From the Apple Watch Series 3 to the Fitbit Versa and all the new tech in-between, wearable tech has been taking over for quite a while now. As the wearable tech market grows, businesses are looking for opportunities to join in. To learn how to optimize a business for wearable success, we asked a panel
Read MoreIt’s just a study, but it could become reality for future amateur racers. Toyota Supra GT4 Concept races into our hearts in Geneva – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHigh-capacity lithium batteries tend to make everything in life better. No longer must you interact with your fellow human beings if your car battery goes flat in the carpark. You can jump the car yourself, with a compact device that fits in your glovebox. [Big Clive] decided to pull one apart and peek inside, and
Read MoreAlnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: Indian grocery delivery startup Grofers raises ~$60M from SoftBank Vision Fund, as part of a larger Series F round in progress, reportedly at a $425M valuation — SoftBank has moved Grofers to its $100 billion Vision Fund. The Japanese group had earlier backed the e-grocer through its balance sheet.
Read MoreDavid Harbour has us seeing red as the Hellboy reboot heats up. Hellboy red band trailer waves a flaming sword at evil – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSometimes it’s necessary to make do with whatever parts one has on hand, but the results of squashing a square peg into a round hole are not always as elegant as [Juan Gg]’s programmable DC load with rotary encoder. [Juan] took a design for a programmable DC load and made it his own in quite
Read MoreFinextra Research: Revolut CFO Peter O’Higgins resigns this week in wake of allegations made against Revolut of allowing money laundering, and using dodgy hiring practices — The CFO of Revolut has resigned as the fintech unicorn makes headlines for all the wrong reasons, with allegations surface over serious lapses … Revolut CFO Peter O'Higgins resigns
Read MoreTake note HBO. Twitter will choose who sits on the Iron Throne in season 8. Kanye, Walter White sit on Iron Throne in remixed Game of Thrones posters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrocontrollers are wonderfully useful things, but programming them can be a little daunting if you’re used to the simplicity of compiling for regular PCs. Over time though, this has become easier. Communities have strayed away from assembly code and created higher-level languages such as Micropython, to allow these devices to be programmed in a more
Read MoreDisney’s new Star Wars theme park experience will open this year. Here’s what we know. Inside Star Wars land: New food, rides, and gear details revealed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFeature could improve the health and civility of conversation on the site. Twitter testing feature that will let you hide replies to your tweets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: LinkedIn suspends emails to connections when a European member has been mentioned in the news, after algorithm mixes up identities — LinkedIn has been forced to ‘pause’ a feature in Europe in which the platform emails members’ connections when they’ve been ‘mentioned in the news’. LinkedIn suspends emails to connections when
Read MoreSeason 8 has just begun, and there have been some big changes to your favorite battle royale island. Fortnite season 8: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Russell / TechCrunch: Thailand’s government passes cybersecurity bill that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to give the government sweeping access to user data — Thailand’s government passed a controversial cybersecurity bill today that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to enable sweeping access internet user data. Thailand's government passes
Read MoreThe robot apocalypse just got more adorable. MIT's backflipping Mini Cheetah robot is too cute to fear – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRobert Hof / SiliconANGLE: Dell reports Q4 revenue of $23.84B, up 9% YoY, in its first quarter as a newly public company, but a net loss of $287M, up from $133M in 2018 — In its first quarter as a newly public company, Dell Technologies Inc. today reported marginally better-than-expected quarterly revenue growth but a
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter says in the coming months it will test a Hide Tweet feature that allows users to hide replies to their tweets that others can view through a menu option — Twitter has confirmed it’s developing a new “Hide Tweet” option, but has yet to provide detail about its launch plans
Read MoreKirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Tesla says it is shifting all sales globally to online, resulting in some store closures and layoffs but allowing vehicle prices to be lowered by ~6% on average — Tesla is moving all of its sales online, a dramatic shift in its sales strategy that will result in the closure of
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: In letter to Sen. Warner, Facebook says teens were ~18% of users of its Research app over its lifetime; Facebook had said publicly that teens were less than 5% — Facebook has changed its story after initially trying to downplay how it targeted teens with its Research program … In letter
Read MoreJem Aswad / Variety: RIAA: US revenue for recorded music grew 12% in 2018 to $9.8B largely due to a 30% surge in streaming revenue; subscriptions to services like Spotify topped 50M — The U.S. music industry posted its third consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the RIAA’s year-end revenue report issued today. RIAA:
Read MoreWe love to see projects revisited, especially when new materials or methods make it worth giving the first design another go around. This twin-turbine vacuum-powered Dremel tool is a perfect example of what better tools can do for a build. You may recall [JohnnyQ90]’s first attempt at a vacuum powered rotary tool. That incarnation, very similar
Read MoreElon Musk’s tweets earlier in the week had sparked an industry-wide guessing game over the electric automaker’s big surprise. Elon Musk’s long-promised ,000 Model 3 has finally arrived, Tesla says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA lot happened at Mobile World Congress 2019, but here’s the stuff you actually need to pay attention to. MWC 2019: The 7 most important developments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk’s entry-level Tesla offers an estimated 220 miles of range. The ,000 Tesla Model 3 is finally available to order – Roadshow Source: CNet
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