Couch potatoes rejoice: you can finally stream Amazon Prime Video using Chromecast dongles, and YouTube support has returned to Amazon‘s Fire line of streaming devices. The double whammy is the result of Google and Amazon making good on their promise from April to bury the hatchet over their streaming video services. While both companies sell
Read MoreTinder has already publicized its plans to expand around the world, specifically in Asia, but today, it’s taking the next logical step in that journey and introducing a smaller version of its Android app — called Tinder Lite. The app is 25 times smaller than the main app, and while it maintains the core functionality,
Read MoreHarvesting delicate fruit and vegetables with robots is hard, and increasingly us humans no longer want to do these jobs. The pressure to find engineering solutions is intense and more and more machines of different shapes and sizes have recently been emerging in an attempt to alleviate the problem. Additionally, each crop is often quite
Read MoreThe HomePod doesn’t appear to have been a sales smash hit anywhere, but it doesn’t help that you can only actually buy it in a handful of countries. Apple is still rolling it out, though, and just announced its imminent arrival in one of the company’s biggest markets: Japan. As spotted by MacRumors, the HomePod
Read MoreWe’re predicting lots of Games of Thrones characters, Spidey and tributes to Marvel superheroes who died in Avengers: Endgame. San Diego Comic-Con 2019: The hottest cosplay we expect to see – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHope Reese / OneZero: Interview with Margaret O’Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, on how the government became a catalyst for the birth of SV — Margaret O’Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, explains why it’s time to move past the tech sector’s
Read MoreA US federal court has ruled today that President Donald Trump can’t block his haters on Twitter. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit situated in New York said that since Trump uses the social network to communicate matters related to government affairs, he can’t bar some Americans from accessing that information. A three-judge bench ruled
Read MoreThe actor known for his roles in Men In Black and 30 Rock died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut. Actor Rip Torn, star of The Larry Sanders Show, has died at 88 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSam Biddle / The Intercept: Leaked documents from surveillance company Perceptics show its pitch to New York’s MTA on how it could automatically track and profile vehicles and drivers — Just months before millions of its internal documents were stolen and dumped on the internet, the Tennessee-based surveillance company Perceptics … Leaked documents from surveillance
Read MorePop singer picks internet retail giant to carry beauty kits that will consist of lip gloss, lip liner and all-over color. Lady Gaga announces line of Amazon-exclusive cosmetics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a move possibly designed to allow more than 17 people in the world to finish Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Nintendo is adding a rewind feature to NES games on the Switch. As you can see from the video above, you can hold down ZL and ZR to access a row of snapshots
Read MoreThe buyer is offering $1,000 to anyone who knows where his card could be. Pokemon card sells for ,000, gets lost in the mail – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEvery once in a while, we come across a project that adds a ridiculously good twist on an existing design. This is exactly what [Xiao Xiao] and the team at LAM research group at the Institut d’Alembert in Paris have done. Their project T-VOKS is a singing and Speaking Theremin that is sure to drive
Read More“To chuck plastic into the ocean is an insult.” David Attenborough addresses climate change in most eloquent way possible – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Big T’s flagship models are getting older, but don’t expect them to change in a big way in the near future. Tesla's Models S and X aren't changing anytime soon, CEO says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and “in the coming months” for existing customers — The first major carrier to automatically block fraudulent calls — In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled … AT&T says it will enable
Read MoreHawkins is full of loose ends but there’s even more questions lurking far further from the city limits. Stranger Things season 3: The biggest WTF questions we want answered – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory devices made by GE could enable malicious remote tampering — Security researchers have found a vulnerability in a networking protocol used in popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory machines … Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular
Read MoreAjit Pai also wants people using multi-line phone systems to have direct access to dial 911. 911 location tracking should be added to VoIP calls, FCC chair says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter, which has been accused of helping UAE hack its citizens, inside Firefox — Mozilla declines DarkMatter’s application to have its root certificates included in Firefox’s root store. Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter,
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Infostealer.Astaroth Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreWe’d expect this new rugged Hyundai to bear more of a resemblance to the Honda Ridgeline than to a Ford F-150, and that’s a good thing. Hyundai is working on a truck for the US and we could see it soon, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSome experts fear Trump’s invite list might legitimize their online tactics — posting incendiary, misleading tweets or videos — entering the 2020 election campaign. Trump looks to rally controversial online allies at White House social media summit Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCuphead, cartoonish indie platformer darling, is getting its own Netflix show, according to its developers at Studio MDHR. The show, which will be made by Netflix Animation, will be called The Cuphead Show! As a fan of the game, I can only hope the trademark dark edge makes it into the show — because anyone
Read MoreThe Chang’e 4 moon lander and its bunny rover buddy are still gazing across the desolate, magnificent lunar surface. China's lunar rover delivers bewitching new views of the far side of the moon – CNET Source: CNet
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