Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard believe the soft membrane covering a lobster’s abdomen could guide the development of a new type of flexible body armor for humans. The membrane is as tough as the industrial rubber used to make car tires and garden hoses. MIT scientists are using lobsters to develop
Read MoreIf these are real, Samsung’s going bananas with its color scheme in 2019. Yield! Galaxy Buds pics leak in same hazard yellow as cheapest Galaxy S10 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDanger, danger! High voltage! Shocking: 2019 Ford Fusion Energi recalled over exposed fuse – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: YouTube updates community guidelines with a new system for rule-breaking channels, which now get a consequence-free, one-time warning for their first violation — Channels will now get a consequence-free, one-time warning for their first violation — YouTube is overhauling its community guidelines … YouTube updates community guidelines with a new
Read MoreLauren Feiner / CNBC: Google announces plans to acquire cloud migration startup Alooma, which has raised around $15M to date — – Google announced Tuesday it plans to acquire cloud migration company Alooma, marking its next play in the competitive space. — Google’s new cloud chief said at a conference earlier … Google announces plans
Read MoreIt is a bit of a paradox that we are storing more and more information digitally, yet every year more and more of it is becoming harder to access. Data on a variety of tapes and disks that were once common, is now trapped on media due to lack of hardware to read it. Do
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Loom, which equips enterprises with instant video messaging tools, raises $11M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, says it’s signed up 1.1M users from 18,000 firms — If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many emails can you replace with a video? As offices fragment into remote teams …
Read MoreExclusive: A new study finds bugs in five of the most-popular password managers. So how is it safe to keep all your eggs in one basket? Password managers have a security flaw. But you should still use one. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an easy-to-implement method of protection for online accounts. If you’ve never used it before for one reason or another, when it’s enabled, you must produce evidence
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Samsung’s One UI is thoughtfully designed and the best software Samsung’s ever put on a smartphone, but getting major software updates quickly is still doubtful — But will it get updates? — Believe it or not, Samsung has done something many of us didn’t think was possible: it has made
Read MoreFor our ongoing series Fundamentals, we’re looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were built on. This time: ride-sharing service BlaBlaCar. Yes, the name sounds a little goofy, but BlaBlaCar is anything but. The company has been around since 2006 and is one of France’s few unicorns — a startup valued at
Read MoreRen Zhengfei tells the BBC the world needs Huawei because it’s “more advanced.” He also denies spying allegations. Huawei founder says 'there's no way the US can crush us' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’ve noticed that we hear a lot less from corporate research labs than we used to. They still exist, though. Sure, Bell Labs is owned by Nokia and there is still some hot research at IBM even though they quit publication of the fabled IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin in 1998. But today innovation is more
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: SendBird, which helps developers integrate chat and messaging features in their apps, raises $52M Series B led by Iconiq Capital — SendBird, a company that’s setting out to make it easy for any developer to integrate chat and messaging features into their apps, has raised $52 million … SendBird, which helps
Read MoreIt’s a mini RC tank-car that could be a whole lot more. Sphero RVR wants to be your future hackable robot kit – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVarjo VR-1 melts away pixels and gets to retina resolution with eye tracking and a mixed-reality add-on coming this year. The best VR display I've ever seen costs only ,000 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreShoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: Palo Alto Networks is buying Demisto, an Israeli firm that provides an automated incident response platform, for ~$560M; Demisto had raised $69M to date — Demisto was founded in 2015 and develops enterprise security solutions; its four founders will join the Palo Alto Networks team Palo Alto Networks
Read MoreAs an accomplished director and cinematographer, Jessica Dimmock knows all the tricks for shooting quality video that can be both visually compelling and tell a story. Now, you can take advantage of her reservoir of knowledge with the Use Your Photography Skills to Master Videography course. By getting in now, you can lock in all
Read MoreTwitter: Twitter expands its policy for political ad transparency to the EU, India, and Australia, will show billing information, ad spend, impressions per tweet, more — We continue to be committed to enforcing stricter policies for political advertisers and providing clear, transparent disclosure for all ads on Twitter. Twitter expands its policy for political ad
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Redis Labs, which offers commercial services around the Redis in-memory data store, raises $60M Series E led by private equity firm Francisco Partners — Redis Labs, a startup that offers commercial services around the Redis in-memory data store (and which counts Redis creator … Redis Labs, which offers commercial services around
Read MoreYouTube just backtracked its inexplicable decision to delete three popular Pokémon Go channels — Trainer Tips, Mystic7, and Marksman — for violating the platform’s rules against sexualizing minors. All the channels were completely innocent of any wrongdoing and the incident raises serious questions about automated review of content — something that needs to be answered
Read MoreIn a series of interviews with Western news outlets, Ren Zhengfei is disputing allegations of cooperating with the Chinese government and cast U.S. legal action as “politically motivated.” Huawei founder denies sharing secrets with China Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: Sources: Bitmain posts a net loss of ~$500M in the third quarter of 2018; the company had disclosed profits of $1B in the first half of 2018 — Mining hardware giant Bitmain lost about $500 million in the third quarter of 2018 amid an overall bearish market for cryptocurrency, CoinDesk has
Read MoreWe live in a world where periods are seen as something to be ashamed of, even though women have had them since the dawn of time. Many blame the menstruation taboo on a lack of general education, but “Tampon Run” is gamifying periods in a bid to normalize the most normal thing to happen to
Read MoreJigsaw — a tech incubator created by Google — is one of the most important projects working towards countering cyber attacks, censorship, and online extremism. Using AI and machine learning, Jigsaw is tackling political challenges with technology, not policy. One of their most recent projects is the security app Intra, which protects its users from government censorship
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