Did you know TNW’s Couch Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full ‘Sprint’ program here. It’s easy to take books and other printed material for granted. However, before the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, books were written by
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The latest stable version of Microsoft’s Edge browser finally adds support for extension syncing, meaning you won’t have to manually re-install extensions individually with each new device. Microsoft teased the feature as part of its Build announcement earlier this week, but the update log for the browser’s latest
Read MoreWhat could you do with a dual-core 240 MHz ESP32 that supports Arduino-style programming, with 16 MB of flash, 8 MB of PSRAM, and 520 k of RAM? Oh, let’s throw in a touchscreen, an accelerometer, Wifi, and Bluetooth. Besides that, it fits on your wrist and can show the time? That’s the proposition behind
Read MoreCredit: World Video Game Hall of Fame / The Strong Museum Microsoft’s Solitaire game is turning 30 years old today. Microsoft is celebrating the occasion with a world record attempt of the most games of Microsoft Solitaire completed in one day. 35 million people still play Solitaire monthly, according to Microsoft, with more than 100
Read MoreKate Cox / Ars Technica: Court rules that turning on a phone to view its lockscreen without unlocking it qualifies as searching the phone and thus would generally need a warrant — Location data requires a warrant since 2018; lock screen may now, too. — Smartphones are a rich data trove not only for marketers
Read MoreAfter many speculations and rumors, Amazon has finally started its food delivery service called Amazon Food in India. Currently, the eCommerce giant has launched the service only in selected areas of the southern city of Bengaluru. Amazon originally planned to launch the service last year, but it was pushed to this year. [Read: TikTok now
Read MoreHere’s a sad statistic in tech — 97% of hardware startups fail within the first 20 months after attracting their first investments. Hardware is… hard, but it’s also what makes these projects interesting. In this article, I’ll give you an insight into how my team and I developed a smart speaker and other gadgets as
Read MoreOh dear. Watch the exact moment Chris Pratt accidentally deletes 51,000 emails – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Senate passes legislation that would bar Alibaba and Baidu from US stock exchange listing, if they cannot certify they aren’t under foreign government control — – Companies controlled by foreign government would be banned — Senator Kennedy says he wants China to ‘play by the rules’ Senate passes legislation that would bar Alibaba and
Read More[Greg06] started learning electronics the same way most of us did: buy a few kits, read a few tutorials, and try your hardest to put a few things together. Sound familiar? After a while, you noticed your skills started increasing, and your comfort level with different projects improved as well. Eventually, you try your hand
Read MoreJohn David Washington and Robert Pattinson star in Nolan’s time-twisting spy thriller. Tenet trailer offers more clues to new Christopher Nolan mind bender – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Oremus / OneZero : Twitter’s plan to let users restrict tweet replies may curb some harassment, but will allow some users to shut down criticism and will reduce random engagement — This could make the platform less toxic — and less magical — The Twitter “reply guy” — a user, usually male … Twitter's plan
Read MoreCommentary: Thank you, Spotify, for helping me recapture the magic. How Spotify helped me relive my childhood in the best way – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHugh Son / CNBC: Deel, a payroll service for remote workers, raises $14M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — – Deel, a payroll platform for remote workers, has secured a $14 million series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, sources told CNBC exclusively. As part of the investment … Deel, a payroll service for
Read More{$inline_image} Manish Singh / TechCrunch: KKR to invest $1.5B in Reliance Jio for a 2.32% stake; this is Reliance Jio’s fifth major raise in just as many weeks — Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 2.32% stake to U.S. equity firm KKR in what is the fifth major investment in the top
Read MoreWe live in a time when all manner of electronic components are practically a mouse click away. Still, we like to see people creating their own components. Maybe a stock part won’t fit or isn’t immediately available. Or maybe you just want to build it yourself, we get that. [Aptimex] shows off a design for
Read MoreCommentary: Some fans say the show was ruined by its final season. That’s an overreaction. Game of Thrones ended a year ago. What is its legacy? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter made it easier to see quote tweets on iOS on May 12th, and that new functionality is now available on Twitter for Android and for the web, the company announced today. If you tap or click on the “Retweets” word on a tweet, you’ll be taken to
Read MoreCommentary: Thank you, Spotify, for helping me recapture the magic. How Spotify helped me relive my weird childhood in the best way – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s the kind of thing Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy would do. See the exact moment Chris Pratt accidentally deletes 51,000 emails – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ll be able to watch the trailer every hour starting at 5 p.m. PT. Tenet's exclusive new trailer just went live… inside Fortnite – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChristopher Nolan, one of Hollywood’s biggest proponents of the theatrical experience, is the latest director to see his movie get the Fortnite treatment. The latest trailer for his upcoming film Tenet debuted in Fortnite on Thursday. Although very little about the film is actually known, Tenet is described as a movie set within the world
Read MoreUnlike Siri, this fan-made smart speaker will tell you to “bite my shiny metal ass.” Futurama's Bender makes for a bad-tempered smart speaker – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has long believed in the promise of virtual and augmented reality extending well beyond entertainment, and we’re now getting a clearer glimpse at what that future might look like now that the current pandemic is reshaping how companies everywhere think about remote work. According to Andrew
Read MoreThe move is a stark change from an office-centric culture. But there’s a catch: Salaries are likely to change to match local costs of living. Facebook Starts Planning for Permanent Remote Workers Source: NY Times Tech
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