Watch Homer vote in this new clip from The Simpsons’ upcoming Treehouse of Horror XXXI Halloween special. The Simpsons' new Treehouse of Horror parodies the US Presidential election – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe AirPods Pro are at a low $199 and Sony’s excellent new WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones are $298 with a $25 Amazon gift card thrown in. Best Prime Day 2020 headphone deals: Save 0 on Bose QuietComfort 35 II, on AirPods Pro and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreServo testers are useful devices to have on hand, allowing one to quickly check a given part for proper operation. However, cheaper models can be quite limited, and may not output signals suitable for testing the full range of servos out there. [Buttim] had a few testers laying around, and wanted to see if they
Read MoreCanon has announced the PowerShot Zoom, an unusual camera that’s more like a digital monocular than a point-and-shoot. The company has been showing off the idea for a while and recently crowdfunded it in Japan; now it’s coming to the US. The PowerShot Zoom is a tiny device with an electronic viewfinder, a 1/3-inch 12-megapixel
Read MoreBloomberg: Activists worry about misinformation disrupting African elections, driven by high Facebook usage, as social media companies operate with little oversight — In the runup to Guinea’s elections on Oct. 18, voters are grappling with a familiar-sounding problem: disinformation and a lack … Activists worry about misinformation disrupting African elections, driven by high Facebook usage,
Read MoreIBM today awarded the 2020 Call for Code grand prize to the creators of Agrolly, an app that helps small farmers threatened by climate change decide what to plant and when. The distributed team of developers from Brazil, India, Mongolia, and Taiwan, who met at Pace University, will receive $200,000 and support from IBM experts and partners to incubate, test, and deploy their solution. They will also get help from The
Read MoreJonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: Nuvemshop, a Shopify rival that helps businesses across Latin America develop their online presence, raises $30M led by Kaszek Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures — After several failed startup attempts and nine years spent building Nuvemshop into Latin America’s answer to Shopify … Nuvemshop, a Shopify rival that helps businesses across Latin
Read MoreNow is a great time to get reading as Prime Day sees Amazon’s flagship e-reader the Kindle Paperwhite reduce to $80 and the Kindle Oasis to $175. Prime Day best Kindle deals: off Kindle Oasis, off Kindle Paperwhite and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s a recent craze of people living in tiny houses of 400 square feet down to as little as 80 square feet. Maybe [zserge] was thinking about that and created a very tiny office suite in which each tool weighs in at less than 1K. If you are guessing you couldn’t squeeze much functionality in
Read MorePrime Day is happening now with sales on earbuds and headphones. The AirPods Pro are at a low $199 and Sony’s excellent new WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones are $298 with a $25 Amazon gift card thrown in. Best Prime Day 2020 headphone deals: Save 0 on Bose QuietComfort 35 II, on Beats Powerbeats Pro, on AirPods
Read MoreApple’s wireless headphones are on sale for Prime Day at or near the lowest prices to date. Best Prime Day 2020 AirPod deals: AirPods hit 5, AirPods Pro now 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNoah Long / Pulse 2.0: Cybersecurity services company deepwatch raised $53M Series B led by Goldman Sachs to accelerate R&D of the firm’s cloud platform and partner ecosystem — – deepwatch — a leading provider of intelligence-driven managed security services — announced it has closed a $53 million Series B investment Cybersecurity services company deepwatch
Read MoreEven though they may look like the Alps, the dwarf planet’s icy peaks are composed of methane-ice. Pluto's Cthulhu mountains look just like the Alps but they're not made of snow – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon has an excellent line-up of Prime Day deals that are worth getting fit for. Prime Day 2020: Best gym equipment for the perfect home workout – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Google Chrome allows you to use your microphone and camera for things like meetings, online socializing, and remote work. But if you want to switch between different devices, you may
Read MoreAmazon Prime Day kicked off Tuesday, and we’re already seeing a ton of great deals under 50 bucks. Best Prime Day 2020 deals for less than : Save on Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, Echo Dot for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Source: meditation and sleep app maker Calm is looking to raise ~$150M at a $2.2B valuation; Calm was valued at $1B in July 2019 — Calm, maker of a meditation and sleep app, is exploring a new funding round that could more than double the company’s valuation, according to people with knowledge of the
Read MoreNo Master Chief, no problem. Xbox Series X launch games: All the titles you can play on day 1 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDemon’s Souls, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and many more. PS5 launch games: Every PlayStation 5 title you can buy on Nov. 12 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s an old tale that TV companies only need to make a few years of kids’ TV shows, because their audience constantly grows out of their offerings and is replaced by a new set with no prior knowledge of the old shows. Whether it’s true or not is up for debate, but does the same
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google releases an Apple Watch app for YouTube Music, providing basic playback controls and library browsing but no offline access — To follow a big Android TV update yesterday, Google has just released an Apple Watch app for YouTube Music. It provides basic playback controls and browsing of what’s on your
Read MoreJonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: Israel-based Nym Health, which develops auditable ML tools for hospital billing automation, raises $16.5M Series A led by GV — A little less than two years after raising its seed round, the Israeli-based Nym Health has added another $16.5 million to its cash haul so it can roll … Israel-based Nym
Read MoreSamsung’s S20 Ultra flagship phone is on sale. Plus, price cuts to the rest of Samsung’s Galaxy line including the Note 20 and Galaxy Tab S7. The best Samsung Prime Day deals: Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy Buds Plus, Galaxy Watch 3 and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon Prime Day has unleashed a swathe in the biggest and best laptop deals from big name brands including HP, Microsoft, Asus and Razer. Here’s what’s available right now. Amazon Prime Day best laptop deals: 0 off Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop, plus savings on Asus, Microsoft, HP and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple has announced its very first 5G iPhones: the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. They range in price from $729 to well north of $1,100, but — as Apple proudly announced during the press conference — even the Mini offers access to speedy millimeter-wave (mmWave) 5G networks.
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