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Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Kant used to say: Bob’s your uncle! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 30 2019, at a price
Read MoreLast Thursday two lowly masters grad students, Aaron Gokaslan and Vanya Cohen managed to replicate the secretive OpenAI model and cheekily named their version OpenGPT-2. The code can be downloaded from this Google Colab page and apparently no prior experience in language modeling is required to use it. More useful might be the skills required
Read MoreJosh Dzieza / The Verge: Some sellers are hijacking listings of discontinued Amazon private-label products to sell their own wares, using the pages’ old reviews to appear trustworthy — Under the surface, Amazon is a scene of constant warfare. A growing share of goods on the platform are sold by third parties, who compete viciously
Read MoreJack Pitcher / Bloomberg: As the drone market matures, many of the startups which raised hundreds of millions in aggregate have either closed or pivoted to services — – Commercial market for unmanned aircraft is slow to take flight — Some companies gain by buying up rivals to broaden focus As the drone market matures,
Read MoreRadios are, by and large, not powered by steam. One could make the argument that much of our municipal electricity supply does come via steam turbines, but that might be drawing a long bow. Regardless, steampunk remains a popular and attractive aesthetic, and it’s the one that [Christine] selected for her radio build. The build
Read MoreFlickr’s last owners ditched the wall art option, but new SmugMug management thinks the serious photographers it’s courting will like it. Flickr lets you print giant poster-size photos again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: Apple launches a free screen replacement program for aluminum models of Watch Series 2 and Series 3 that exhibit a crack along the rounded edge of the screen — Apple today announced the launch of a new screen replacement program for Series 2 and Series 3 Apple Watch models, due to
Read More[Diyguypt] may be an altruist to provide the means for people who can’t manipulate chess pieces to play the game. Or he may just have his hands too busy with food and drink to play. Either way, his voice command chessboard appears to work, although it has a lot of moving parts both figuratively and
Read MoreReview: Netflix introduces gorgeous puppets bringing to life a thoughtful new vision of Jim Henson’s classic fantasy. Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix is Game of Thrones with puppets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePeter Holley / Washington Post: A look at the tech startups selling the opportunity to preserve one’s legacy online forever, as an interactive memorialized bot or avatar — Will the rise of virtual beings be the next step in the human quest for immortality? — When Andrew Kaplan reminisces, his engrossing tales leave … A
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I never thought there’d be anything more annoying about browsing the web than autoplay videos ads with sound, but in the past few years, a challenger has emerged: sites asking
Read MoreWorth an estimated $135 billion, the gaming industry is already larger than the film and music industries, combined. Yet for huge portions of the population it’s still seen as a shameful hobby, one meant for kids that you’re meant to outgrow as you settle into adulthood. Game Academy thinks the opposite. This startup believes that
Read MoreThe fine, from the Federal Trade Commission, could have significant repercussions for other social media platforms that are popular with children. YouTube Said to Be Fined Up to 0 Million for Children’s Privacy Violations Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWithin days of launching its YouTube Kids site and adding more age categories to the Kids app, YouTube is settling with the Federal Trade Commission over child privacy violations. According to a report from Politico, YouTube agreed to pay $150-200 million to the Justice Department to settle the FTC investigation. Several advocacy groups submitted a complaint
Read MoreThe two companies email millions of Californians, saying Assembly Bill 5 could lead to less-reliable rides. They also pledge to spend $30 million each to take the issue to voters. Uber, Lyft pull out the stops to defeat bill that'd make drivers employees – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Game studio Playful Studios raises $23M from individual investors, bringing its total raised to $48M, says it has pitched to 300+ individuals during this raise — Playful Studios, the maker of the Lucky’s Tale series of games, has raised $23 million in funding from a wide variety … Game studio Playful
Read MoreAstronomers see the bizarre space rock go blue. What’s more, it sprouted tails. Weird asteroid gives scientists 'very big surprise' by changing color – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Trump administration sees space as a war-fighting domain, and it wants the US to be ready. Trump's Space Force: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s been a marked trend towards modern tablets and phones having fewer expansion options. It’s becoming rarer to find a microSD slot available, which can be particularly frustrating. For [davisr], this simply wouldn’t do, and they set about hacking their ReMarkable tablet. A rotary tool was used to make a tidy slot for the microSD
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Instagram‘s one of the prime social networks, and its ads are sometimes marginally less obtrusive than the likes of its big brother, Facebook. But they’re still there and they can
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Credit Sesame, which helps consumers rebalance existing debts and improve credit scores, raises $43M in equity and debt, bringing the total raised to $110M — Household debt in the US continues to rise and as of this year now stands at nearly $14 billion. Now, one of the startups that’s building
Read MoreMr. Dorsey’s account began posting racial epithets, profanities and bomb threats on Friday afternoon. A company spokesman confirmed it was hacked. Twitter C.E.O. Jack Dorsey’s Account Hacked Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLooking for a new TV? Start here. Best TVs for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYes, Toyota already repaired these cars, but they have to come back. Again. Toyota issues second recall for 135K Corolla, Matrix models with faulty airbags – Roadshow Source: CNet
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