Greece has suspended the extradition of accused Bitcoin laundering mastermind Alexander Vinnik pending an appeal, Reuters reports. The country’s justice minister made the original decision to send Vinnik to France on Friday. This reportedly led Vinnik to a second hunger strike, with his first lasting for 88 days beginning in November 2018. Authorities claim Vinnik,
Read MoreWhile warehouse robots are already adept at most packaging tasks, they haven’t been great at working with soft textiles – until now. Uniqlo‘s parent company, Fast Retailing, teamed up with a Japanese startup called Mujin to develop robots that can identify, pick up, and pack apparel into shipping boxes just like a human worker. In
Read MoreThe team behind [8 Bits and a Byte] have built a talking toaster. More accurately, they retrofitted their existing toaster with some hardware components to make it appear to talk and get angry at its users. While the actual toaster functionality isn’t necessary for the build, it certainly allows the project to have a more
Read MoreCade Metz / New York Times: Randy Suess, co-creator of the first public dial-up bulletin board system, which was a forerunner of today’s social media services, has died at 74 — The messaging system that he and a friend created in 1978 was a forerunner of social media services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Randy
Read MoreRussell Brandom / The Verge: T-Mobile’s 2015 internal report made public at its merger trial shows the company positioning itself for two mergers, first with Sprint and then a cable company — ‘The only natural option,’ according to confidential 2015 report — As T-Mobile’s merger trial inches toward a verdict … T-Mobile's 2015 internal report
Read MoreThere is an old saying, that ‘the hand is quicker than the eye;, but somewhat slower than the fly.” However, with a little practice you can swat a fly, although it sometimes doesn’t seem to faze the fly. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has announced they have used nanotech to build a 1 gram
Read MoreJust next door, cosmologically speaking, is a planet almost exactly like Earth. It’s about the same size, is made of about the same stuff, and formed around the same star. To an alien astronomer light years away, observing the solar system through a telescope, it would be virtually indistinguishable from our own planet. But to
Read MoreProPublica: Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or scrapped investments in common industry practices like onroad safety training, as it built out its driver network — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or
Read MoreKey events that preceded Muilenberg’s firing. Months of controversy preceded Boeing CEO’s firing Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSpilling a drink on a laptop is a terrifying experience. If you’re lucky you’ll ruin just a keyboard, and if not, your entire machine could go up in smoke. Assuming you’ve just suffered the latter, you can still be out of luck, as many laptops come with fancy integrated keyboards that are not designed to
Read MoreAlmost half of marketers want total control over sponsored influencer posts, according to a recent study. Old habits die hard. For marketers used to masterminding a brand message and ensuring its implemented consistently, allowing influencers freedom to represent your brand, without strict guidelines, can feel like a new and daunting experience. In the early days
Read MoreIt wasn’t “I love you.” We just learned what Finn wanted to tell Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Chris Welch / The Verge: Dish increases price of both Sling TV packages, Orange and Blue, by $5 to $30/month, gives all users 10 hours of cloud-based DVR storage and additional channels — The cheap days of Sling TV are over — The cheap days of Sling TV are over. Dish’s internet TV service
Read MorePosts from MDL Beast’s high-profile attendees used the hashtag #ad or MDL Beast partners or brand ambassadors. Instagram influencers partied at a Saudi Arabian music festival — but no one mentioned human rights Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIt’s a Christmas micromobility miracle! Failed scooter business Unicorn is getting bailed out by rival company Unagi, after Unicorn had to shut down recently without any money leftover for refunds. David Hyman, CEO of Unagi, told The Verge that he can offer a $1,000 Unagi electric scooter to any of the 350 people who bought
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The speed and convenience of Amazon’s own delivery network has regularly come at the price of safety, as detailed today in an extensive report by BuzzFeed News and ProPublica — including the death of Joy Covey, Amazon’s first CFO, who died when a van delivering Amazon packages turned
Read MoreTwitter is banning animated PNG image files (APNGs) from its platform, after an attack on the Epilepsy Foundation’s Twitter account sent out similar animated images that could potentially cause seizures in photosensitive people. Twitter discovered a bug that allowed users to bypass its autoplay settings, and allow several animated images in a single tweet using
Read MoreCommentary: We’re in infinite Star Wars now. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn't the end, not by a long shot – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIgor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter blocks animated PNGs, saying a bug had allowed them, and that they did not respect autoplay settings so could be used to harm people sensitive to motion — Twitter will no longer animate PNG files after trolls hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s handle and hashtags last month … Twitter blocks animated
Read MoreLucasfilm Ltd. Two years ago, my former colleague Sarah Jeong laid out how Star Wars: Rogue One — and, indeed, much of the Star Wars mythology — is about internet freedom. A huge amount of the series involves people struggling to copy a sci-fi floppy disc or send the holographic equivalent of an email, exacerbating
Read MoreChrome 79 is ready for public consumption, and while it adds new features and tweaks, it’s also the last chance most users will have to use a handful of hidden Chrome features. Read more… Try These Hidden Features in Chrome 79 Before They Go Away Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreHue Play Starter Kit w/ $50 Best Buy Gift Card | $100 | Best Buy Read more… This Hue Play Starter Kit Is 0 at Best Buy, With a Free Gift Card Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreChris Welch As T-Mobile’s merger trial inches toward a verdict, it’s clear the company has spent years preparing for a merger with Sprint. But a new report made public in connection with the case reveals T-Mobile has also been preparing for a subsequent merger with a cable company, with Comcast seen as the most likely
Read MoreA hand-held plasma cutter is an excellent tool to have if you are working with sheet metal, but it’s not particularly well suited to making long or repetitive cuts. Which is why [workshop from scratch] worked his usual scrapheap magic and built his own motorized track for making perfectly straight cuts. Most of the frame,
Read MoreIt’s very trendy to shun all things resolute this time of year. After all, attempting to improve yourself shouldn’t be a once-a-year activity. On the other hand, the end of a year is the perfect time for reflection. It’s a chance to take stock of how we’re doing, professionally and personally, physically and… Read more…
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