Author: Tech Support

    • Cribl raises $35M Series B led by Sequoia to help companies route the data generated by their tech infrastructure to third-party monitoring and analytics tools (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

    Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Cribl raises $35M Series B led by Sequoia to help companies route the data generated by their tech infrastructure to third-party monitoring and analytics tools  —  San Francisco startup Cribl Inc. today said that it has raised a $35 million round led by Sequoia Capital to give companies … Cribl raises

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    • A filing with a regulator in Brazil says the iPhone 12 has a 2,815 mAh battery, and the iPhone 12 mini has a 2,227mAh battery (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

    Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: A filing with a regulator in Brazil says the iPhone 12 has a 2,815 mAh battery, and the iPhone 12 mini has a 2,227mAh battery  —  While the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are now available for pre-order in the US, Apple is getting ready to bring its new smartphones

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    Robot Travels the World

    Around the World in 80 Days may have been an impressive feat of international travel in a world before widespread air transit. In modern times though, it’s not even necessary to leave your home in order to travel around the world. To that end, [Norbert] is attempting to accomplish this journey using a robot that

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    • Sources: EU is finalizing a plan to toughen export controls on "dual use" technologies, including hacking software and facial recognition systems (Laurens Cerulus/Politico)

    Laurens Cerulus / Politico: Sources: EU is finalizing a plan to toughen export controls on “dual use” technologies, including hacking software and facial recognition systems  —  EU needs to make sure ‘China or Russia are not simply given the newest technology,’ lead negotiator says. Sources: EU is finalizing a plan to toughen export controls on

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    • Thoughts on Apple's "Hi, Speed" event: the iPhone 12 lineup, camera differences, missing chargers and earbuds, focus on 5G and Verizon CEO's cameo, more (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

    John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Thoughts on Apple’s “Hi, Speed” event: the iPhone 12 lineup, camera differences, missing chargers and earbuds, focus on 5G and Verizon CEO’s cameo, more  —  Last month’s “Time Flies” event for the Apple Watch Series 6 and new iPad Air was about an hour long; this week’s “Hi, Speed” event

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    • Interview: Microsoft's Phil Spencer on Xbox Series S vs. Series X, Bethesda deal, cross-gen gaming, ballooning game file sizes, and the storage size trade-off (Stephen Totilo/Kotaku)

    Stephen Totilo / Kotaku: Interview: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer on Xbox Series S vs. Series X, Bethesda deal, cross-gen gaming, ballooning game file sizes, and the storage size trade-off  —  There’s nothing normal about interviewing Xbox chief Phil Spencer these days.  —  First, there’s the location. Interview: Microsoft's Phil Spencer on Xbox Series S vs. Series

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    • 18% of games announced by major studios this summer had female protagonists, with Sony accounting for over a third; E3 2019 games had 5% female representation (Wired)

    Wired: 18% of games announced by major studios this summer had female protagonists, with Sony accounting for over a third; E3 2019 games had 5% female representation  —  The data on female representation in games looked optimistic—but time will tell if these changes endure beyond a wildcard year. 18% of games announced by major studios

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    Spare Parts Express

    I’ve got spare parts, and I cannot lie. This week I’m sending out two care packages to friends and coworkers because I’ve got too many hackables on hand, and not enough time to hack them all. One is a funky keyboard, and the other is an FPGA dev board, but that’s not the point. The

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