iOS 13's FaceTime will apparently fake eye contact – CNET
Apple is trying to make video calls a little more intimate, it seems. iOS 13's FaceTime will apparently fake eye contact – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple is trying to make video calls a little more intimate, it seems. iOS 13's FaceTime will apparently fake eye contact – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA senior official reportedly asserted that Commerce agents should abide by its “presumption of denial” licensing policy in an email. Huawei remains on Commerce Department's blacklist despite Trump's deal – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn search of a smart thermostat? Here are our favorites. The best smart thermostats of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot sold on a smart thermostat? Click through your options here. 12 smart thermostats to regulate your home's temp – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile he couldn’t quite come up with the cash to buy one in their hayday, [Bruno Antunes] has always been fascinated with the Amiga. When PCs got fast enough he used emulators like UAE to get a taste of the experience, but it was never quite the same thing. Not until he found the MiST
Read MoreUber is piloting a new option for its Uber Eats service which lets you eat your preordered food in the restaurant, rather than at home. Eater reports that the new Dine-in option is currently available in Austin, Dallas, Tucson, and San Diego, and appears alongside the service’s existing delivery and pickup options. “Skip the wait
Read MoreA woman accused of running a Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring pleaded guilty on Tuesday after authorities busted the operation last year. Among other charges, Sarah Alberts, 35, who is due to be sentenced on October 8, admitted to money laundering, reports say. Ohio-based co-defendants Mark Alex Simon, 35, and Aaron Kuns, 35, pleaded guilty, and
Read MoreOn Monday, a left-leaning civil rights audit of Facebook urged the company to expand its ban on white nationalist content by purging additional words, phrases, and symbols from the social network. The audit had been announced a year ago to address allegations of bias on Facebook, and the company has now offered two updates about
Read MoreThe allure of fast profits from cryptocurrency appears to have been too great for one bank manager in India. The manager of a Standard Chartered branch, a private bank in India, has been arrested for running a cryptocurrency scam in which he promised unrealistic returns on a digital coin, Business Standard reports. The main perpetrator
Read MoreCuba‘s government is eyeing the potential use of cryptocurrency to boost its economy. The proposal forms part of a series of measures seeking to improve the country’s deepening criss exacerbated by US sanctions. The new measures were announced this week by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his government on state-run TV and promise to raise income for
Read MoreA machine-dominated workplace can make employees more mechanical themselves. But there is room for initiative, and small acts of rebellion. Inside an Amazon Warehouse, Robots’ Ways Rub Off on Humans Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAdvertisers are increasingly turning to an invisible method that pulls together information about your device to pinpoint your identity. ‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFaster speed versus more coverage. That’s the most important issue for 5G networks today. We ran 5G speed tests on Verizon, AT&T, EE and more: Here's what we found – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiOS 13’s third developer beta includes a new feature that makes it look like you’re staring directly at your front-facing camera during FaceTime calls, even when looking away at the person on your screen. The feature, which was spotted by Mike Rundle on Twitter, only appears to be working on the iPhone XS and XS
Read MoreIt did especially well in the Safety Assist category, thanks to its suite of driver aids. Tesla Model 3 totally nails Euro NCAP crash tests – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEveryone should build a speaker cabinet at least once in their life, if only so they can realize how much thought goes into building a simple box. [John] of ibuildit.ca wanted a sound bar for his home theater setup, and that means building a sound bar. The result is beautiful, and a demonstration of how
Read MoreDaniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: Metronome says its MET tokens can now be moved between Ethereum and Ethereum Classic blockchains, a feature that started rolling out last week — MET token holders now have the option to choose their blockchain, a feature that was first announced a year ago at launch but only rolled out last
Read MoreAmazon’s Alexa smart assistant may be useful, but the privacy concerns aren’t going away anytime soon. Now, in a fresh turn of events, the retail giant has confirmed that it keeps transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely, and only removes them if they’re manually deleted by users. The confirmation came to light after Delaware Democratic senator
Read MoreThe SuperCam will help analyze Martian rocks and soil in the search for past life. NASA pimps Mars 2020 Rover with rock zapping laser – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTwo months after Samsung withdrew the Galaxy Fold due to hardware and software problems, it might soon be ready for prime time. Bloomberg reported today the company has completed the redesign of the device that should solve all the issues that plagued the first batch of handsets. The report noted that while the Korean phone maker
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi the closest thing to a modular laptop. That’s the idea behind the Pi-Top, a laptop with a Raspberry Pi as a brain. Need an upgrade? No problem, just get the latest Pi, they’re up to four now. Now the people behind the Pi-Top are releasing what can best be described as a
Read MoreIacocca did more to change the face of the modern automotive industry than almost any other single person. Lee Iacocca, titan of the automotive industry, is dead at 94 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDoodle game combines two favorite Independence Day activities. For July 4th, Google Doodle gets its backyard BBQ game on – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreScientists didn’t expect a shark chomper stuck inside a human body for a quarter century to yield viable DNA. They were wrong. Shark tooth lodged in man's foot solves 24-year-old bite mystery – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Fold has been on hold since Samsung aborted its scheduled April 26 launch. Samsung Galaxy Fold's screen failures have finally been fixed, report says – CNET Source: CNet
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