A first look at the PS5 | Famitsu Sony has invited a number of Japanese publications and YouTubers to get a closer look at the PlayStation 5. It’s the first time we’ve seen the PS5 hardware outside of leaked images from Taiwan’s National Communications Commission. A variety of publications have now published detailed hands-on images
Read MorePearl Liu / South China Morning Post: A look at Alibaba’s Tmall Haofang, a new sales channel on Tmall for buying homes online; Tmall Haofang says it’ll use 3D tech and live streaming to help buyers — Developers are listing their home projects on Tmall Haofang, a new sales channel by world’s largest e-commerce platform
Read MoreCommentary: The button makes it easier to unlock the iPad Air without removing a mask for Face Unlock. It also raises questions about whether it will appear in the upcoming iPhone 12. iPhone 12 should have Touch ID like the iPad Air — but it probably won't – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMost large sports events came to an abrupt halt during the pandemic, but one category was not only unaffected but enjoyed accelerated growth: esports. Esports is the competitive playing of video games such as League of Legends, Fortnite and Fifa Football. The audiences for the biggest titles are now enormous. Fortnite alone has around 78
Read MoreDespite epithets like “bird-brain,” our feathered friends are actually pretty smart. Being able to maneuver in three dimensions at high speed must have something to do with it, and the cognitive abilities of birds are well-documented and still being researched. So it naturally makes sense to harness avian brainpower to keep one’s yard clean, right?
Read MoreWe’ve narrowed the iPhone 12 announcement date down to two potential dates in October. Here’s why we think it’ll happen then. When is iPhone 12 coming out? We may have guessed Apple's launch date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOffice outages swept the globe this week, and Microsoft says it knows why. Here's why your Microsoft Office stopped working this week Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreRaymond Zhong / New York Times: How Taiwan’s biggest chip maker TSMC is caught in a tough spot, forced to heed the dictates of Trump’s tech policy, while trying to keep many customers in China — The island’s biggest chip maker has been a coveted partner to both battling giants. But rising nationalism is making
Read MoreMike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Solo.io, a cloud-based API infrastructure startup, raises $23M Series B led by Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures, bringing its total raised to $37M — Cloud-native software company Solo.io Inc. said today it has bagged $23 million in new funding. — The Series B round was led … Solo.io, a cloud-based API
Read MoreThere was a time when creating a new IC was a very expensive proposition. While it still isn’t pocket change, custom chips are within reach of sophisticated experimenters and groups. As evidence, look at the Moushik CPU from the SHAKTI group. This is the group’s third successful tapeout and is an open source RISC-V system
Read MoreChristine Hall / Crunchbase News: ScriptDrop, an on-demand service that partners with pharmacies to deliver prescription medications to patients, raises $15M Series A led by Ohio Innovation Fund — Medication access startup ScriptDrop closed on an oversubscribed $15 million round of Series A funding led by the Ohio Innovation Fund. ScriptDrop, an on-demand service that
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Neuron Mobility, an e-scooter rental service operating in Australia, New Zealand, and SE Asia, adds $12M to its Series A, bringing the round’s total to $30.5M — Neuron Mobility, a Singapore-based e-scooter rental startup, announced today that it has added $12 million to its Series A. Led by Square Peg …
Read MoreChristine Hall / Crunchbase News: Snappr raises $10M Series A led by Basis Set Ventures to develop its photographer and visual content on-demand marketplace, bringing its total raised to $13M — Snappr raised $10 million in Series A funding to further develop its photographer and visual content marketplace. Snappr raises M Series A led by
Read MoreAs far as consumer network hardware goes, we’re all expected to be pretty happy with 802.11n WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 6 cables. For most home users, that’s plenty of bandwidth for streaming movies and posting K-pop fancams to Twitter on a daily basis. If you want a fatter pipe, things can get expensive,
Read MoreAarian Marshall / Wired: Library checkouts of ebooks are up 52% YoY since March as libraries pay an average of $40 per copy due to publisher restrictions limiting library lending — Checkouts of digital books from a popular service are up 52 percent since March. Publishers say their easy availability hurts sales. Library checkouts of
Read MorePhoto by Victor J. Blue/Getty Images Cineworld, owner of the largest chain of theaters in the UK and Ireland and the second-largest in the United States — Regal Cinemas — will reportedly close all its theaters next week, according to Variety, The Sunday Times, and others. Variety reports that all 543 theaters in the US
Read MoreIn a clip posted late Saturday, Trump says the next few days will be the real test. The White House doctor has said Trump is “doing very well,” but remarks by the White House chief of staff have raised concern. Tweet shows Trump in video, feeling 'good,' but his condition remains unclear – CNET Source:
Read MoreFinSMEs: Acin, a data analytics company that helps financial institutions manage their non-financial risk and controls, raises $12M Series A led by Notion Capital — Acin, a London, UK-based risk and control data standards, benchmarking and controls data analytics company, secured $12m in Series A funding. Acin, a data analytics company that helps financial institutions
Read MoreNo patients were affected, but the incident was another reminder of the risks in the increasingly common assaults on computer networks. Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreYou would think a dating app that knows your sexuality and HIV status would take thorough precautions to keep that info protected, but Grindr has disappointed the world once again — this time, with a gobsmackingly egregious security vulnerability that could have let literally anyone who could guess your email address into your user account.
Read MoreArt is something that is always hard to classify, but by and large is most celebrated when it stimulates an emotional response for the intended audience. We’d say [Alexander Miller] achieved that in spades, with his elegant piece The Emergence and Decay of Computation. An installation piece done for The School for Poetic Computation’s 2019
Read MoreWe tested the most popular juicers on the market to find out if the juice is really worth the squeeze. Best juicers of 2020: Breville, Hamilton Beach, Oster and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge “A big frustration with the Apple TV 4K is about to be history,” my colleague Chris Welch wrote, when we learned that Apple’s premiere set-top box would finally be able play 4K YouTube videos at their native resolution instead of being stuck at 1080p. These days, even a
Read MoreThe loo better accommodates female astronauts with a tilted seat. NASA launches new million space toilet to ISS. It should arrive Monday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEarn rewards every time you spend. The best cash back credit cards for October 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
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