ICE officials won’t be at a hearing tomorrow on the emerging technology. The Technology 202: Facial recognition debate expected to turn toward immigration Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Ever got that feeling of relief when you walk into your hotel room after a long trip and see the coffee machine? Oh how sweet that first sip of freshly made cuppa feels. Now, you can get the same
Read MoreThe slimmed down music app launched in 36 countries. Spotify Lite packs lets you discover endless music in 10 MB app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNokia’s Beacon 1 is a new mesh Wi-Fi router system that’s meant as a budget alternative to the company’s debut Beacon 3 from last year. The new Beacon 1 router is available today for a starting price of $129 for a single base station, compared to $199 for the existing Beacon 3. Although both routers
Read MoreManuel Baigorri / Bloomberg: Singapore-based Taiger, which helps automate complex cognitive tasks using AI, raises $25M Series B led by PacificBridge Asset Management at a $110M valuation — – The company’s valuation after the round to reach $110 million — Funding round led by investors including an affiliate of TPG Singapore-based Taiger, which helps automate
Read MoreIn the 30 years since Tim Berners Lee first documented his vision for what would become the World Wide Web, the US has been the primary leader in innovative infrastructure and products that are now core to everyday life. This innovation mostly occurred with startups shielded from legal constraints. That time is coming to a
Read MoreA sneak peek at what’s going to be on sale at the store and how your shopping trip can net you a mini Amazon spending spree. Just note an important condition. Prime Day deal: Spend at Whole Foods, get a Amazon credit (updated) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKeep an eye on things with these do-it-yourself home security systems. The best DIY home security systems of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s a look at the four big changes the iOS 13 public beta is delivering to your iPhone’s camera. iOS 13 vs iOS 12: What's new in photos? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCruise around AliExpress for long enough and you’ll find some interesting new hardware. The latest is the TTGO T-Call, an ESP32 breakout board that also has a cellular modem. Yes, it’s only a 2G modem, but that still works in a lot of places, and the whole thing is $15. On board the TTGO T-Cal
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: IDC: out of 2,473 organizations using AI in their operations, only 25% have a broad AI strategy, and most report some failures among their AI projects — Despite enterprises’ best efforts, painless AI deployments appear destined to remain elusive for all but the most dogged adopters. IDC: out of 2,473 organizations
Read MoreVirgin Galactic will soon become the first publicly traded space tourism company. A public shell company called Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp will acquire 49 percent of Virgin Galactic which was founded by Richard Branson in 2004. The deal involves an investment of roughly $800 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, and should fund
Read MoreIt’ll make Richard Branson’s venture the first publicly listed space-tourism company. Virgin Galactic prepares for public trading launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s been four months now since Facebook announced its intention to invest more heavily in private groups and messaging, and recently that effort has gotten a major marketing push. Walk through the Montgomery BART station in San Francisco and you’ll see ads for Facebook Groups plastering every wall, each emblazoned with the anodyne slogan “more
Read MoreThe iPhone Steve Jobs revealed in January 2007 featured a 3.5-inch plastic display. Not many people remember that, because the phone sold that June was covered in glass. The switch from plastic to glass appeared as a footnote in an Apple press release just 11 days before the original iPhone went on sale. What happened
Read MoreAre you tired of checking the price of your cryptocurrency fortune every hour or so? We might have the perfect distraction for you: a website that shows the salaries of some of the world’s most popular athletes… but in Bitcoin. BitcoinSalaries sources the yearly salaries of pro athletes and then converts the amount into Bitcoin
Read MoreA Australian man has been charged after authorities linked him to a cryptocurrency account used to buy child exploitation material. An investigation, following a tip off from US authorities in December last year, traced the account back to a 27-year-old man from Sydney. On Friday, the NSW Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team searched the man’s house and found
Read MoreWhy do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less startling and more informative. Listen here. To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEmma Chamberlain dropped out of school and changed the world of online video. It hasn’t been easy. What if Being a YouTube Celebrity Is Actually Backbreaking Work? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe latest Spidey adventure references the past and the future, from villains in the comics to a possible return of a major superhero team. Spider-Man: Far From Home Easter eggs you may have missed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite fearing death, humans have always been weirdly obsessed with anticipating their final day on earth. Now in the digital age, this morbid fascination with predicting death has taken form in digital death clocks. Death countdown tools are often used as a joke, but some financial institutions, health organizations, and insurers are using its data
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: Q&A with Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman on his role as the main architect of Facebook’s Oversight Board for content decisions and problems it likely faces — With Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube facing widespread criticism for the way they manage hateful, abusive, threatening … Q&A with Harvard Law professor Noah
Read MoreYou might think the game of Rock Paper Scissors is just the random chance, but that’s not true. There is a strategy for Rock Paper Scissors, multiple ones in fact, and the best human players can consistently beat any Joe Schmoe off the street. But what about computers? [Paul] answered that question with a tiny
Read MoreA serious zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed in Zoom video conferencing app on the Mac. Security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh, in a Medium post, detailed the flaw that could let websites hijack your Mac‘s camera and “forcibly” join you to a Zoom call without your permission. About four million of Zoom’s users are on Mac. The
Read MoreWe don’t advise watching Netflix while you’re at work, but if that’s how you want to play it, there’s a new tool that’ll help make it a whole lot easier. It’s a browser extension called Netflix Hangouts, and it simply plays your Netflix stream in a smaller window in an interface that makes it look
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