Lexus’ best-selling vehicle is ready to take on the next decade. 2020 Lexus RX gets Apple CarPlay and Android Auto along with a host of updates – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Lexus RX is America’s best-selling luxury SUV. New visual and tech updates should help keep it popular. 2020 Lexus RX gets more tech and freshened looks – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEvery new drink you can get at the new Galaxy’s Edge outpost (and what we thought of some of them!). Disney's Star Wars land Oga's Cantina full menu: Every alcoholic drink and more at Galaxy's Edge – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s everything we know about what you’ll see, experience, taste and even smell. And beginning June 24, you don’t even need a reservation. First look at Disney's Star Wars land: What to know about the food, rides and drinks (yes, drinks) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHistorically, getting files on to a microcontroller device was a fraught process. You might have found yourself placing image data manually into arrays in code, or perhaps repeatedly swapping SD cards in and out. For select Arduino boards, that’s no longer a problem – thanks to the new TinyUSB library from Adafruit (Youtube link, embedded
Read MoreJohn Detrixhe / Quartz: Plaid, the tech firm linking fintech companies like Venmo with consumer bank accounts, rolls out its services in the UK, to eight of Britain’s biggest banks — Plaid isn’t just a pattern used by Scottish clans that goes back 3,000 or so years. It’s also the name of a technology company
Read MoreOne of the pressing concerns about the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is that it would shrink the market of major US wireless carriers from four down to three. But according to a report from Bloomberg tonight, the Department of Justice might be pushing for a way to prevent that: apparently, the DoJ wants
Read MoreDavey Alba / BuzzFeed News: Facial recognition tech will be tested in a US public school district for the first time starting June 3 in NY, will track people barred from school buildings — Testing of the Aegis system begins in the Lockport City School District next week. It will track sex offenders … Facial
Read MoreThe Pokémon Company yesterday revealed it’d be releasing a new batch of software starring everyone’s favorite pocket monsters, including an app that turns your sleep into a game. No, that’s not a joke. The company revealed the new batch of hardware and software at a press conference in Tokyo, including a port of Detective Pikachu for the
Read MoreAn American science publisher prohibits the Chinese tech giant from reviewing papers, a report says. Huawei scientists reportedly banned from reviewing IEEE science papers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStats show parents and teens alike are spending more time on devices, even overnight. Sleeping with a smartphone: Study shows we're taking devices to bed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: In a report, FCC says broadband deployment is reasonable and timely, reaching same conclusion as an earlier version that overstated broadband access by millions — You know what they say, tens of millions of broadband users here, tens of millions of broadband users there, sooner or later it starts to add
Read MoreScreenshots from Apple’s new MacOS leak ahead of WWDC. MacOS 10.15 leak shows new Music and TV apps – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEcobee can’t seem to keep its smart home secrets to itself, seeing how its upcoming indoor video camera, intriguing contact sensor and new premium thermostat have been detailed early by Dave Zatz of ZatzNotFunny over the past couple months. But now, hardware retailer Lowe’s has apparently asked Zatz to hold its beer — by publishing
Read MoreThings are expected to get “dark” at this year’s keynote, especially iOS. Apple WWDC 2019: How to watch, start time, livestream – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFormer MythBusters co-host Adam Savage creates an Iron Man suit, a WWII weapon and more in Savage Builds on Science Channel on June 12. Adam Savage teams up with Peter Jackson and NASA for Savage Builds TV series – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKeach Hagey / Wall Street Journal: Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn’t — Finding could affect where publishers line up in brewing privacy battles — Are creepy advertisements really necessary to support the
Read MoreBloomberg: Source: to clear their $26.5B merger, DOJ officials want T-Mobile and Sprint to lay groundwork for a new wireless carrier with its own network — – Antitrust officials seek additional carrier with own network — T-Mobile mulling possible fixes to satisfy Justice Department Source: to clear their .5B merger, DOJ officials want T-Mobile and
Read MoreJeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: In-flight internet provider Gogo says it plans to deploy in-flight 5G in 2021 that will service smaller aircraft on routes in the contiguous US and Canada — In-flight internet provider Gogo plans to deploy an air-to-ground 5G network for aviation, the company said today … In-flight internet provider Gogo says it
Read MoreIBM‘s Developer Drone Drop 2019 contest is officially underway. Now through June 16 the company will give away 1,500 drones to developers who enter. Why is IBM giving away free drones? It hopes you’ll use them to deliver AI-powered solutions to the problems caused by natural disasters. The contest officially started last week, but there’s plenty
Read MoreLike most of his work, this tiny two-digit thermometer shows that [David Johnson-Davies] has a knack for projects that make efficient use of hardware. No pin is left unused between the DS18B20 temperature sensor, the surface mount seven-segment LED displays, and the ATtiny84 driving it all. With the temperature flashing every 24 seconds and the
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Google now requires Play Store app developers to disclose the odds of receiving items in loot boxes, bringing its policy in line with Apple’s App Store — Google now requires Play Store app developers to disclose the odds of receiving items in loot boxes, among several other changes aimed at
Read MoreThe retail giant updated its voice-activated speaker, giving users the ability to delete recordings with a spoken request. Amazon adds delete commands for Alexa Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn-flight internet provider Gogo has announced plans to bring 5G to the North American skies starting in 2021. Gogo says the new 5G service is being designed to power faster in-flight Wi-Fi on smaller commercial airlines in the continental United States and Canada, those companies’ even smaller regional jets, and on business jets as well.
Read MoreHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Facebook’s refusal to take down an altered video of her shows that the company’s leaders were active contributors to online disinforrmation and “willing enablers” of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Pelosi says altered videos show Facebook leaders were ‘willing enablers’ of Russian election interference Source: Washington
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