The ban was expected. American officials have long warned that they would stop sharing intelligence if allies installed Chinese technology on their 5G networks. Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei in Battle With China Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBlack Mirror loves to push boundaries, and the dark anthology show has recruited Miley Cyrus to help out with that. Black Mirror season 5: Trailer, release date, Miley Cyrus and everything else you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan and management will not voluntarily recognize Kickstarter United, its nascent employee union. (The staff is organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153.) Instead, the company wants a National Labor Relations Board election. In an email to the entire staff, Hasan expressed concern that a union would
Read MoreNo passengers were on board the helicopter when it crashed into the Hudson River on its way to refuel. Blade helicopter ride-share taxi crashes in New York – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe first big bundle of Starlink satellites is set to launch Wednesday on a Falcon 9. It could be the start of a whole new way to share Elon Musk memes. SpaceX plan to bring speedy broadband to the world starts now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpaceX faces competition in its quest to encircle the globe with satellites to beam WiFi from OneWeb and even Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Elon Musk’s SpaceX is striving to win the race to build the Internet in space Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAn entire kingdom’s worth of new features. Super Mario Maker 2: Everything announced during Nintendo Direct – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Hofer, a paralegal who drafted the ordinance, is pushing for anti-surveillance measures across California. He has already gotten more than two dozen approved. The Man Behind San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban Is Working on More. Way More. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFor something basic like a brushed DC motor, speed control can be quite simple, and powering up the motor is a simple matter of just applying voltage. Brushless motors are much more demanding in their requirements however, and won’t spin unless driven just right. [Electronoobs] has been exploring the design of a brushless speed controller,
Read MoreUber’s offering was supposed to be a crowning moment for the ride-hailing company. But it suffered setback after setback and ultimately resulted in pointed questions for all involved. How the Promise of a 0 Billion Uber I.P.O. Evaporated Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIt’s arguable that Snapchat stopped being culturally relevant when Kylie Jenner declared it dead and Rihanna disavowed it. This past weekend, however, it seemed like everyone was re-downloading, reopening, or trying out Snapchat for the first time in years. The cause was two new Snapchat filters, which allow users to look at gender swapped versions
Read MoreWhen whisky is made in Scotland it’s called scotch. When it’s made in Kentucky it’s called whiskey – the Irish also add the “E”. But when it’s made in Sweden, based on a recipe created by Microsoft‘s AI, we just call it amazing. Swedish distillery Mackmyra Whisky, technology company Fourkind, and Microsoft recently teamed up
Read MoreSuper Mario Maker 2 is looking like a substantial upgrade over the original build-your-Mario-game. Today during a Nintendo Direct video, Nintendo detailed a huge number of features coming to the Switch game, chief among them co-op play, so that you can build and design levels with another player on the same console. You’ll also be
Read MoreFire authorities have officially determined that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was responsible for last year’s deadly Camp Fire in Paradise, California. In a press release earlier today, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said that “after a very meticulous and thorough investigation, Cal Fire has determined that the Camp Fire
Read MoreIf you’re using one of Google’s Titan Bluetooth Security Keys to sign into all your two-factor protected accounts, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news, as you can probably guess, is that Google has announced the discovery of a vulnerability that allows someone to potentially access to your accounts. The good… Read more…
Read MoreAs part of the Education Design Lab’s Seamless Transfer Pathways design challenge, four college and university teams are using artificial intelligence, interactive tools and more to address low transfer and completion rates among community college students. 4 Pilots to Test Technologies and Strategies for Transfer Student Advising Source: Campus Technology
Read More100s of seniors attended the Senior Tech Day, at Brooklyn Boro Hall, to obtain the latest technology needed for easier senior life. A partnership, created by the BAY RIDGE CENTER, includes our team at MSI & mCloudServ to facilitate the technology. This beautiful day covered participants and providers to outside and inside Brooklyn borough Hall.
Read MoreResearch and data shows: A business will fall victim to ransomware every 14 seconds in 2019, and every 11 seconds by 2021. Cybercriminals will cost business owners over $2 trillion in damages this year alone. Learn how SonicWall can help your small business prepare against malicious cyber threats -> http://bit.ly/sonicwall-upgrades Trust a CyberSecurity expert and
Read MoreIt looks like Chromebooks won’t be getting an option to run Windows and Linux apps natively via the ‘Project Campfire’ effort, after all. 'Project Campfire' effort for dual-booting Windows on Chromebooks is shutting down Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe update affects the battery’s thermal management systems and its charge control systems and is being rolled out on Wednesday. Tesla updates battery software on Models S and X after Hong Kong fire – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you’re overseas, paying in local currency is often the best move for your wallet—except when it comes to flights. Read more… When Buying Flights Overseas, Always Check the Currency Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe company has mentioned that date to prospective hires for an in-house 5G modem team, says a report. Apple reportedly won't have its own 5G iPhone chip until 2025 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSonos has announced it’s rolling out a fix for playing Spotify on its smart speakers just a day after adding Google Assistant Sonos speakers experience Google Assistant, Alexa outages one day after update – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new AI project is the first direct speech-to-speech model in the world, Google says. Google's Translatotron translates speech directly to speech – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the earliest and most influential meme culture websites, You’re The Man Now Dog, went dark over the weekend. It’s since returned with a maintenance page, but the near-death experience has been enough to bring visitors into a site-run Discord chat to briefly relive the internet as it was — a wild, overgrown garden
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