One of Alan Sugar’s earliest apprentices and author of Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs and tokens, Thomas Power took to the seats of the Hard Fork Decentralized Exchange this afternoon to discuss his vision of our blockchain future. The founder of 9 Spokes and Blockchain Industry Compliance and Regulation Association (BICRA) board member
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Facebook adds a custom-built browser and support for its Instant Games platform to its Portal devices — Making its dedicated video chat screen more interactive — A new update out today for Facebook’s Portal devices adds some much-needed features to the dedicated video chat screens. Facebook adds a custom-built browser
Read MoreThe SUV will offer an early look at Infiniti’s future EV design language. Infiniti heads to 2019 Detroit Auto Show with electric SUV concept – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHinged device has two screens and a pop-up button. Microsoft dual-screen folding device shown in latest patent Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWall Street Journal: US officials and experts say Chinese hackers are breaching US Navy contractors to steal sensitive information about advanced military technology — Intruders gain access to sensitive information about advanced military technology through vulnerable contractors, subcontractors US officials and experts say Chinese hackers are breaching US Navy contractors to steal sensitive information about
Read MoreOutgrowing JPEG’s limits? Here’s good news. Google, Apple, Adobe make your phone photos better by boosting raw format – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe smart display for video chatting gets a bunch of extra features in time for the holidays. Facebook Portal now lets you play Words with Friends and zoom in on your victory dance – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSilicon Valley and Washington operate in their own bubbles. Is there any hope of tech executives and lawmakers understanding one another? Bits: The Week in Tech: Sundar Pichai Has a Chat With Congress Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreA court had suppressed the man’s name under a legal provision meant to guarantee fair trials for defendants in the country. New Zealand Rebukes Google for Airing Name of Backpacker’s Accused Killer Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: Italian energy company Saipem was hit by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon disk-wiping malware, which attacked Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco in 2012 — Italian oil and gas services company Saipem has confirmed that its systems were hit recently by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon malware. Italian
Read MoreBut no commitment to changing the default setting for diagnostics data from “Full” to “Basic”. Windows 10: Microsoft vows to fix privacy dashboard confusion Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft wants new models to predict when Windows machines need extra protection from malware. Microsoft wants AI to predict if your Windows PCs will get malware Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Twitter says global government demands for data about users or takedowns of posts increased by 80% in the first half of 2018, with ~87% from Turkey and Russia — Twitter says the number of government demands for data on its users has shot up in the past year. Twitter says global
Read MoreGeneral data protection regulation (GDPR) and blockchain is one of the industry’s most contentious debates at the moment. Some believe that public permissionless blockchains cannot be GDPR compliant, and that private blockchains might be the answer to blockchain’s regulatory woes. Even so, private blockchains bring into question the very meaning of what a blockchain is.
Read MoreCryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Abra is trying to add a little holiday cheer to the current bear market bear market by giving away Bitcoin. This morning, in an email to customers, Abra announced a promotion which would see new investors of its BIT10 “exchange traded fund” (ETF) style token receive $25 of Bitcoin at
Read MoreThere may not be any high-dollar, screaming exotica but the variety of powertrains on the list has never been greater. Hybrids, EVs and fuel cell vehicles make up most of Ward's 2019 10 best engines – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSean Parker repaid California for his multimillion dollar wedding in the redwoods. In kind of the best way. How does a tech billionaire say sorry for his unauthorized wedding? There’s an app for that. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRani Molla / Recode: A visual look at the biggest tech trends of 2018: sentiment toward Amazon’s HQ2 search, the plateau of social media use, Facebook’s trust betrayals, more — Here’s a visual look back at the year. — There’s been a lot to keep track of this year. We’ve endured disasters both natural and
Read MoreAway from the street protests, demonstrators have built thriving communities in Facebook Groups, which are helping to fuel the Yellow Vests. After Yellow Vests Come Off, Activists in France Use Facebook to Protest and Plan Source: NY Times Tech
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Read More[Andrew Rossignol] has a slightly unusual plug-in hybrid vehicle, a Cadillac ELR, and his latest project for the car sees him building a battery-powered portable mains charging pack for it in an attempt to increase its range. If this seems to be a rather cumbersome exercise, his write-up details the work he put in trying
Read MoreKate Clark / TechCrunch: Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup Dott, founded by former Ofo exec Maxim Romain, raises €20M led by EQT Ventures and Naspers — The funding extravaganza may be approaching its end for scooter “unicorns” Lime and Bird, but smaller startups in the micro-mobility space have continued … Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup Dott, founded by former
Read MoreIn revamping artist listings on Apple Music, the company is removing Connect posts from artists’ pages – effectively killing off a major part of Apple Music‘s social features. The company introduced Connect with the launch of Apple Music back in 2015, to let artists reach out to fans directly by posting updates to a feed.
Read MoreIt’s getting ever harder to build a truly unique digital clock. From electronic displays to the flip-dots and flip-cards, everything seems to have been done to death. But this pinball scoring reel clock manages to keep the unique clock ball in play, as it were. It’s not entirely clear whom to credit with this build,
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