We took many popular models of French press coffee makers for a spin. On the list were brewers from Oxo, Frieling, Bodum, Veken, Kona and others. Best French press coffee makers for 2020: Bodum, Oxo, Frieling and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreShakeel Hashim / Protocol: Q&A with Etsy CTO Mike Fisher on moving Etsy’s infrastructure to Google Cloud, handling a huge spike in demand during the pandemic, improving search, and more — CTO Mike Fisher on scaling up, fixing search and how Etsy’s prepping for the holiday season. Q&A with Etsy CTO Mike Fisher on moving
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Baidu’s Smart Living Group division, which focuses on voice assistants and smart devices, raises an undisclosed sum at a $2.9B valuation — – Chinese internet giant Baidu has raised an undisclosed sum of money for its business division focused on voice assistants and smart devices. Baidu's Smart Living Group division, which
Read MoreDebby Wu / Bloomberg: Taipei-based travel startup KKday raises $75M Series C, says a pivot to domestic package tours has helped after sales plunged 90% in March — – KKday closes $75 million Series C funding despite Covid-19 — Sales from domestic travel in Taiwan grew five times in summer Taipei-based travel startup KKday raises
Read MoreDataBreaches.net: Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national convicted by a San Francisco federal jury in July for hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012, sentenced to 7+ years in prison — More than two years after he was extradited from Czechoslovakia where he was arrested in 2016 for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox … Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national
Read MoreNew credit cards will allow small business owners to get extended payment terms or rewards points. American Express and Amazon launch credit cards for small businesses Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: Coinbase offers an exit package with four to six months severance pay and six months COBRA for employees who are not comfortable with its apolitical mission — Coinbase is offering a package for employees seeking an exit after the release of a blog post from its CEO outlining … Coinbase
Read MoreImages celebrating the president’s comments on white supremacy spread with particular speed on conservative channels on social media sites such as Parler and Telegram. Right-wing extremists take to social media to celebrate Trump’s ‘stand by’ comment Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWarning: Extremely wholesome content incoming. John Cena and BTS is the most wholesome pairing of 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChristopher Nolan’s latest time-twisting movie can be a little mind-boggling. Here are some answers to what the hell happened. Tenet ending explained and all those questions answered – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite an uncertain future in the US, the social video app could have lasting implications for what we want from social media. Move over Instagram influencers: The magic of TikTok is authenticity – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSearching for a great show to watch tonight? Here are some of the best Hulu has to offer. The 31 best TV shows to watch on Hulu – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe debate quickly devolved into a chaotic shouting match. Trump, Biden spar over COVID, climate change in messy first debate – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNN calls it a “shitshow”, CBS called it a “dumpster fire”. Here’s how the internet reacted to a volatile presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Presidential debate 2020 memes: 'Worse than a Real Housewives reunion' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEpic claims Apple is engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Apple and Epic want Fortnite case decided without a jury – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLooking for a great TV show to binge? Here are some of the best Netflix has to offer. The 51 best TV shows to watch on Netflix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t know what to watch tonight? Here are some of the best movies Netflix has to offer. The 31 best movies to watch on Netflix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMechanical keyboards are discounted, too. Get the Razer Mamba Elite gaming mouse on sale for at Newegg – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn 2014, after what we described as “frequent failures,” a previous administration’s FCC attempted to change how the United States’ emergency 911 system works, including making it clear who’s responsible when multiple states inexplicably lose the ability to dial 911 at once. Some of that accountability might have come in handy this week — because
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Many Apple services were hit by outages Tuesday evening, including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade, according to Apple’s system status page. For all of the affected services, Apple vaguely says that “some users are affected.” However, as we were writing this article,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has just expanded its voice tweets feature, which lets you record a snippet of audio to include with a tweet, to more users on iOS. But perhaps more significantly, Twitter is now saying it plans to add transcriptions to voice tweets to improve accessibility, which could help
Read MoreImage: CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has told employees that six-day workweeks will be mandatory ahead of the game’s November 19th release date, even though the studio has repeatedly and explicitly promised it would never do that, Bloomberg reports. On two separate occasions in 2019, studio co-founder Marcin Iwiński told game
Read MoreWhich Facebook pages are engaging people the most about Tuesday’s presidential debate? Here are the top 10. The Facebook Pages With the Largest Share of Debate Conversation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFox News, which is providing the moderator for the debate tonight, called the claim “entirely false.” Right-Wing Sites Falsely Claim Biden Got Debate Questions in Advance Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe city became the second in the nation to create a compensation standard for ride-hailing drivers, after New York. Seattle Passes Minimum Pay Rate for Uber and Lyft Drivers Source: NY Times Tech
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