{$inline_image}The latest cryptocurrency bear market has been blamed for numerous lay-offs and corporate restructures over the last few months. But it’s not all bad news as Ripple has been announced as one of the tech industry’s top employers. The corporate focused blockchain firm has been ranked as the 17th best small to medium enterprise to
Read MoreIt’s hard to show why we actually need 5G in our phones right now, despite the mobile industry’s insistence. 5G is still a little magic, a little smoke and mirrors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUsama Jawad / Neowin: Google discloses a “high severity” security flaw in macOS kernel after privately reporting the flaw to Apple in November 2018; no patch available yet — Google’s Project Zero team is well-known for its knack of finding security flaws in the company’s own products as well as those manufactured by other firms.
Read MoreBrooks Barnes / New York Times: Luminary, a subscription-based podcasting app, has just emerged from stealth with $100M in funding and shows from Conan O’Brien, Lena Dunham, and more — LOS ANGELES — Patti LuPone as a bebop-singing junkie nun in John Cameron Mitchell’s musical follow-up to “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Luminary, a subscription-based
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: USB Implementers Forum announces USB 4, which offers a maximum speed of 40 Gbps, double that of USB 3.2, and support for Thunderbolt 3 — Double the speed of USB 3.2 up to 40 Gbps — Hot on the heels of USB 3.2 receiving a confusing Gen 2×2 suffix, the
Read MoreKhari Johnson / VentureBeat: Pinterest expands personalized shopping recommendations, makes tools, like Catalogs which allows merchants to upload their entire catalog, generally available — Pinterest today introduced a series of new tools to help merchants sell their products, including Catalogs … Pinterest expands personalized shopping recommendations, makes tools, like Catalogs which allows merchants to upload
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: Huawei is preparing to sue the US government for banning federal agencies from using the company’s products — SHANGHAI — The Chinese electronics giant Huawei is preparing to sue the United States government for banning federal agencies from using the company’s products, according to two people familiar with the matter. Sources:
Read MoreMicrosoft’s PowerShell open-sourced scripting language is striking a chord with more developers. Programming languages: PowerShell nets more Linux, macOS, Windows developers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAt Modern Elder Academy, on the Baja coast, guests share anxieties about ageism and obsolescence. A New Luxury Retreat Caters to Elderly Workers in Tech (Ages 30 and Up) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Facebook doesn’t respect your privacy in the least: we learned last October that the company used the phone number you provided for two-factor authentication to enable advertisers to target you. Last week, Emojipedia’s Jeremy Burge highlighted in a tweet that if the social network has your number, it allows everyone on
Read MoreThe Instax SQ6 and Fujifilm’s entire range of instant cameras are fun little boxes that produce instant photos. It’s a polaroid that’s not Polaroid, and like most instant cameras, the lenses are just one or two pieces of plastic. A lens transplant is in order, and that’s exactly what [Kevin] did to his Instax camera.
Read MoreThe suit is likely to argue that banning government agencies from using the company’s equipment amounts to an unconstitutional legislative punishment. Huawei Said to Be Preparing to Sue the U.S. Government Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIn the past couple of years, we’ve seen four-legged robots dance to Bruno Mars’ hit, ‘Uptown Funk’, and open doors for each other to keep the chivalry alive. Now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory has released a video showing off its new four-legged robot – the mini cheetah – doing backflips. In the video, the
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: After four years and $2B+ in funding, OneWeb’s first six satellites have launched, as part of a planned constellation of 650 to provide global internet access — Update: Launch and deployment successful! — After four years and more than $2 billion in funding, OneWeb is ready to launch … After four
Read MoreWhat makes you afraid? Not like jump-scares in movies or the rush of a roller-coaster, but what are your legitimate fears that qualify as phobias? Spiders? Clowns? Blood? Flying? Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are experimenting with exposure therapy in virtual reality to help people manage their fears. For some phobias, like
Read MoreAt its developer conference last year, Facebook promised that it would bring dark mode to Messenger; it looks like the company’s rolling out the feature at last. However, As Android Police first noted, instead of enabling it through the settings menu, you’ll have to rely on an easter egg to switch on dark mode –
Read MoreJoshua Fruhlinger / Thinknum Media: For the first time since at least Q1 2016, “Hardware” is not the most in-demand hiring category at Apple, being eclipsed by “Software and Services” — Apple ($NASDAQ:AAPL) started as a hardware company. Its first product was a kit: a box of hardware that customers had to assemble on their
Read MoreYou may not understand qubits, but you can certainly tell that scoring 16 is twice as good as scoring 8. IBM's quantum computing ambitions get exponential like Moore's Law – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Facebook has urged users to enable phone number-based 2FA, but the numbers are used in a user lookup feature with no opt out and to target ads, sparking outcry — Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication … Facebook
Read MoreWe’re getting that sinking feeling as the season finale looms. Star Wars Resistance episode 18: The Descent washes out the truth – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Super League Gaming, which hosts amateur esports competitions, priced its IPO at $11/share and raised $25M on Feb. 25, but its stock closed at $8.99 on Friday — Super League Gaming raised $25 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq. But shares in the opening round have fallen 12.3 percent
Read MoreTensorFlow is a popular machine learning package, that among other things, is particularly adept at image recognition. If you want to use a webcam to monitor cats on your lawn or alert you to visitors, TensorFlow can help you achieve this with a bunch of pre-baked libraries. [Eric] took a different tack with PrintRite – using
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: McAfee shares findings from a government-provided command server used by N. Korean-linked Lazarus hackers to run “Sharpshooter” malware campaign from Sept. 2017 — In a rare move, government officials have handed security researchers a seized server believed to be used … McAfee shares findings from a government-provided command server used by
Read MoreLuminary is unveiling nearly $100 million in funding and a subscription-based business model that it hopes will push podcasting into a new phase of growth. With Big Stars and Plans, Luminary Aims to Be the Netflix of Podcasts Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAmazon often plays politics with a distinctive message: Give us what we want, or we’ll leave and take our jobs elsewhere. Amazon’s Hard Bargain Extends Far Beyond New York Source: NY Times Tech
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