We’ve seen Boston Dynamics’ robots running on different terrains with ease, opening doors for each other, and dancing to Bruno Mars’ hit Uptown Funk. Now, in the latest episode of “Robots Got Talent,” a video released by the company features its robot, Handle, stacking boxes in a factory like a champ. the two-wheeled robot picks up
Read MoreMary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft tells business users that Windows 10 1809, also known as the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, is ready for broad deployment — Microsoft finally is telling business users that Windows 10 1809, originally released last fall, is ready for deployment — just a month before Windows 10 1903 may
Read MoreWashington wants to thwart the Chinese tech giant’s dominance in telecom networks around the world. For now, though, sales at Huawei are booming. Huawei Shrugs Off U.S. Clampdown With a 0 Billion Year Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTwitter introduced a dark theme in its mobile apps in 2016, and for its site the following year. But after a lot of people complained that the social network’s feature is not a true dark mode – as it’s based on a shade of blue instead of black – CEO Jack Dorsey said the company
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: Huawei reports ~$8.8B profit in 2018, up 25.1% YoY on revenue of ~$107.13B, up 19.5% YoY, boosted by strong revenue growth of 45.1% YoY in its consumer business — – Huawei reported revenue of 721.2 billion yuan ($107.13 billion) in 2018, a 19.5 percent year-on-year rise. Huawei reports ~.8B profit in
Read MoreWhen programming for modern platforms, the restraints are different to those of 30 years ago. Back in the dawn of the microcomputer age, storage and RAM were measured in kilobytes. It simply wasn’t possible to store large amounts of graphical data, and even code had to be pared back at times. [reeabgo] found out some
Read MoreBill Hader’s excellent comedy series returns on HBO. Barry is back for its second season – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAndy / TorrentFreak: Russia tells ten major VPN providers including NordVPN, ExpressVPN, TorGuard, IPVanish, Kaspersky, Hola, and OpenVPN, to block sites on the country’s blacklist — Ten major VPN providers have been ordered by Russian authorities to begin blocking sites present in the country’s national blacklist. Russia tells ten major VPN providers including NordVPN, ExpressVPN,
Read MoreUsually when we hear about someone making contact with astronauts in orbit, it’s an intentional contact between a ham on the ground and one of the licensed radio amateurs on the ISS. We don’t often see someone lucky enough to snag a conversation between ground controllers and a spacecraft en route to the ISS like
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: Study: 5.5% of the top 10K HTTPS websites have exploitable TLS flaws subtle enough that the green SSL certificate padlock still appears in up-to-date browsers — WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF the web encryption scheme HTTPS has added a lot of green padlocks—and corresponding data protection—to the web. Study: 5.5% of the
Read MoreThe ABRACADABRA experiment sounds like magic but it may help uncover an elusive, invisible particle. Physicists build donut-shaped magnet to find 'ghost-like' dark matter particle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon launches Alexa for Business Blueprints, a set of templates for employees to create and publish private Alexa skills for their organization, in the US — Use Alexa in your place of work? There’s cause for minor celebration: today marks the launch of Alexa for Business Blueprints … Amazon launches Alexa
Read MoreJoel Spolsky / Stack Overflow Blog: Joel Spolsky announces he will step down as CEO of Stack Overflow and become chairman of the board, says the company booked $70M in revenue last year — Big news! We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the
Read MoreThe upgraded Handle robot can lift 30-pound boxes to stack pallets with ease. See Boston Dynamics robot stack warehouse boxes like a Tetris pro – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe two CEOs, as well as other top execs from their companies, Samsung and others, may testify in next month’s battle over Qualcomm’s licensing practices. Apple's Cook, Qualcomm's Mollenkopf make list of possible trial witnesses – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGM will work to make the Bolt affordable at the dealer level, but won’t change the sticker price. Chevrolet won't make the Bolt any cheaper, despite reduced EV tax credit – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreRichard Allan / Facebook: Facebook says EU advertisers will need authorization to run ads for EU’s May elections and ads related to politics and issues must have a “Paid for by” label — In the run up to the European Parliamentary Elections in May, we are making big changes to the way ads with political
Read MoreZoë Bernard / The Information: Source: Carta, formerly eShares, is close to completing a $300M funding round led by a16z at a ~$1.8B valuation; Carta raised $80M in December — Carta, a startup that helps investors manage their equity stakes in private companies, is close to having a new set of investors of its own.
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches new Ad Library that now makes all active ads and inactive political ads searchable, opens Ad Library API to all Facebook-verified developers — Now you can search Facebook for how much Trump has spent on ads in the past year, which Pages’ ads reference immigration, or what a Page’s
Read MoreHBO tweets out the victors of its game of social media. Game of Thrones hid real thrones around the world and all 6 have been found – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: The final episode of the Comedy Central show is upon us, and I’m having a tough time imagining my life without it every week. Broad City ends: Why bold broads Abbi and Ilana meant so much to me – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe guide for city governments, originally posted as an unlisted Medium article, provides specific details, like what format the data should come in. A data company is coaching cities on how to get GPS data from scooters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWatch the trailer for the third major entry in Gearbox’s beloved wasteland shooter. Borderlands 3 is real, and the first trailer is pandemonium, color and Claptrap – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ride-hailing company is set to become the first tech unicorn to go public in a year expected to be loaded with IPOs. Lyft to cruise onto Wall Street with stock market debut – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLyft’s I.P.O. heralds a new generation of Silicon Valley darlings on the public markets. Uber, Pinterest and Slack are expected to follow. Lyft Prices I.P.O. at a Share, Marking Arrival of Gig Economy to Wall St. Source: NY Times Tech
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