The moon turned red during a rare eclipse and photographers pro and amateur around the world snapped its portrait. Dazzling views of the super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor her day job, Amie D Dansby works as a software simulation developer, creating simulations for video games. In her free time, she’s implanting the key to her Tesla in her arm, building cordwood jewelry and cosplay swords, and seeking out other adventures in electronics and 3D printing. Amie has made a name for herself in the
Read MoreMove over, Megalodon. A tiny terror of a dinosaur shark earns a high score for its weird teeth. Ancient 'Galagadon' shark sported teeth shaped like Galaga spaceship – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMehedi Hassan / Thurrott: Spotify is testing a feature on iOS that will allow users to block any artist — Yes, it’s finally happening. Spotify seems to be testing a new feature for its app that will allow users to block any artist on the platform. The block button is a much-requested feature from Spotify
Read MoreWhat would you think if you saw a bootleg of a product you design, manufacture, and sell pop up on eBay? For those of us who don’t make our livelihood this way, we might secretly hope our blinkenlight project ends up being so awesome that clones on AliExpress or TaoBao end up selling in the thousands
Read MoreBye bye, bots. Henn na Hotel in Japan laid off droids that annoyed customers by failing to perform simple tasks. Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung’s next flagship can take a tip from the iPhone XS and Pixel 3, too. 7 things Galaxy S10 needs to do to stay ahead of top rival Huawei – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrexit is imminent. While the debate around the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union is framed as a battle between “leavers” and “remainers,” it’s often easy to forget that there are over three million EU citizens caught in the middle. Some of these people have lived in the UK for over 40
Read MoreA watchdog wants them to outline plans for storing Russians’ personal data in the country. Russia opens civil case against Facebook, Twitter over data laws – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe more things change, the more they stay the same. In the last few years, IT has undergone a massive shift as hybrid cloud and multi-cloud have become entrenched in most organizations. By housing application workloads across a mix of public and private cloud platforms, with containerized orchestration among the environments, companies can maximize cost
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: A casino group that runs sites like easybet.com left 108M+ records exposed on a server including players’ bets, withdrawals, names, home addresses, and phone #s — Server is now down but is unclear if the cloud provider took it down and if the parent company knows it leaked users details in
Read MoreFine is biggest imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation. Google fined million under European privacy law – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatt Bradshaw is a musician, maker, and programmer with a degree in physics and a love for making new musical instruments. You may remember his PolyMod modular digital synthesizer from the 2018 Hackaday Prize, where it made the semifinals of the Musical Instrument Challenge. PolyMod is a customizable, modular synthesizer that uses digital rather than analog circuitry. That
Read MoreGlobal limit imposed after violence in India was blamed on misinformation that spread across the social network. WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight fake news – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEver wondered if different countries get better deals on Apple products? Or regretted not buying that new iPhone abroad? Well, thanks to the Mac Index, you can know for sure. This site – created by Wafiq Rodzuan, a Malaysian software developer – has a simple concept: it shows you the prices of different Apple products across
Read MoreHenn na Hotel in Japan laid off droids that annoyed customers by failing to perform simple tasks. Bye bye, bots! Hotel fires half its robot staff – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor our ongoing series ‘Fundamentals’ we’re looking at different companies worldwide and the basic principles they were built on. This time: video game developer Guerrilla Games. Guerrilla Games’ picturesque canalside office was originally intended to house 190 people, its technical director Michiel van der Leeuw tells me as he rushes through the building in search
Read MoreFrance penalized the company for not properly disclosing to users how data is collected across its services to present personalized advertising. Google Is Fined Million Under Europe’s Data Privacy Law Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUgh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This December-ish roundup lands on the awe-inspiring Wolf Moon! Since my last post, the US patent
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Google fined €50M by French watchdog CNIL under GDPR for alleged lack of transparency, info, and consent about ads personalization in Android’s onboarding flow — The CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, has issued its first GDPR fine of $57 million (€50 million). Google fined €50M by French watchdog CNIL under
Read MoreMicrosoft’s 315 pages of release notes about its coming April ’19 updates for its various Dynamics 365 apps and Power Platform tools details what’s coming next from Microsoft on the ERP, CRM and HCM fronts. Microsoft's Dynamics 365 April '19 Update: What's new Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you read almost any article about powered human implants, you will encounter the same roadblock, “it could be so much better with more powerful batteries.” Our fleshy power systems are different from electrical systems, but we are full of moving parts, so [Xudong Wang] and fellow researchers have harnessed that power (Sci Hub Alt)
Read MoreThe Doodle shows the civil rights icon preparing for an event. Google Doodle salutes Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Local: Google fined €50M by the French data protection watchdog CNIL under GDPR for failing to provide transparent, easily accessible info on its data consent policies — France’s data watchdog announced Monday a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US web search giant Google … Google fined €50M by the French data
Read MoreFor the last few years, the Last Great Hope of the consumer electronics industry has been voice assistants. Alexas and Echos and Google Homes and Facebook Portals are all the rage. Over one hundred million Alexa devices have been sold, an impressive feat given that there are only about 120 Million households in the United
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