The closest some of us at Hackaday get to a green thumb comes when we are painting, so for us and other folks not gifted in the gardening department Bionic Cactus might help. It’s a neatly designed water and light control system, built around an ESP8266. You can control the system through a web interface,
Read MoreTim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox names Intel exec Aicha Evans as CEO, making her one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company — The Senegal native will become one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox
Read MoreThey go by the name “Marty.” Giant Food Stores will place robotic assistants at 172 locations, company says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreOnly 200 examples will be sold in the US. Subaru's STI S209 is America's most hardcore WRX yet – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYes, the PlayStation 4 too. Rocket League joins Fortnite in offering crossplay across all platforms – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA special Feb. 2 screening through Fandango will be available in the US. How to Train Your Dragon 3 coming to theaters three weeks early – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple COO testifies in court that Qualcomm refused to sell modems to Apple because of the companies’ licensing dispute. Apple's 5G iPhone shift bogged down by Qualcomm chip battle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNBC: NBC says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020, free for pay-TV subscribers; source says the service may cost ~$12/month for everyone else — – NBC’s streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service. NBC says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that let developers add recommendations, visual search, and inventory availability to their apps — The CRM giant is rolling out a series of update to Commerce Cloud that aim to expand the footprint of the platform. Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that
Read MoreWe’ve all wasted hours watching recommended videos on YouTube, but now the company is making it even easier to procrastinate your time away. Starting this week, you’ll be able to navigate through recommended videos with a simple horizontal swipe. With each swipe forward you’ll see a new recommend video. Swipe back to return right where
Read MoreNvidia threw open the doors on its new robotics laboratory in Seattle last week, ushering in a new era for the company. In doing so it’s put the competition on notice. The 13,000-foot Seattle facility is an innovation center designed for a staff of 50. Among its first projects is a joint-endeavor with IKEA featuring
Read MoreIan King / Bloomberg: Source: Intel’s board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates — – Board remains undecided as leadership quest passes six months — Directors trying to choose candidate before results on Jan. 24 Source: Intel's board aims
Read MoreIf you’re ever flying into LAX and have the left side window seat, just a few minutes before landing, look out the window. You’ll see a small airport just below you and what appears at first glance to be a smokestack. That’s not a smokestack, though: that’s a rocket, and that’s where SpaceX is building
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Google says it is rolling out RCS messaging support on the Google Fi network available on the Pixel phones, the Moto G6, LG V35, LG G7, and Android One Moto X — Alongside faster international LTE data — Today, Google is announcing that it’s rolling out RCS Chat on the
Read MoreOver the weekend, an intrepid dataminer found evidence in the recent Nintendo Switch update to suggest games from the company’s Super Nintendo era might soon be available to Switch Online subscribers. The dataminer in question, KapuccinoHeck, spotted clues in the Switch’s code which suggests a SNES emulator could be on its way to Nintendo’s Switch Online
Read MoreShara Tibken / CNET: Apple COO Jeff Williams testifies that Apple tried to dual source modems for iPhone in 2018 as it had before, but Qualcomm wouldn’t sell to it amid legal fights — Apple wanted to use Qualcomm’s 4G LTE processors in its newest iPhones, but the chipmaker wouldn’t sell to it, Apple’s operating
Read MoreThe holidays bring us many things. Family and friends are a given, as is the grand meal in which we invariably overindulge. It’s a chance for decades old songs and movies to somehow manage to bubble back up to the surface, and occasionally a little goodwill even slips in here or there. But perhaps above
Read MoreGlobal bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology. According to a report, the transactions, completed over the past year, were worth $250bn. If previous statements are anything to go by, HSBC likely used a permissioned (aka private) blockchain to carry out the transaction. Private blockchains are typically preferred by regulated
Read MoreBBC: Scooter rental company Bird backs down and apologizes to Cory Doctorow after issuing him legal threats over a blogpost about modifying Bird scooters — A scooter firm has apologised after issuing a journalist with legal threats over a blogpost about its scooters. Scooter rental company Bird backs down and apologizes to Cory Doctorow after
Read MoreIt looks different, but it’s nearly the same underneath. 2020 Volkswagen Passat refresh focuses on style – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA smash-up in the asteroid belt may have turned a previously calm and quiet space rock into a splashier kind of celestial object. Asteroid suddenly shows off a comet-like tail – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe N Line trim is about more than just looking good. Hyundai debuts N Line enhancements on 2019 Elantra GT in Detroit – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’ll do battle against racing variants of the Audi RS3, Honda Civic Type R and VW GTI. Hyundai Veloster N TCR race car blazes into Detroit – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreTim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: Report: Norway launches a criminal investigation over potential data fraud after claims that big stars’ streaming numbers were inflated on Tidal — In an explosive story last year, TIDAL was placed at the center of a major alleged ‘fake streams’ scandal. — Norwegian financial newspaper … Report: Norway launches
Read MoreMark Armstrong / The WordPress.com Blog: WordPress has launched Newspack, a publishing platform aimed at small and medium-sized news outlets and backed by Google, ConsenSys, Lenfest, Knight, and others — Over the past 15 years, WordPress has grown to become the world’s most popular publishing platform for the open web — and it’s especially true
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