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August 15, 2019

Flashy Gen Z résumés, containing photos and bitmoji, are colliding with employer efforts to reduce hiring bias with systems that remove such embellishments (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)

Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: Flashy Gen Z résumés, containing photos and bitmoji, are colliding with employer efforts to reduce hiring bias with systems that remove such embellishments — Employers see surge in Gen Z CVs containing photos and illustrations; ‘there’s a freaking bitmoji’ Flashy Gen Z résumés, containing photos and bitmoji, are colliding

Google employees protest: 'Don't bid for border control cloud contract'

Google workers demand it doesn’t bid for an immigration contract, even though it already supplies the agency with cloud services. Google employees protest: 'Don't bid for border control cloud contract' Source: ZDNet Microsoft

August 15, 2019

Battery-powered plane crashes in Norway as country tries to ditch fossil fuels

The Alpha Electro G2 plane entered testing last year. | Image: Avinor An all-electric battery-powered plane has crashed into a lake in Norway, in what is a setback for the country’s attempt to move away from fossil fuel-powered flight. Reuters reports that the Alpha Electro G2 plane is owned and operated by Avinor, Norway’s state-run

Huawei might be working on its own version of Google Maps – CNET

Map Kit is for developers rather than consumers, China Daily reported. Huawei might be working on its own version of Google Maps – CNET Source: CNet

All the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R and 11 Max rumors – CNET

Check out all the rumors swirling around the next 2019 iPhones. All the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R and 11 Max rumors – CNET Source: CNet

Aston Martin will design a home just for your car collection – Roadshow

Ever wanted to give your DB5 its own space? Say no more. Aston Martin will design a home just for your car collection – Roadshow Source: CNet

2020 Chevy C8 Corvette starts at $59,995 after destination – Roadshow

Aim for the top trim, though, and expect to drop nearly $72,000. 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette starts at ,995 after destination – Roadshow Source: CNet

August 15, 2019

How St. Louis University is trying to help new students acclimate to campus life by putting an Echo Dot in every dorm room with a campus-specific Alexa skill (Molly Price/CNET)

Molly Price / CNET: How St. Louis University is trying to help new students acclimate to campus life by putting an Echo Dot in every dorm room with a campus-specific Alexa skill — Students at St. Louis University are headed back to school with Alexa in their dorm rooms to help with everything from weather

Huawei Mate X is unlikely to come out before November – CNET

The foldable phone won’t arrive in September after all, a report said. Huawei Mate X is unlikely to come out before November – CNET Source: CNet

I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have.

Our personal tech columnist asked security researchers what they could find out about him from just his cellphone number. Quite a lot, it turns out. I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have. Source: NY Times Tech

August 15, 2019

Google Assistant will let you send reminders to friends and family

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is adding a new feature to its Assistant that will let you assign reminders to other people, so long as that person is part of an opt-in group of trusted fellow Assistant users. The feature is designed mostly for families — it will function via the Family

August 15, 2019

Three takeaways from a day at Twitter

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge On Wednesday, Twitter invited reporters to its headquarters in San Francisco for an update on improvements to the product. It’s somewhat unusual for the company to invite reporters in — I’ve visited headquarters around three times a year for the past five years or so — but

August 15, 2019

Logitech’s latest mechanical keyboards use its new super slim switches

Image: Logitech Logitech has announced a pair of new mechanical keyboards, the G915 Lightspeed Wireless and the G815 Lightsync RGB, which use the company’s new low-profile Romer GL switches. Both feature RGB lighting with support for up to 16.8 million colors and five programmable macro keys, while the G915 is also wireless, connecting to your

August 15, 2019

The IRS won’t stop until it collects all the cryptocurrency tax it’s owed

They said the government couldn’t control it. They said it could never be regulated. But as certain as death, they will try to tax it. And it seems the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) won’t rest until it’s got every last tax dollar from cryptocurrency traders. The IRS is sending another round of letters to

August 15, 2019

Huawei delays Mate X launch beyond September

Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Huawei’s Mate X has suffered another delay. The company told TechRadar at a press event in China that there is “no possibility” of the folding phone making its September launch date, which itself was pushed back from the original planned June release. The Mate X is also unlikely

Millenium Falcon HID: Get Unity to Talk to Teensy

Here’s one that proves a hardware project can go beyond blinking LEDs and dumping massive chunks of data onto a serial console. Those practices are fine for some, but [dimtass] has found a more elegant hack for a more civilized age. His 3D Millennium Falcon model gets orientation data from his IMU as an an

August 15, 2019

This startup’s ‘AI’ to build your apps is just a bunch of human devs

AI is one of the most common buzzwords of the current startup generation. Companies often claim to have revolutionary AI that’ll change their customers’ lives. However, there are some startups who exaggerate their technical capabilities to get funding. A report by the Wall Street Journal published yesterday claims this startup named Engineer.ai, which professes to

Apple: Break Safari's privacy rules and we'll treat you like malware – CNET

The iPhone maker releases a no-fooling-around policy guiding its technology for stopping advertisers and websites from tracking you online. Apple: Break Safari's privacy rules and we'll treat you like malware – CNET Source: CNet

August 15, 2019

Apple’s 2019 flagships could be the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max

Apple’s iPhone names have been a little weird lately. First, the company skipped the iPhone 9 altogether, simultaneously releasing the iPhone 8 and iPhone X. Then there was the iPhone XS, which tempted people to call it the iPhone ‘excess.’ And no one knows what the ‘r’ in iPhone Xr stands for. If recent rumors

August 15, 2019

Profile of Microsoft's Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer, who has steadfastly advocated for cross-platform play since taking over as head of Xbox in 2014 (Laura Parker/GameSpot)

Laura Parker / GameSpot: Profile of Microsoft’s Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer, who has steadfastly advocated for cross-platform play since taking over as head of Xbox in 2014 — On a warm Saturday in early June, Phil Spencer, the Microsoft executive in charge of Xbox, was helping Keanu Reeves, the movie star … Profile

August 15, 2019

Capital One hacker suspected to have stolen data from 30 other companies

The hacker involved in the Capital One data breach may have broken into more than 30 other companies, according to a fresh petition filed by federal prosecutors on August 13. The filing didn’t disclose the companies targeted by the cyber-thief, but said “the server seized from [alleged hacker Paige] Thompson’s bedroom during the search of Thompson’s

Huawei starts research on 6G internet – CNET

5G? Load of fuss. Huawei starts research on 6G internet – CNET Source: CNet

Overclocking In An SNES Emulator

The bsnes emulator has a new overclocking mode to eliminate slowdowns in SNES games while keeping the gameplay speed accurate. We’re emulating old SNES hardware on modern machines that are vastly more powerful. Eliminating slowdowns should be trivial, right? For an emulator such as bsnes, which is written to achieve essentially pixel-perfect accuracy when emulating,

VR is helping teach people how to fire their employees – CNET

Barry the virtual employee looks so realistic, you’ll really feel for him as you lower the ax. And that’s the point. VR is helping teach people how to fire their employees – CNET Source: CNet

Google Doodle serves up tasty tribute to Ignacio Anaya Garcia, inventor of nachos – CNET

Bar snacks would never be the same. Google Doodle serves up tasty tribute to Ignacio Anaya Garcia, inventor of nachos – CNET Source: CNet

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