised the operating system, or the hard disk is failing and needs r...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
NFL’s Saints Shielded Catholic Church Amid Abuse Crisis: Report
The New Orleans Saints are seeking to keep private hundreds of emails allegedly showing executives did damage control.
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MSPoweruser |
This is when the Galaxy Fold successor is likely to be released
It now appears that Samsung is planning to launch two foldable devices this year. One is, of course, the Galaxy Z Flip, which many argued that it’s the successor to the Galaxy Fold, and the other one is the real successor of the Galaxy Fold. And while we don’t know what the Galaxy Fold successor […]
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Android Police - Andro... |
36 temporarily free and 48 on-sale apps and games for Friday
Welcome to Friday, everyone. The end of the work-week is finally here, which means it's time once again to check out all of the app and game sales currently available on the Google Play Store. Today's list is a long one, with more than a few notable apps, and a slew of quality games, such as Meteorfall: Journeys, River Legends, and Out There: Ω Edition (which just received a significant content update, so make sure you don't miss out on this sale). Read More36 temporaril...
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Reuters: Technology News |
Kenyan woman, 26, sets up country's first digital car insurance company
Jihan Abass, a 26-year-old Kenyan woman, often walks into meetings full of puzzled faces as people crane past her looking for the boss of her new digital motor insurance company.
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Boing Boing |
Canadian "protesters" at Huawei extradition hearing say they were tricked, thought they were in a music video
The idea of paid protesters is a favorite of the right, though as always, the thing you accuse your opponents of inevitably turns out to be the thing you're doing yourself (Trump paid actors to cheer his presidential campaign announcement and big industry groups pay actors to protest regulations that undermine their profits).
The Trump administration has been seeking to extradite Huawei heiress/exec Meng Wanzhou since they had her arrested by Canadian authorities in late 2018.
This week saw a...
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2020 Toyota Prius XLE AWD-e review: This classic hybrid...
