Racism, health care, misogyny and even Post-it Notes are hot topics as candidates focus their attacks on billionaire Mike Bloomberg. Democratic debate memes: Warren and Sanders show Mike Bloomberg absolutely no mercy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images On Wednesday night, six Democratic presidential candidates took the debate stage in Las Vegas and we didn’t really learn anything new except that former mayor Pete Buttigieg loves Microsoft Word. At the beginning of the night’s events, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tore into Buttigieg discounting his
Read More[SaltyPuglord] needed a solid state relay for a project. We’d have just bought one, but he decided to design his own in LTSpice. Along the way he made the video below, which is pretty informative and a good example of a non-trivial design in LTSpice. MOSFETs have made designs like this a lot easier, to
Read MoreThe casino and hotel giant said “it was confident that no financial, payment card or password data was involved in this matter.” MGM Resorts Says Data Breach Exposed Some Guests’ Personal Information Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Feds took on Big Tech, online harassment, and encryption Continue reading… Five lessons from the Justice Department’s big debate over Section 230 Source: New feed
Read MoreTax agency says social network undervalued intellectual property sold to subsidiary in 2010. Facebook owes B in taxes related to Ireland deal, IRS says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk and others are sharing images of the company’s very busy Gulf Coast facility. SpaceX is super-busy prepping Starship for its next big test – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Twitter announces a “continue thread” option, a new feature that links tweets together while they are being composed — Twitter is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to thread multiple tweets together. With this change, you can now link tweets together while you compose them. Twitter announces a
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge The last thing on my mind when building or upgrading a PC is whether my graphics card’s screws are tight enough. But it turns out that even a few slightly loose screws could cause a GPU to overheat, because if the cooler isn’t tightly pressed against the silicon,
Read MoreJoe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, is suing Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren for $265 million, claiming they defamed him in tweets (via Washington Times). Here are the tweets Zimmerman is suing over, which were posted earlier this month on
Read MoreWatching a scary movie at a tender age can still haunt us as adults. People share which films gave them childhood nightmares. Jaws? Jumanji? Superman III? Movies that most traumatized us as kids – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou might not know Larry Tesler’s name, but I can guarantee you used something he created. This former Apple computer scientist, the inventor of some of the world’s most common user interface tools — including the copy-paste — died this week at the age of 74, according to a report from AppleInsider and an obituary from
Read MoreThe ISS water dispenser gets a thorough check-up. Contaminated water on the space station not growing killer bacteria – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlfred Ng / CNET: In a letter, the House Oversight Committee asks Amazon about Ring’s partnerships with governments and police depts. and Ring’s policies regarding collected data — Congress is knocking on Amazon’s door with questions about its video doorbell company, Ring, and the hundreds of police partnerships Ring has built over the last two
Read MoreCynthia Koons / Bloomberg: Family planning telehealth startup Maven raises $45M Series C from Icon Ventures, Sequoia, others, and launched its Wallet service to manage benefits this year — Family-planning benefits are often difficult to navigate. A tech company is trying to change that. Family planning telehealth startup Maven raises M Series C from Icon
Read MoreWhen Google first began teasing Android 10 last year – then still known as Android Q – it led us to believe the company would begin to use floating bubbles as an alternative or supplement to the standard notification shade. These bubbles allow you to interact with notifications or continue conversations easily while within other
Read MorePhoto by Avery White for The Verge Google has released the first developer preview for Android 11, the next version of its mobile operating system. It’s the earliest Google has ever done a preview like this, so the updates here aren’t that front-facing, but Google’s making some big promises, like improved support for 5G, better
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge For years now, robot maker Boston Dynamics’ Spot has acted as a symbol of the impending robot takeover, despite the best efforts of its creators to position it as a helpful and multi-skilled human companion. The dog-like bot has been seen opening doors and briskly covering ground at
Read MoreIt’s something of an unwritten rule at this point that you can’t hold a hacking conference without providing a badge with at least a few LEDs on it. Not only can they be a great way to learn electronics for the attendees that tinker with them, but they’re a keepsake to commemorate the event. As
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Home addresses and other data of 10.6M+ guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels before 2018, including Jack Dorsey, were posted on a hacking forum this week — MGM Resorts said security incident took place last summer and notified impacted guests last year. Home addresses and other data of 10.6M+ guests
Read MoreComputer scientist lead Apple on the famous tours of Xerox PARC, where Steve Jobs was exposed to ideas for Mac’s graphical user interface. Larry Tesler, creator of cut-and-paste, dies at 74 – CNET Source: CNet
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. We all spend a large amount of time on our phones, and it’d probably shock at least a few of you to exactly how many hours of your lives you
Read MoreThe project has been in the works since 2008. Uncharted film starts shooting 'in like four weeks,' says Tom Holland – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Christine Negroni / New York Times: Current US air traffic systems are ill equipped to deal with the coming surges in air congestion from drones and urban air mobility vehicles — As aviation technology becomes more integrated into everyday life, providers of new services brace for the unknown. Current US air traffic systems are
Read MoreImage: Wikipedia Larry Tesler, a computer scientist who is most well-known for creating the seminal computer concepts cut, copy, and paste, died on Monday at age 74. Tesler was born in 1945 in New York and studied computer science at Stanford, according to Gizmodo. After working in AI research, he joined Xerox’s Palo Alto Research
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