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November 25, 2018

Q&A with Twitch CEO Emmett Shear on outpacing competition, tech addiction, why he thinks Twitch isn't addictive for viewers, and streamers getting burned out (Recode)

Recode: Q&A with Twitch CEO Emmett Shear on outpacing competition, tech addiction, why he thinks Twitch isn’t addictive for viewers, and streamers getting burned out — To Shear, watching something for two hours is different from repeatedly opening an app over two hours. Q&A with Twitch CEO Emmett Shear on outpacing competition, tech addiction, why

Already Impressive CNC Router Gets An Extra Axis

The type of CNC machine within the financial reach of most DIYers is generally a three-axis affair, with a modest work envelope and a spindle that never quite seems powerful enough. That’s not to say that we don’t covet such a machine for our own shop of course, but comparing small machines with the “big

Cyber Monday 2018 iPhone deals: $100 to $300 off iPhone X, XR, XS, XS Max, Free iPhones or up to $750 off and more! – CNET

The best iPhone discounts from Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, Best Buy, Target and Walmart… and then some. Cyber Monday 2018 iPhone deals: 0 to 0 off iPhone X, XR, XS, XS Max, Free iPhones or up to 0 off and more! – CNET Source: CNet

Cyber Monday 2018: Xbox One S, Xbox One X deals continue starting at $199 – CNET

Looking for the best deals on Xbox One S and Xbox One X? The Cyber Monday sales are here. Cyber Monday 2018: Xbox One S, Xbox One X deals continue starting at 9 – CNET Source: CNet

November 25, 2018

Profile of Joe Liemandt, founder of software company Trilogy and PE firm ESW Capital, which buys US software firms and replaces staff with cheap overseas talent (Nathan Vardi/Forbes)

Nathan Vardi / Forbes: Profile of Joe Liemandt, founder of software company Trilogy and PE firm ESW Capital, which buys US software firms and replaces staff with cheap overseas talent — rom an office suite on the 26th floor of the iconic Frost Bank Tower in Austin, Texas, a little-known recruiting firm called Crossover …

Cyber Monday 2018 e-book sale happening now: Dozens of Kindle titles starting at $2 – CNET

Stephen King, Patricia Highsmith and Neal Stephenson are all on sale. Cyber Monday 2018 e-book sale happening now: Dozens of Kindle titles starting at – CNET Source: CNet

The 46 best Cyber Monday 2018 deals already available – CNET

Black Friday means the usual cornucopia of deals. Some are good, some are bad — these are the best that remain. The 46 best Cyber Monday 2018 deals already available – CNET Source: CNet

3D Printed V8 Engine Uses Solenoids

Normally when you think of a V8 engine you think of pistons driven by exploding fuel, pushing a crankshaft. [Miller’s Planet’s] version doesn’t use pistons, instead it uses solenoids along with a 3D printed crankshaft. The finished product would make a great science project or classroom demonstration of how a crankshaft converts a reciprocal linear

November 25, 2018

Beat Cyber Monday to the punch with these 5 awesome online deals

Cyber Monday: the day the true professional shoppers hit the beat. Sure, some of the diehards will line up at oh dark thirty on Black Friday to crash the doors of a Target. But why battle for doorbuster items when you can get many of the same deals with the click of a mouse from

November 25, 2018

Behind Microsoft's Airband Initiative as it partners with small ISPs, like Michigan's PackerLand, to deliver internet to rural homes using existing TV towers (Mike Murphy/Quartz)

Mike Murphy / Quartz: Behind Microsoft’s Airband Initiative as it partners with small ISPs, like Michigan’s PackerLand, to deliver internet to rural homes using existing TV towers — “You see that hill over there beyond the tree line? That’s Canada.” — Pointing northwest, Steve Mason leads me and Cory Heigl … Behind Microsoft's Airband Initiative

2019 Nissan Rogue Sport adds little to its window sticker – Roadshow

Updates include Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as Rear Door Alert. 2019 Nissan Rogue Sport adds little to its window sticker – Roadshow Source: CNet

DIY Ovalia Chair Serves Your Futuristic Fantasies

The 1960s were a heady time, with both society and the language of design undergoing rapid changes over a short period. Back in 1968, Henrik Thor-Larsen exhibited his Ovalia egg chair for the first time, at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair. With original examples now antiques, and with even replicas being prohibitively expensive, it might just

Ralph Breaks the Internet review: Wreck-It Ralph 2's a wild web ride – CNET

The Wreck-It Ralph sequel is a hilarious story about friendship that just happens to take place online. Ralph Breaks the Internet review: Wreck-It Ralph 2's a wild web ride – CNET Source: CNet

November 25, 2018

Inside US law enforcement's hunt for British ISIS hacker Junaid Hussain, who used Twitter and other tools for spreading online propaganda and recruiting (John P. Carlin/Politico)

John P. Carlin / Politico: Inside US law enforcement’s hunt for British ISIS hacker Junaid Hussain, who used Twitter and other tools for spreading online propaganda and recruiting — How a British hacker joined ISIS’s top ranks and launched a deadly global cyber plot. — This text is excerpted from the book Dawn of the

November 25, 2018

Ethiopia to launch its first-ever satellite with China’s help

Ethiopia has announced its intention to launch its first satellite during 2019. According to the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) at the Addis Ababa University, the satellite is expected to be launched from China during September 2019. The initial plans to launch the satellite were announced in 2016 at the same time the Ethiopian Council

Mug-O-Matic Plots On Coffee Mugs

There is something fascinating about watching an autonomous machine. An automatic car wash, a soda vending machine that picks up the product behind a window, a plotter, or a robot like a CNC or 3D printer are all interesting to watch. Although [EngineerDog] bills Mug-O-Matic as a tiny CNC, we think it is more of

November 25, 2018

Tech companies seeking real estate are asking local officials to sign NDAs, keeping economic and environmental risks hidden from the public and some lawmakers (Caroline O'Donovan/BuzzFeed News)

Caroline O’Donovan / BuzzFeed News: Tech companies seeking real estate are asking local officials to sign NDAs, keeping economic and environmental risks hidden from the public and some lawmakers — Less than a week before Amazon officially announced it had chosen New York City and Crystal City, Virginia … Tech companies seeking real estate are

Set Up A Headless Raspberry Pi, All From Another Computer’s Command Line

There are differences between setting up a Raspberry Pi and installing an OS on any other computer, but one thing in common is that if you do enough of them, you seek to automate the process any way you can. That is the situation [Peter Lorenzen] found himself in, and his solution is a shell

I’m Sorry, Alexander, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That

Getting people to space is extremely difficult, and while getting robots to space is still pretty challenging, it’s much easier. For that reason, robots and probes have been helping us explore the solar system for decades. Now, though, a robot assistant is on board the ISS to work with the astronauts, and rather than something

November 24, 2018

Profile of Mike Novogratz, whose merchant bank Galaxy Digital has raised $242M on Toronto Venture Exchange in August and is a major investor in crypto startups (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Profile of Mike Novogratz, whose merchant bank Galaxy Digital has raised $242M on Toronto Venture Exchange in August and is a major investor in crypto startups — Mike Novogratz keeps crossing his fingers that this year’s bitcoin crash, which has seen the cryptocurrency lose three-quarters … Profile of Mike Novogratz,

No escaping the notch: 13 phones with screen notches – CNET

This little black cut-out on top of the screen may look like an eyesore, but more and more phones are jumping on this trend. No escaping the notch: 13 phones with screen notches – CNET Source: CNet

November 24, 2018

How lip-syncing video app TikTok got to 6M+ users in the US, in part by relieving job stress for workers like firefighters, military, and nurses (Abby Ohlheiser/Washington Post)

Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post: How lip-syncing video app TikTok got to 6M+ users in the US, in part by relieving job stress for workers like firefighters, military, and nurses — Camille Gates’s husband would stare at his phone for long stretches of time, laughing at amateur music videos on an app called TikTok. How

November 24, 2018

OpenSignal: average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer's Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries like Australia, France, Turkey, Lebanon (Andrew Orlowski/The Register)

Andrew Orlowski / The Register: OpenSignal: average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries like Australia, France, Turkey, Lebanon — And that means smartphones will need to get smarter — Ofcom’s top tech bod, Mansoor Hanif, recently gave the Wi-Fi industry a roasting … OpenSignal: average data

Mining Airport WiFi Data: This Sunday Is The Worst Day To Fly

This is Thanksgiving weekend in the United States; the country’s most congested travel weekend of the year. It’s common knowledge, and it’s easy to infer that this holiday weekend is one of the busiest for air travel. But can you prove it empirically? Apparently so. [Bertrand Fan] filed a Freedom of Information Act request for

Cyber Monday 2018 smart home deals: Apple HomePod, Google and Echo devices starting at $24, Nest, Philips Hue and more Black Friday discounts – CNET

We’re tracking the best smart home bargains from Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Fry’s, Target and more, updating frequently. Cyber Monday 2018 smart home deals: Apple HomePod, Google and Echo devices starting at , Nest, Philips Hue and more Black Friday discounts – CNET Source: CNet

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