The Chinese companies will work on artificial intelligence and augmented reality together, according to Reuters. Huawei is reportedly working on cloud gaming platform with Tencent – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google says it’s now ready to resume work on Chrome, after briefly halting upcoming releases of the browser in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Daily canary builds of the browser, dev, and beta versions “have or will resume this week,” according to Google. The next stable channel update
Read MoreEveryone has heard of open source projects like Linux, Kubernetes, and MySQL. Far fewer have heard of ROS (Robot Operating System), Apache Flink, or InfluxDB, though these open source projects, too, are getting noticed. However, virtually no one has heard of open source Zeek or Jitsi, despite their having been around for eons. It’s high
Read MoreUpended by the coronavirus outbreak, nonprofits are laying off workers, seeking help from stretched donors and trying to stay alive. Nonprofits Built Themselves on a Dream. Their New Mission: Survival. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe head of a flying dinosaur that is hardly bigger than a bee hummingbird has been discovered in 99-million-year-old amber. The piece of polished amber, just 31mm by 20mm by 8.5mm, was found in Kachin Province of northern Myanmar, an area becoming increasingly well-known for its remarkable amber-encased fossils. This exciting little fossil micro-dinosaur named
Read MoreLooking to sterilize something? Give it a good blast of the old UV-C. Ultraviolet radiation in the shortest wavelength band breaks down DNA and RNA, so it’s a great way to kill off any nasties that are lurking. But how much UV-C are you using? [Akiba] at Hackerfarm has come up with the NukeMeter, a
Read MoreAs video calling services are growing more popular during the coronavirus crisis, Google is expanding the number of people you can chat within a group call on its Duo app from eight to 12. The company’s senior director of product & design, Sanaz Ahari, made the announcement on Twitter just a few hours ago. Thankfully,
Read MoreThe former Jedi apprentice gets into deep trouble with her new buddies. Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode 6 recap: Ahsoka Tano dives deeper into the underworld – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt was six times quicker to launch Rnwl, my current startup, than my previous one. The level of complexity, product novelty, and financial requirements are particularly similar between the two. Yet this time it took me just four months to build the product, the team and the funding to a satisfactory level whereas it took
Read MoreJoe Rossignol / MacRumors: Kuo: Apple to launch several Mac notebooks and desktop computers with its own custom Arm-based processors in 2021; USB4 support will come to Macs in 2022 — Apple plans to launch several Mac notebooks and desktop computers with its own custom designed Arm-based processors in 2021 … Kuo: Apple to launch
Read MoreZoom’s video conferencing app has grown more popular than ever lately, while people are staying home to flatten the curve. But you should know that there’s a major privacy concern with the service. Last night, Vice reported that Zoom‘s iOS app is nonconsensually sending data to Facebook — even if you don’t have a Facebook
Read MoreSometimes it feels as though all the good physical interactions with machines have disappeared. Given our current germ warfare situation, that is probably a good thing. But if fewer than ten people ever will be touching something, it’s probably okay to have a little fun and make your own interfaces for things. Fun definitely seems
Read MoreProposed new rules by the Trump administration may require foreign companies that use American chipmaking equipment to secure a license before supplying some chips to Huawei, a Reuters report says. US officials reportedly agree to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Nilay Patel / The Verge The Mac’s long-rumored transition from Intel processors to Apple’s own ARM designs could be swifter and more extensive than you might have expected. According to a new research note from analyst Ming-chi Kuo, reported on by MacRumors, Apple is planning to release “several” ARM-based Macs in 2021 in
Read MoreSubscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. If you own a smartphone, you’re probably being tracked as part of a surveillance system. As the coronavirus pandemic accelerates, governments worldwide have turned to technology such as
Read MoreDirector Matt Reeves confirms the delay in a tweet. The Batman production shut down due to coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple is taking advantage of the fact a whole lot of people are working from home these days by offering 90-day trials for both Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X for the first time. For those of you who are stuck at home and have extra time in this strange age of coronavirus,
Read MoreDL Cade / PetaPixel: Sony to spin off its consumer electronics, imaging, and mobile businesses into new intermediate holding company Sony Electronics Corporation on April 1 — Early this morning, Sony announced that it would be spinning off its entire “Electronics Products & Solutions” (EP&S) segment … Sony to spin off its consumer electronics, imaging,
Read MoreWe tested a whole slew of home coffee grinders. Here are our favorites for 2020. The best coffee grinder you can buy right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJason Del Rey / Vox: Amazon admits it unintentionally hid competitors’ faster delivery options and is working on a fix, after pushing back delivery on some items to April 21 — The company is working on a fix after Recode alerted it to the issue. — Amazon surprised millions of customers last weekend … Amazon
Read MorePower tools have come a long way. It used to be you needed extension cords or a generator for your tools, but now you can get just about anything with a nice rechargeable battery pack. As it turns out, most of those packs are made by the same company, and [syonyk] wanted to see how
Read MoreImage: Yelp Yelp has paused an effort in partnership with GoFundMe that automatically opted tens of thousands of small businesses into fundraisers after complaints from restaurant and bar owners, the company tells The Verge. Yelp launched the initiative earlier this week in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but it did so without informing any
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. So you’re trying to keep yourself occupied while locked down, quarantined, and otherwise isolated? You want to have some fun and keep in touch with friends, naturally — here are
Read MoreCaptain Marvel would be very happy. Nine Inch Nails releases two new albums for free – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLaura Kayali / Politico: The COVID-19 pandemic could signal a truce between EU and Big Tech, as Netflix and others limit video quality and stamping out misinformation becomes a priority — PARIS — Only a few weeks ago, policymakers in Brussels, Washington, Paris and Berlin were spending a lot of energy trying to police Big
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