{$inline_image}I love me a pair of audiophile-grade headphones as much as the next gearhead, but I’m also passionate about commute-friendly products that don’t cost the earth and can take a beating on the road. That’s why I was excited to try iTeknic’s new BH002 headphones, which bring an over-the-ear design and active noise canceling (ANC)
Read MoreI love me a pair of audiophile-grade headphones as much as the next gearhead, but I’m also passionate about commute-friendly products that don’t cost the earth and can take a beating on the road. That’s why I was excited to try iTeknic’s new BH002 headphones, which bring an over-the-ear design and active noise canceling (ANC)
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Mozilla releases Common Voice, an open source collection of transcribed voice data comprising 1,400+ hours of samples from 42K contributors in 18 languages — Mozilla wants to make it easier for startups, researchers, and hobbyists to build voice-enabled apps, services, and devices. Mozilla releases Common Voice, an open source collection of
Read MoreWhen Microsoft began testing its Windows 10 20H1 release more than a year before it is expected to start rolling out, many company watchers wondered why. The answer may be more boring — and a lot more complicated — than you’d think. Here's the real reason Microsoft is already testing publicly next spring's Windows 10
Read MoreHave you ever searched for a product online in the morning and gone back to look at it again in the evening only to find the price has changed? In which case you may have been subject to the retailer’s pricing algorithm. Traditionally when deciding the price of a product, marketers consider its value to
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon launches Amazon Day, a new delivery option allowing Prime members to pick a day of the week to take delivery of their recent orders — Amazon this morning launched a new delivery option for Prime members that will allow them to control when their orders arrive, Amazon Day. Amazon launches
Read MoreSmartphone sales have been falling for five straight quarters. But industry experts at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona believe 5G can spark more sales. Can 5G turn around declining smartphone sales? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe launch of Airbus SE and partner OneWeb’s six satellites is the first step in a plan to give millions of people in remote and rural areas high-speed internet Airbus, OneWeb launch satellite for rural area high-speed Internet Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn an announcement ahead of the RSA Conference, Microsoft released details of two cloud-based security tools for large organizations. The new tools use AI and machine learning to help security professionals reduce “alert fatigue” and respond to actual threats more quickly. Microsoft unveils new cloud-based enterprise security tools Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreBloomberg: Chinese used-car trading platform Chehaoduo Group is raising $1.5B from SoftBank Vision Fund at a $9B+ valuation — – The investment valued Chehaoduo Group at over $9 billion — The startup intends to spend the money on technology and AI — SoftBank Vision Fund is investing $1.5 billion … Chinese used-car trading platform Chehaoduo
Read MoreDespite expensive early market examples from Samsung, Huawei and others, the mass-market convergence device of the future is unlikely to run an Android OS. Why the One Device will never be a folding Android phone Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreChris Velazco / Engadget: Motorola confirms it is working on a foldable smartphone; it will likely be a revival of the Razr brand that will launch this summer — By now, it’s not much of a secret that Motorola is working on a folding phone of its own: A patent for such a device surfaced
Read MoreFred Imbert / CNBC: Report: both Uber and Lyft plan to give some of their most-active or longest-serving drivers a cash award with an option to put it toward stock in their IPOs — – Uber’s plan would give some drivers either a cash bonus or the option to use that money to buy shares
Read MoreIn its annual security intelligence report, Microsoft offers up its top tips for blocking out hackers. Microsoft: Do these things now to protect your network Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAdi Robertson / The Verge: Fortnite dance emote lawsuits set a precedent for media companies to abuse copyright law further and turn shared culture of dance moves into private property — Fortnite is one of the most popular and profitable video games in history, and its publisher Epic is copying creative work … Fortnite dance
Read MoreMore and more home security cameras have facial recognition. Here are your best options. The best facial recognition cameras of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHoloLens inventor Alex Kipman talks to CNET about haptics, eye tracking, and what happens next The future of AR, according to Microsoft – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe device, rumored to be an update of the classic phone, will stand apart from the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X. Motorola will sell its first foldable phone, likely the Razr, this summer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social network says the new feature will help friends meet up for real-life events. Facebook lets you share events in Stories – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe software giant doesn’t plan to sell its $3,500 augmented reality headset to you and me. Yet. Microsoft's HoloLens 2 isn't meant for you, but it could change your tech in the future – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpoiler alert: No. To come to that conclusion, which runs counter to the combined wisdom of several recent YouTube videos, [Andrew McNeil] ran a pretty neat little experiment. [Andrew] has a not inconsiderable amount of expertise in this area, as an RF engineer and prolific maker of many homebrew WiFi antennas, some of which we’ve
Read MoreAlex Feerst / OneZero: Interviews with 15 content moderators from YouTube, Facebook, and other platforms on their day-to-day, how the job has affected them personally, and more — Tech platform trust and safety employees are charged with policing the impossible. They open up to Medium’s head of trust and safety. Interviews with 15 content moderators
Read MoreAsk any Bitcoin fan – be it an investor, trader, entrepreneur, or even the dreaded “thought leader” – for their take on what Bitcoin really needs to fulfil its full potential, and they’ll undoubtedly tell you – mass adoption. It’s understandable, then, that businesses (large or small) are inevitably inundated with requests from persistent bagholders to begin
Read MoreI’m not sure when it happened, but board games are cool again. Yeah, we all liked Cluedo as kids, but when you hit puberty the idea of staring at the Scrabble board, massaging your temples, and desperately trying to think of something better than a three-letter word doesn’t sound great. Hell, you’d rather be in the
Read MoreDisgruntled cryptocurrency enthusiasts are lobbying to boycott popular exchange Coinbase. Users have taken to social media using the #DeleteCoinbase hashtag, encouraging others to delete their accounts, following a series of perceived mishaps by the US-based company. It comes after Coinbase, founded by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam in June 2012, proudly announced the acquisition of Neutrino, an
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