Samsung’s oddly mesmerizing promo video for its Galaxy Fold’s hinge-durability test shows them doing crunches to ’70s workout-video music. Galaxy Fold hinge test gets the workout-video treatment – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe humans are good at a lot of things, but making holes in the ground has to be among our greatest achievements. We’ve gone from grubbing roots with a stick to feeding billions with immense plows pulled by powerful tractors, and from carving simple roads across the land to drilling tunnels under the English Channel.
Read MoreFacebook is revising its rules in response to criticism that a loophole had allowed racism to thrive on its platform. Facebook says it will now block white-nationalist, white-separatist posts Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMotherboard: As part of her platform to help small farmers, Sen. Warren suggests national “right-to-repair” bill that would make it easier for consumers to fix their devices — It would apply only to farm equipment, but Warren becomes the most powerful national politician to support a consumer’s right to repair the things they own. As
Read MoreThe three winners made deep neural networks a critical component of computing, setting the foundations for artificial intelligence, says the group behind the award. Turing Award honors pioneers of AI – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe merger would strengthen the existing Renault-Nissan alliance. Renault wants to merge with Nissan, then pursue FCA, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: FTC says it has fined four robocalling companies, responsible for “billions” of US calls, which will also cease operations — Four “robocalling” companies, including an operation that allegedly scammed businesses by pretending to be Google, have shut down and settled lawsuits with the Federal Trade Commission. FTC says it has
Read MoreDo human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees, turtles and birds navigate through the world. Scientists have tried to investigate whether humans belong on the list of magnetically sensitive organisms. For decades, there’s been a back-and-forth between positive reports and failures to demonstrate the
Read MoreMotherboard: Facebook says it will ban white nationalist and white separatist content, pointing users to nonprofits, after initially only banning white supremacist content — After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy … Facebook says it will ban white nationalist and white separatist content, pointing
Read MoreThere are only 43 days left until TNW Conference! Yesterday, I shared the official festival map with you. Get up close to see all the details by zooming in. The map shows off all the venues, stages, and activities to enjoy. Many of them are completely unique to this year’s conference, so let’s get into
Read MoreKa Kay Lum / DealStreetAsia: Chinese health care crowdfunding platform Shuidichou raises ~$74M Series B led by Tencent and says it has raised $1.8B+ across 400M campaigns — China-based healthcare crowdfunding platform Shuidichou has raised nearly 500 million yuan ($74 million) in a Series B funding round led … Chinese health care crowdfunding platform Shuidichou
Read MoreFinancial regulators in Switzerland have disclosed the illegal acts committed by Envion AG, a cryptocurrency “mining operation” that illegitimately collected over $90 million with an initial coin offering (ICO) last year. With this investigation, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) seeks to make it clear that ICOs can indeed fall within the scope of Switzerland‘s banking laws,
Read MoreAnyone with a desktop 3D printer knows that it can be a bit nerve-wracking to leave the machine alone for any extended period of time. Unfortunately, it’s often unavoidable given how long more complicated prints can take. With big prints easily stretching beyond the 20 hour mark, at some point you’re going to need to
Read MoreThis long-range transmitter and receiver is portable, rechargeable and super versatile. Blanket your house in Bluetooth for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / VentureBeat: BitTorrent says it is relaunching BitTorrent Live, its defunct Sling TV-like service, as a Snapchat-like social media app for iOS and Android, currently in beta — BitTorrent today announced it is reviving one of its most ambitious services as it looks for ways to expand since being acquired by blockchain startup
Read MoreThe Communist Party wants to instill the people with “core socialist values.” That means winnowing out content that extols individualism or hedonism. The New New World: No Earrings, Tattoos or Cleavage: Inside China’s War on Fun Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBut no cellular, yet. Magic Leap heads to AT&T stores, along with AR Game of Thrones experience – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJulia Fioretti / Reuters: Chinese video streaming service iQIYI raises $1.05B from convertible bond sale, the second such bond sale since its March 2018 IPO on Nasdaq — HONG KONG (Reuters) – Video-streaming firm iQIYI, backed by search engine giant Baidu, returned to the capital markets on Wednesday … Chinese video streaming service iQIYI raises
Read MoreCommentary: Apple hopes to capture something that money can’t buy with its new credit card designed for the digital age. If you get Apple Card, you may never be able to leave your iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe platform may more than double its ad revenues by 2021, according to a market research firm. Reddit may cross the 0 million mark in revenue this year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis thin, lightweight laptop features an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, a 512GB solid-state drive and fingerprint security. Plus: Save $155 on this top-rated housecleaning robot. The Lenovo IdeaPad 720S 13-inch laptop hits an all-time low: 5 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Memo: Microsoft’s marketing chief Chris Capossela tells employees not to engage in any public-facing April Fool’s Day pranks because of “unwanted news cycles” — No Clippy pranks this year — Everyone hates April Fools’ Day, and Microsoft is taking a stand against its own corporate pranks. Memo: Microsoft's marketing chief
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. When Huawei announced its P30 Pro, the latest models of its photography-focused phone series, one of its new features was something called a time-of-flight (ToF) camera. This bit of hardware has
Read MoreComputing’s ‘Nobel Prize’ winners Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun helped lead to breakthroughs in computer vision, speech recognition and robotics. Artificial intelligence pioneers win Turing Award Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreLulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese smartwatch and AI startup Mobvoi, backed by Google, is close to raising $100M at a $1B valuation, ahead of an IPO in China — – Mobvoi is said to seek $100 million in funding round — The startup is said to target an IPO on China’s new tech
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