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January 24, 2019

Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, who left the dog-walking startup last year, announce $37M funding for their new electric bike-sharing startup Wheels (Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch)

Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner, who left the dog-walking startup last year, announce $37M funding for their new electric bike-sharing startup Wheels — Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup … Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua

Running OpenCL on a Raspberry Pi GPU

This is an interesting development for media users and machine learning hackers: [doe300] has implemented OpenCL on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+called VCFCL That’s big news because the Pi 3+ has a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) built into the processor that has been generally underutilized. The VideoCore IV GPU is built into the Broadcom BCM2837B0 and

January 24, 2019

Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from startups like Mighty AI, and also established companies like Walmart, Kroger, and Microsoft (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from startups like Mighty AI, and also established companies like Walmart, Kroger, and Microsoft — Mighty AI spent much of its first five years building software that helps self-driving cars recognize real-world objects. Amazon Go, now one year old, is sparking cashierless imitators from

The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class

Student demand for computer science courses is outstripping the supply of professors, creating a student divide of computing haves and have-nots. The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class Source: NY Times Tech

January 24, 2019

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is the latest victim of China’s ‘block and don’t tell’

Last night, several people on Twitter and Reddit based in China complained that Microsoft’s Bing search engine was inaccessible; hours later, the company confirmed that the search engine was indeed blocked across the country. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a company spokesperson told TNW

January 24, 2019

Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this week from a Project Titan; Apple acknowledges it has restructured its autonomous systems tech team (CNBC)

CNBC: Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this week from a Project Titan; Apple acknowledges it has restructured its autonomous systems tech team — – Apple dismissed just over 200 employees from Project Titan this week, its stealthy autonomous vehicle initiative, people familiar with the group told CNBC. Sources: Apple laid off 200+ employees this

Rifle-Mounted Sensor Shows What Happens During Shot

People unfamiliar with shooting sports sometimes fail to realize the physicality of getting a bullet to go where you want it to. In the brief but finite amount of time that the bullet is accelerating down the barrel, the tiniest movement of the gun can produce enormous changes in its trajectory, and the farther away

Olympus OM-D E-M1X goes gonzo on image stabilization – CNET

With up to seven stops of compensation, Olympus hopes to entice pro action and wildlife photographers who’d like to shed the burden of a tripod or monopod. Olympus OM-D E-M1X goes gonzo on image stabilization – CNET Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

Twitter is testing an "Original Tweeter" tag to make it easier to see who started a thread; test has rolled out to "a small percentage" of iOS and Android users (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Twitter is testing an “Original Tweeter” tag to make it easier to see who started a thread; test has rolled out to “a small percentage” of iOS and Android users — Twitter is testing a new tag that will make it easier to parse who started a thread. Twitter is testing

Sundance 2019: Previewing the hard-hitting documentaries, horror chillers – CNET

Documentaries on Harvey Weinstein and Michael Jackson are among the highlights of this year’s film festival. Sundance 2019: Previewing the hard-hitting documentaries, horror chillers – CNET Source: CNet

In China, you can now stalk blacklisted debtors on WeChat – CNET

The country has been testing a mini program in the province of Hebei since last week. In China, you can now stalk blacklisted debtors on WeChat – CNET Source: CNet

January 24, 2019

China appears to block Microsoft's Bing, despite the company's self-censorship of its search results in the country (New York Times)

New York Times: China appears to block Microsoft’s Bing, despite the company’s self-censorship of its search results in the country — SHANGHAI — Under China’s president, Xi Jinping, the last vestiges of the global internet have slowly disappeared from an online world that had already shut out Twitter, Google and Facebook. China appears to block

Xiaomi's double-bending foldable phone just stole Samsung's thunder – CNET

Commentary: We’ve never seen a foldable phone prototype like this. Xiaomi's double-bending foldable phone just stole Samsung's thunder – CNET Source: CNet

The singer who hid a beautiful new song in her YouTube videos – CNET

It feels like I’ve been rickrolled (but in a good way). The singer who hid a beautiful new song in her YouTube videos – CNET Source: CNet

January 23, 2019

Inside Google's 27-person in-house counterespionage team, the Threat Analysis Group, which tracks 200+ hacker groups, many of which are linked to US adversaries (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: Inside Google’s 27-person in-house counterespionage team, the Threat Analysis Group, which tracks 200+ hacker groups, many of which are linked to US adversaries — Google likely has ‘the most useful data set available to any private company for tracking state adversaries and intelligence services,’ an expert says Inside Google's

January 23, 2019

Cision, a public relations software company, has agreed to buy AI-powered analytics company TrendKite for $225M as it continues to invest in software automation (Nate Lanxon/Bloomberg)

Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Cision, a public relations software company, has agreed to buy AI-powered analytics company TrendKite for $225M as it continues to invest in software automation — – Purchase will help Cision automate parts of PR campaigns — TrendKite is company’s second acquisition announced this month Cision, a public relations software company, has

China Appears to Block Microsoft’s Bing, Despite Company’s Own Censorship

A block, if permanent, would signal that foreign companies can do little to get in Beijing’s good graces as it tightens its grip on online content. China Appears to Block Microsoft’s Bing, Despite Company’s Own Censorship Source: NY Times Tech

[Leo] Repairs A MIDI Sequencer

We all have that friend who brings us their sad busted electronics. In [Leo’s] case, he had a MIDI sequencer from a musician friend. It had a dead display and the manufacturer advised that a driver IC was probably bad, even sending a replacement surface mount part. [Leo] wasn’t convinced though. He knew that people

Twitter's 🐐 emoji record belongs to the Patriots' Tom Brady – CNET

The social media giant says Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T., no ifs, ands or baas about it. Twitter's 🐐 emoji record belongs to the Patriots' Tom Brady – CNET Source: CNet

Gender-reveal lasagna takes a cheesy trend too far – CNET

Are you having a blue- or pink-cheese baby? Gender-reveal lasagna takes a cheesy trend too far – CNET Source: CNet

As the PC market continues to shrink slowly, guess which OEMs are still thriving?

The worldwide PC market has been flat for the past few years, but that doesn’t hasn’t been true for every OEM. A closer look at two years’ worth of statistics from IDC shows that three companies have been doing significantly better than the rest. As the PC market continues to shrink slowly, guess which OEMs

January 23, 2019

Sequoia India announces Surge, an accelerator focused on fledging startups in India and Southeast Asia, says it will offer selected companies a $1.5M investment (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Sequoia India announces Surge, an accelerator focused on fledging startups in India and Southeast Asia, says it will offer selected companies a $1.5M investment — ‘Surge’ offers a $1.5M check and access to the firm’s global network — Sequoia India is going deep into early-stage investing … Sequoia India announces Surge,

Will the Samsung Galaxy S10 come cryptocurrency-ready? – CNET

Leaked images show a purported Galaxy S10 with a “Blockchain KeyStore.” Will the Samsung Galaxy S10 come cryptocurrency-ready? – CNET Source: CNet

Galaxy X? Galaxy F? Samsung's foldable phone faces 9 big issues – CNET

Xiaomi ups the ante with the most inventive foldable phone design we’ve seen. Galaxy X? Galaxy F? Samsung's foldable phone faces 9 big issues – CNET Source: CNet

January 23, 2019

Sources: Microsoft's Bing has been blocked in China following a government order, removing the last major foreign search engine left in the country (Yuan Yang/Financial Times)

Yuan Yang / Financial Times: Sources: Microsoft’s Bing has been blocked in China following a government order, removing the last major foreign search engine left in the country — Microsoft’s Bing search engine has been blocked in China following a government order, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Sources: Microsoft's Bing has been

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