Let’s work out if you need to spend more on the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, or less on last year’s Note 9. Note 10 Plus vs. Note 9: Which phone makes the best gift? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFollow these steps to protect your websites at the server and workstation. How to secure your domain name services Source: Security
Read MoreJay Sullivan, Product Management Director for Privacy and Integrity in Messenger of Facebook, Inc. testifies during a hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee December 10, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images In October, a group of top elected officials in western democracies wrote to Facebook expressing concern about the
Read MoreThe default password on these three smartwatches sold on Amazon allowed potential hackers to track and eavesdrop children. These kids' smartwatches have security problems as simple as 1-2-3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe lock isn’t able to receive updates, which means the flaw allowing hackers to break in will always be present. Smart lock has a security vulnerability that leaves homes open for attacks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Intel releases its US pay disclosure report showing 26% of top tier earners, making at least $208K, are white men while less than 10% are black employees — New transparency shows familiar old divisions, with white and Asian men earning the most. The company says disclosure is a crucial step. Intel releases its US
Read MoreYesterday, India circulated a new version of its much-awaited Data Protection bill amongst the members of parliament. The bill, which will be discussed in the parliament soon, puts a framework around data collection with consent from people in India and proposes unrestricted access to non-personal data by the government. Last year, a committee formed under
Read MorePeople also wanted to learn more about actor Cameron Boyce and rapper Nipsey Hustle; both died this year. Disney Plus was Google's top trending search term of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: France’s proposed copyright law weakens the already inadequate user protections from abusive infringement claims in EU’s Copyright Directive — France was the most vocal supporter of the EU Copyright Directive’s upload filters provisions (originally known as Article 13, but Article 17 in the final version). France's proposed copyright law weakens the
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Glassdoor: Google and Facebook drop out of top 10 of US “best places to work” list, Google to 11, Facebook to 23; Microsoft only tech giant to jump in rankings — – Facebook fell 16 places, Google drops out of the Top 10 — Microsoft one of the only tech giants
Read MoreAssuming you don’t work at a major space agency, you probably don’t really need to know the exact location of the International Space Station at all times. If you’d like to know just because it’s cool, this lamp is for you. The lamp is driven by a Wemos D1, which pulls in data on the
Read MoreWhite and Asian men make up 75% of the company’s executive ranks, earning the highest salaries, the chipmaker says. Intel offers detailed look into employee pay disparities – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreExpect the women to steal the show. WWE TLC 2019: How to watch, start times, match card and WWE Network – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDisney released 23 tracks online ahead of the film’s premiere for the awards season, before removing them. Disney releases Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker soundtrack early (then removes it) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe full trailer introduces Courtney Whitmore, aka teenage superhero Stargirl. First Stargirl trailer takes the DC Universe to high school – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Interview with the co-founders of VC firm Pear, which has just announced $160M in new fundraising to focus on seed-stage startups — Pear, a six-year-old, Palo Alto, Calif.-based seed-stage firm whose bets on nascent startups are closely watched by early-stage investors … Interview with the co-founders of VC firm Pear, which
Read MoreCommentary: The CW’s comics and TV crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths is unlike anything done before, pitting major characters in fights that we haven’t seen on cinema. Crisis on Infinite Earths is an epic Avengers-like crossover – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHow much is a domain name worth? For one lunatic, apparently enough to try to steal one at gunpoint. Rossi Lorathio Adams II was just sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to force a man to transfer him the doitforstate.com domain. Adams, a 27 year-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ran a small social
Read MoreNick Greenhalgh / AmericanInno: CyberGRX, which provides cyber risk assessment and management tools to enterprises, raises $40M Series D led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing total raised to $100M — Denver-based CyberGRX, a global cyber risk exchange provider, announced Tuesday that it raised a $40 million Series D, bringing its total funding to $100 million. CyberGRX,
Read MorePitching a baseball is about accuracy and speed. A swift ball on target is the goal, allowing the pitcher to strike out the batter. [Nick Bild] created an AI system that can determine a ball’s trajectory in mid-flight, based on a camera feed. The system uses an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier, fitted with a USB
Read MoreBloomberg: ByteDance has been testing Resso, a new music app, in India and Indonesia, but is yet to seal rights deals with the world’s three largest music companies — – India and Indonesia are first to sample ByteDance’s latest — Company looking to become less dependent on advertising income ByteDance has been testing Resso, a
Read MoreAnd it actually works! Black Widow trailer gets stunning Wonder Woman 1984 remix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ping-pong-ball-size robot is inexpensive enough to toss in a stocking, but is fun to play with and even teaches the rudiments of programming. Let a Sphero Mini robot ball roll into your life for just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe legislation, responding to an investigation in The New York Times, would make tech companies more responsible for retaining data about abuse. Bipartisan Bill Targets Online Spread of Child Sex Abuse Material Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKollen Post / Cointelegraph: DOJ arrests 3 men behind the BitClub Network cryptocurrency mining pool, says it was a Ponzi scheme which defrauded investors of $722M since 2014 — United States authorities in New Jersey have announced the arrest of three men who are accused of defrauding investors of over $722 million … DOJ arrests
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