The Mercedes SL’s star has faded somewhat in recent years, but the folks from Stuttgart are hoping a special edition can bring some shine back to the big Benz. The Mercedes-Benz SL Grand Edition wants to put the SL back on top – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: CrowdStrike: Russian state-sponsored hackers take less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally in a targeted organization’s network after an initial breach — It takes Russian state-sponsored hackers less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally within a targeted organization’s network … CrowdStrike: Russian state-sponsored hackers take less than 20 minutes
Read MorePlayStation‘s Japanese store recently marked the PS Vita as scheduled for discontinuation (soon), as we all suspected it would. Now seems like the perfect time to remember what it contributed to the transformation of gaming hardware — namely, the co-mingling of handheld and stationary game consoles, a.k.a. Nintendo’s runaway success, the Switch. The Vita’s impending
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: London-based Entrepreneur First, a “talent investor” backing people pre-team and pre-idea so they can found startups, raises $115M fund to keep scaling globally — Entrepreneur First (EF), the London-headquartered “talent investor” that recruits and backs individuals pre-team … London-based Entrepreneur First, a "talent investor" backing people pre-team and pre-idea so they
Read MoreReports of the death of virtual reality are greatly exaggerated. In fact, far from dying, the VR industry is poised for explosive growth in the near-term according to analysts. Modern VR headsets arrived less than three years ago. But to hear pundits talk, you’d think the technology’s already reached its developmental zenith. Upon closer inspection,
Read MoreLaser pointers were cool for about 30 seconds when they first came out, before becoming immediately passé and doing absolutely nothing to improve the boss’s quarterly reports presentation. However, just as with boom boxes and sports cars, more power can always make things better. [Styropyro] was unimpressed with the weak and unreliable laser pointers he’d
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: GitHub expands its bug bounty program by increasing reward amounts, adding Legal Safe Harbor terms, and expanding its scope; GitHub paid out $250K+ in 2018 — GitHub today beefed up its bug bounty program. The Microsoft-owned company has expanded the program’s scope, increased its reward amounts … GitHub expands its bug
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber and GM’s Cruise open source their self-driving car visualization software, a rare move in the hyper-competitive autonomous world — ‘See’ the world of a self-driving car with these free web portals — By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car … Uber and
Read MoreChanges to the video site’s community guidelines go into effect Feb. 25. YouTube simplifies three-strikes system for channels – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFilmmakers collected stories from real women who work in STEM, then turned them into a web series. Resting Pitch Face is a YouTube comedy about women in STEM – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10E and a 5G version in San Francisco. Galaxy S10 launch event livestream: How to watch, start time, what to expect and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNearly 1 in 10 mobile connections in North America will be served by 5G by 2022, according to Cisco. The race to 5G wireless tech is on. A report finds Americans may have an early lead. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSeason 4 of Catastrophe is coming to Amazon. Every new movie and show on Amazon: March 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen I first laid my hands on Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro in October, I thought it was the most ambitious phone I’d seen in years. It checked off almost every feature you’d want in a 2018 phone: an in-display fingerprint reader, 3D facial identification, a triple-camera setup, a bezel-less screen, expandable storage, a gigantic battery,
Read MoreClocks are a popular project on Hackaday. They’re a great way to showcase a whole range of creative build techniques, and can make an excellent showpiece as well. We’ve seen everything from the blinkiest binary build to the noisiest alarms, but [Benoit] has delivered something different — a stylish build that looks like it came
Read MoreThe littlest Prius is getting ready to go to that big hybrid farm upstate, according to Toyota execs. Toyota is getting ready to kill the Prius C – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Strategy Analytics: in Q4 2018, shipments of smart speakers grew 95% from 22.6M units in Q3 to 38.5M units, with Amazon shipping 13.7M units and Google 11.5M — Smart speakers continue to sell like hotcakes. That’s according to Strategy Analytics, which today reported that in the fourth quarter of 2018 …
Read MoreKevin Roose / New York Times: For YouTube, curbing misinformation on its platform may mean punishing some of its stars, a step it’s not shown it can broadly take, despite recent policy shift — Last month, the YouTube star Shane Dawson uploaded his new project: a 104-minute documentary, “Conspiracy Theories With Shane Dawson.” For YouTube,
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Verge: House Committee on Energy and Commerce asks in open letter whether Facebook users were misled about what personal data could be leaked by joining closed groups — House committee asked for a briefing — Lawmakers are looking to question Facebook about its privacy practices after allegations … House Committee on
Read More{$inline_image} Computing is really all about order. If you can take data, apply an operation to it, and get the same result every single time, then you have a stable and reliable computing system. So it makes total sense that there is Operator Precedence. This is also called Order of Operations, and it dictates which
Read MoreComputing is really all about order. If you can take data, apply an operation to it, and get the same result every single time, then you have a stable and reliable computing system. So it makes total sense that there is Operator Precedence. This is also called Order of Operations, and it dictates which computations
Read MorePeter Bright / Ars Technica: Hands-on with Varjo VR-1 headset, out now for $6K with $995/year service fee, which uses 3,000 pixel/inch resolution and dual screens to fix “screen door” issue — Clever dual-display tech means you really can’t see the pixels. — Current virtual reality headsets are pretty good at the … Hands-on with
Read MoreSeriously. Do it. Go to Google.com, type in “Rihanna (your DOB),” you’ll get… a picture of Rihanna taken on the anniversary of your birth. To Rihanna fans (me), seeing her in a fabulous and perfect outfit IS magic — because it’s on my personal birthaversary, it makes me feel like the outfit was styled just for
Read MoreAudi’s Traffic Light Information can now save you some stress and some gas in 13 American cities, but only if you’re willing to pay for the privilege. Audi can help you catch the next traffic light in four new cities – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreInitiative co-founder Priscilla Chan says the philanthropic program is no whitewash for what’s ailing the social network. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative rolls on despite Facebook's problems – CNET Source: CNet
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