{$inline_image}Tech companies love to advertise their products with musical gimmicks. Last month, a Google ad showed off an incredibly impractical DJ rig built out of Pixel 4s to show off the phone’s gesture controls in the most basic way possible. And now OnePlus has built a full-sized piano out of seventeen 7T Pros to show
Read More{$inline_image} Brian Barrett / Wired: DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp — The US is charging Maksim Yakubets over two of the biggest cybertheft campaigns of the last decade, and offers a record reward for
Read MoreBrian Barrett / Wired: DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp — The US is charging Maksim Yakubets over two of the biggest cybertheft campaigns of the last decade, and offers a record reward for information
Read MorePhoto by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular overstated their 4G coverage in rural communities across the country, a Federal Communications Commission investigation determined on Wednesday. Despite the Commission’s findings, it will not punish the carriers in any way. Throughout its investigation, the FCC staff ran speed and coverage tests in rural areas
Read MoreThe Boys won’t be toning down the violence for season 2. Amazon posts (then pulls) teaser trailer for The Boys season 2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTube today released Rewind 2019, its year-end video summing up the biggest things that happened on the site this year. And it’s… kind of sad, honestly. The number of dislikes is rocketing up – the dislike ratio is rapidly approaching last year’s, and it’s been less than 6 hours – while the comments are unerringly
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Kotaku: Fourteen former Razer employees say company CEO Min-Liang Tan instituted and celebrated a culture of fear; Tan says violent threats were “figurative or in jest” — Min-Liang Tan was “officially pissed off,” he wrote in an email to members of Razer’s marketing team in February of 2014. Fourteen former Razer employees
Read MoreThe wildly popular app’s chief is expected to visit Capitol Hill, sources say, as TikTok tries to convince lawmakers the Chinese-owned company is not a risk to Americans’ privacy, national security or freedom of speech. TikTok leader schedules Washington trip to meet with lawmakers as investigations loom Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The new 16-inch MacBook Pro finally righted Apple’s keyboard debacle, and it’s a beast of a machine in terms of performance. But early buyers have still managed to uncover some bugs with the latest MacBook Pro — and one hardware characteristic that might put off some people.
Read MoreGoogle Fiber is phasing out its lower-priced 100 Mbps internet access plan, opting to offer only the core gigabit-speed plan to new users. Google announced the decision yesterday, saying customers had “caught on to our early vision” for super-fast internet. The 100 Mbps option cost $50 per month, while the 1,000 Mbps alternative actually doesn’t
Read MoreGeneration Z has taken over Tinder, and they care more about causes like climate change than they do about posting adventurous vacation shots, according to a “Year in Swipe” report Tinder released today. Unlike their millennial counterparts, Tinder’s report says that their younger users — the majority of people on Tinder are now under age
Read MoreAutofill is a great setting if you don’t want to have to remember and type in your password every time you log in to an online account. In fact, we highly recommend you use a password manager (and take advantage of autofill features) to keep track of secure passwords. But autofill makes it easy to
Read MoreThe Labor Department is bringing one of the largest federal anti-discrimination cases to go before a judge. Oracle allegedly underpaid women and minorities by 0 million. Now the details are set to come out in court. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYouTube abandoned its cameo-filled approach to “Rewind” and got out of the way instead. Last year’s YouTube ‘Rewind’ was the most disliked video in the site’s history. This year they put PewDiePie in it. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA company that produces esports tournament software has entered into partnerships with four universities to host collegiate esports competitions. Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, Louisiana State University and Houston’s University of St. Thomas will use Mainline.GG software to host tournaments through 2020. 4 Schools Laying Groundwork to Host Esports Tournaments Source:
Read MoreDigital course materials company Top Hat is launching six new “Intro Courses” that provide a variety of learning materials and instructor resources in an all-in-one course solution. New Top Hat Intro Courses Offer All-in-One Learning Materials Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIt is perhaps an understatement to say that Twitter is often a bad place to be on the internet in 2019. But what if there were a place where with only good tweets? That’s the idea behind Twitter’s latest effort, @TwitterRetweets, a new account that aims to highlight the best of Twitter. Per the account
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Sundar Pichai’s most important job now is to stabilize Google’s internal culture, which became increasingly closed and antagonistic during his tenure as CEO — Yesterday’s news that Sundar Pichai is taking on the new role of CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet was not exactly a “knock you over with
Read MoreWe often like to say that if something is worth doing, then it’s worth overdoing. This automatic cat feeder built by [krizzli] is a perfect example of the principle. It packs in far more sensors and functions than its simple and sleek outward appearance might suggest, to the point that we think this build might
Read MoreFor its 10th anniversary in October, Riot announced a number of new initiatives meant to expand the League of Legends universe, including a fighting game, mobile spinoff, animated series, and others. But there are plenty more in the works. Today, Riot announced a brand-new publishing label, which will see the developer partner with smaller studios
Read MoreIf you have a few different reward credit cards, it can be tough to keep track of which card gives you which benefits. Some cards give you the most points for buying groceries, or gas, or a magical rotating rewards category; others save their top rewards for booking with a specific airline or hotel. It’s
Read MorePhoto by Noam Galai/WireImage Michael Bloomberg temporarily had a tiny but extremely questionable advantage in the 2020 presidential race: if you typed “Mike” into one of his company’s roughly 325,000 news terminals around the globe, you were redirected to his campaign site, reported the Financial Times. The FT made this GIF, so you can see
Read MoreWith the Regal on the way out, Buick will focus solely on crossovers and SUVs. Buick Regal dies next year, spells the end of passenger cars at brand – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe limited edition phone celebrates Supreme Leader Kylo Ren’s red and black style. Samsung's Star Wars Galaxy Note 10 Plus wants you to embrace darkness – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreQualcomm Qualcomm just announced a new virtual and augmented reality platform, and it’s working with Niantic — the company behind games like Ingress and Pokémon Go — on a smart glasses reference design. The Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 platform is a follow-up to the earlier XR1 platform, and, like its predecessor, it’s specifically designed for AR
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