After senators called the practice an invasion of privacy, the mobile carrier is ending the service. AT&T is cutting off all location-data sharing ties by March – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlenty of washers and dryers let you delay a cycle, but Samsung is going one step further and letting you pick the most convenient time for your laundry to be done. Samsung's smart washer/dryer lets you pick when you want the cycle to end – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom self-driving motorcycles to walking concept cars, we round up all of the cool automotive news at CES 2019. Here are the top car stories at CES 2019 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe automaker showed off its tech in a video featuring a hearing-impaired taxi driver. Hyundai tech converts sound to visuals, vibration for hearing-impaired drivers – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDavid Randall / Reuters: Analysts and fund managers speculate about how the Bezos divorce could affect Amazon, with Bezos holding about a 16% ownership stake — NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares see-sawed on Thursday as investors questioned how the impending divorce of company founder Jeff Bezos … Analysts and fund managers speculate
Read MoreNate Raymond / Reuters: Massachusetts man sentenced to over 10 years in prison and ordered to pay ~$443,000 in restitution for a DDoS attack on Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014 — BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 10 years in prison for carrying out a cyberattack … Massachusetts
Read More{$inline_image} Clamped or bolted to the stern of the boat, outboard motors offer a very easy and (relatively) economical way of powering small craft. The vast majority of these outboards are gasoline powered, with electric models generally limited to so-called “trolling motors” which are often used to move slowly and quietly during fishing. That might
Read MoreClamped or bolted to the stern of the boat, outboard motors offer a very easy and (relatively) economical way of powering small craft. The vast majority of these outboards are gasoline powered, with electric models generally limited to so-called “trolling motors” which are often used to move slowly and quietly during fishing. That might be
Read MoreIBM unveiled the world’s “first universal approximate quantum computing system installed outside of a research lab” at CES earlier this week — and with it, the next era of computing. The 20-qubit IBM Q System One represents the first major leap for quantum computers of 2019, but before we get into the technical stuff let’s take a
Read MoreJason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: Ford is shutting down Chariot, the startup it acquired in 2016 that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and in London — Chariot, the Ford-owned transportation startup that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and internationally in London, is shutting down. Ford is
Read MoreIt turns out the Deepak Chopra of gadgets is Deepak Chopra. Deepak Chopra has a prescription for what ails technology Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Amazon’s IMDb launches Freedive, an ad-supported streaming service offering movies and TV shows in the US; site now lists 130+ free movies and 29 shows — Amazon has extended its tentacles into the ad-supported VOD space — stocking IMDb with a back-catalog of dozens of movies and TV shows that are
Read MoreWith the release of The Division 2, Ubisoft is officially jumping ship. After having a relatively cozy relationship with Valve’s industry standard, Steam, the Canadian company is now moving to Epic’s newly-launched storefront. It begs the question: why would it bring its new release to the Epic Store, rather than sell it exclusively on its own launcher,
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A reconstruction of the cyberattack on the US power grid from 2016 to 2018, which targeted contractors and trade publications and which the US blamed on Russia — A Wall Street Journal reconstruction of the worst known hack into the nation’s power system reveals attacks on hundreds of small contractors A reconstruction
Read MoreHuawei has been quietly killing it in the laptop game. While not nearly as well-known as its phones, Huawei’s first two laptops, the MateBook X and MateBook X Pro, were some of the very best Windows laptops you could buy for the money. Now Huawei is back at it with its latest mainstream laptop, the MateBook 13.
Read MoreCES is the tech industry’s big annual convention — the most-connected, most-surveilled, most-overstimulated place on earth. So what’s Deepak Chopra, wellness and healing advisor to millions, doing here? The Post’s Geoffrey A. Fowler finds out. What’s Deepak Chopra doing at CES of all places? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreEpic Games, creator of Fortnite, was given an “F” rating by the Better Business Bureau amid mounting customer service complaints. Fortnite maker Epic Games earns 'F' rating from Better Business Bureau Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHave you ever considered the manufacture of candles? Not necessarily manufacturing them yourself, but how they are manufactured in a small-scale industrial setting? It’s something that has been of great concern to Michael Schuldt as he grappled with the task of automating a simple manual candle production process. It’s not just an interesting subject, but the
Read MoreAuthorities are using harsh methods to target people posting criticism of the government on a social media platform that is blocked in the country, extending online censorship beyond China’s borders. Twitter Users in China Face Detention and Threats in New Beijing Crackdown Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSam Biddle / The Intercept: Sources say Ring provided unfiltered access to unencrypted videos in cloud and live feeds to its teams in Ukraine and US, including feeds from inside houses — The “smart home” of the 21st century isn’t just supposed to be a monument to convenience, we’re told, but also to protection …
Read MoreFreedive, from the Amazon-owned company IMDB, will let you watch movies and shows like Momento and The Bachelor. IMDB's new streaming service FreeDive offers free movies, tv shows – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEvery year for the past 35 years, the German Chaos Computer Club has met just after Christmas for a few days of “Spaß am Gerät” — having fun with the machines. And that’s everything from trying to bring an old PDP-8 back into running condition to forging new software to replace the old and busted
Read MoreJohn Callaham / Android Authority: T-Mobile launches call verification tech that detects scammers spoofing local numbers and displays a “Caller Verified” label otherwise, on Samsung Galaxy Note 9 — If you own a smartphone, you have likely seen and answered calls that appear to come from your local area code, but are actually automated messages
Read MoreWell, that’s going to leave a mark. New trailer for The Punisher season 2 spills some serious blood – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePartnership with startup Ossia will bring over-the-air wireless charging within about a year, but it’s at CES today. Spigen 'Forever Sleeve' case will charge your phone even in your pocket – CNET Source: CNet
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