A new Facebook initiative to fight fraudulent app developers and advertisers in federal court notched an early victory this month, when the tech giant reached a settlement with a New Zealand company that had peddled fake likes on Instagram. Facebook’s new legal team scores early victory in war against fraud Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreElon Musk is a Cancer. If he’d been born a week earlier, on June 21st instead of June 28th, he’d be a Gemini. And that would make much, much more sense. Because, while he isn’t very crabby (Cancers are crabs, and that’s the extent of my astrology knowledge), he certainly is a two-spirited human. Musk
Read MoreImage: 9to5Google We’ve moved beyond a flood of Pixel 4 leaks. Now, it’s like the all-encompassing wave that appears when a Pokémon uses Surf. Google seems to have Pokémon on the mind, too, because it apparently plans to help teach you how to use Motion Sense — its Soli-powered motion-sensing technology baked into the Pixel
Read MoreAnnie Massa / Bloomberg: Online broker E*Trade cuts stock trading commissions in the US to zero, joining rivals like TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Interactive Brokers Group — – Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade announced zero fees yesterday — Shares of the brokerages have tanked as revenue faces threat Online broker E*Trade cuts stock trading commissions
Read MoreThe debate over privacy in the digital age increasingly pits tech companies against law enforcement agencies as explicit imagery explodes. Facebook Encryption Eyed in Fight Against Online Child Sex Abuse Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a fancy LED lamp, the Internet can provide in spades. There are all manner of flashy-this and glowing-that, often with wild and impressive designs made with high-end tools. However, when it came time to decorate the apartment, [thebigpotatoe] wanted to build something simple that anyone could attempt. From this, the Super
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you were in the market for a new Microsoft Surface laptop or tablet, the choices used to be relatively simple — Surface Book for a potent laptop with a detachable screen, Surface Pro for a capable tablet with an optional detachable keyboard, or the Surface Laptop
Read MoreSix other states have also settled claims related to the proposed merger. Florida joins T-Mobile-Sprint merger settlement – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new associate degree in cloud computing developed by the Dallas County Community College District Office and Amazon Web Services will be offered at every Texas community college and technical school in spring 2020. AWS Cloud Computing Degree to Go Statewide in TX Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreTurns out our next door neighbor is the Hannibal Lecter of galaxies. Apparently the Andromeda galaxy is a monstrous cannibal that binge eats smaller galaxies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDeep Fusion is an entirely new technique that the iPhone will use to improve detail and reduce image noise in the photos you take. iPhone 11 Deep Fusion camera is now available to try in iOS 13.2 public beta – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOur neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, is a cold-blooded killer and a cannibal to boot. In about 4 billion years it’s going to collide with The Milky Way, eat it, and litter the cosmos with its crumbs. This won’t be the first time it’s killed. We’ve known this for awhile, but a team of researchers recently took
Read More{$inline_image} Manish Singh / TechCrunch: NoBroker, which connects apartment seekers with property owners in India, raises $50M led by Tiger Global, after raising $51M led by General Atlantic in June — An Indian startup that is attempting to improve the way how millions of people in the nation lease or buy an apartment … NoBroker,
Read MoreThe Competition models add another 17 hp. 2020 BMW X5 M, X6 M burst onto the scene with 600 hp – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJust when I think I’ve seen everything, some gaming weirdness comes along and smacks me back down to humility. And it’s usually something related to that most ubiquitous of games, Doom. This time, a clever soul named Ryan Edgar has managed to get Doom to run on, of all things, a McDonald’s cash register. He revealed his results
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Deep Fusion, Apple’s anticipated computational photography system, is live in the latest iOS 13 public beta. If you’re enrolled, iOS 13.2 should be downloadable now after it arrived earlier today for developers. It’s available both for the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. Deep Fusion is designed to
Read MoreThe former Los Angeles Laker is in a contentious legal battle with his esports business partners. Rick Fox sues partners over alleged misappropriation of Echo Fox funding Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreImage: Nextrift Some of Google’s internal Pixel 4 marketing videos appear to have leaked, showcasing demos for two neat features for the company’s flagship Android handset: a revamped Google Assistance experience and the new Motion Sense gesture control system. Google previously confirmed both features publicly, but it stopped short of showing detailed demonstrations working on
Read MoreGuilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: An icon found in iOS 13.2 beta resembles an earlier leaked image of the alleged next generation AirPods — Rumors about new Apple AirPods with noise cancellation aren’t exactly new, dating back a couple of years. But now a glyph found in iOS 13.2 reveals what the new AirPods with noise
Read MorePhoto: Sean O’Kane/The Verge Tesla delivered “approximately 97,000” cars around the world in the third quarter of 2019, slightly edging out the previous record of 95,356 the company set in the second quarter, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. That brings Tesla’s delivery total for the year up to around 255,000 vehicles, meaning
Read MoreTrying to lighten your load when you leave the house? Leave your hefty wallet at home, and use the power of mobile technology to fill your empty pockets back up with cash. Read more… Cardless ATMs Are Here, and So Are Cardless ATM Scams Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSome of the money will fund women’s advancement in tech industry careers. Melinda Gates is donating B to speed up gender equity in America – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you go to buy a new car, how long do you really expect to make payments on it? Three years? Four? Maybe five? Lately, there’s a good chance it’s more than six years, which is an increasingly troubling sign for buyers, the auto industry and the economy as a whole. Read more… America's Auto
Read More“What the Trump era requires is a kind of dark psychic yoga that also creates space. More space for more vexation, and more space for more tolerance for that vexation.” We can’t impeach the Internet, so buckle up Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWith a lower, wider stance and a relatively sane engine, this thing is just close enough to a road car to make us crazy. Mazda's new Mazda3 TCR race car is the Mazdaspeed3 we really need – Roadshow Source: CNet
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