At 10 million dislikes, YouTube’s latest yearly recap video is the most disliked clip on YouTube ever. YouTube Rewind 2018 is officially worse than the worst of Justin Bieber – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePolice reportedly said nothing was found and the threats weren’t “credible.” Call of Duty creator reportedly evacuated after bomb threat – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: SEC filing: Imax will close its remaining three virtual reality centers and write off “certain VR investments”; the three sites are expected to close in Q1 2019 — Imax is making its exit from virtual reality (VR) official: The company notified shareholders with a SEC filing Thursday … SEC filing: Imax
Read MoreA welcome mat at the trailer’s door reads: “It’s good to see you.” Inside Facebook's totally serious, nonironic privacy pop-up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Tumblr reappeared on the App Store this week, after being pulled in November over child pornography concerns and 10 days after announcing a ban on adult content — Tumblr is back. Sort of. The social blogging platform reappeared on Apple’s App Store this week, some three weeks after being pulled over
Read MoreThe filing suggests Ring doorbell cameras could be equipped with technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identify people considered “suspicious.” This patent shows Amazon may seek to create a ‘database of suspicious persons’ using facial-recognition technology Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNivedita Balu / Reuters: Starbucks partners with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from a quarter of its US stores starting in 2019, following a pilot program in Miami in September — (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) said on Thursday it is partnering with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from nearly a quarter …
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple is notifying artists that it is removing their ability to post to Apple Music Connect and is removing previously posted content from Artist Pages — Apple Music Connect appears to slowly be going the way of iTunes Ping. Apple has started notifying Apple Music artists that it is removing …
Read MoreIn the era of touch screens and capacitive buttons, we’d be lying if we said we didn’t have the occasional pang of nostalgia for the good old days when interfacing with devices had a bit more heft to it. The physical clunk and snap of switches never seems to get old, and while you can always pick
Read MoreKate Clark / TechCrunch: Juniper Square, which operates a platform for commercial real estate investment firms, raises $25M Series B led by Ribbit Capital — Juniper Square, a four-year-old startup at the intersection of enterprise software, real estate and financial technology, has brought in an additional $25 million … Juniper Square, which operates a platform
Read MoreRichard Branson’s company, which sent the crewed craft, SpaceShipTwo, more than 50 miles above Earth, is one of several racing to make space tourism a reality. Virgin Galactic Rocket Ship Reaches Space, a Milestone in Space Tourism Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOne former fact-checker told The Guardian that the tech firm used people in her position for “crisis PR.” Facebook has pushed back against the report. Some Facebook fact-checkers aren't sure if their efforts are working – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBest Buy promises deals on iPhones, MacBooks, Samsung TVs and Beats headphones. Best Buy announces "Nick of Time" sale for last minute deals on gadgets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKent Walker / Google: Google says it won’t sell general-purpose facial recognition APIs before working through “important technology and policy questions” — More than 400 million people in the world have diabetes. A third of them have diabetic retinopathy, a complication that can cause permanent blindness. Google says it won't sell general-purpose facial recognition APIs
Read MoreA robot who appeared at a Russian technology forum has a (flesh and blood) leg up when it comes to realism. Robot with a neck? High-tech bot turns out to be guy in a costume – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSam Levin / The Guardian: Some current and former fact-checkers say Facebook has ignored their concerns, they have been used for PR, and they have lost trust in the company — Journalists paid to help fix Facebook’s fake news problem say they have lost trust in the platform — Journalists working as factcheckers … Some
Read MoreThese games would normally cost you $35. What’s the catch? Sorry, no catch! Get Full Throttle Remastered and Lego The Hobbit free! – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmily Birnbaum / The Hill: YouTube says it removed 7.8M+ videos between July and September because they broke community guidelines and deleted 1.6M+ channels and 224M+ comments — YouTube removed 58 million videos between July and September this year because they broke community guidelines. YouTube says it removed 7.8M+ videos between July and September because
Read MoreTo many YouTubers, the video felt like evidence that YouTube the company was snubbing YouTube the community. The Shift: How YouTube’s Year-in-Review Video Set Off a Civil War Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhen asking the question “Do humans dream of machines?”, it’s natural to think of the feverish excitement ahead of an iPhone or Playstation launch, followed by lines around the block of enthusiastic campers, eager to get their hands on the latest hardware as soon as is humanly possible. However, it’s also the title of an
Read MoreThis year’s YouTube Rewind just surpassed a Justin Bieber song to become the most-disliked video ever made on the platform. With over 10 million dislikes, the like-to-dislike ratio would seem to be a message from the fans to the company that the squeaky-clean, frenetically scripted attempt at positivity isn’t what they want. Within hours of
Read MoreIn a country where consumers (read: taxpayers) already have little-to-no privacy, it seems outrageous that billion-dollar technology companies can make closed-door deals with law enforcement agencies without US Congressional oversight. Yet here we are. Amazon has reportedly committed to providing ICE with “the best technology,” which sounds like it should be a good thing. ICE,
Read MoreRichard Branson’s company got ahead in the race for commercial spaceflight once its manned spacecraft reached more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert. Virgin Galactic launches the first manned spacecraft to reach space since 2011 Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRichard Branson’s company got ahead in the race for commercial spaceflight once its manned spacecraft reached more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert. Virgin Galactic launches the first manned U.S. spacecraft to reach space since 2011 Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Google expands its parental control app Family Link to Chromebooks, gives Chromebooks with supervised accounts access to Android apps from the Play store — The kids can now use Android apps — Google has had an app called Family Link for a little over a year now, designed to give
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