If you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods such as AliPay or WeChat pay. Till now, these apps didn’t allow foreigners to link their credit or debit cards to the app to make mobile payments. However, Alibaba and WeChat said yesterday
Read MoreGoogle is finally making moves to tackle the menace that is Android malware. To this end, the internet giant has officially announced a partnership with cybersecurity firms ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium to catch sketchy apps before they end up on your devices. Called the “App Defense Alliance,” the initiative aims to reduce the risk of
Read MoreA day of dopamine fasting in San Francisco. How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreShould Vivo stick to the rivers and lakes that it’s used to? Continue reading… Vivo Nex 3 review: chasing waterfalls Source: New feed
Read MoreJohana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: How Google changed in the aftermath of a walkout by 20K employees, which helped inspire a new wave of tech worker activism across the tech industry — At the end of October 2018, Claire Stapleton, then a YouTube employee, sent an email to an internal listserv where women discussed
Read MoreSurprise! It’s a rare discount on Apple’s latest earbuds. Now hear this: Save on the new AirPods Pro – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex Krivit / The Cloudflare Blog: An inside account of Cloudflare’s defeat of Blackbird’s lawsuit by publishing “prior art” that could help others, and attacking the patent troll business model — Remember 2016? Pokemon Go was all the rage, we lost Prince, and there were surprising election results in both the UK and US. An
Read MoreWhen it comes to robotic navigation, the usual approach is to go as technically advanced and “smart” as possible. Yet the most successful lifeforms that we know of follow a completely different approach. With limited senses and cognitive abilities, the success of invertebrates like ants and honeybees lie in cooperation in large numbers. A join
Read MoreTumblr Staff: Tumblr launches group chats feature in its app, says each chat can hold up to 100 members and all chats are publicly viewable — Oh, no. Oh, dear. We have awful news. We accidentally added group chats to Tumblr. Group chats are a place for you to connect with other people on Tumblr
Read MoreAfter killing its ambitious Daydream VR project last month, Google is making the Cardboard VR project open source. The company said the code repository includes features such as APIs for head tracking, lens distortion rendering, and input handling, for developers to build Android and iOS apps designed for Cardboard VR experiences. Google Cardboard was released five years
Read MoreRam will offer 10 colors and five of them will be unique to the special-edition pickups that honor the US military branches. Ram 'Built to Serve' special editions report for duty – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Court documents: Mark Zuckerberg and other executives repeatedly called messaging apps a threat to Facebook, in the months before acquiring WhatsApp — Internal emails could serve as fodder for regulators studying social network’s business practices — In the months before acquiring WhatsApp in 2014 … Court documents: Mark Zuckerberg and other executives
Read MoreIt’s a troubling trend that domestic violence advocates have warned about for more than a decade. A woman’s stalker used an app that allowed him to stop, start and track her car Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHere’s what goes on sale, and when. Black Friday Amazon device sales revealed: Sales on Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, Fire tablets and more start Nov. 22 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe prize bundle comes with a custom 1TB PS4 Pro system and a custom wireless controller. *No purchase necessary. Valid only in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. See rules for details. Win a limited-edition Death Stranding PS4 Pro* – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president and his allies have used the platform to frame his defense and attack key witnesses, including Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman. Trump’s Twitter War Room Aims Its Punches at Decorated Colonel Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google adds developer guides for Google Assistant to support smart bathtubs and faucets, such as those by Kohler and Delta — Piece by piece, the Google Assistant has been working its way into new parts of our homes. The latest additions to the Google Assistant’s lineup are the bathtub and faucet.
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Google says it is open sourcing the phone-based VR software of Cardboard, less than a month after the company discontinued its Daydream View VR headset — Maybe the last nail in the coffin for phone-based VR — In October, Google officially discontinued its Daydream View VR headset … Google says
Read More[Tijmen Schep] sends in his project, Candle Smart Home, which is an exhibit of 12 smart home devices which are designed around the concepts of ownership, open source, and privacy. The central controller runs on a Raspberry Pi which is running Mozilla’s new smart home operating system. Each individual device is Arduino based, and when
Read MoreThis hefty military discount gives you access to a year of more than 20 Amazon Prime perks for $79. Veteran or active military? Save on your Amazon Prime membership – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Chronosphere, founded by two ex-Uber engineers, raises $11M Series A for a scalable, cloud-native production monitoring tool able to handle Uber-level scale — Chronoshere, a startup from two ex-Uber engineers, who helped create the open source M3 monitoring project to handle Uber-level scale … Chronosphere, founded by two ex-Uber engineers, raises
Read MoreEvery year, Adobe lets its engineers have some fun with experimental projects to be demoed at the company’s Max conference. Called ‘Sneaks,’ the experiments often become integrated into Adobe products down the line. Perhaps the most interesting Sneak this time around was a feature called ‘About Face,’ which can detect when a face has been
Read MoreThe move will allow developers to continue building experiences for the low-cost phone-based VR project. Google open-sources Cardboard in wake of Daydream VR's demise – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTo defend against shareholder lawsuits over its handling of sexual harassment, Alphabet, the parent of Google, has hired a law firm and is investigating allegations involving executives. Alphabet Board Investigates Sexual Misconduct Accusations Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThese are the best and hottest toys that will be on letters to Santa this year! The hottest Christmas toys for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
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