Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time?
The planet is a magnet for stuff: space dust, dead leaves, old refrigerators. Is all that mass adding up? Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe planet is a magnet for stuff: space dust, dead leaves, old refrigerators. Is all that mass adding up? Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGiant tech stocks have posted a remarkable year, shrugging off the trade war, bipartisan political hostility and regulatory threats. Big Tech Is Under Attack, and Investors Couldn’t Care Less Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Three Microsoft products are on sale today — and today only, December 10th — only at Best Buy, including select models of the latest Surface Laptop and Surface Pro and an Xbox One X bundle. The 15-inch model of the new Surface Laptop 3 (8GB RAM, AMD
Read MoreAfter announcing its new operating system HarmonyOS in August, the company has only released one Honor-branded smart TV running that software. That will change next year. The Chinese tech giant told Reuters Sunday, it plans to release a bunch of devices powered by the new operating system in 2020. However, it said it’ll continue to
Read MoreDanny Crichton / TechCrunch: Popular stock photo service Shutterstock’s censoring of content to appease the Chinese government shows that some US companies choose to forget about US values — It’s among the most iconic images of the last few decades — a picture of an unknown man standing before a line of tanks during …
Read MoreWhile working towards his Computing and Information Systems degree at the University of London, [Jason Fenech] submitted an interesting proposal for generating random numbers using nothing more exotic than an aquarium and a sufficiently high resolution camera. Not only does his BubbleRNG make a rather relaxing sound while in operation, but according to tools such
Read MoreShaun Nichols / The Register: Apple sues former chief architect of the iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who quit in February to start data center chip startup Nuvia, for breach of contract — CEO accused of breaching contract with Cupertino, fires back in court — Apple is suing the former chief architect of its iPhone …
Read MoreThe game is a PlayStation 4 “timed exclusive” for a year, new box art reveals. Final Fantasy 7 Remake won't be a true PS4 exclusive after all – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDaniel Van Boom / CNET: Iranian president says the country’s intranet will be expanded so “people will not need foreign networks”, which may be a harbinger for more internet censorship — In November, Iran’s government announced a price hike on oil, leading to mass protests in Tehran. Iranian president says the country's intranet will be
Read MoreYuan Yang / Financial Times: GitHub COO says the company is considering a China-based branch as Chinese developers worry about losing access to open-source software amid US sanctions — GitHub, the world’s biggest software development platform, is looking to open a subsidiary in China, as the Chinese government tries … GitHub COO says the company
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been to Washington DC, you know the Smithsonian isn’t just a building, instead it’s a collection of 19 museums, 21 libraries, 9 research centers, and a zoo. Even though there are hundreds of affiliated museums, there is a way to bring at least some of the museum to you. The Smithsonian has
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Cosmose AI, a Shanghai-based analytics software provider that anticipates how people shop offline, raises $12M seed led by TDJ Pitango and OTB Ventures — Keeping abreast of shopping trends online is straightforward enough — whole categories of startups achieve this with predictive modeling. Cosmose AI, a Shanghai-based analytics software provider that
Read MoreImage: Sony Sony’s MLB The Show game series, long a beloved PlayStation exclusive among sports fans, is going multi-platform. Sony Interactive Entertainment made the announcement tonight alongside Major League Baseball and the MLB Player’s Association. The Show will arrive on “additional console platforms” as early as 2021 — so we might be talking next generation,
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: Avast explains how it has been monetizing browsing habits of its users since 2013, after Mozilla and Opera removed some Avast tools from their add-on stores — Avast, the multibillion-dollar Czech security company, doesn’t just make money from protecting its 400 million users’ information. Avast explains how it has been monetizing
Read MoreTikTok chief Alex Zhu has canceled a scheduled trip to Washington to meet with members of Congress, lawmakers said, a move that stoked fresh criticism of the social-media app at a moment when it’s trying to repair its relationships with U.S. officials. TikTok leader postpones trip to Washington to meet with members of Congress Source:
Read MoreLucasfilm sound designers reveal how The Mandalorian star’s voice gets made. Baby Yoda's cute voice created by kinkajous and big-eared foxes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: There are “only” 400 Pokemon in the games, a true example of less being more. In Pokemon Sword and Shield, new Pokemon are finally fun again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTwitter today released its data what’s proved the most popular on the site in 2019. If you’ve been on Twitter regularly for the past year, most of these probably won’t come as a shock. Still, it’s nice every once in a while to see what the social media site collectively obsessed over this year. The
Read MoreGizmodo says it found geographic coordinates hidden in posts on the app that can be traced to home addresses. Ring's Neighbors app is revealing device locations, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGregory Barber / Wired: Analysis shows five cities, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston, gained the lion’s share of “innovation industry” US jobs from 2005 to 2017 — Five coastal cities—San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston—gained the lion’s share of lucrative “innovation industry” jobs from 2005 to 2017. Analysis
Read MoreThe Space Launch System tank went through one hell of a torture test as NASA gears up to go to the moon with the Artemis program. Watch NASA blow a hole in the world's largest rocket fuel tank – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s which one we think you should buy. iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, 2 months later: The ultrawide camera is still our favorite thing – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Mr. Carlson] has a really beautiful old 1949-era radio to restore and you can watch him do it in a comprehensive video, below. We aren’t sure what we were more amused by: the odd speaker that looks like a ceiling air vent or the sticker on the back certifying that the radio produces the tone
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. CL.Downloader!gen130 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A social media influencer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for concocting a scheme to violently coerce a stranger into giving up a web domain name, the US Department of Justice announced today. The influencer, Rossi Lorathio Adams II, went by the name “Polo,” and
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