When I was a kid, I couldn’t have imagined learning to code, build a website or create an app or a game. (Okay, I still can’t imagine doing those things, but I can’t even properly work my son’s Kindle Fire, so I’m a bit of a mess when it comes to technology.) Our digital native
Read MoreFacebook video chatting is coming soon to the biggest screen in your house, along with a revamped Portal and a new Portal Mini, but I’m not sold. Facebook Portal TV gives you a giant smart display, but I still don't care – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome of our favorite budget Bluetooth speakers and headphones are discounted to new lows for the day. 1-day Tribit sale at Amazon: Top budget wireless headphones and speakers are cheaper than ever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s basically a free storage card on top of an already stellar smart-home camera deal. Plus: A free Nonda OBD II car-health monitor! Get a Wyze Cam Pan and 32GB microSD card for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new report from Data and Society raises doubts about automated solutions to deceptively altered videos, including machine learning-altered videos called deepfakes. Authors Britt Paris and Joan Donovan argue that deepfakes, while new, are part of a long history of media manipulation — one that requires both a social and a technical fix. Relying on
Read MoreAs soon as you spot a transaction that doesn’t seem to belong on your credit or debit card, your pulse starts to quicken, right? Your bank account balance is supposed to be predictable, your credit tab fluctuating only because you decided to swipe your card. Read more… When to Dispute a Credit Card Charge vs.
Read MoreJust in time for Batman Day. Fortnite season 10: Leaked Batman-themed event and new Party Hub – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThey want the turf fighting to stop. The Technology 202: Senators grill agency officials over infighting in push to regulate big tech Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe finance editor, David Enrich, does a lot of work while on the move (but don’t worry, he’s not behind the wheel). The Family Minivan as Reporting Tool Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks breaking up tech giants isn’t an effective answer to antitrust concerns. Bill Gates: Don't break up tech giants, it won't stop anticompetitive behavior Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Companies looking to reign in their contributions to climate change will soon have a new way to track just how much pollution they’re putting into the atmosphere. Today, customer relationship management company Salesforce unveiled Sustainability Cloud, software that helps businesses track and analyze their environmental data. The announcement has been
Read MoreIn our latest privacy experiment, we tracked how four of the most popular TV brands record everything we watch. You watch TV. Your TV watches back. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDo you want a Facebook camera in your home? Facebook unveils cheaper Portal video devices as it battles privacy issues – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook video chatting is coming soon to the biggest screen in your house, along with a revamped Portal and a new Portal Mini, but I’m not sold. Facebook brings Portal to your TV screen, but I still don't care – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTonic recommends five personalized tidbits from the internet daily, with a radically simple premise that your interests and data belong to you. Tonic app wants to show you to the unexplored, nontoxic corners of the internet again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe system will go online in October. IBM's new 53-qubit quantum computer is its biggest yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMore than any other group, disabled Americans are far less likely to be online. Comcast is trying to change that. Comcast throws a broadband lifeline to the disability community – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Nick Statt / The Verge Facebook today announced three new products as part of its growing Portal family of smart home gadgets, including two smaller versions of its flagship video chat device. The larger of the two screens is called Portal, and represents a redesign of the previous year’s model, and the smaller
Read MoreFacebook is bringing its connected device strategy to the television. The company today announced Portal TV, an accessory that brings the company’s wide-angle video chats to the biggest screen in the house. Portal TV is begins shipping November 5th for $149 — or you can also bundle two Portal devices together and take $50 off.
Read MoreFacebook announced three new Portal devices with cameras in its quest to take on Google and Amazon. Facebook is still trying to make the Portal happen Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Acronis, which provides backup software and data protection tools, raises $147M round led by Goldman Sachs at a $1B+ valuation — Data recovery juggernaut Acronis today announced it’s nabbed $147 million in an investment round led by Goldman Sachs at a valuation of over $1 billion … Acronis, which provides backup
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Descript, which offers tools for creating podcasts, raises $15M Series A from a16z and Redpoint, and acquires Lyrebird, which built audio transcription tools — The boom in popularity for podcasting has given a new voice to the world of spoken word content that had been largely left for dead with the
Read MoreImage: Nextdoor Nextdoor, the social networking app for neighborhoods, is adding a new Kindness Reminder feature to try and dissuade neighbors from posting mean comments. Now, if you try and post a comment that is too similar to one that’s been flagged in the past, the app will prompt you to edit your response and
Read MoreAttackers are now enabling WDigest credential caching to allow them to harvest credentials. Here’s how to spot it. How to monitor Windows to prevent credential theft attacks Source: Security
Read MoreThere’s basically no competition Continue reading… Apple Watch Series 5 review: the best smartwatch Source: New feed
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