Jewelry making offers many opportunities for the electronics tinkerer, and on these pages we’ve seen some eye-catching creations using LEDs to great effect. They all have the same limitation though, it’s difficult to power something that tiny without a cumbersome battery. In seeking to solve that problem there have been a variety of inventive solutions
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC’s watch and Google under DOJ’s — Antitrust regulators have divvied up oversight of Amazon and Google, putting Amazon under the watch of the Federal Trade Commission and Google under
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Beam Dental, which uses brushing stats collected by its connected toothbrush to lower dental insurance premiums, raises $55M Series D — When was your last dental checkup? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of U.S. adults haven’t sat in a dentist’s chair within the
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The General Court of the EU agrees to hear a legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer legislation, sets the hearings date for July 1 and 2 — A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from the
Read MoreThe move by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission could result in heightened federal scrutiny of the two tech giants’ business practices, according to three people familiar with the matter. Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between U.S. regulators Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe live in an exciting time of machine intelligence. Over the past few months, several products have been launched offering neural network processors at a price within hobbyist reach. But as exciting as the hardware might be, they still need software to be useful. Nvidia was not content to rest on their impressive Jetson hardware
Read MoreIt’s a phone for your wrist, with a giant screen and a lot of problems. Nubia Alpha: A smartphone with the right idea but the wrong execution – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSteve Dent / Engadget: Sony’s new IoT chip can transmit up to ~60 miles via Sony’s low-power wide area ELTRES network, launching this fall, and work on objects moving at high speeds — Sony is quietly launching a chip that could change how e-bikes, cars, street lamps and all kinds of other connected devices can
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. OSX.Keysteal Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreThere are birthday presents, and then there are birthday presents. You know, the amazing ones that are the polar opposite of phoning it in. This is one of those presents. So, [peterbrazil]’s wife is a rural mail carrier on a small island. For her upcoming birthday, he wanted to build a lil’ something she could
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Times: Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube are rethinking the display of metrics such as likes, follower and view counts, because they are no longer the drivers of growth — Social networks built on public status markers are now starting to hide them. — In late April, at F8, Facebook’s annual event
Read MoreDownloading the next season of Stranger Things in a jiffy isn’t the only trick 5G has up its sleeve. Verizon lab's 5G robots, medical tools show speed is just the start – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNow you can add your preferred pronouns to the Lyft app. Read more… How to Add Your Preferred Pronouns to Your Lyft Profile Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJoe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple has removed all content from its iTunes pages on Facebook and Instagram — More evidence has emerged to suggest that Apple is beginning to move away from its iTunes brand after over 18 years of use. — As noted on Reddit, Apple has abruptly removed all social media content …
Read MoreShannon Hall / New York Times: Astronomers fear the reflections from the thousands of internet satellites launched by companies like SpaceX and Amazon can threaten their research — Images of the Starlink constellation in orbit have rattled astronomers around the world. — Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Astronomers fear the
Read MoreFitness wearables sit on a scale. On one hand, you’ve got miniature supercomputers that can do almost everything. That’s your Apple Watch or preferred WearOS device. And then you’ve got the most basic ones that tell the time, track steps, and that’s about it. Sometimes, you just want something straightforward. The Lenovo HX06 is an
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out its first AR in Search tab, which shows users a 3D model of the animal they searched for on an AR-enabled smartphone — At I/O 2019, Google announced a slew of AR features, including Dining and Translation filters for Google Lens. The ability to preview animals via augmented
Read MoreNewton’s Cradle was once upon a time, a popular desk toy in offices around the world. For [TecnoProfesor], however, it wasn’t quite flashy enough. Instead, they built a simulated version with flashing LEDs. As you do. Rather than relying on the basic principles of the cradle to make it work, this relies on two servo
Read MoreSaagar Enjeti / The Hill: On Friday, US began requiring most visa applicants to provide information on their use of social media; the policy was announced in March 2018 — The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday asking most applicants for U.S. visas to provide information on their use of social media …
Read MoreSouth China Morning Post: Sources: Foxconn has stopped several production lines for Huawei phones in recent days as the Chinese device maker reduced orders for new phones — Huawei is now closely observing and evaluating the situation, Honor president Zhao Ming said at Shanghai event ‘Too early to say whether … Sources: Foxconn has stopped
Read MoreGames of Thrones might finally be over, but HBO is coming in strong this month with reasons for you to keep that subscription going. Read more… What's Coming to HBO in June 2019 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreBenedict Evans: As an estimated 4B of world’s 5.3B adults now have smartphones, tech industry analysis shifts from tracking adoption to analyzing use trends and emerging tech — I’ve been making charts of internet use, mobile phones and smartphones since the early 2000s. At one point, they were confounding … As an estimated 4B of
Read MoreHere’s our ongoing guide to the flick about the Sega video game character. Sonic the Hedgehog movie: Cast, plot, release date – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFlexTime wants to help people seem cooler than they are by tricking others into believing they’re friends with celebrities like Post Malone and Billie Eilish. The app allows users to simulate a FaceTime call by using clips from various live streams and Instagram stories posted over the last year. The clips are saved using a
Read MoreLiving in an area impacted by a flood can be a traumatic event, made even wore if you’re not prepared. In light of potential flooding around the US, this week the FDA shared some tips on what to do when you’re cleaning up after a flood, specifically what to do to clean up. Read more…
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