Mike Szczys is on a well-deserved vacation this week, so staff writer Dan Maloney joins managing editor Elliot Williams for a look at all the great hacks of the week. On this episode we’re talking about licensing fees for MIDI 2.0, a two-way fail while snooping on employees, and the potential for diagnosing Alzheimer’s with
Read MoreWhen it comes time to open a birthday gift, kids care about the card as much as they care about the nutritional values on the side of their box of Cap’n Crunch. It usually gets tossed aside, the message lost in a mountain of discarded wrapping paper. Read more… Use a Book in Place of
Read MoreTimothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: A deep dive into the 233-page antitrust ruling against Qualcomm, which said the company’s aggressive licensing tactics had strangled competition for modem chips — We did a deep-dive into the 233-page ruling declaring Qualcomm a monopolist. — In 2005, Apple contacted Qualcomm … A deep dive into the 233-page
Read MoreThose of you who are still running Windows 7 or earlier need to install critical patches that fix a recently-discovered security bug on older versions of Windows. Read more… Update PCs Running Older Version of Windows Immediately Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWith a coupon code, you can pick up Google’s Nest Hub Smart Home Controller with Google Assistant for $82 off at Mass Genie. Plus: Target has a nice price cut on a Nintendo 2DS XL bundle. Get the Google Nest Hub for just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t try this at home, not that you have a 777 lying around. Watch Mini's new EV tow a Boeing 777 freighter – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’ll need to be some mighty-fast heating and cooling. Jaguar Land Rover's 'sensory steering wheel' uses temperature to send messages – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe software giant aims to gather and provide unique insights to the competitive video gaming franchise to improve player performance, and learn what makes a good esports gaming title. Microsoft aiming to apply sports analytics to esports with Cloud9 partnership Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDuring a recent discussion about credit card rewards, Lifehacker Managing Editor Virginia K. Smith and I found ourselves with a shared lament: We get swipe happy when we know we’re earning credit card rewards. Read more… Take the No Credit Card Challenge With Us in June Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreOn the App Store, Apple is legislator, judge, jury, and executioner. Apple makes the rules. It has the final say about which apps you can officially purchase, download, and use on your iPhone or iPad. And importantly, Apple can change its mind at any time and make an app disappear — even to promote Apple’s
Read MoreDeadspin Drake Tries Very Hard To Pretend He Doesn’t Have Steph Curry And Kevin Durant’s Jersey Numbers Tattooed On His Body | Jezebel Witness the Decline of LaCroix, a Terrible Beverage That No One Liked | Splinter Again With the Tariffs | The Root Greedy Developers Try to Bully 94-Year-Old Black Woman Out of Her… Read more… Deadspin Drake Tries
Read MoreThere are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services and recommending a
Read MoreFinSMEs: BabbleLabs, which wants to use AI to improve speech quality, accuracy, and personalization in voice apps, raises $14M Series A — BabbleLabs, a San Jose, Calif.-based speech technology startup, raised $14m in Series A financing. — The round was co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Intel Capital … BabbleLabs, which wants to use AI
Read MoreAn early passion for science fiction and board games led to an influential career in technology. Reid Hoffman: ‘You Can’t Just Sit on the Sidelines’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMy favorite phone of all time is the BlackBerry Bold 9000. Unlike the iPhone 3G, which touted a revolutionary design when it was announced just a month later in 2008, the BlackBerry Bold wasn’t super flashy. But it had one thing the iPhone 3G didn’t: BlackBerry Messenger. It became a defining characteristic on BlackBerry devices
Read MoreCarolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: Kiwibots, the “parallel autonomy” food delivery bots popular with students at UC Berkeley, are remotely piloted by workers in Colombia who are paid $2/hour — Karis Tang, age 2½, squealed with excitement when she saw a Kiwibot rolling through Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley. Kiwibots, the "parallel autonomy" food
Read MoreThe best format for a summer book is a paperback: readable in bright sunlight, light enough to throw in a bag, cheap enough to destroy with grass and sand and water. But whatever format you read in, here are the books the Lifehacker staff recommends this summer. Read more… What Books to Read This Summer
Read MoreNearly five years after all-electric racing series Formula E made a thrilling debut, the book is about to close on its fifth season. Crucially, this was also the first season with Formula E’s game-changing second-generation electric racecar, which is faster, lasts longer, and could help propel the series into more legitimate motorsport territory. In April,
Read MoreThis luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. Located in the 2,000-strong Virgo cluster of galaxies within the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin), Messier 59 lies approximately 50 million light-years away from us. Hubble Sees a Galaxy Bucking the Trend Source: NASA
Read MoreChris Pratt (Star-Lord) and Tom Holland (Spider-Man) came out unscathed in Avengers: Endgame, and now they’re reuniting as elf brothers on a journey to discover if magic is still real in Pixar’s Onward. Onward stars Pratt as Barley Lightfoot and Holland as his younger, meeker brother Ian. They’re stuck in a suburban world where fantastical
Read MoreDanny Palmer / ZDNet: Report: ~2.3B files, including sensitive info like credit card and medical data, are exposed via publicly accessible online file storage servers, up 50% YoY — Digital Shadows research finds that the number of exposed files — including sensitive information — has risen by 50 percent compared with last year. Report: ~2.3B
Read MoreI’m a huge fan of Anker’s robot vacuums, primarily because they get the fundamentals right and are amazing value for money. In the past, I’ve used the Eufy RoboVac 11C, which was sufficiently powerful to grab dust and stray dog food kibbles from the floor, while having a small enough profile to maneuver around my
Read MoreAlmost everybody wants something done about disinformation. So why does it seem that nothing is changing? The Week in Tech: Disinformation’s Huge Inaction Problem Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreYou can find out if you’ve got what it takes to launch successful campaigns with the skills learned in the SEO Affiliate Domination course. It’s available now at 90 percent off the regular price, just $19 from TNW Deals. This affiliate marketing super-course could change your career Source: The Next Web
Read MoreLiquidators of now defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have revealed that it owes investors, creditors, and staff a total of over $3 million. Grant Thornton New Zealand published its first liquidators report earlier today which outlined that creditors are owed a total of $2.78 million. Staff are also owed $384,000 for unpaid salaries, holiday pay, and
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