Loon — an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company — will give “mountain villagers” in Kenya the opportunity to purchase 4g service. Google’s balloon project has a new test: providing Internet access to ‘mountainous villagers’ in Kenya. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe credits may have rolled, but thanks to an extra scene, speculation over the next season carries on. That Stranger Things 3 postcredits scene, explained – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnd one you should definitely skip. Best gaming keyboards under 0 for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReady to go keyless in 2019? These smart locks are our best bets for bringing your front door online. Best smart locks of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDo you long for a more pronounced way to rage quit video games? Smashing buttons comes naturally, of course, but this hurts the controller or keyboard. You can quit your longing, because [Insert Controller Here] has an elegant solution that’s worth its salt. The Salty Rage Quit Controller is simple. The cup is filled with
Read MoreVenezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered that every branch of the Banco de Venezuela should allow citizens to buy and trade El Petro, the state-issued cryptocurrency he’s so intent on pursuing. “I hereby order that every branch of Banco de Venezuela opens exchange desks so that everyone can transact with El Petro and start using
Read MoreGoogle has backed down in a spat with the New Zealand government after its email alert system Trends breached a court order suppressing details of a high-profile murder case. According to Reuters and AFP, Google has suspended its Trends feature in the country following outcry from the New Zealand government. Last December, these automated email
Read MoreArtificial intelligence technologies are spreading at a rapid pace into a variety of businesses and job types. What will come of the tech, and which industries will be heaviest impacted, however, remains unclear. When we look at where AI will be in the next year, five years or decade, who will feel it first? Which
Read MoreA seat fire, thought to have been caused by a portable battery pack, forced a Virgin Atlantic flight to make an emergency landing on Thursday night. The flight was on its way from New York’s JFK Airport to London Heathrow according to the Associated Press, but was forced to land at Boston’s Logan Airport after
Read More[Avi Press] recently made a Medium post sharing his thoughts on a failed effort to allow for paid users of an open source project. [Avi] is the author of Toodles, a tool to help organize and manage TODO items in software development. Toodles enjoyed unexpected popularity, and some of its users were large organizations. It
Read MoreIn recent months, we’ve seen quite a few reports of the Google Play Store hosting counterfeit apps that are designed to dupe users and earn money through ad farms. In the latest reveal, CSIS Security Group’s report suggests that a fake app – promising updates for Samsung phones – has been installed by over 10 million users.
Read MorePaying for coffee with Bitcoin is a common trope in the cryptocurrency industry, but what about beer? More specifically, what about buying shares of a beer company with Bitcoin? The edgy Scotland-based brewery BrewDog announced yesterday that it’s extending its current round of crowdfunding – what it calls, “Equity for Punks” – until April 2020,
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. Shortcuts for iOS is a very useful — but often neglected — way to automate your iPhone or iPad. In this series, we’ve been looking at different workflows to make your
Read MoreA number of companies have been working on over-the-air charging – the holy grail for electronic devices – for several years now. Just think about how cool it’d be to never again have to plug your gadgets into wall sockets, change the batteries in your smoke detector, or even put down your phone so it
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Waresix, which aims to digitize logistics in Indonesia, raises $14.5M Series A led by EV Growth; Indonesia, with 17K+ islands, has unique logistical challenges — Waresix, one of a handful of startups aiming to modernize logistics in Indonesia — the world’s fourth most populous country … Waresix, which aims to digitize
Read MoreThis weekend dominant champs Jon Jones and Amanda Nunes face off against Thiago Santos and Holly Holm respectively. How can you watch and when does the whole thing kick off? UFC 239 Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos: Start time, full fight card and how to watch or stream online – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you live in an area with high bird activity, setting up a bird feeder and watching some hungry little fellows visit you can be a nice and relaxing pastime. Throw in a Raspberry Pi with some sensors and it can also be the beginning of your next IoT project, as it was the case
Read MoreWatch our new TV show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu. G.M. Leaves Lordstown Behind in Hard Bet on Future Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNoam Cohen / New Yorker: A California law went into effect July 1 banning bots from pretending to be real people without disclosure while selling products or influencing votes — When you ask experts how bots influence politics—that is, what specifically these bits of computer code that purport to be human … A California law
Read MoreRedmond’s 2017 patent describes a first screen, a second screen, and a controller that activates the screens based on when ‘dawn’ is determined by the user or their device’s geographical location. Microsoft filed a patent for dual-screen dawn simulation Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWe all know the usual jokes about the ‘S’ in ‘IoT’ standing for ‘Security’. It’s hardly a secret that security in embedded, networked devices (‘IoT devices’) is all too often a last-minute task that gets left to whichever intern was unfortunate enough to walk first into the office that day. Inspired by this situation, All
Read MoreNew scissor switch design will replace butterfly switch later this year, predicts Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple may abandon problematic MacBook keyboard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung Electronics expects its second-quarter operating profit to have more than halved from a year previously, falling about 56 percent to 6.5 trillion won ($5.56 billion), according to earnings guidance released by the company today. Revenue is projected to slide about 4 percent to 56 trillion won ($47.89 billion). This would be Samsung’s lowest profit
Read MoreCowabunga dudes. Stranger Things season 3: The radical 80s details you might have missed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSaheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Samsung says it projects Q2 operating profit of ~$5.5B, beating analyst estimates but down ~56% YoY following weakness in the price and demand of memory chips — KEY POINTS — Samsung Electronics said on Friday that profits for the three months that ended June more than halved … Samsung says
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