The company said that expanding its existing operations in Manhattan would allow it to double its local work force over a decade. Google to Add Billion New York Campus for 7,000 More Workers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFitbit’s on-wrist dashboard now shows more, and more fitness apps are arriving. Fitbit Versa and Ionic 3.0 software update adds more on-wrist fitness tracking – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ll find new AR stickers and filters too. Facebook Messenger adds Boomerang, selfie mode in holiday update – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreA notorious Chinese cryptocurrency figure has been arrested after throwing stacks of HK $100 ($12) bills from the rooftop of a building in one of Hong Kong’s poorest districts. Self-styled Bitcoin millionaire Wong Ching-Kit announced the bizarre stunt via Facebook. In the post, he declared money would soon be “falling from the sky.” Sure enough, Wong then proceeded
Read MoreTwo reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee take a deeper look at the fake social media accounts used by Russia in the American election. Russian Effort to Influence 2016 Election Targeted African-Americans Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhile loneliness is experienced by all ages, it’s especially pronounced in older people. In the UK, 51 percent of all people aged 75 and over live alone and approximately 6 percent of older adults leave their house once a week or less. An increasing proportion of these older adults live in rural areas. In an age when
Read MoreCNET editors pick the top must-have games of the year. The best games of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNET staff compile our top 12 favorite games of 2018, and highlight personal favorites you should check out. The best video games of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Internet of Things is eating everything alive, and the world wants to know: how do you make a small, battery-powered, WiFi-enabled microcontroller device? This is a surprisingly difficult problem. WiFi is not optimized for low-power operations. It’s power-hungry, and there’s a lot of overhead. That said, there are microcontrollers out there with WiFi capability,
Read MoreThis special-edition Lincoln with center-opening doors will make you feel as though you’re in the beginning credits of Entourage. 2019 Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition gets the slammers it should have always had – Roadshow Source: CNet
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. If you fancy it, you can find the deals from day five here. Anyway, let’s get this going! On the sixth day of TNW’s
Read MoreDonald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.” Profiles in Science: The Yoda of Silicon Valley Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLast week, we had our first ever blockchain event, Hard Fork Decentralized, where we discussed a range of challenges facing the industry and hosted talks all over London. We’ll be posting some videos from our live stream of the event, so keep your eyes open if you want to catch up on what went on.
Read MoreMany Americans find themselves bombarded by expert advice to limit their screen time and break their addictions to digital devices – including enforcing and modeling this restraint for the children in their lives. However, over 15 years of closely observing people and talking with them about how they use technological tools, I’ve developed a more
Read MoreA Markov chain is a mathematical concept of a sequence of events, in which each future event depends only on the state of the previous events. Like most mathematical concepts, it has wide-ranging applications from gambling to the stock market, but in this case, [Jonghong Park] has applied it to art. The installation, known simply
Read MoreSoftware vendor’s cloud customers in Southeast Asia now can tap its Azure Availability Zones in Singapore, giving them access to a region with at least three separate physical data locations. Microsoft adds Southeast Asia to Azure Availability Zones Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreHackers love to make music with things that aren’t normally considered musical instruments. We’ve all seen floppy drive orchestras, and the musical abilities of a Tesla coil can be ear-shatteringly impressive. Those are all just for fun, though. It would be nice if there were practical applications for making music from normally non-musical devices. Thanks
Read MoreWe’re giving away a Lego Technic: Bugatti Chiron model kit for one lucky follower. This sweepstakes ends Dec. 16, 2018. Enter to win* a Lego Bugatti Chiron kit! – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More[Nop head] discovered that cheap multimeter leads costing only a few bucks can come with more than one may have bargained for. The first set had a large amount of useful-looking attachments, but the wires used for the leads were steel with a resistance of about one ohm each. With two leads in use, that means any
Read MoreMicrosoft is really leaning into vaporwave these days. Microsoft is giving away knit Windows sweaters to social media influencers. Is it for an ugly sweater contest? Maybe, or maybe Microsoft is capitalizing on the mid-90s ＡＥＳＴＨＥＴＩＣ. Recently, Apple got back in their 90s logo game with the release of a few ‘rainbow Apple’ t-shirts. The spirit of
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. OSX.Malcol.3 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Trojan.Stolepen Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreReport shows Russian agents sought to secure Trump win. Senate report said to show extent of Russian interference in 2016 US election – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee. New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep Source: Washington Post Tech
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