The company will reportedly stop selling some older models of the phone at its German retail stores after losing a court battle. Apple halts some iPhone sales in Germany during Qualcomm patent dispute – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor a tech founder, working in the industry of health and fitness is extremely challenging — but the rewards far outweigh the difficulties. It’s not a place where easy money is made, but it’s one where you can influence the lives of so many people and change them for the better. Nevertheless, fitness tech startups attracted only
Read MoreThe company also modified how it reports information, giving users a more interactive, detailed site. Apple saw more government requests for user data in the first half of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: The Blackmagic eGPU Pro, introduced in October for a November release, can now be purchased on the online Apple Store for $1,199, delivers in mid-January — Apple’s new Blackmagic eGPU Pro, first introduced alongside the Mac mini and MacBook Air in late October, can now be purchased from the online Apple
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Navy Inspector General report says the US military used two Android apps containing severe vulnerabilities that could have given hackers access to troops’ info — Apps were meant for training, never approved for combat. Whistleblower’s efforts helped shed light on vulnerabilities, despite leadership reprisals. Navy Inspector General report says the US
Read MoreLoup Ventures: Voice assistant test involving 800 commands shows Google Assistant answered 88% correctly, Siri got 75% right, Alexa got 73%, and Cortana got 63% — We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana 800 questions each. Voice assistant test involving 800 commands shows Google Assistant answered 88% correctly,
Read MoreThe year-long case appears to be closed. Spotify reportedly ends .6 billion copyright lawsuit with Wixen – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[John Whittington] failed to win a bid for an old VT-220 serial terminal on eBay, so he decided to make his own version and improve it along the way. The result is the Whitterm-220 (or WT-220) which has at its core a Raspberry Pi and is therefore capable of more than just acting as a ‘dumb’
Read MoreCNET covered hundreds of products in 2018. These were the best of the best. CNET's best of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe stakes could not be higher for the company’s forthcoming flagship phone. Samsung Galaxy S10 rumors: Everything we know about a Feb. 20 launch, March 8 release, specs, features and price – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile DDoS-for-hire websites, including downtime.org and deacon.pro, and charged 3 men in US with operating the sites — The FBI has seized the domains of 15 several high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites, after a co-ordinated effort … FBI has seized the domains of 15
Read MoreMy first NPC kill in the Red Dead Online beta was an impulse. I rode past the NPC on my horse, whom I’d named Vanessa, and this guy felt the need to insult her. So I grabbed my revolver and put two rounds in his head, then got off to frisk his body. The net yield of first
Read MorePlease is over, people! Work Friend: Oh Please Stop Saying Please Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf there’s one place where the old ways of doing things live a longer life than you’d otherwise expect, it’s the woodshop. Woodworkers have a way of stubbornly sticking to tradition, and that usually works out fine. But what does it take to change a woodworker’s mind about a tool that seems to have little
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Investigation finds Chinese censors are now allowing criticism of Trump and the US on WeChat, as the US-China trade war heats up — Negative articles and comments about Trump were censored on the Chinese internet as recently as this summer. But now the floodgates appear to be open. Investigation finds Chinese censors are
Read MoreWhen we hear the word ‘interface,’ many of us think about graphical user interface (or GUI). The vast majority of digital products available on the market today have this type of interface. Since GUI is the most familiar type of interfaces to us, we used to think of it as the natural way of interaction
Read MoreA couple was alarmed to hear a man’s voice claiming that he was about to kidnap their 4-month-old son. ‘I’m in your baby’s room’: A hacker took over a baby monitor and broadcast threats, parents say Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: French data science startup Dataiku raises $101M Series C led by Iconiq Capital — Dataiku wants to turn buzzwords into an actual service. The company has been focused on data tools for many years, before everybody started talking about big data, data science and machine learning. French data science startup Dataiku
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon says it is rolling out an Alexa integration with Wolfram Alpha to users in US — Alexa’s getting a bit smarter, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha. Amazon today announced that its cross-platform assistant will integrate with Wolfram Research’s computational knowledge engine to answer math- and science-related questions. Amazon says it is
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Uber fined €400,000 by the French data protection watchdog CNIL for a 2016 data breach and coverup that exposed the personal details of 1.4M users in France — One by one, European countries are slapping Uber with a penalty for the way it handled its 2016 data breach. Uber fined €400,000
Read MoreVirginia Hughes / BuzzFeed News: In a 99-page letter to the FTC, 22 child advocacy groups call for an investigation into Google’s alleged misrepresentation of some kids apps as safe — Google is marketing apps to kids that share personal data with third parties, show manipulative ads, and are rife with creepy images … In
Read MoreDespite the fact I haven’t announced it on Twitter yet (thus making it an official government document), I’d like to inform everyone that I wholeheartedly support the GoFundMe effort purported to be setup to fund President Trump’s border wall. In fact, I’d like to take my support a step further by saying it’s my opinion
Read MoreIf there is a field which has promise verging on a true breakout, it is that of wearable electronics. We regularly see 3D printing, retrocomputing, robotics, lasers, and electric vehicle projects whose advances are immediately obvious. These are all exciting fields in which the Hackaday community continually push the boundaries, and from which come the astounding
Read MoreKate Clark / TechCrunch: Earnin, which develops a money management platform for workers, raises $125M Series C from DST Global, a16z, and others and says it has 1M+ downloads — Before Ram Palaniappan founded Earnin, he developed a system for employees at a payments company called UniRush, where he spent eight years as president. Earnin,
Read MoreJohn D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Congress approves bill aimed at speeding quantum computer development by establishing a National Quantum Initiative Program; Trump is expected to sign it — The emerging technology has potentially revolutionary uses in cybersecurity and other areas — WASHINGTON—Congress on Wednesday approved … Congress approves bill aimed at speeding quantum
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