We love a good drone build here at Hackaday, but no matter how much care is taken, exposed propellers are always a risk: you don’t have to look far on the web to see videos to prove it. Conventional prop-guards like those seen on consumer drones often only protect the side of the propeller, not
Read MoreAbrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Despite challenges in penetrating the US market, Huawei says it has shipped over 200M smartphones in 2018 globally, up from last year’s 153M units — Huawei has set a record for itself by shipping more than 200 million smartphones in 2018, the company said in a statement Sunday. Despite challenges in
Read MoreNeither snow nor rain nor political impasse can keep its defense satellites from trailing St. Nick and his reindeer on Christmas Eve. NORAD still tracking Santa despite government shutdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Cloud Imperium, the developer of a yet-to-be fully launched space sim Star Citizen, raises $46M at a $460M valuation after crowdfunding $211M over six years — The story of the game Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium, the company developing it, is almost too ludicrous to believe … Cloud Imperium, the developer
Read MoreWe love IoT gadgets, but are occasionally concerned that they might allow access to the wrong kind of hacker. In this case, [Kevin] has created an IoT tree that allows anyone to control the pattern of lights, and he’s invited you to do so! We played with the tree a bit, and the web interface
Read MoreCommentary: Move over, Marvel. CNET’s Bonnie Burton explains why the new Aquaman movie made her a DC fan. Jason Momoa's Aquaman is the superhero the world needs right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePatreon, a crowdfunding site for content creators, is facing a rebellion after its human moderators booted a creator who had violated its hate speech policy. Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe SpaceX CEO shares some surprising details about the materials being used to create his massive new rocket. Elon Musk shows off massive Mars 'Starship' prototype rocket – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlastair Marsh / Bloomberg: Crypto efforts of banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays are in limbo after bitcoin’s months-long fall and weak demand from institutional clients — Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and many more built it. But they didn’t come. — Limbo—that’s where to find Wall Street when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Crypto efforts
Read MoreAs the late screenwriting legend William Goldman famously said; “nobody knows anything” so predictions – especially about technology – always run the risk of making people look silly in the not-so-distant-future. That said, I’m going to go out on a limb and say in the next few years we’re going to see more people becoming
Read MoreA familiar spirit, or just a familiar, is a creature rumored to help people in the practice of magic. The moniker is perfect for Archimedes, the robot owl built by Alex Glow, which wields the Amazon AIY kit to react when it detects faces. A series of very interesting design choices a what really gives
Read MoreTech companies say consumers prefer being shown ads that are relevant to them. But a professor’s research shows they trade data for those ads not because of convenience but resignation. Advertising: Sharing Data for Deals? More Like Watching It Go With a Sigh Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreHuawei shipped more smartphones than it ever has even as international tensions rise. Despite U.S. crackdown, Huawei ships a record 200 million smartphones Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJustin Lynch / Fifth Domain: How a US shutdown affects its cybersecurity workforce: NIST among worst-hit agencies with 85% staff furloughed, DNI’s analysis and operations staff cut by 60% — America’s federal cybersecurity workforce will see sharp reductions if Congress fails to pass a spending bill to keep the government open … How a US
Read MoreBy just about any measure, Microsoft had a pretty good 2018. I have five suggestions on how CEO Satya Nadella and his teams can keep customers happy and make money in 2019. My Microsoft wish list for 2019 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Temi, a startup that plans to officially launch its telepresence robot in January, raises a $21M Series B led by Alibaba’s ex-CTO, bringing total raised to $83M — Temi, a robotics startup headquartered in New York, is betting big on its eponymous Temi telepresence product — and it’s taking new investors
Read MoreTechnology is responsible for literally thousands of new words that have been added to our daily lexicon in the last decade. Words like selfie, TL:DR, bingeable, and Bitcoin have all been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary this year. All these words started somewhere before being included in the dictionary. Usually, new words are invented in
Read MoreWe’re not quite sure what to say about this DIY X-ray machine. On the one hand, it’s a really impressive build, with incredible planning and a lot of attention to detail. On the other hand, it’s a device capable of emitting dangerous doses of ionizing radiation. In the end, we’ll leave judgment on the pros
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: WeChat adds a Snapchat-like Stories feature called Time Capsule that lets users upload videos of up to 15 seconds that disappear after 24 hours — WeChat, the Chinese messaging giant with over 1 billion monthly active users around the world, just added a Snap-like ephemeral video feature as part of its
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again. What always amazes me is how much tacky crap people will tolerate for the holidays. Creepy music, vulgar light decorations, gross food… the list goes on. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of great stuff too. Take holiday movies for example, there are some absolute classics. But there’s
Read MoreWhat you may not know is that there’s already a program in Microsoft Office that can probably handle what you’re proposing. It’s Microsoft VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) — and even though it’s been around for 25 years, lots of users don’t realize how it can be used to automate a lot of the repetitive
Read MoreMark Bergen / Bloomberg: Fourth Paradigm, a Chinese provider of AI-driven data analysis software founded by Huawei veterans, raises $150M at a ~$1.2B valuation — – Fourth Paradigm snags $150 million at a $1.2 billion valuation — The startup is joining ranks of Chinese firms making AI chips Fourth Paradigm, a Chinese provider of AI-driven
Read MoreThe first step in conducting online propaganda efforts and misinformation campaigns is almost always a fake social media profile. Phony profiles for nonexistent people worm their way into the social networks of real people, where they can spread their falsehoods. But neither social media companies nor technological innovations offer reliable ways to identify and remove
Read More{$inline_image}The first step in conducting online propaganda efforts and misinformation campaigns is almost always a fake social media profile. Phony profiles for nonexistent people worm their way into the social networks of real people, where they can spread their falsehoods. But neither social media companies nor technological innovations offer reliable ways to identify and remove
Read MoreHere we go again. Uber, Lyft IPOs to mint next batch of Bay Area millionaires – CNET Source: CNet
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