If you really, really want your iPad Pro to be a laptop, a new keyboard in crowdfunding called the Libra may be of interest. It’s a keyboard case with a laptop-style design, similar to the Brydge model I tested a while back, but there’s a big difference: this one has a trackpad. In case you
Read MoreFrance has issued a new cyber threat advisory about targeted espionage operations directed at third-party service providers and engineering firms. The findings — published by the country’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information) — is based on its investgation into two different sets of attacks — one involving the use
Read MoreGoogle is officially bringing its free coding tool called Grasshopper to desktop web. Originally launched as an Android and iOS app in April 2018 under its Area 120 incubator initiative, it offers an easy for beginners to get their way around the nuts and bolts of computer programming. Since then, more than two million people have used
Read MoreImage: Bolt A new teardown of Logitech’s latest mouse offers a fascinating look at the “Magspeed” scroll wheel used in the MX Master 3. The teardown, which was done by the venture capital firm Bolt, also explores the myriad ergonomic and design changes Logitech made to its flagship mouse as the company continues to refine
Read MoreCryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is dead set on holding on to its documents despite objections from the office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG). Bitfinex, Tether and several other related companies said that a request made by the NYAG with regards to a $900 million inter-company loan should be dismissed, states a letter sent to
Read MoreCall of Duty: Mobile has had a colossal launch week, racking up more downloads than any other mobile game in history, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. The game has reportedly achieved over 100 million downloads since going live at the beginning of this month. That easily beats out the launch-week figures that Sensor Tower
Read MoreMany of us have projects that end up spanning multiples years and multiple iterations, and gets revisited every time inspiration strikes and you’ve forgotten just how much work and frustration the previous round was. For [Daniel Riley] AKA [rctestflight] that project is a solar powered RC plane which to date spans 4 years, 4 versions
Read MoreInstagram stories are incredibly popular with more than 500 million people using the feature every day. So there’s no surprise the company tries to keep the experience fresh with new features. Today, the photo-sharing platform rolled out a new ‘create’ mode that has a bunch of options including a throwback feature called “On this day.”
Read MoreLeigh Cuen / CoinDesk: At Devcon 5, Ethereum’s premier conference, Ethereum’s creators admit that the original blockchain was never meant to scale and discuss how to get to Eth 2 — The Takeaway: — Ethereum’s creators now acknowledge the blockchain wasn’t built to scale as a mainstream transaction platform. At Devcon 5, Ethereum's premier conference,
Read MoreTime is probably our most important social construct. Our perception of passing time changes with everything we do, and when it comes down to it, time is all we really have. You can choose to use it wisely, or sit back and watch it go by. If you want to do both, build a clock
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google’s Grasshopper, its learn-to-code mobile app for beginners, is now available on the desktop in the form of a web-based app — Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now available on the desktop, too, in the form of a web-based app. Google's Grasshopper,
Read MoreWhat in the world has Andy Rubin been up to? After launching the Essential Phone – a stunning device that was plagued by poor software but has improved significantly over time – Android’s creator has been pretty quiet. The phone’s original successor was nixed, but now we have the first confirmation the company does indeed
Read MoreAlfred Ng / CNET: More than 30 civil rights groups sign an open letter asking mayors and city councils to cancel 500+ existing local police partnerships with Amazon’s Ring — Ring has more than 500 police partnerships across the US, and a coalition of civil rights groups are calling for local governments to cancel them
Read MoreAmanda Capritto / CNET: Smart fitness company Mirror, maker of a reflective LCD device with two-way audio and video, launches in-home 1:1 personal training at $40 per 30-minute session — Mirror, the fitness equipment that’s part full-length mirror and part LCD screen, took the home-workout world by storm in early 2019 … Smart fitness company
Read MoreTraining a machine learning model is not a task for mere mortals, as it takes a lot of time or computing power to do so. Fortunately there are pre-trained models out there that one can use, and [Max Bridgland] decided it would be a good idea to write a python module to find and view
Read MoreApple and Samsung are stiff competition for Google. But Pixel 4 might still rise to the top. Pixel 4 won't beat iPhone & Galaxy without these 6 upgrades: Night Sight, more storage – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLori Hawkins / Austin American-Statesman: Austin-based SparkCognition, which uses AI to monitor and predict when industrial systems may fail or be hacked, raises $100M Series C at a valuation of $725M — In one of the biggest Austin funding deals of the year, fast-growing SparkCognition has raised $100 million to accelerate its artificial intelligence platform.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Bureau of Investigation made tens of thousands of unauthorized searches related to US citizens between 2017 and 2018, a court ruled. The agency violated both the law that authorized the surveillance program they used and the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. The ruling was made
Read MoreSony has begun drawing the curtain back next-generation PlayStation console, in an agonizingly slow manner. Today it revealed some details about the hardware we’ll be seeing when the console launches holiday 2020 — but not, frustratingly, what kinds of games we can expect to see. I suspect the specific titles will have to wait until
Read MoreOne employee used the database to search for himself, relatives and other FBI employees, according to newly declassified documents. Court finds FBI use of NSA database violated Americans' Fourth Amendment rights – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. ISB.Dropper!gen15 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRing Stick Up Cam. It wasn’t that long ago when installing security cameras and lighting around your home was an expensive, cumbersome process. You needed to wire power and connectivity to the cameras, dig trenches or run wiring for the lights, and then rig up a system to control and monitor it all. Ring’s latest
Read MoreThe US city of Atlanta, Georgia alleged last week that contractors working on behalf of Google used confusing, aggressive tactics to exploit black people in order to obtain their likeness for facial recognition AI research. Now Google‘s responded, saying the contractors were conducting work related to the Pixel 4’s face unlock feature, and that it’s suspended
Read MoreThe company’s handling of a Trump campaign ad with unsubstantiated accusations about Joseph Biden foreshadows a continuing fight over misinformation. Facebook’s Hands-Off Approach to Political Speech Gets Impeachment Test Source: NY Times Tech
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