Pricing has already been leaked, but here’s how to watch Google Stadia’s conference for more info. E3 2019: How to livestream the Google Stadia Connect conference live – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUntil recently Silicon Valley was seen as one of the few relatively untainted sources of big-money donations for Democratic candidates. Now, that’s changing. Democrats Take Aim at Silicon Valley. They Take Its Cash, Too. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllegal robocalls might be less of a hassle in the future. FCC's Ajit Pai: 'I hate robocalls as much as you do' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of Amazon’s Denver shipping centers already has about 800 units of this “robot highway” technology. Amazon's new Pegasus drive robot will save workers from heavy lifting – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere will reportedly be a monthly subscription option and eventually a free model. Google Stadia pricing and release date leaks ahead of reveal event – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMadhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Microsoft has pulled its facial recognition database, MS Celeb, which contained 10M+ images of ~100K individuals scraped under the Creative Commons license — Microsoft has quietly pulled from the internet its database of 10m faces, which has been used to train facial recognition systems around the world … Microsoft has
Read MoreWhile it’s great to opt for natural home-cleaning solutions whenever possible, they’re not always the most effective options. Take baking soda and vinegar, for example. These pantry staples are two of the most common components of natural cleaning products, and if you’ve ever seen a science fair volcano, you have a… Read more… Baking Soda
Read MoreThe video game industry is booming like never before ahead of the annual E3 conference, but regulators are casting a close eye on the burgeoning sector. Even in a ‘golden age’ for gaming, video game trade group’s new CEO faces challenges Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYesterday, Google released the fourth beta for Android Q, which was made available via OTA updates for Pixels and might have hinted at improved face unlock for future devices. Unfortunately, some number of Pixel users who downloaded and installed the Over-The-Air update have run into problems: their phones “bootlooped,” going into a constant reset state.
Read MoreE3 2019 kicks off next week, and with it an onslaught of game announcements, trailers, and news. Electronic Arts, Xbox, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Nintendo all have plans to showcase their upcoming projects, even before the show officially begins on Tuesday, June 11th. The good news? It’ll all be streaming. Here’s how to watch
Read More{$inline_image} Several months ago, a strange Kickstarter project from ‘Team IoT’ appeared that seemed too good to be true. The Atomic Pi was billed as a high-power alternative to the Raspberry Pi, and the specs are amazing. For thirty five American buckaroos, you get a single board computer with an Intel processor. You get 16
Read MoreEarlier this week at WWDC, I finally got a chance to sit down and actually use iPadOS on an iPad Pro. The purpose of the meeting was ostensibly to walk me through the new features, but I greedily grabbed the iPad and started tapping, swiping, and opening web pages — listening and talking about what
Read MoreWith the proliferation of free online credit score services, it’s easier than ever to keep tabs on that magical number. But that ease of access creates a new layer of temptation for people who are curious about their credit score—or striving to improve it. Read more… How Often Should You Check Your Credit Score? Source:
Read MoreHMD Global, the company licensing the iconic Nokia marque, today announced it’s latest entry-level handset, the Nokia 2.2, which will retail for €99 (about $110). The Nokia 2.2 is an interesting duck, as it doesn’t seem overtly compromised. Sure, it’s not exactly blazing fast, but its internals should be eminently able to handle the rigors
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Google to buy analytics startup Looker for $2.6B, Google Cloud’s first major acquisition under new CEO Thomas Kurian — KEY POINTS — The acquisition of Looker is the first major acquisition under former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian — Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud … Google to buy analytics startup Looker
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: How groups of teens use AirDrop to share memes, and bombard unsuspecting adults who have AirDrop on, in an attempt to crash their phones — Veronica Belmont, a product manager at Adobe Spark, was riding the train down to Silicon Valley, doing some work on her phone, when dozens of
Read MoreThere are graveyards of mangled bicycles sitting in vacant lots throughout villages and major cities in China. Local governments have long struggled with what to do with the millions of abandoned bicycles—the result of an initial oversupply to support the country’s bike share program (that later fell apart after major… Read more… Don't Throw Your
Read MoreWithout the sound advice of meteorologists and geologists working behind the scenes, one of the most consequential battles in human history could have gone quite differently. Forecasting D-Day Source: NASA
Read MoreYesterday, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announced that Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines, which currently bans photographic nudity, and more controversially, “female nipples.” The news comes just days after activists stripped naked outside Facebook’s and Instagram’s New York headquarters to protest the platforms’ censorship regulations around artistic nudity. NCAC confirmed the social media
Read MoreRemember when software was eating the world? The trendy observation these days is that artificial intelligence (AI) is eating software. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai has talked about software that “automatically writes itself.” And certainly if you consider software development to be little more than the creation of oft-repeated segments of code, then the rapid advances in
Read MoreThe industry’s upstarts are deeply intertwined with the behemoths. The Technology 202: Breaking up Big Tech won’t actually help start-ups, tech investors and entrepreneurs say Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRest days are important, but how much do they matter for running? Beginner programs like couch to 5K often start you off with three days of running per week. If you get antsy on the days in between: Yes, it’s okay to run more. With some caveats. Read more… Is It Okay to Run Every
Read MoreThree incidents in the past week illustrate the sometimes unavoidable risks involved in relying on cloud providers. GitHub shocks top developer: Access to 5 years' work inexplicably blocked Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWorkers at the some of the retail giant’s stores said they had long expected the robots would take their jobs one day. But they hadn’t expected this middle period, during which they have to work side by side with machines that can be brittle, clumsy and easily confused by the messy realities of big-box retail.
Read MoreThe 20H1 version of Windows 10 will let users set how fast Windows updates are downloaded in Mbps. Windows 10 will soon let you choose exact Windows update download speeds Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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