Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Fitbit has always been a ‘cool’ thing to have. People gift Fitbit bands to friends and family so they can start ‘working out.’ Or at least spend a few days harping about the importance of health and try to
Read MoreThree women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it. Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreImage: Facebook Last week, Facebook quietly released a new meme-making app called Whale, The Information reports. The app is currently only available on the Canadian App Store, where its listing says it can be used to edit your own photos or images from a library of stock photos. You can then share your creations on
Read MoreFinSMEs: Berlin-based Enway, which is developing autonomous street-sweeping machines and other special purpose vehicles, raises €6M in seed funding led by Redalpine — Enway, a Berlin, Germany-based company that builds the next generation of cleaning services, raised €6M in seed funding. Berlin-based Enway, which is developing autonomous street-sweeping machines and other special purpose vehicles, raises
Read MoreA curious custom that survives from the pre-computer era is that of the business card. If you walk the halls at a trade event you’ll come a way with a stack of these, each bearing the contact details of someone you’ve encountered, and each in a world of social media and online contact destined to
Read MoreMargrethe Vestager won praise for her oversight of the tech industry. Now, with more authority from the European Union, she envisions a more aggressive agenda. Silicon Valley’s Biggest Foe Is Getting Even Tougher Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNintendo has confirmed that it’ll start selling its official, previously Japan-only Switch Lite Flip Cover in the US next month, with a release date set for January 9th. This is good news, because it’s a great product, and I’d recommend picking one up when it’s out if you’re using the newer, smaller Switch. It does
Read MoreInstagram is cracking down on an app that allowed users to look into private profiles without their permission. According to Android Police, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing network has confirmed that the app — named Ghosty — violates its terms. It also added it will be sending a cease and desist letter to the app makers “ordering them
Read MoreThe media landscape in the home has changed precipitously over the years. Back in the days when torrents were king, DVD players and TVs started to sprout USB ports and various methods of playing digital videos, while hackers repurposed office machines and consoles into dedicated media boxes. [Roiy Zysman] is a fan of a clean,
Read MoreBorn and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, George Gorospe was taught by his parents to take pride in his Native American heritage. George Gorospe: From Intern to Research Engineer Source: NASA
Read MoreMicrometeroids collided with ESA’s expensive, proof-of-concept spacecraft, revealing the kinds of comet dust that zips around the solar system. Space dust slammed into an ESA spacecraft at 40,000 mph, but that's a good thing – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: Aerospike, which provides a high-scale NoSQL database platform for processing data queries really quickly, raises $32M Series D, bringing total raised to $78M — Imagine for a moment that you’re making a credit card transaction. This prompts a lot of questions from the payment processor before it accepts your
Read MoreWe’ve rounded up the store ads from major retailers. No matter at which stores you plan to do your holiday shopping, here’s what’s on sale and where. Black Friday 2019 ads: All the leaked ads from Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy, Target and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Pixel 4‘s radar-based Motion Sense was supposed to be the phone’s coolest feature. When the ‘Soli’ sensor inside the device was first announced in 2015, it promised intuitive gestures to let us interact with our devices in new ways. Yet, in its first public iteration, the sensor is reliable but does little more than
Read MoreIncrease your productivity with one of these wireless mice at home, in the office or on the go. Best wireless mouse for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe world was never black and white – we simply lacked the technology to capture it in full color. Many have experimented with techniques to take black and white images, and colorize them. [Adrian Rosebrock] decided to put an AI on the job, with impressive results. The method involves training a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
Read MoreTravis Kalanick and Garrett Camp have become big sellers over the last two weeks. Uber's co-founders sell millions of their stock in the company – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot a boring, money-losing compliance car, this EV is meant to be passionate and fun. Meet the Mustang Mach-E, Ford's new, all-electric SUV – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBargains on headphones, game consoles and more from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon and Kohl’s available now through Black Friday 2019. Best Black Friday deals under 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg Law: A look at Facebook and Google’s funding of nonprofits shaping the privacy debate; together they gave $960K+ to Center for Democracy and Technology alone in 2018 — Few companies have more riding on proposed privacy legislation than Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. To try to steer the bill their way … A
Read MoreThe best phones from the biggest brands — hand-picked by CNET editors, here’s our list to help you give the best smartphone gift this holiday season. Best phones of 2019: iPhone, Samsung, Nokia, Android, Pixel… – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom crazy camera glitches to timely pranks to elaborate performance art pieces, Google Street View has captured some surprising images. Crazy images caught on Google Street View – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter almost a decade of making non-Half Life things — much to the frustration of fans — Valve today announced via Twitter it’s making something called Half-Life: Alyx, a “flagship VR” game. We’re excited to unveil Half-Life: Alyx, our flagship VR game, this Thursday at 10am Pacific Time. Can’t wait to share it with all of
Read MoreGAO sustains a protest by Jeff Bezos’s space company over lucrative Pentagon launch contracts Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe bank claims the platform will help it prepare for the open banking regime and is part of its digital banking strategy. Westpac and Microsoft launch data hub to personalise the customer experience Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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