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August 14, 2019

Tencent beats estimates with Q2 profit of $3.44B, up 35% YoY, on revenue of $12.65B, up 21% YoY, with smartphone gaming revenue up 26% YoY to $3.16B (Sijia Jiang/Reuters)

Sijia Jiang / Reuters: Tencent beats estimates with Q2 profit of $3.44B, up 35% YoY, on revenue of $12.65B, up 21% YoY, with smartphone gaming revenue up 26% YoY to $3.16B — HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) on Wednesday posted a better-than-expected 35% rise in quarterly net profit … Tencent beats estimates with

The best laptop you can buy right now

The laptop lives on Continue reading… The best laptop you can buy right now Source: New feed

August 14, 2019

Darwin Mail will tidy up your inbox and keep it clean for $30

Since your daily email haul is all but guaranteed to continue growing, you need tools to help make sure the important stuff doesn’t get lost in the digital avalanche. Well, Darwin Mail is your virtual shovel. You can hook up with a lifetime subscription to Darwin Mail’s Pro Lite Plan at over 80 percent off its

August 14, 2019

3D printing with moondust could be the key to setting up a colony on the moon

1The entire Apollo 11 mission to the moon took just eight days. If we ever want to build permanent bases on the moon, or perhaps even Mars or beyond, then future astronauts will have to spend many more days, months and maybe even years in space without a constant lifeline to Earth. The question is

August 14, 2019

UK ad watchdog scorns BitMEX over Bitcoin’s 10th birthday ‘celebration’

The UK‘s advertising watchdog has upheld its complaint about a Bitcoin newspaper ad from cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) explained in a blog post that it took issue with an ad published on January 3, 2019, depicting a graph of Bitcoin‘s price performance. “The ad showed a graph spread across two

August 14, 2019

Berlin-based PaulCamper, a sharing platform for renting and lending RVs, raises €7M Series A led by Adevinta (Ana Wolsztajn/Tech.eu)

Ana Wolsztajn / Tech.eu: Berlin-based PaulCamper, a sharing platform for renting and lending RVs, raises €7M Series A led by Adevinta — PaulCamper, a sharing platform for renting and lending RVs, has closed a Series A financing round of €7 million. The round was led by Adevinta with participation … Berlin-based PaulCamper, a sharing platform

PSA: Update your Windows machine now to fix 29 Critical security vulnerabilities

{$inline_image}Microsoft has patched four serious vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious actor to remotely take control of Windows computers. The four remote code execution flaws — addressed as part of the company’s monthly Patch Tuesday updates — affect all in-support versions of Windows and concern the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) component, enabling attackers to

August 14, 2019

WeWork files to raise $1B in an IPO, reports a $904M net loss on around $1.5B in revenue for first half of 2019 (Dan Primack/Axios)

Dan Primack / Axios: WeWork files to raise $1B in an IPO, reports a $904M net loss on around $1.5B in revenue for first half of 2019 — WeWork on Wednesday filed to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering, although the ultimate offering amount is expected to be at least three times larger.

August 14, 2019

Fingerprints of 1M+ people and biometric info from a system used by banks, London police, and defense contractors, discovered on a publicly accessible database (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Fingerprints of 1M+ people and biometric info from a system used by banks, London police, and defense contractors, discovered on a publicly accessible database — Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database Fingerprints of 1M+ people and biometric info from a system

iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R and 11 Max: The specs, features and prices we expect from Apple in September – CNET

With all the buzz about the 2020 iPhone, what exactly are we going to see this year? iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11R and 11 Max: The specs, features and prices we expect from Apple in September – CNET Source: CNet

Moto Z4 vs. Galaxy S10 E, Pixel 3A XL, OnePlus 6T: $500 phones compared – CNET

With prices ranging from $449 to $520, here are five mid-range phones battling for your hard-earned money. Moto Z4 vs. Galaxy S10 E, Pixel 3A XL, OnePlus 6T: 0 phones compared – CNET Source: CNet

Dell G5 15 5590 vs. Lenovo Legion Y545: Which $1,000 gaming laptop to get – CNET

Hint: It’s more than just which one has better graphics. Dell G5 15 5590 vs. Lenovo Legion Y545: Which ,000 gaming laptop to get – CNET Source: CNet

August 14, 2019

Huge security flaw exposes biometric data of more than a million users

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A huge cache of unsecured biometric credentials and personal information has been discovered by security researchers, The Guardian reports. The breach, which was discovered by researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar alongside vpnMentor, included the fingerprint data of more than 1 million people, facial recognition information, unencrypted usernames

August 14, 2019

A closer look at what Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, hopes to accomplish beyond the existing work in this field (John Timmer/Ars Technica)

John Timmer / Ars Technica: A closer look at what Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company, hopes to accomplish beyond the existing work in this field — Neuralink will probably fail in interesting and worthwhile ways. — When Elon Musk first started talking about launching a brain-computer interface company … A closer look at what

OnePlus goes with obvious 'OnePlus TV' moniker for its upcoming TV – CNET

The Chinese phone maker went with “simple yet to-the-point” option after seeking ideas from the fans last year. OnePlus goes with obvious 'OnePlus TV' moniker for its upcoming TV – CNET Source: CNet

August 14, 2019

This company wants to fill the skies with hydrogen-powered planes by 2022

A new company that aims to build and sell planes that run on hydrogen-powered electricity emerged from stealth Wednesday. ZeroAvia, based in Hollister, Calif., claims its planes will be cheaper to manufacture and fly than standard jet fuel-powered vehicles, while also producing none of the carbon emissions that make the aviation industry one of the

August 14, 2019

Google’s internal activism is spreading across tech companies

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At the Code Conference in June, I sat down with former executives at Facebook, Google, and Twitter to ask why their internal cultures of activism are so different. The answer I got, from former Google communications chief Jessica Powell, is that at Google activism had been part of

August 14, 2019

Kobo360, a Nigerian freight logistics startup, raises $20M Series A led by Goldman Sachs and $10M in working capital financing from Nigerian commercial banks (Jake Bright/TechCrunch)

Jake Bright / TechCrunch: Kobo360, a Nigerian freight logistics startup, raises $20M Series A led by Goldman Sachs and $10M in working capital financing from Nigerian commercial banks — Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs and $10 million … Kobo360, a Nigerian freight logistics

The Rise of the Virtual Restaurant

Food delivery apps are reshaping the restaurant industry — and how we eat — by inspiring digital-only establishments that don’t need a dining room or waiters. The Rise of the Virtual Restaurant Source: NY Times Tech

August 14, 2019

Over 50% of Google searches result in no clicks, data shows

Google is hungry for your clicks. But it turns out that more than half of all Google Search queries now result in no clicks. As of June 2019, 50.3 percent of Google searches received zero clicks. By contrast, searches with organic clicks to non-Google websites now make up only 45 percent of all traffic. That

August 14, 2019

The HTC Wildfire is back, and HTC has almost nothing to do with it

Image: InOne Smart Technology After an eight year hiatus, the HTC Wildfire brand is making a comeback with the HTC Wildfire X, a new device for the Indian market. However, this probably isn’t the brand revival you’re expecting. For one, the handset isn’t being produced by HTC at all. Instead, the Taiwanese manufacturer has licensed

August 14, 2019

Coinbase and Barclays split up – but the cryptocurrency exchange already has a new banking bae

Just days after Coinbase announced the removal of support for Zcash for UK customers, reports suggest the cryptocurrency exchange is parting ways with banking mainstay Barclays. Sources familiar with the matter told CoinDesk that Barclays is no longer working with Coinbase. It’s unclear if the sources are representatives from either of the companies mentioned, or

August 14, 2019

Teen finds way around parents’ tech confiscation: Tweeting from the smart fridge

You hear the word “innovation” a lot in tech, and half the time, it’s never really that impressive or even innovative. But last week, for the first time, I was bewildered by the tech that is a LG Smart Refrigerator and the innovation of one Ariana Grande twitter fan account, @thankunext327. For today’s teens, having

Print Your Own Heat Shrink Labels for Factory-Chic Wire Naming

Heat shrink tubing is great for insulating wires. Labeling wires in a bundle is always useful, too. [Voltlog] has a cheap Brother label printer and discovered he can buy knock off label cassettes for a lot less from China. However, he also found something else: cassettes with heat shrink tubing in them made for the

Rolls-Royce Ghost Zenith Collection bids farewell to a sales success – Roadshow

There’s a new one on the way in 2020, so consider this the swan song. Rolls-Royce Ghost Zenith Collection bids farewell to a sales success – Roadshow Source: CNet

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