The Washington National Cathedral is seen lit up with space imagery prior to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Spirit of Apollo – 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 at the Washington National Cathedral Source: NASA
Read MoreThe game has drawn criticism for its historical accuracy and its limited scope is far from a substitute for scholarly study, but by pushing some stories that don’t revolve around America’s involvement into the pop culture discussion, ‘Battlefield V’ reminds that the Second Great War touched a multitude of nations. And there’s value in that.
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tigera, which offers security and compliance for Kubernetes containers, raises $30M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners — Tigera, a startup that offers security and compliance solutions for Kubernetes container deployments, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Insight Partners. Tigera, which offers
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Google begins letting Android users donate to select US nonprofits through the Play Store, with 100% of donations going to the organization — Turning its mobile app store into a vehicle for charitable giving — Google is launching a new feature for Android phones today through … Google begins letting
Read MoreGoogle today released its data on search trends in 2018. While these always reflect the state of the world over the course of the year, in this case the list of trending searches range from joyful to very, very sad — we’ve had a rollercoaster of a year. It’s basically like reliving the year itself
Read MoreNow that’s a lot of hours to watch somebody else play. YouTube says people watched 50 billion hours of gaming videos this year – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBesides the camera, of course. Pixel 3's Call Screen and Now Playing are the best reasons to own this phone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDIY and professional headlight restoration kits aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, either, says the motor club. Cloudy headlights can cut light output by 80 percent, AAA warns – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNetflix unveils a stable of originals heading to screens in early 2019. Here are the original shows, documentaries and movies Netflix has on the way – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGet the latest leaks and rumors here about Samsung’s next major phone. New Galaxy S10 specs, price, release date rumors: Headset jack stays; S10, Lite, Plus sizes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s one thing we know all know about integrated graphics: they suck. Usually, they’re barely enough to play any modern games, or even some old ones. But Intel is trying to make them suck significantly less with its ‘Gen11’ series of GPUs next year. Intel seems to have skipped a number, considering we’re currently at
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: McAfee: a coordinated cyber espionage campaign focused on defense organizations sent malware via targeted phishing messages to at least 87 firms in 24 countries — – The infiltration campaign — called “Operation Sharpshooter” — targeted defense and government organizations, McAfee says. McAfee: a coordinated cyber espionage campaign focused on defense organizations
Read MoreKyle Orland / Ars Technica: Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, unveils a free SDK, rolling out in 2019, to help developers build cross-platform games that include login and social elements — Online services SDK will roll out slowly through 2019. — Part of the massive success of Fortnite has been the ability … Epic Games,
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Verge: FCC passes controversial rules clarifying text messages as an info service, boosting carriers’ power to curb spam, and creating a database of reassigned numbers — Passed on a party-line vote — On a party-line vote, the FCC today approved a controversial measure that gives mobile phone carriers more power over
Read MoreGround is an interesting topic when it comes to engineering. Either it’s the reference level for a digital circuit (not necessarily at zero volts, either), or it’s the return path for current, or it’s the metal chassis, which shouldn’t be the return path for current or else something’s terribly broken. Erika Earl’s talk at this year’s
Read MoreValentina Palladino / Ars Technica: LG unveils two Gram laptops ahead of CES: 17″ 2.9lb clamshell with 8th gen Intel CPU and claimed 19.5 hour battery for $1,699+, and a 14″ 2-in-1 with price TBA — LG will show off all new Gram laptops at CES in January. — We’re just a few weeks away
Read MoreTech has brought innovation, convenience and smarts to the kitchen. Here’s what Melissa Clark uses and the tools she finds indispensable. Tech We’re Using: The Most Important Kitchen Tools This Holiday (or Any Season, Really) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is working to bring a consumer version of its Microsoft 365 bundle to market, which could include Windows 10, Office 365, Skype, Cortana, Outlook Mobile and/or other services. Microsoft is readying a consumer Microsoft 365 subscription bundle Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIf you want to visualize sound waves, you reach for your oscilloscope, right? That wasn’t an option in 1905 so physicist [Heinrich Rubens] came up with another way involving flames. [Luke Guigliano] and [Will Peterson] built one of these tubes — known as a Rubens’ tube — and will show you how you can, too.
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Algoriddim updates its djay iOS app, making it a single universal app for iPhone and iPad, and shifts to a subscription model with pro features for $4.99/month — Algoriddim is releasing a major new version of djay for iOS today with loads of new features and a new business model that
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: AtScale, which helps companies move massive amounts of data into business intelligence and analytics tools, raises $50M Series D led by Morgan Stanley — AtScale, the startup that helps companies move massive amounts of data into business intelligence and analytics tools, announced a $50 million Series D round today. AtScale, which
Read MoreThese products wowed us at CES 2018. But now that the year is nearly over, how did these devices actually pan out? CES 2018: Where are they now? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI can never quite work out how how I feel about robots. For every Terminator in Terminator, there’s a Terminator in Terminator 2. You know what I mean? So, when I was offered the opportunity to interview the famous Sophia robot at the Bright Day tech festival in Haarlem, I had to do it. I needed to know for
Read MoreGerry Smith / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to relaunch Texture as a paid news subscription service, built into the Apple News app, as soon as spring 2019, but publishers remain wary — – Texture is set to evolve into Apple News subscription feature — Media executives remain wary of Apple’s latest media foray Sources: Apple
Read MoreA little while back, we were talking about utilizing compiler warnings as first step to make our C code less error-prone and increase its general stability and quality. We know now that the C compiler itself can help us here, but we also saw that there’s a limit to it. While it warns us about
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