It’s the new version with the replaceable battery. Or get a Tile Pro two-pack for $45. Either way, Christmas is saved! Plus: Score a third-gen Echo Dot for just $20! The best last-minute Christmas gift is the Tile Mate for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYuan Yang / Financial Times: In leaked memo, Chinese bike sharing startup Ofo’s founder says it is facing immense cash flow pressure and has considered applying for bankruptcy — Ofo, the Alibaba-backed bike-sharing service, has “immense” cash flow problems and has considered applying for bankruptcy, according to the company’s founder. In leaked memo, Chinese bike
Read MorePeter Bright / Ars Technica: Google repeatedly pushes the web in a proprietary direction to improve its services on Chrome making Microsoft’s adoption of Chromium a loss for the open web — Analysis: Microsoft adopting Chromium puts the Web in a perilous place. — With Microsoft’s decision to end development … Google repeatedly pushes the
Read MoreComputational photography remakes phone photos, while Canon and Nikon embrace the camera design of the future. Digital photography begins its next chapter with radical changes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOver the past few years, feminism has become a new wave of “trendiness.” Instead of being associated with with man-hating, bra-burning radicals it’s slowly entering the mainstream, appealing to a broader audience and making it a convenient marketing tool. Prominent celebrities like Emma Watson and Beyonce are publicly aligning themselves with the movement, so, more
Read MoreLIFT has unveiled a new personal aircraft that will be used for recreation in a number of cities starting next year. This start-up’s new passenger drone is ‘like a flight simulator that you can ride in,' CEO says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: NASA reveals data breach of employee information including Social Security numbers in October; scope of breach and number of impacted employees still unclear — Hack took place in October 2018. Agency still doesn’t know the number of impacted employees. — The US National Aeronautics … NASA reveals data breach of
Read MoreThis holiday period, Plugged is running a very special advent calendar. Over the course of 12 days, we’ll be sharing a selection of sweet, sweet deals. You can thank us later. Need to know what yesterday’s deals were? Find day 7 post here. Today is a very special day – we’re going to be sharing
Read MoreThe UK‘s tax office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, published details that outlines its stance on cryptocurrency and digital assets, obviously in the name of taxation. In a document titled “cryptoassets for individuals,” spotted by Coindesk, the HMRC highlights how it does “not consider cryptoassets to be currency or money.” While this might sound anti-cryptocurrency,
Read More[Thomas Brewster] writes for Forbes, but we think he’d be at home with us. He had a 3D printed head made in his own image and then decided to see what phones with facial recognition he could unlock. Turns out the answer is: most of them — at least, those running Android. The models tested
Read MoreElon Musk unveiled the first test tunnel developed by The Boring Company Dec. 18 in Hawthorne, Calif. Elon Musk’s first Boring Company tunnel opens Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAs we’re wrapping up 2018, it’s clear it wasn’t the breakout year for cryptocurrency and blockchain that many enthusiasts hoped it would be. True, the market has dipped significantly in comparison to last December, but this doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t enjoy Christmas the way Satoshi Nakamoto would’ve wanted you to. To get you started,
Read MorePasswords may not have been much of an annoyance back in the 1960s, when they were first believed to have been introduced to the world of computing. But as we’ve increasingly adopted a wide range of personal gadgets and online services, they’ve become a pain to manage, and a point of vulnerability that hackers can
Read More{$inline_image} Computer languages have always advanced faster than computer hardware. Case in point: we’re just now getting CPU instructions for JavaScript floating point numbers. The 1970s and 80s wasn’t the garbage fire of JavaScript instructions in silicon, instead they were all about garbage collection. Lisp machines were CPUs designed to run Lisp efficiently. They were great,
Read MoreComputer languages have always advanced faster than computer hardware. Case in point: we’re just now getting CPU instructions for JavaScript floating point numbers. The 1970s and 80s wasn’t the garbage fire of JavaScript instructions in silicon, instead they were all about garbage collection. Lisp machines were CPUs designed to run Lisp efficiently. They were great, until
Read MoreHe isn’t the first to go to extreme lengths to protect his porch. YouTuber uses glitter bomb, fart sprayer to punish package thieves – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn an industry traditionally dominated by men, women are now making more sex toys than ever before The lack of female influence in the creation and production of sex toys over time has led to sexist and objectifying industry marketing and an occlusion of female sexuality in the toy design, something many refer to as
Read MoreWith revisions to the initial concept, a subterranean transport system provides a one-mile ride under a Los Angeles suburb. (In a Tesla.) It’s Showtime for Elon Musk’s Tunnel, With a Long Way to Go Source: NY Times Tech
Read More[Kenneth Wilke] is undertaking a noble quest – to build a homebrew microcomputer, based around the venerable 6502. As a prelude to this, he set out to interface the hallowed CPU to an FPGA, and shared the process involved. [Kenneth] is using an Arty A7 FPGA development board which is a great fit for purpose,
Read MoreWhere we’re going, we won’t need roads. Elon Musk unveils first Boring Company tunnel under SpaceX HQ – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFour missions were scheduled for Tuesday and then postponed, but all, including the Falcon 9 and New Shepard launches, will get another go. SpaceX, Blue Origin scrub rocket launches, plan to try again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRemembering the many big names in pop culture, science and politics who left us this year. Celebrities who died in 2018: Stephen Hawking, Stan Lee, other greats – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile all stars go through growing pains, researchers say it’s rare to see this growth phase in action. Astronomers spy adolescent star having a massive outburst – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne search engine was given access to the names of all Facebook users’ friends without their consent, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. Facebook reportedly gave tech giants greater access to users' data – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMilitary-linked accounts have fueled deadly violence in the country. Facebook removes more pages, accounts linked to Myanmar military – CNET Source: CNet
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