Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge ByteDance is not currently exploring selling its stake in TikTok, despite a report from Bloomberg stating that preliminary conversations were held as scrutiny from US officials grows. TikTok head Alex Zhu sent an internal note to staff addressing the report, which was obtained by Reuters. Zhu told employees
Read MoreIt takes a lot of work to get a functional PCB business card that’s thin, cheap, and robust enough to be practical. If you can even blink a few LEDs on the thing and still hand them out with a straight face, you’ve done pretty well for yourself. So you can imagine our surprise when
Read MoreJun Seki is a 30-year veteran of Nissan, but he’s bailing on the vice-COO position after just a fortnight. Nissan exec in charge of turnaround departs after two weeks on the job – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe former House of Cards actor is back to remind everyone how disturbing he can be. Kevin Spacey releases another creepy holiday video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s not too late to learn these rules of life as we head into 2020. Don't believe everything you read on social media and 7 other tough lessons of the decade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: Many schools in the US, including Syracuse U., track students’ phones to monitor class attendance, as some worry it desensitizes students to 24/7 surveillance — When Syracuse University freshmen walk into professor Jeff Rubin’s Introduction to Information Technologies class … Many schools in the US, including Syracuse U., track students'
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing, the TV show which pairs celebrities with professional dancers to compete in a ballroom dancing competition, has apparently been the cause of a number of divorces, break-ups, and scandals. This “Strictly curse” is not helped by the show’s demanding schedule, long practice hours, and intimate dancing. Strictly is not the only modern
Read MoreHis invention brought digital technology to a new breed of consumer devices and powered early Apple and Commodore computers. Chuck Peddle Dies at 82; His Chip Helped Start the PC Age Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf your 2020 plans involve a trip to the National Parks, the National Park Service announced five dates in 2020 this week that you’ll be able to visit those parks for free. Read more… National Parks Will Be Free These 5 Days in 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreTired of the usual methods for animating all those RGB LEDS for your holiday display? How about using trendiness in a non-trendy way? [8BitsAndAByte] caved in to increasing holiday madness and bought the cutest little Christmas tree. A special tree deserves special decorations, so they packed it with NeoPixels that turn from red to green
Read MoreLet’s take a minute to think about how insane that number is. Y'all, Honda has produced 400 million motorcycles since 1949 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDisney is finally selling a proper, officially licensed Baby Yoda plush toy just in time for the holidays; the only problem is customers won’t actually get it until early next year. The plushie is one of the cuter official pieces of Mandalorian merchandise Disney has introduced over the last few weeks. Standing at 11 inches,
Read MoreThe five videos you couldn’t stop watching on CNET’s Roadshow. Your favorite Roadshow car videos of 2019 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCraig S. Smith / New York Times: AI is assisting teachers in the classroom by taking over repetitive tasks like grading and optimizing coursework, helping students with exam prep, and more — Artificial intelligence is starting to take over repetitive tasks in classrooms, like grading, and is optimizing coursework … AI is assisting teachers in
Read MoreWall Street wants you to stay ignorant. @MrsDowJones is here to teach us financial literacy. Smashing the Finance Patriarchy With Memes Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOver the years, humans have come up with four forces that can be used to describe every single interaction in the physical world. They are gravity, electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force that causes particle decay, and the strong nuclear force that binds quarks into atoms. Together, these have become the standard model of particle physics.
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort — A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Galaxy Tab S6 will soon be available with 5G, making it possibly the first tablet with the faster connectivity. As spotted by SamMobile, the Galaxy Tab S6 5G is listed as coming soon on Samsung’s Korean website, even though the company hasn’t officially announced the device yet.
Read MoreIt’s Christmas Eve, which means Santa is out and about delivering gifts, presuming you’ve been nice and not naughty this year. Read more… How to Track Santa's Journey Tonight Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreHe’s sold off nearly 95% of his stake in the company, worth more than $2.5 billion, over the last seven weeks. Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick leaves company's board of directors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWS2812Bs, or NeoPixels, or whatever else you call them brought full-color LEDs to maker projects a meter at a time in recent years. Hooked up to a microcontroller, they make creating vibrant, full-color glowables a cinch. They won’t work on their own though, and a some point you want to ditch the dev board and
Read MoreYoutube mobile app voice search | Google YouTube wants to make it easier for people to watch, control, and have the full YouTube experience on any device of their choosing. In a blog post published late last week, the platform outlined changes its product team made to its mobile apps this year, including a new
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: SQLite flaws left Chrome open to remote code execution before being patched two weeks ago, were found by Tencent researchers a year after revealing similar bugs — Magellan 2.0 vulnerabilities were patched in Google Chrome 79.0.3945.79. — A new set of SQLite vulnerabilities can allow attackers … SQLite flaws left Chrome
Read MoreThis super-slippery hypercar tops out at a whopping 250 miles per hour. Speedtail is the most aerodynamic car McLaren has ever built – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}More than a decade after its release, I’m still fascinated by the notorious Techno Viking video. There’s something indescribably captivating about it. I find myself watching the clip at least several times a year. I can try to explain it, but its mystery evades writing. Every little detail in the video simply falls perfectly into place,
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