Microsoft is considering bringing Android apps to Windows 10 Lite devices like its rumored dual-screen Centaurus PC. Can Microsoft embrace and extend without trying to extinguish? Microsoft's next step toward embracing Android: Adding app support? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWarner Bros. has hired former BBC executive Ann Sarnoff as its new CEO, marking the first time in studio history that a woman is at the helm of the company. Sarnoff will join John Stankey, CEO of WarnerMedia, as a top executive overseeing content as the company heads into a streaming-heavy future. She’s stepping in
Read MoreApple has filed its response to Spotify’s antitrust complaint in Europe, and its answer is essentially that Spotify has greatly exaggerated how much money is being taken by the App Store. Apple says that it’s currently taking a 15 percent cut of subscription fees for around 680,000 Spotify subscribers, representing 0.5 percent of Spotify’s total
Read MoreThe last decade or so has seen remarkable advances in motor technology for robotics and hobby applications. We’re no longer stuck with crappy brushed motors, and now we have fancy (and cheap!) stepper motors, brushless motors for drones, and servo motors. This has led to some incredible achievements; drones are only barely possible with brushed
Read MoreSidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s smart city subsidiary, released its massive plan Monday to transform a slice of Toronto’s waterfront into a high-tech utopia. Eighteen months in the making and clocking in at 1,524 pages, the plan represents Alphabet’s first, high-stakes effort to realize Alphabet CEO Larry Page’s long-held dream of a city within a city to
Read MoreWhen you join a new job, there’s a lot you need to learn beyond the official orientation. You need to figure out your unspoken responsibilities, the relationships between people and departments, and a little of the office gossip. If your workplace uses the chat app Slack, you can pick up a lot of that info
Read MoreLast week, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic’s magical-themed follow-up to Pokémon Go, launched a day early, but the rollout was limited to users in the US and UK. Over the last few days, the launch has become much more global. Right now, the game is available in more than 140 countries, spanning North America, Europe,
Read MoreApple is planning to release iOS 13 this fall to iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads (under the guise of the new iPadOS). It has a lot of improvements under the hood, but the most dramatic overhaul is coming to Apple’s in-car interface known as CarPlay. CarPlay was first introduced four years ago, and aside from
Read MoreiOS 13, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, and tvOS 13 are available in public beta, and you can download and install them now. The process for installing each is a bit different, but we’ll walk through what’s new and how to get the new software on your device. Unless you’re enrolled in Apple’s developer program, this is
Read MoreIn an effort to expand access to online learning, the University of North Texas is partnering with Coursera to offer non-credit courses in the massive open online format. University of North Texas to Offer Non-Credit Courses Through Coursera Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreiOS 13 public beta brings something exciting to the table — new font capabilities. iOS 13: New features let you install, manage and download fonts from the App Store – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can save $8.49 on a 200GB memory card today only at Amazon. Amazon deal: SanDisk 200GB Ultra microSD memory card for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe director and stars discuss bringing the Aliens world back to life Continue reading… How William Gibson’s long-lost Alien 3 script became 2019’s most intriguing audio drama Source: New feed
Read MoreWhile looking through a particularly beautiful Airbnb listing, you might think to yourself: This place is too good to be true. You browse the listing’s photos, read about its amenities—which include a pool and a sundeck—and it’s around this time when you discover the listing has zero reviews. Read more… Should You Book an Airbnb
Read MoreYour desire for dark mode could lead to dark times for you and your iPhone. Here’s why its usually better to wait for the final version of new operating systems. 5 reasons you should not install the iPadOS or iOS 13 beta yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA grab bag of new stuff beyond Dark Mode (and also, Dark Mode). iOS 13 public beta: The best things to try – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese are the most interesting aspects of Apple’s iPad software work-in-progress. iPadOS public beta hands-on: The beginning of a transformation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe all know the stereotypes. Only children are maladjusted. They’re selfish, spoiled brats. Only children are, quite simply, weird. And by not having more kids, you’re selfish, too, doing lifelong damage by depriving your child of the all-important Sibling Relationship. Read more… Don't Feel Guilty for Having 'Only' One Child Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWe all know the advice to “eat what’s already in your pantry,” but we also know the reality: we eat our favorite stuff first and leave the rest of the food in there until we’re faced with the option of either A) eating twelve cans of beans in a row or B) buying more groceries.
Read MoreRuckus Networks (acquired by CommScope earlier this year) has introduced two new multigigabit access products. Ruckus Debuts New Multigigabit Access Products Source: Campus Technology
Read More{$inline_image}Pi-Top today announced its latest model – the Pi-Top [4]. As you’d expect, this machine is powered by the Raspberry Pi 4 computer, which boasts increased performance, and the ability to power two external 4K displays. Oh, and it’s not a laptop. That’s a weird one, because Pi-Top is known for its elaborate Raspberry Pi-based
Read MoreThe majority of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) network activity hasn’t anything to do with cryptocurrency. In fact, pretty much all of its current on-chain activity comes from weathersv.com, an automated weather service that simply copies data from another (centralized) weather site and writes it to the BSV blockchain. What people fail to realize is a paid subscription
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday 26 June 2019 at noon Pacific for the Preserving Computer History Hack Chat with Dag Spicer! In our age of instant access to the seeming total of human knowledge at the swipe of a finger, museums may seem a little anachronistic. But the information available at our fingertips is often only
Read MoreEating steak for breakfast is a bold move. On a scale from one to lumberjack, it’s about a nine. But even if you consider yourself a Ron Swanson type, beginning your day with a porterhouse is setting yourself up for sleepiness, and some cuts are more suited to a morning meal than others. Read more…
Read MoreThe affordable computer is now even more powerful. Raspberry Pi 4 boosts performance, keeps starting price – CNET Source: CNet
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