GameClub, the subscription service that revives long-forgotten iOS games, launched this week. Now, for the same price as an Apple Arcade subscription, you can access some of the classic games of iPhones past. Older games frequently perished in the extinction level events also known as “iOS updates.” Others ceased to be profitable enough for their
Read MoreAmazon was considered a front-runner for the cloud computing project before President Trump began criticizing the company’s founder, Jeff Bezos. Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA report suggests a stalled deal in Dubai could topple the Black Eyed Peas frontman’s tech enterprise. Will.i.am's smart home plans might be fizzling as Wink funds reportedly dwindle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHappy Halloween! We’ve tallied your votes, and here are the monsters that would slay in a battle of the beasts. Godzilla or King Kong? Movie monsters, ranked by who would win in a fight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt Google’s closed-door meeting, CEO Sundar Pichai and other top executives sought to quell employee discontent and defended the hiring of a former Department of Homeland Security official, while chastising employees for airing their gripes publicly. Google CEO, in leaked video, says company is ‘genuinely struggling’ with employee trust Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA puppet alien will host Earth to Ned. Disney Plus is getting a late-night talk show hosted by a muppet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCredit: Facebook AI Research Facebook remains embroiled in a multibillion-dollar judgement lawsuit over its facial recognition practices, but that hasn’t stopped its artificial intelligence research division from developing technology to combat the very misdeeds of which the company is accused. According to VentureBeat, Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has developed a state-of-the-art “de-identification” system that works
Read MoreA fun little name generator lets you play around with the show’s ever-changing title sequence. Drop yourself into the animated introduction for HBO's Silicon Valley – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe carriers are working together on a messaging standard called RCS. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint partner to make text messaging as smart as iMessage – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft has accidentally published an internal design document for its upcoming Windows 10X operating system. Spotted by WalkingCat, the document was briefly available online today and provides some more detail about Microsoft’s plans with Windows 10X. The software giant originally unveiled Windows 10X as the operating system powering the company’s new Surface Neo hardware, but
Read MorePhoto by Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump seems to have recently switched to an iPhone without a home button, and he doesn’t seem to like it very much. So much so that he decided to casually subtweet Apple CEO Tim Cook with a bit of light tech commentary. We can’t tell if Trump recently
Read MoreThe contract award comes after years of bitter accusations and lawsuits by some of the country’s biggest tech companies. Rivals had feared the procurement was fixed in Amazon’s favor. This is a developing story. It will be updated. Pentagon awards controversial billion cloud computing deal to Microsoft, spurning Amazon Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US government has awarded a giant $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft, the Department of Defense has confirmed. Known as Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), the contract will provide the Pentagon with cloud services for basic storage and power all the way up to artificial intelligence processing,
Read MoreWhite House computer security Chief Dimitrios Vistakis gave the White House one helluva resignation notice earlier this week when he quit over practices he dubbed “absurd” including the systemic purging of cybersecurity staff. They say that history repeats itself. Unfortunately given all of the changes I’ve seen in the past three months, I foresee the
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Pentagon awards $10B JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft over Amazon — Microsoft has emerged victorious in a dramatic competition for public cloud resources for the U.S. Defense Department, beating out market leader Amazon Web Services, the Pentagon said on Friday. Pentagon awards B JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft over Amazon (Jordan
Read MoreIn the midst of striking for climate change awareness, you may need some extra hands. That’s what [Anred Zynch] thought when they built Strettexter, the text-spraying writing robot that sprays onto streets. The machine is loaded with 8 spray cans placed into a wooden box (a stop line with a wooden ledge to prevent the
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google apparently won’t let Google Maps, Pokemon Go, Waze, and WeChat use the Pixel 4’s “Smooth Display” feature to run at 90Hz, according to an explicit blacklist that XDA Developers’ Mishaal Rahman and 9to5Google found in apparent source code for the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL.
Read MoreI thought I had quite enough streaming/video sites to keep up with, but now a new contender called Caffeine has entered the fray — and it’s signed Offset in an attempt to garner more views. Caffeine, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a streaming site that’s designed to be a hybrid
Read MoreSequoia Capital: Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital, dies at 87 — Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital and one of the generation of leaders who forged Silicon Valley, died today aged 87 at his home in Woodside, California. He shaped Sequoia and left his imprint not just on his family and friends … Don
Read MoreDon Clark / New York Times: Inside the increasingly urgent discussions between Pentagon and tech industry on how to reduce the growing US dependence on advanced chip manufacturing abroad — Talks over how American companies can ensure future supplies of advanced computer chips have taken on more urgency. Inside the increasingly urgent discussions between Pentagon
Read MoreDespite being so new, plenty of third-party apps already support some of the Pixel 4's unique features. One of those apps just happens to be one of our favorite password managers, LastPass, which supports the Pixel 4's biometric unlock capabilities. Read more… How to Use Pixel 4 Facial Recognition on LastPass Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt should launch in less than a year and it’s already got its sea legs, er … space legs. See NASA's Mars 2020 Rover stands on its own legs for the first time – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSeat belt safety is always important but especially for pregnant women who must wear the belt correctly for their safety and the safety of their unborn baby. There are some products marketed toward pregnant women that claim to make seat belts safer during pregnancy. But many of these products can actually make the… Read more…
Read MoreThe first recall is for an ECM issue, while the second involves debris entering the engine. Subaru recalls Crosstrek and Impreza models for two engine issues – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTubers are on a mission to plant 20 million trees. Hundreds of YouTubers are calling on their audiences today to donate money to the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, with every dollar raised turning into a tree seedling in the ground. “We want to show that YouTube isn’t just a drama fest, that we actually have
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