Month: December 2018

Sources: stablecoin project Basis, backed by Bain Capital, GV, and a16z, is closing and returning most of the $133M capital raised, due to regulatory issues (Frank Chaparro/The Block)

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Sources: stablecoin project Basis, backed by Bain Capital, GV, and a16z, is closing and returning most of the $133M capital raised, due to regulatory issues  —  One large Basis investor said “this is an extraordinarily talented team with an extremely ambitious vision tackling a very difficult problem. Sources: stablecoin project

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Tech companies should automatically turn off irrelevant ads based on info users share, such as ads for baby gear when a pregnant person has a stillborn child (Gillian Brockell/Washington Post)

Gillian Brockell / Washington Post: Tech companies should automatically turn off irrelevant ads based on info users share, such as ads for baby gear when a pregnant person has a stillborn child  —  Dear Tech Companies:  —  I know you knew I was pregnant.  It’s my fault, I just couldn’t resist those Instagram hashtags —

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Samsung upgrades its two-in-one Notebook 9 Pen with a new 15-inch option, 8th-gen Core i7 chip, updated S Pen and a promise of 15 hours of battery life (Joshua Goldman/CNET)

Joshua Goldman / CNET: Samsung upgrades its two-in-one Notebook 9 Pen with a new 15-inch option, 8th-gen Core i7 chip, updated S Pen and a promise of 15 hours of battery life  —  With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop …

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Source: Samsung Galaxy 10 series will be unveiled Feb. 20, with UK prices starting at £669 for the S10 Lite, £799 for the 6.1-inch model, and £899 for the S10+ (Holly Brockwell/Gizmodo UK)

Holly Brockwell / Gizmodo UK: Source: Samsung Galaxy 10 series will be unveiled Feb. 20, with UK prices starting at £669 for the S10 Lite, £799 for the 6.1-inch model, and £899 for the S10+  —  Listen up, Samsung fans: we’ve got a bumper leak about the upcoming Galaxy S10 for you. Source: Samsung Galaxy

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Cyborg, Or Leafy Sensor Array?

Some plants react quickly enough for our senses to notice, such as a Venus flytrap or mimosa pudica. Most of the time, we need time-lapse photography at a minimum to notice while more exotic sensors can measure things like microscopic pores opening and closing. As with any sensor reading, those measurements can be turned into

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Review: Audio Technica’s ATH-M50XBT headphones deliver studio-level clarity in a $200 package

How do you improve upon something that’s already regarded by many as the best in its class? That’s the problem Audio Technica had with its legendary ATH-M50X studio headphones. Thanks to their crystal clarity and artisan precision, these cans have amassed an army of enthusiastic evangelists, ranging from professional producers and sound engineers, to everyday

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SEC settles with the former CEO and COO of AriseBank, which it sued in January for alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during an ICO, for $2.7M+ (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: SEC settles with the former CEO and COO of AriseBank, which it sued in January for alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during an ICO, for $2.7M+  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with two former executives of AriseBank, which was hit with a token sale

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