For more than a year now, President Donald Trump has been playing chicken with China, instituting increasingly expensive tariffs to add pressure for a trade deal that never seems to materialize. So far, those tariffs have kept clear of consumer goods like smartphones or televisions, with the most damaging taxes restricted to intermediary products like
Read MoreParallel parking can be a a challenge for even the most seasoned drivers. Thankfully, over at Quora, Yishan Wong offers this step-by-step breakdown of how to parallel park perfectly every single time—and he’s spot on. Read more… The Right Way to Parallel Park, Step-by-Step Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe Dyson V10 Animal, a Burrow furniture sale, and Red Dead Redemption 2 lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Wednesday's Best Deals: Dyson V10 Animal, Burrow Furniture, Red Dead Redemption 2, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe e-commerce firm became a giant by catering to China’s emerging middle class. But these are anxious times for Chinese consumers and businesses. Alibaba Reports Slower Growth as U.S.-China Trade War Intensifies Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreNetflix just announced a new season of Black Mirror, but if you prefer your sci-fi dystopias a little more on the camp side, Fox has just the thing: a new show called neXt about an evil Alexa that wants to take over the world. Seriously, although the trailer doesn’t quite explain what the eponymous neXt
Read MoreThe blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space is launching a platform to allow businesses to offer security tokens on the Liquid Network. Blockstream announced the launch of “Liquid Securities” earlier today at CoinDesk’s blockchain and cryptocurrency conference, Consensus. Liquid Securities claims to let businesses issue and manage token offerings. Firms can
Read MoreThe base model isn’t so basic anymore. 2020 Hyundai Elantra adopts a CVT, standard safety equipment – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe FCC is trying to crack down on illegal robocalls again. FCC's Ajit Pai wants to give phone companies more power to block robocalls – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHe tweets that the company is building them at different sites to see if one is better. Elon Musk confirms SpaceX is building multiple Starships – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe US Court for the Southern District of Florida has dismissed the case of initial coin offering (ICO) fraud against DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather. The court decided that despite Khaled and Mayweather shilled defunct cryptocurrency firm CentraTech (and its associated ICO of CTR tokens) on their social media profiles, they did not play
Read MoreIs binging gaming next? Netflix might reveal new games at E3 – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreWe’re only at the beginning Continue reading… The uphill battle NASA faces to sell its Moon plan to Congress Source: New feed
Read MoreThe move comes a month after robocallers dialed Americans nearly 5 billion times, according to one industry estimate. The FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreApple is known to keep its older iPhone models and designs around to flesh out the entry-level of its product portfolio, but this is getting a little ridiculous. The iPhone 6S, now in its fourth year of existence, is the subject of a new marketing campaign in India where its local manufacturing is prominently advertised.
Read MoreWriting is 1% writing, 1% staring into space, and 98% doing little errands to “prepare” for writing. My favorite method of not writing is to compose a very specific playlist to “soundtrack” the thing that I’m writing. If you go hunting for the right music to write to, sorry, I’ve just ruined your excuse: here
Read MoreMicrosoft offers a new snapshot of the data that feeds into its Intelligence Security Graph. Microsoft: 'We're detecting 5 billion cybersecurity threats on devices a month' Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWith your smartphone, inexpensive software and a bit of cloth or paper, you can make your own “green screen” movies. Tech Tip: How to Add Hollywood Special Effects to Your Videos Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreStreaming services have revolutionized the discovery of songs, but here’s why Ben Sisario, who covers the music industry, still likes to listen to compact discs. Tech We’re Using: Why Play a Music CD? ‘No Ads, No Privacy Terrors, No Algorithms’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf you pay any total at all (even just $1), you’ll receive access to one of the bundle’s most engaging courses, HTML5 Game Development for Beginners with Phaser. It’s a fun primer on how to use the Phaser 3 game framework hand in hand with HTML5 to create a “Frogger” style game that’s playable across
Read MoreYesterday, HP announced its new Omen X 2S laptop, which the company says is the world’s first dual-screen gaming portable. In addition to a 15-inch primary display, the machine comes with a petite 6-inch 1080p touchscreen panel located just slightly above the keyboard. While you can’t use this to extend the gaming experience, as you
Read MoreYahoo Finance: Alibaba beats estimates with Q4 profit of $3.84B on revenue of $13.9B, up 51% YoY, says annual active consumers reached 654M, mobile MAUs 721M — BABA) today announced its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. — “More and more, Alibaba is becoming synonymous … Alibaba beats estimates
Read MoreEditor’s note: This article was originally published in the buildup to the launch of Google and OnePlus’ latest devices, as the nature of their pre-launch leaks was so comprehensive that we were able to do the analysis of what each phone means in advance. The language has since been amended to reflect the official status
Read MoreOpera will soon be adding native support for the TRON blockchain in its cryptocurrency-focused browser. Among other things, the new integration will make it possible to natively use TRON-powered dapps and tokens within the browser. Opera will also add support for TRON‘s TRX and other TRC-standard tokens in its built-in cryptocurrency wallet for desktop and mobile
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