The electricity on the power grid wherever you live in the world will now universally come to you as AC. That is to say that it will oscillate between positive and negative polarity many times every second. The frequency of 50 or 60Hz just happens to be within the frequency range for human hearing. There’s
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: District court judge rules that authorities don’t have the right, even with a warrant, to force suspects to unlock devices via biometrics, similar to passwords — A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger. District court judge rules
Read MoreA new report suggests Apple “might” make the switch to USB-C in 2019 on both the iPhone and iPad. The report, from supply chain blog Macotakara, claims Apple engineers are working on the USB-C transition but haven’t yet reached the reference design stage — meaning, it could miss the 2019 cut-off, pushing it to 2020.
Read MoreThe college athlete lights up the web with her floor exercise. “Now I just gotta learn how to clap on the beat,” she says. UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's perfect routine makes Twitter, Instagram flip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: House Energy and Commerce Committee chair says the FCC’s Ajit Pai has refused to brief the committee on carriers’ selling of real-time location data — Saying there is no legal reason why Ajit Pai should rebuff an invitation to brief lawmakers during the government shutdown … House Energy and Commerce Committee
Read MoreThe Iron Throne seems within the grasp of a brave few, but surely many will perish before then. A few sites hope your wallet will be among the casualties. Game of Thrones season 8: The betting odds on who rules and who dies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHe was the first Indian author to publish a book in English, as well as owner of the first Indian restaurant in Britain. Google Doodle celebrates Anglo-Indian author Sake Dean Mahomed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStreaming service also unveils new binge-watching feature. Sling TV unveils free streaming option for Roku users – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImagine walking into a theme park with a 6-year-old, and leaving just in time to drop them off at college, 12 years later. For fans of the game Roller Coaster Tycoon, these are obviously minor details. Some key in on coasters designed to snuff out their riders, and others create mile-a-minute thrill rides we’d never
Read MoreIf you have ever used a scalpel to cut something tougher than an eraser, you can appreciate a hot knife or better yet, an ultrasonic cutter. Saws work too, but they have their own issues. [This Old Tony] uses a hobby store tool to cut some plastic and wood, then demos a commercial ultrasonic cutter
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Read MoreComing this summer for $1,999. NordicTrack's VR fitness bike wore me out at CES – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“Clean up on aisle 5.” Giant Food Stores rolling out googly-eyed helper robots nationwide – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7. It might be a good time to move on now. Microsoft will no longer provide security
Read MoreFrye fight. The streaming services are releasing movies about the festival within days of one another. Hulu beats Netflix in race to air documentary on doomed Frye Festival – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: Trump administration proposes rules to remove waiver requirements for operating drones at night and over populated areas — (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday proposed rules that would allow drones to operate over populated areas and end a requirement for special permits for night use … Trump administration proposes rules
Read MoreThey’d also be able to make routine night flights under a proposed regulation. Feds might allow drones to fly over crowds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple’s FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record Layer, which powers CloudKit and offers schema management, indexing, and query capabilities — Apple originally acquired FoundationDB in 2015, and last April it announced that it was making the cloud database open source. Apple's FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record
Read MoreThere’s something charming whenever you hear stories about gamers who don’t fit the preconceived notion of what a “gamer” is. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky to hear the story of “Animal Crossing Grandma,” a lovely octogenarian who’s logged more hours in one game than most of us have in all our
Read MoreEva Szalay / Financial Times: HSBC says it processed over 3M FX transactions worth ~$250B using blockchain tech in 2018 and plans to make its FX Everywhere platform commercially available — HSBC is leaning more heavily on blockchain-based tools to handle the fiddly processes behind foreign-exchange trades … HSBC says it processed over 3M FX
Read More{$inline_image}The US Army wants to develop fully autonomous weapons systems, but its initiatives to take humans out of the loop have been met with push-back from lawmakers and the general public. The government’s solution? Treat it as a PR problem. US Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Bruce Jette recently tried
Read MoreIn addition to the connected door lock Hampton released last year, the company is gearing up to release several new smart home products in 2019. Hampton expands its Array line of smart home products – CNET Source: CNet
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