March 14th is “Pi Day”, for reasons which should be obvious to our more mathematically inclined readers. As you are not reading this post on March 14th, that must mean we’re either fashionably late to Pi Day 2019, or exceptionally early for Pi Day 2020. But in either event, we’ve got a hack for you
Read MoreRedditors and Wikipedians (is that the correct term?) in the EU might have a hard time using their favorite websites today. The reason is the EU‘s upcoming Copyright Reform, which will be put to a vote on March 26. The directive includes the controversial Article 13 that will make platforms responsible for any copyright infringement
Read MoreJamie Rigg / Engadget: A look at the history of game-playing AI and how it often beats humans, from IBM’s Deep Blue to AlphaGo — We’re only just beginning to scratch the surface of what artificial intelligence is capable of, from medical advancements to movie recommendations. Despite AI being a potential goldmine … A look
Read MoreIf you’ve presented in a meeting, you know the potentially calamitous effects of projecting your laptop screen — your naked, interior world, that is — before unsuspecting co-workers. The Sometimes Catastrophic, but Mostly Just Embarrassing Consequences of Screen Sharing at Work Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThere are settings to help you avoid this. Here’s how to use them. How to Not Ruin Your Life (or Just Die of Embarrassment) With a Screen Share Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhile we’re all still beaming after our recent announcement that the Financial Times acquired a majority stake in TNW, it turns out we’ve got more big news to reveal. Today, I’m thrilled to share that we’re opening a second TQ in Amsterdam South — a brand-new home dedicated to helping tech companies grow. With space
Read MoreOur personal tech columnist didn’t lose touch with his true friends — but strange things did occur, including Instagram thinking he was a woman. Tech Fix: I Deleted Facebook Last Year. Here’s What Changed (and What Didn’t). Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKatie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: A look at an automated Instagram influencer account made to garner free meals from NYC restaurants in exchange for posts, which advertisers didn’t really mind — Chris Buetti had a problem: Dining out in New York was getting too expensive. He saw was one obvious solution … A look at
Read MorePotentially, one of the great things about having a device connected to the network is that you can update it remotely. However, how do you make that happen? If you use the Arduino setup for the ESP8266 or ESP32, you might try [scottchiefbaker’s] library which promises to make the process easy. Adding it looks to
Read MoreThe quad-rear camera behemoth will cost 999 euros, which converts roughly to $1,130. Huawei P30 Pro will cost more than the Galaxy S10 Plus according to leak – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung could have a serious foldable competitor that packs innovation into a tiny nostalgic package. Galaxy Fold vs. Motorola Razr: Foldable phone specs compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s service for virtualizing Windows 7, 10, Office 365 ProPlus apps and other third-party software by running them in Azure virtual machines is now available in public preview. Microsoft delivers public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOver the years, Google has consistently created beautiful ‘doodles’ – creative takes on its logo that show up on its homepage – to commemorate festivals, holidays, and significant events in history. Today, the company’s knocked it out of the park with its first-ever AI-powered doodle to celebrate the 334th birthday of Baroque composer extraordinaire Johann
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. CL.Downloader!gen70 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. CL.Downloader!gen68 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreMark Bergen / Bloomberg: YouTube faces legal and ethical minefield from unmarked “kidfluencer” sponsored marketing, which targets kids under 13, who are barred from creating accounts — On Feb. 13, JoJo Siwa posted a YouTube video from a Target store, detailing her plan to buy “every single item of JoJo merch” inside. YouTube faces legal
Read MoreThe children really are the future. The Great Barrier Reef could be saved by these lab-grown coral babies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLaura M. Holson / New York Times: After Rep. Devin Nunes sued Twitter and the @DevinCow account claiming defamation, the parody account gained 465K+ followers, surpassing his own follower count — Consider this: a parody account pretending to be an imaginary cow owned by Representative Devin Nunes, the California Republican … After Rep. Devin Nunes
Read MoreA Devin Nunes parody account now has more followers than the real-life lawmaker. Imaginary cow captures more Twitter followers than congressman after lawsuit – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLast year, mathematician and professional optical illusionist [Kokichi Sugihara] came up with an arrow that only points one way. Technically, it’s ‘anomalous mirror symmetry’, but if you print this arrow and look at it juuuussst right, it appears this arrow only points one way. [Ali] had the idea to turn this arrow illusion into something
Read MoreMike Snider / USA Today: Survey: average US consumer subscribes to three streaming video services, 69% subscribe to at least one, up from 55%, and 47% experience subscription fatigue — Three streaming video subscriptions seems to be the ticket for cord cutters and binge watchers. Survey: average US consumer subscribes to three streaming video services,
Read MoreThe high court says Google users who sued might not have had grounds to do so. Supreme Court rules narrowly on Google settlement that gave to charities – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYogita Khatri / CoinDesk: Two crypto indices from CoinMarketCap, CMC Crypto 200, which includes bitcoin, and CMC Crypto ex BTC, which doesn’t, launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, and Reuters — Two cryptocurrency benchmark indices from data provider CoinMarketCap will launch today on financial data feeds … Two crypto indices from CoinMarketCap, CMC Crypto 200, which includes
Read MoreThe high-end watch market is a strong investment vehicle for wealthy people. Watches Are Yet Another Easy Way Rich People Make Their Money Into More Money Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Microsoft says support for Windows 7, which makes up 40% of desktop market, will end Jan. 14, 2020; enterprise customers can pay for extended support until 2023 — Microsoft has rolled out a patch that will warn Windows 7 users that security updates will soon come to an end. Microsoft says
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