The Information has an interesting little scoop about Apple reportedly planning to bake a trackpad into its next keyboard cover accessory that will complement iPad Pro models. It sounds like yet another step towards making its tablets feel more like laptops — and that’s not really a bad thing. The way I see it, the
Read MoreVarun Mishra / Counterpoint Research: Counterpoint: iPhone XR was the best selling phone globally for 2019, followed by the iPhone 11, with the Samsung Galaxy A50 coming in third — According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, iPhone 11 raced to become the second-best selling model globally for 2019 despite it being launched in September. Counterpoint:
Read MoreHTTPS is now considered to be a base standard for website security. You can always check if a website is using the latest encryption standards to secure your communication by checking out its HTTPS certificate. Let’s Encrypt, a site that provides such free certificates, has issued a billion of them since its launch in 2016.
Read MoreSinclair Research was best known in the United States for the tiny ZX80, and the ZX81, under its Timex branding. However, they also made the ZX Spectrum which had many features that were — at the time — unusual. A few years ago there was a Kickstarter to recreate a modern version of the Spectrum,
Read MoreThere are many reasons why open offices — often popular among startups and scaleups — make sense: They’re often more cost effective to rent and help certain teams collaborate more effectively. But I hate them. Sure, open office plans can theoretically boost informal interactions between employees, with research suggesting that employees spend more time working
Read MoreBaidu Inc: Baidu reports Q4 revenue of $4.15B, up 6% YoY, and iQIYI revenue of $1.08B, up 7% YoY; iQIYI subscribers grew to 106.9M and membership revenue grew 21% YoY — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) (“Baidu” or the “Company”), a leading search engine, knowledge and information centered Internet platform and AI company … Baidu reports
Read MoreThe Arduino IDE has a bit of a split personality. On the one hand, it is a simple environment where you can just pick and choose a few libraries, write a few lines of code, and make lots of interesting things. On the other hand, it is also an ecosystem in which many different boards
Read MoreThe artist’s grotesque illustrations still captivate generations of readers more than 150 years later. Google Doodle celebrates Alice in Wonderland illustrator John Tenniel's 200th birthday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe F.C.C is set to propose some of its largest penalties in decades. But critics see it as a delayed and tepid response. Cellphone Carriers May Face 0 Million in Fines for Selling Location Data Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreChris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley headlines the show. AEW Revolution: How to watch, start time, match card, B/R Live and Fite TV – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBill targets companies deemed to pose a threat to US national security. Senate passes bill banning government purchases of Huawei gear – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGideon Lichfield / MIT Technology Review: A look at IBM and Google’s efforts to build a practical quantum computer, as Google chases quantum supremacy as a milestone while IBM chases “quantum advantage” — IBM thinks quantum supremacy is not the milestone we should care about. — Rigetti Computing / Justin Fantl A look at IBM
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WeWork was 2019’s soap opera of a company, and its story was so wild that it will be the focus of a second TV series, Variety reports. The second series will be developed by Apple and the showrunner of Apple TV Plus series Little America, according to Variety.
Read MoreThe initiative, which aims to exempt the companies from California’s gig worker law, has gathered 1 million signatures. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash's gig worker ballot initiative heads to voters in November – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaggie Miller / The Hill: Senate passes bill that bans the government from purchasing Huawei and ZTE equipment, funds small telecoms to replace equipment; bill heads to Trump for signing — The Senate unanimously approved legislation on Thursday that would ban the use of federal funds to purchase telecommunications equipment … Senate passes bill that
Read MoreMaddie Stone / OneZero : Researchers argue that fear of rising data center usage, accounting for 1% of global electricity demand, is overblown and will be offset by improved efficiency — Researchers argue that new technology and greater efficiency could offset energy demands — The climate impact of the data centers … Researchers argue that fear
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The popular horror story subreddit r/nosleep has set itself to private until Monday to protest YouTube creators stealing stories and turning them into videos without permission from their original creators (via Tubefilter). R/nosleep, which hosts an array of short stories and other horror-related writing, is in the top
Read MoreWhen [easyjo] picked up this late ’80s Marconi mil-spec keyboard for cheap, he knew it wouldn’t be easy to convert it to USB — just that it would be worth it. Spoiler alert: those LEDs aren’t a mod, they’re native. They get their interesting shape from the key traces, which are in the four corners.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A coalition of some of the largest labor unions in the US have formally petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for anticompetitive practices. The petition, filed Thursday, is a 28-page document with nearly 150 footnotes, and it asks the FTC to conduct a study exploring Amazon’s
Read MoreThe retail giant has been testing the paid membership service for a year and a half, says a report. Amazon Prime competitor Walmart Plus in testing phase – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: DocuSign acquires Seal Software, which develops AI-powered contract discovery and management software, for $188M in cash — Note: This article was updated post-publication with comments from DocuSign — Today, DocuSign announced it would acquire Seal Software, which develops AI-powered contract discovery … DocuSign acquires Seal Software, which develops
Read MoreEnough teasers already. Where are the new episodes? Rick and Morty season 4 promo has viewers demanding a return date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe biggest games event of the year is under threat of being cancelled as Microsoft, Epic Games, Unity, Sony, EA, Facebook and Kojima all drop out. Microsoft, Sony, EA and others drop out of GDC due to coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAvengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo also show up to try to stop Bart from spoiling their movie. See Marvel head Kevin Feige play a Thanos-like villain on The Simpsons – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe global phone market will decline 2.3% in 2020, with just over 1.3 billion shipments, the firm estimates. Smartphone market expected to decline this year amid coronavirus outbreak, IDC says – CNET Source: CNet
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