Amazon’s Fire TV platform is expanding its live TV integration to include several key new services: YouTube TV, Sling TV, and Hulu’s live TV offering. The new services join previously available services, including Pluto TV and Prime Video Channels. As part of the new integration, live content from each provider will appear in Fire TV’s
Read MoreI. Yesterday we talked about how a recent social media conflict between journalists and the tech world might be better framed as a conflict between managers and their employees. Today I want to look at that conflict from another angle — how it played out on the buzzy, audio-only, invite-only social network Clubhouse. Like many
Read MoreImages: Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the second generation of its MBUX infotainment system that will debut in the 2021 S-Class, which features a new touchscreen-forward user interface that requires fewer buttons. It’s all powered by a new hardware suite that adds functionality and features across the car, like improvements to the “Hey Mercedes” voice command
Read MoreAs countries race to deploy coronavirus-tracking software, researchers are reporting privacy and security risks that could affect millions of people and undermine trust in public health efforts. Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUnlike Nielsen, which measure audience size, Parrot Analytics says it can track viewer enthusiasm. That’s more important to subscription services. What Counts as a Streaming Hit? A Start-Up May Have Answers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreHow a digital avatar helped the fashion designer Hanifa go viral during the pandemic. A Fashion Model For the Moment Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As de Beauvoir used to say: Success is just a product of your motivation! Bitcoin price We closed the day,
Read MoreThis article was originally published on .cult by Niklas Priess. .cult is a media platform for untold developer stories, where developers can read content around the softer side of development and watch documentaries about the tech they love. You can read this original piece here. Have you ever played with LEGO? If you want to build
Read MoreThe 10-second audio clips appear as speaker icons next to a user’s name. | Image: The Verge LinkedIn has added a new feature to its user profiles: the option to record 10-second audio clips to let others know how to pronounce your name. The recordings can only be added via LinkedIn’s mobile apps on Android
Read MoreRichard C. Moss / Ars Technica: A retrospective on a nearly 25-year history of Flash, as Adobe prepares to officially end support and distribution of Flash Player in December 2020 — Before Flash Player sunsets this December, we talk its legacy with those who built it. — Few technologies have yielded such divisive and widespread
Read MoreTechnicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently finished meticulously applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft. Heat Shield Milestone Complete for First Orion Mission with Crew Source: NASA
Read More{$inline_image}Modern companies offer a lot of perks for employees: healthy breakfasts and fruits, medical insurance, massage right in the office, a gym with personal fitness coaches, and much more. Due to recent quarantine guidelines, most companies had to stop all office activities and move some of them online, such as training and fitness classes. Even
Read MoreAn independent audit faulted the social network for “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” that affect its users — and potentially the November elections. Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRecently, some of the most popular webcams have been difficult to buy at major online retailers as people bought them to help stay in contact while social distancing or working from home during the pandemic. For example, as of this writing, Logitech’s popular C920 HD Pro webcam is sold out on Logitech’s US online store,
Read MoreDevi Lockwood / Rest of World: Some brands are outsourcing the writing of well-worded Instagram captions to a far-flung cadre of writers in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and elsewhere via Fiverr — On Fiverr, an emerging class of social media experts write Instagram captions for faraway businesses. Some brands are outsourcing the writing of well-worded Instagram captions
Read MoreThese electric scooters will help you navigate the streets of New York, San Francisco or wherever you are as things hopefully get back to normal. The best electric scooters for every budget in 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Simonite / Wired: A look at how AI companies like Synthesia are creating corporate-friendly uses for deepfakes, like creating multilingual, personalized training videos — Coronavirus restrictions make it harder and more expensive to shoot videos. So some companies are turning to synthetic media instead. A look at how AI companies like Synthesia are creating
Read MoreStuck in the endless scroll? Here are some of the best movies Netflix has to offer. The 30 best movies to watch on Netflix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStu Woo / Wall Street Journal: Nokia placed the wrong bet on its expensive and energy-intensive 5G chip design, costing Nokia market share as it hasn’t benefited from US attack on Huawei — After losing market share to the Chinese firm and rival Ericsson, the Finnish giant reverses course on computer processors Nokia placed the
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Former May Mobility employees explain how its autonomous shuttle ambitions backfired, as missteps soured municipal partners’ relationship with the startup — By all appearances, May Mobility was a scrappy success story. The autonomous transportation startup made its debut at Y Combinator’s demo … Former May Mobility employees explain how its autonomous
Read MoreMore “watermelon snow” in the Alps could be a sign of fast-melting ice. Odd pink snow in the Alps is pretty, but it might also be a red flag – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Unacademy acquires PrepLadder, which offers medical education courses online, for $50M, as Unacedemy and Byju’s eye edtech consolidation in India with more M&A — Indian online learning platform Unacademy said on Tuesday it has acquired Chandigarh-based startup PrepLadder for $50 million … Unacademy acquires PrepLadder, which offers medical education courses online,
Read MoreWhether you’re looking for a template or professional help, these resume tools have you covered. Unemployed? Here are 8 online resume writing services to help you land a new job – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: A group of best-selling authors is teaming up with Amazon in filing a lawsuit against Kiss Library, which they claim sold unauthorized ebooks of their work — A group of best-selling authors is teaming up with Amazon in a lawsuit that aims to bring down an alleged counterfeit e-book … A
Read MoreNintendo’s latest addition to the library of retro games that comes with its Switch Online subscription service includes a big hitter: Donkey Kong Country. Rare’s 1994 side-scrolling platformer was one of the more conspicuous absences from the service, and its addition presumably opens the door for its two sequels down the line. The other two
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