Avengers: Infinity War special-effects secrets revealed in new video – CNET
Hint, hint: The Marvel blockbuster is angling for an Oscar nomination. Avengers: Infinity War special-effects secrets revealed in new video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHint, hint: The Marvel blockbuster is angling for an Oscar nomination. Avengers: Infinity War special-effects secrets revealed in new video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKatie Roof / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Niantic, publisher of Pokémon Go, is in the process of raising a $200M funding round that would value the company at $3.9B — The $200 million funding round is expected to be led by IVP, with participation from strategic investors Samsung Electronics Co. and aXiomatic Gaming LLC. Sources:
Read MoreBloomberg: In a court filing, Apple argues that China’s ban on the sale of some iPhones, which it is appealing, would force it to settle its licensing battle with Qualcomm — Apple Inc. said a Chinese ban on the sale of some models of the iPhone will force it to settle a long and bitter
Read MoreFrom high-profile flameouts to quiet departures, this year’s crop of tech-related dead, dying, resurrected and barely hanging in for 2019 offers an embarrassment of riches. Tech that died in 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}Stanford University, over the course of a year, recruited 223 participants in a fascinating study at the intersection of diet, exercise, and DNA. Researchers sought individuals willing to take DNA tests to educate them of their personalized genetic makeup, and specifically, how it applies to diet and exercise. It was all fake. What researchers Brad
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Adobe reports mixed Q4 results, with revenue of $2.46B, up 23% YoY, vs. $2.43B est., and FY2018 revenue of $9.03B, up 24% YoY, vs. $8.99B est. — This is Adobe’s first financial report since acquiring marketing automation firm Marketo for $4.75 billion back in October. Adobe reports mixed Q4 results, with
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Spammers are emailing businesses, schools, and other locations in the US, Canada, and New Zealand, demanding bitcoin as ransom to not detonate a supposed bomb — Spammers are sending a wave of threats to businesses, schools, and other locations in English-speaking countries across the world … Spammers are emailing businesses,
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Medium CEO Ev Williams had preliminary talks about buying New York Media, parent of New York Magazine; source said talks are “unlikely to progress” — – The Twitter co-founder says he wants to invest in media in ’19 — Magazine publisher has been exploring its options this year Sources: Medium CEO Ev Williams
Read MoreThe vacuum tube is largely ignored in modern electronic design, save for a few audio applications such as guitar and headphone amps. The transistor is smaller, cheaper, and inordinately easier to manufacture. By comparison, showing us just how much goes into the manufacture of a tube, [glasslinger] decided to make a wire-element pilotron – from
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Cobalt!gen2 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreAfter a turbulent few weeks, it appears Tumblr may finally be back on track. Its app has now reappeared in the iOS App Store. The company’s recent moves to purge adult content from its site have been met with stiff resistance from users, but it appears it might have worked out in the company’s favor.
Read More“Password” will never be a good password. Period. The worst passwords of 2018 are just as dumb as you'd expect – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon and Google are aggressively opening offices outside of their Silicon Valley and Seattle hometowns. On Thursday, Apple said it would invest $1 billion in Austin, Tex. Chase for Talent Pushes Tech Giants Far Beyond West Coast Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA security consultant told Rolling Stone that at a concert, a device took fans’ photos for comparison with a database of potential stalkers. Taylor Swift Said to Use Facial Recognition to Identify Stalkers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePeter Kafka / Recode: Sources: Facebook is in talks with pay TV channels, including HBO, Showtime, and Starz, about selling their streaming TV services on its platform — The world’s biggest social network wants to get into the pay TV business — by taking a page from Amazon. — Facebook is readying … Sources: Facebook
Read MoreA dangerous email scam appears to be targeting businesses, schools, hospitals, and government buildings across the US in an attempt to extort bitcoin (BTC) with a bomb threat. A spokesperson for the FBI provided TNW with the following statement: We are aware of the recent bomb threats made in cities around the country, and we
Read MoreAt 10 million dislikes, YouTube’s latest yearly recap video is the most disliked clip on YouTube ever. YouTube Rewind 2018 is officially worse than the worst of Justin Bieber – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePolice reportedly said nothing was found and the threats weren’t “credible.” Call of Duty creator reportedly evacuated after bomb threat – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: SEC filing: Imax will close its remaining three virtual reality centers and write off “certain VR investments”; the three sites are expected to close in Q1 2019 — Imax is making its exit from virtual reality (VR) official: The company notified shareholders with a SEC filing Thursday … SEC filing: Imax
Read MoreA welcome mat at the trailer’s door reads: “It’s good to see you.” Inside Facebook's totally serious, nonironic privacy pop-up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Tumblr reappeared on the App Store this week, after being pulled in November over child pornography concerns and 10 days after announcing a ban on adult content — Tumblr is back. Sort of. The social blogging platform reappeared on Apple’s App Store this week, some three weeks after being pulled over
Read MoreThe filing suggests Ring doorbell cameras could be equipped with technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identify people considered “suspicious.” This patent shows Amazon may seek to create a ‘database of suspicious persons’ using facial-recognition technology Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNivedita Balu / Reuters: Starbucks partners with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from a quarter of its US stores starting in 2019, following a pilot program in Miami in September — (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) said on Thursday it is partnering with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from nearly a quarter …
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple is notifying artists that it is removing their ability to post to Apple Music Connect and is removing previously posted content from Artist Pages — Apple Music Connect appears to slowly be going the way of iTunes Ping. Apple has started notifying Apple Music artists that it is removing …
Read MoreIn the era of touch screens and capacitive buttons, we’d be lying if we said we didn’t have the occasional pang of nostalgia for the good old days when interfacing with devices had a bit more heft to it. The physical clunk and snap of switches never seems to get old, and while you can always pick
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