New hire could accelerate Apple’s plans to move macOS hardware from Intel CPUs to Arm-based chips. MacBook move: Apple hires key Arm chip designer, pointing to shift from Intel Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIt’s one thing to know that your credit card offers insurance for travel mishaps like delayed baggage or airlines that suddenly shut down. It’s another thing to know how to access those benefits when you’re on the road. Read more… File Your Credit Card Travel Insurance Claim Right Away Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s available at more than 100 stores now with 1,500 pickup points planned for the end of the year. Amazon's Counter lets you pick up packages at Rite-Aid stores – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a new report, the social network suggests people around the world want the board to have more power than originally anticipated. Facebook scours the globe for ideas about its content oversight board – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDogs aren’t quite sure about Sony’s robo-pup. Revenge of the dogs: Sony Aibo does not impress your furry friends – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new bulbs use Bluetooth to connect directly with your phone — and with compatible Google Nest and Alexa devices. They don’t cost any less than before, though. Philips Hue's new Bluetooth bulbs don't need the Hue Bridge at all – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnd not in a good way. The Technology 202: Amazon was the only Silicon Valley giant called out on the debate stage Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThis stunning image of Jupiter’s stormy northern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed a close pass of the gas giant planet. Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter Source: NASA
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: EU expert panel recommends that EU should ban AI-based social credit scoring and limit mass surveillance — New recommendations have also been criticized as lacking enforceability — A group of policy experts assembled by the EU has recommended that it ban the use of AI for mass surveillance and mass
Read MoreOur tech columnist answers your questions about how to protect your privacy while using Chrome, the most popular Web browser. Help Desk: How to fight the spies in your Chrome browser Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreLast night, I stumbled on an interesting tweet thread from Manchester-based PHD student Oli Clark, who argued that conferences should serve vegetarian food as the default option. This would be a reverse of the current situation, where events offer several meat-infused dishes, and scarcely anything for those on a plant-based diet. My hot take 🔥:
Read MoreA drug-smuggling kingpin has been using west Dublin teenagers as young as 14 to store large amounts of narcotics bought with cryptocurrency via the dark web, reports Irish local media The Journal citing sources familiar with the matter. Authorities suspect they run a criminal enterprise that distributes illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA, and ketamine within
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Warburg Pincus announces new $4.25B fund for China and Southeast Asia, which will focus on tech, consumer services, healthcare, financial services, media, more — Warburg Pincus, the private equity fund with over $60 billion under management, is doubling down on Asia after it announced … Warburg Pincus announces new .25B fund
Read MoreGoogle is being sued in a potential class-action lawsuit which accuses the tech giant of inappropriately accessing sensitive medical records belonging to hundreds of thousands of hospital patients. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, is the latest example of how tech giants’ forays into the trillion-dollar healthcare industry are being met by concerns over privacy. In
Read MoreToday, I spent my afternoon in an amphitheater next to Tokyo Disneyland to watch Line’s annual conference. Line is one of the most prominent tech companies in Japan, with a chat app that virtually everyone here uses and which offers various adjacent services, from gaming to ride-hailing to personal finance. Line’s international push didn’t really
Read MoreAnd one you should definitely skip. Best gaming keyboards under for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDogs aren’t quite sure about Sony’s robo-pup. Don't bet on Sony's Aibo becoming your dog's best friend – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSee how Apple’s latest iPhones compare with the original iPhone X, spec by spec. iPhone XS specs vs. XR, XS Max, X: What's the same and different – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company was unaware of these collaborations, according to Bloomberg. Huawei employees reportedly worked on Chinese military research projects – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCelia Chen / South China Morning Post: An inside look at a treatment center in Beijing for internet addiction, which China classified as a mental disorder and a public health threat in 2008 — There are many internet addiction treatment centres in China that provide ‘detox’ services mostly for young people China’s video-gaming industry …
Read MorePrime members will be able to stream the concert around the world on July 10. Prime Day concert by Amazon Music will be headlined by Taylor Swift – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new AI-powered software tool makes it easy for anyone to generate realistic nude images of women simply by feeding the program a picture of the intended target wearing clothes. The app is called DeepNude and it’s the latest example of AI-generated deepfakes being used to create compromising images of unsuspecting women. The software was
Read MoreVESA is unveiling the biggest update to its DisplayPort PC display standard since it was first ratified back in 2007. The new DisplayPort 2.0 specification, which is expected to arrive on monitors in late 2020, includes bandwidth support for 8K displays and beyond. This new bandwidth, at 80Gbps max, is nearly three times what was
Read MoreAnother day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. Attackers have thieved $4.2 million worth of cryptocurrency from exchange Bitrue. Earlier today, the exchange announced on Twitter (spotted by ZDNet) that it was subject to a hack in which bad actors made off with 9.3 million Ripple ($4 million) and 2.5 million Cardano ($233,000) coins. At the
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