Rising sea levels. Food shortages. Hurricanes. Floods. Civil unrest. Refugees. Droughts. All things considered, catastrophic global climate change doesn’t sound like a barrel of laughs. Looking on the bright side is everyone’s favorite optimistic tech company, Apple, which reckons it’ll be good for iPhone sales. In a recently-published report, the iconic tech firm suggested that
Read MorePresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda has issued a directive that states new gambling licenses will no longer be issued to sports betting companies and existing ones will not be renewed once they expire. One of the main reasons for effectively banning sports betting, as explained by Museveni, is that it promotes idleness among Uganda’s young people. The
Read MoreA show at the New Museum celebrates the completion of Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology, a two-year project to preserve and archive digital artworks that were in danger of disappearing. The Art of the Internet, Restored and Out in the World Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe internet is an inherently strange place. I mean, the fact we call it a place at all shows how we lack the vocabulary to really express what it is. And in this space (here we are again), strange things happen. Like when you type two-strings of random four letter words into an image search
Read MoreThe Moon is a desolate rock, completely incapable of harboring life as we know it. Despite being our closest celestial neighbor, conditions on the surface couldn’t be more different from the warm and wet world we call home. Variations in surface temperature are so extreme, from a blistering 106 C (223 F) during the lunar day
Read MoreIt’ll be the rocket’s 10th mission. Watch live: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches New Shepard from Texas – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiDrive’s latest deal scores you 10TB of space for your computers and mobile devices. Plus: A third-gen Echo Dot for $20.99?! Yes, with a small catch. Get two years of nearly unlimited cloud backup for just .50 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the busiest airports in the US stopped arrivals temporarily Tuesday after drones were spotted nearby. Newark Airport investigates drone sightings that halted arrivals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex Hern / The Guardian: Consumer finance journalist Martin Lewis drops his lawsuit against Facebook over scam ads, after the company agrees to donate £3M to set up an anti-scam project — Consumer finance journalist drops action as firm agrees to give £3m to anti-scam project Consumer finance journalist Martin Lewis drops his lawsuit against
Read MoreFormerly restricted to 100 TV markets across the country, the live TV service will soon be available everywhere. YouTube TV available nationwide in time for the Super Bowl – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe $30 Clock connects to an Alexa-based Echo speaker so you can set timers and reminders. Amazon stops selling Echo Wall Clock due to connectivity issues, says report – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, raises $125M Series D led by Sequoia Capital, source says at a $2.5B valuation — Open source software has produced a new multi-billion-dollar company – one that has some of Silicon Valley’s best-known venture firms jockeying … Confluent, the company
Read MoreShona Ghosh / Business Insider: Candy Ventures acquires AR startup Blippar, which went into administration last month after raising $130M+, and will reform it as a new business with same CEO — – British property tycoon Nick Candy has bought Blippar, the augmented reality startup which collapsed late last year. Candy Ventures acquires AR startup
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Google launches YouTube TV in 95 new US markets, says it now covers 98% of US households — 98 percent of US households are covered as of today, with the rest coming soon — YouTube TV is finally nearing nationwide availability. The streaming TV service first launched in February 2017
Read MoreJim Waterson / The Guardian: Microsoft is automatically installing NewsGuard, a plug-in that guides users on which news websites can be trusted, on mobile versions of its Edge browser — Mail Online rated one out of five for credibility by new feature to fight fake news — Microsoft’s internet browser is warning users … Microsoft
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Read MoreApple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spent a combined $64 million to shape U.S. regulation and stave off government scrutiny in 2018, according to ethics reports filed late Tuesday. Google led a multimillion-dollar tech industry lobbying blitz in 2018, records show Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Desktop Metal, a maker of 3D metal printing systems for commercial and industrial use, raises $160M led by a subsidiary of Koch Industries at a ~$1.5B valuation — Why it matters: The Massachusetts startup has now raised more venture capital ($438m total) than any other 3D printing company in history …
Read MorePlanting bee-friendly plants seems to be the new fad in many cities around the globe. In the UK, amateur gardeners regularly try to attract such insects, while in France, farmers have offered land to help beekeepers . In other countries, such as Canada, cities adopt pollinators. Some companies even undertake wildflower planting efforts. But not
Read MoreThere is a technology that will allow you to add inks, resins, and paints to any flat surface. Screen printing has been around since forever, and although most of the tutorials and guides out there will tell you how to screen print onto t-shirts, [Ben Krasnow] had the idea of putting patterns of paint on
Read MoreLiz Alderman / New York Times: Despite Bitcoin’s dive, thousands of Georgians have sold cars to buy computers to mine Bitcoin; ~10% of the country’s energy output goes into mining Bitcoin — Tax breaks, land deals and cheap energy have spurred cryptocurrency mining in Georgia, which wants to be a digital data leader. Despite Bitcoin's
Read MoreSIM-swapping has plagued cryptocurrency holders for close to a year, and now Google’s head of account security has had enough. He wants to put a stop to it with a clever gadget the size of a flash drive. This new form of identity fraud hinges on tricking telecom staff into rerouting a victim’s telephone number to a SIM
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you’ve been following cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in recent months, you will have come across a lot of debate about ‘forks’. In programming terms, a fork is a word
Read MoreAn article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya. The article features a photograph by AP credited to the photographer Khalil Senusi showing bodies of victims of the attack slumped on chairs and covered in blood. A similar photograph has also been used
Read MoreSteven T. Wright / Ars Technica: A look at the history of LiveJournal, the early blogging platform that boasted 10M+ accounts at its height but faltered after questionable business decisions — George RR Martin’s platform switch reminds us of an early blogging giant greatly changed. — Last April, famed writer … A look at the
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