YouTube today released the 2018 edition of Rewind, its Year-in-Review performance art piece, in which it acknowledged the major trends on the platform. And no surprise, it was full of references to Fortnite, K-pop, and, of course, Drake. If you’ve checked any of the videos in the Trending tab in the past three or four months,
Read MoreA parts tumbler is a great tool to have around. But if you don’t use it all the time, it’s hard to justify dropping hundreds of dollars on one. Fortunately, there are many ways to make your own tumbler while tailoring it to meet the need. Because really, as long as you get the medium
Read MoreThe Keyword: Google launches a personalized audio news feed on Google Assistant using Google News, rolling out to some users in the US in English — For the past century, radio has been a one-size-fits-all medium. Turn on the radio and you’re dropped into a show at a moment in time … Google launches a
Read MoreThe streaming music giant activates new features for podcasts. Pandora wants to help you find the perfect podcast – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDamien Wilde / 9to5Google: Video sharing app Byte, developed by the creators of Vine, opens creator registrations and plans a spring 2019 launch — Vine may have shut down in 2016, but the popularity of the platform still lives on through many a YouTube Vine compilation. The new Vine 2. known as Byte is set
Read MoreThe new processor is designed specifically for Windows 2-in-1s. Qualcomm aims straight at Intel with 8cx chip, its first 7nm CPU for PCs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRight now it only costs $30. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle Edition gives you all the multiplayer fun for less cash – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are six ways Qualcomm’s new processor can benefits Android phones in 2019. New Snapdragon 855 chip could give Galaxy S10 portrait videos and double the photos – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8cx, an “extreme” processor for Windows laptops that it says is the first 7nm chip for a PC platform — Could Qualcomm replace Intel in your next Windows PC? — The “X” stands for “extreme.” That’s what Qualcomm’s marketing department wants you to think about the
Read MoreThe new chip is designed to bring improved performance, connectivity, and battery life to Always-Connected PCs. Qualcomm announces 7nm Snapdragon 8cx for 'extreme' Always-Connected PC performance Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreZack Seward / CoinDesk: Blockchain startup incubator ConsenSys says it is laying off 13% of its staff amid a “re-focusing of priorities”; report estimated its annual burn rate at $100M — ConsenSys, the ethereum production studio, is letting go 13 percent of its staff, according to a company announcement … Blockchain startup incubator ConsenSys says
Read MoreEurorack has taken over the synthesizer community, and hundreds of people are building their own eurorack modules. [Michael Forrest] designed and built his own Eurorack sequencer module that doesn’t use weird things like capacitors and chips to store a signal. Instead, he’s doing it with stepper motors and some clever engineering. The basic idea of
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: As part of Microsoft’s embrace of Chromium, Edge users will get access to Chrome extensions, and EdgeHTML will be replaced by Blink and Chakra with V8 — Microsoft today embraced Google’s Chromium open source project for Edge development on the desktop. The company also announced Edge … As part of Microsoft's
Read MoreApple’s prices are outpacing not only inflation but also other gadget makers. Yet would switching be worth the cost? Your Apple products are getting more expensive. Here’s how they get away with it. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAt the very edge of human perception lies our eyes’ ability to perceive a single photon of light. Physicists believe this amazing feat could be a catalyst to illuminate some of our universe’s biggest mysteries. What is the universe made of? Why are we here? One popular theory that addresses both of these questions is called
Read MorePornographic content, which had a large female viewer base on the site, will no longer be allowed. Tumblr’s ‘NSFW’ Bloggers Prepare to Abandon Ship Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA colleague of mine used to say he juggled a lot of balls; steel balls, plastic balls, glass balls, and paper balls. The trick was not to drop the glass balls. How do you know which is which? For example, suppose you were tasked with making sure a nuclear power plant was safe. What would
Read MoreShowcased at Apple’s WWDC, the Lego app does multiplayer AR. Lego Playgrounds app hits App Store, mixing AR and real Lego pieces – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWho nose what the deal is with this eel in a seal snoot? Seal with eel stuck up its snout gets help from nosy scientists – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRe-listen to your summer anthem or your fave album that dropped at the beginning of the year. Spotify's Wrapped playlist brings back your favorite songs of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCEO Pete Lau’s prediction of a price tag that’s $200 to $300 more than the OnePlus 6T confirms that 5G phones won’t come cheap. OnePlus' 5G phone is going to cost you much more than its predecessors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s Chrome project will now become that much more dominant. Google gains power over web as Microsoft rebuilds Edge browser on Chrome tech – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: Firefly, which wants to use GPS and other sensors to display contextual ads on ride-sharing cars, raises $21.5M in seed funding — A car is just a packet carrying a payload through a network so plopping an ad unit atop it as it caroms from node to node is
Read MoreMichael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Pandora officially launches its Podcasts on Pandora platform for iOS with hundreds of podcasts from various genres — Pandora has officially launched its podcasts platform today after running a beta on iOS and Android for about three weeks. Podcasts on Pandora is now available for all users … Pandora officially launches
Read MoreWith yesterday’s addition of Zcash (ZEC), popular exchange service Coinbase has more than doubled its cryptocurrency lineup in 2018 – and by the looks of it, the trend is here to stay. Up until August, Coinbase supported a narrow inventory of cryptocurrencies on its flagship desktop and mobile apps, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin
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