Online hate presaged some of the year’s most disturbing and deadly attacks. But the broader impact was more subtle and widespread, etching hidden scars into people’s psyches. 2018 was the year of online hate. Meet the people whose lives it changed. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAparajita Saxena / Reuters: Dell shares open at $46, giving the company a valuation of $16B in its return to public market, after Dell bought back shares tied to its interest in VMware — (Reuters) – Dell Technologies Inc shares opened at $46 on Friday, giving the computer maker a valuation of $16 billion in
Read MoreTowards the end of the Second World War, as the United States considered their options for a possible invasion of Japan, there was demand for a new fighter that could escort long range bombers on missions which could see them travel more than 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) without refueling. In response, North American Aviation created
Read MoreFCC Chairman Ajit Pai has called the service issue “unacceptable.” A nationwide CenturyLink outage is disrupting 911, and the FCC is investigating Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe New York Times uncovers 1,400 documents demonstrating Facebook’s growing political influence and troubles with moderation Facebook's leaked rulebooks highlight struggle with content moderation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReady to cash in some gift cards? The best after-Christmas deals and sales: Amazon Digital Day, 40 percent off PS Classic, off JBL Clip 3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe agency’s shutdown plan calls for suspending virtually all investigations and litigation. The shutdown is about to force the FTC to suspend its Facebook investigation, former officials say Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSarah Dai / South China Morning Post: China announces a global rollout of Beidou satellite navigation system a year ahead of schedule; Beidou has an accuracy of 5m in Asia-Pacific and 10m elsewhere — – Beidou’s location service has an accuracy of 5 metres in Asia-Pacific and 10 metres in other parts of the world
Read MoreDidn’t get the gift you wanted? Treat yourself to one of these sweet deals. Get an Echo Dot for , a Fire TV Stick 4K for or a Propel Star Wars drone for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe space agency will not broadcast a historic flyby of mysterious space rock Ultima Thule if the US government shutdown continues into 2019. NASA shutdown: Agency could be dark during historic New Year's missions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMetal is many things. A material hard and coarse in nature that by forging it in fire becomes sharp enough to cut through anything in its path. The music that bares its namesake is equally cutting and exudes an unyielding attitude that seeks to separate the posers from the true acolytes. Metal is the sentiment
Read MoreWhat does success mean? For some, it means creating an app that finally works or funding their dream project. For others, it could be getting their work-life balance right or giving back to their community. For such a simple question, there are an endless number of answers. We’re incredibly privileged to have TNW Answers, a
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Source: Grab has raised the fundraising target of its ongoing Series H round from the original $3B to $5B — Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab is aiming to start the new year with a bang and an awful load of bucks. The company, which acquired Uber’s local business earlier this year
Read MoreBarring any further stock market shocks, Microsoft will finish the year ahead of Apple and Amazon as America’s most valuable publicly-quoted company, despite never making it to $1 trillion. Microsoft will end 2018 as America’s most valuable company Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe past year was a rough one for the tech industry. As we look to 2019, some big, eagerly anticipated I.P.O.s are on the horizon. Bits: The Week in Tech: A Peek at the Year Ahead Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreYou can learn everything you’ll need to get yourself working with The Complete Back-End Developer Bundle, a collection of coursework on sale now at over $900 off its regular price, just $41 from TNW Deals. This course package can get you hired as a back-end web developer Source: The Next Web
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Q&A with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snapchat’s future, fighting with Facebook, Spectacles, and why he limits his kids’ screen time — It only takes about 30 seconds of waiting in line at Nando’s before somebody recognises Evan Spiegel. “You’re not from Snapchat, are you?” a young man asks. Q&A
Read MoreThe names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors were stolen through a computer infected with malicious software, the South Korean Unification Ministry said. North Korean Defectors’ Personal Data Was Stolen by Hackers, South Says Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe American dream is built on the notion that the US is a meritocracy. Americans believe success in life and business can be earned by anyone willing to put in the hard work necessary to achieve it, or so they say. Thus, Americans commonly believe that those who are successful deserve to be so and
Read MoreOver on the Cloudflare blog, [Marek] found himself wondering about computer memory, as we all sometimes do. Specifically, he pondered if he could detect the refresh of his SDRAM from within a running program. We’re probably not ruining the surprise by telling you that the answer is yes — with a little more than 100
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Blockchain and cryptocurrency can be a daunting place sometimes and the swathes of jargon, specialist terminology, and acronyms don’t really help matters. Sometimes it feels like complex terms are used
Read MoreAssociated Press: CenturyLink experiences day-long disruption across the US on Thursday, impacting 911 emergency call services in some areas in Washington, Idaho, and Arizona — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that stretched from New York to California. CenturyLink experiences day-long disruption across
Read MoreBitcoin — the cryptocurrency that started it all — was released in 2009 as open-source software by a person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The idea was to create a peer-to-peer electronic currency that didn’t rely on any central authority or intermediary for validating the exchange of money. Transfer of Bitcoin
Read MoreOne of the biggest, and most unwelcome revelations of the past few years is just how much social media platforms can be — and have been — used for manipulation and distribution of falsehoods. And in 2018, several social media executives were called into the hot seat in front of elected officials to account for
Read MoreI hate gratuitous destruction videos. You know, the ones that ask “what happens if we drop a red-hot ball of Plutonium onto a bag of Cheetos?” There’s a lot of smoke, flames and a big pile of ad revenue for the idiots behind it. This destruction video is a little different, though. [Tesla 500] wanted
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