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The Audiophiliac gets an earful at the Ohm Acoustics Brooklyn factory. Ohm Acoustics speakers sound bigger than they look – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Audiophiliac gets an earful at the Ohm Acoustics Brooklyn factory. Ohm Acoustics speakers sound bigger than they look – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Dayton Audio DTA Pro stereo integrated amplifier is such a tiny thing you might underestimate it. That would be a big mistake. Dayton’s tiny 3 stereo amplifier has big aspirations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter 60 years of careers, the Barbie of today is all about science. Barbie turns 60: From fashion icon to tech champion – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOr get a Pixel 3 XL for $549.99. They’re refurbished, but still amazing deals on “the best Android phones of 2018.” Unlocked Google Pixel 3: Just 9.99 with this exclusive code – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe director of tech initiative NYCx believes public-private partnerships are key to delivering the next generation of wireless technology. How New York City will make 5G accessible and affordable – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhether you’re building a home page or a portfolio, Hacksaw projects get you centered on what you need to know to eventually use that knowledge to build your own web creations. Hacksaw Academy teaches you real programming skills in 30-minute sprints Source: The Next Web
Read MoreIt’s not just because you are a criminal and the coppers might catch you. Or because you really, really hate big corporations who just want to sell you stuff more easily. Or because you’re paranoid. If that’s as far as your thinking goes, when people start talking about “privacy” on the Internet, you really need
Read MoreMaddie Stone / Gizmodo: A deep dive into Apple’s plan to stop mining the earth “one day” suggests that it will not happen until Apple overhauls its business model — This week, we are writing about waste and trash, examining the junk that dominates our lives, and digging through garbage for treasure. A deep dive
Read MoreIt wasn’t that long ago that talking to computers was the preserve of movies and science fiction. Slowly, voice recognition improved, and these days it’s getting to be pretty usable. The technology has moved beyond basic keywords, and can now parse sentences in natural language. [Liz Meyers] has been working with the technology, creating WhatIsThat
Read MoreJordan Peele follows up 2017’s Get Out with doppelgänger horror film Us. Us review: Jordan Peele's new horror doesn't quite mirror Get Out – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: An overview of how advances of modern AI research can help developers build more sophisticated and immersive games — The advances of modern AI research could bring unprecedented benefits to game development — The Mind Game, as it’s called, is designed primarily to gauge the psychological state … An overview
Read MoreA group in San Jose, Calif., wants a worldwide competition to design a suitable landmark to celebrate the achievements of the tech companies. In Silicon Valley, Plans for a Monument to Silicon Valley Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSpeedrunning is the practice of attempting to beat a videogame in as short a time as possible. There are a huge variety of methods and styles. There are 100% completion speedruns, tool-assisted speedruns, and speedruns that just focus on getting to the game over screen as quickly as possible by hook or by crook. Now,
Read MoreThe first female-led Marvel movie subverts the superhero origin film in the best possible way. Captain Marvel review: A soaring tale of self-discovery with a '90s beat – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe European Union and its citizens seem increasingly unhappy with the current flow of data, privacy violations, and the overall power of data being in the hands of a few big corporations, located in the USA. The European Commission wants to change this. At their flagship event in Vienna, I got some interesting insights on
Read MoreCommentary: There’s a big gap in my knowledge of superheroes, and her name is Captain Marvel. Movie spoilers ahead. Captain Marvel: I was clueless about Carol Danvers, but now I love her – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Oremus / Slate: By shifting focus to private messaging, Facebook is getting closer to emulating WeChat, which has made Apple’s control of iOS largely irrelevant in China — The social network’s “pivot to privacy” puts iOS in its crosshairs. Welcome to tech’s next big rivalry. By shifting focus to private messaging, Facebook is getting
Read MoreBringing modern protocols and techniques to vintage computers is a favorite pastime for hackers, and over the years we’ve seen some absolutely incredible hardware and software projects designed specifically to do what most people would consider impossible. They’re very rarely practical projects, of course. But that’s never really the point. The product of 45 minutes
Read MoreJulia Alexander / The Verge: After YouTube recategorized “Brie Larson”, star of Captain Marvel, as news in search, its algorithm surfaced videos from news publishers, pushing down trolls — How a simple ‘news’ tag can change everything — If you searched “Brie Larson” on YouTube a couple of days ago … After YouTube recategorized "Brie
Read MoreThe Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E are officially on sale. Here’s everything you need to know. Galaxy S10 phones on sale now: How to buy them, and whether you should – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVlad Savov / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Buds review: compact and unobtrusive, with better than expected sound, but are finicky outside of the Samsung ecosystem — Getting as many things right as wrong — When I was in high school, shopping for new earphones with a single £20 note as my budget, I used to
Read MoreEven though the majority of the Earth is covered in water, a surprising number of people around the world don’t have easy access to clean drinking water. The oceans of course are full of salt, and it is difficult to filter that salt out. Researchers at the University of Manchester have found a way to
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: Senator Warren’s plan to curb the power of big tech, while addressing valid concerns, feels like a grandstanding populism without enough substance behind it — from the tell-us-how-you-really-feel dept — This isn’t necessarily a big surprise, given that she’s suggested this many times … Senator Warren's plan to curb the power
Read MoreMuslim fashionistas like me once felt isolated. But influencers have given us a safe haven. At home in my hijab: How the internet helped me embrace modest clothing – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStan Black / Citrix Blogs: Citrix says it was informed by the FBI that Citrix’s internal network has been breached, believes some business documents may have been accessed and downloaded — On March 6, 2019, the FBI contacted Citrix to advise they had reason to believe that international cyber criminals gained access to the internal
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