Microsoft is continuing to look to banner advertising as a way to monetize Windows. Windows 10’s built-in Mail and Calendar apps could potentially be the next place these ads show up. Microsoft may add banner advertisements to the Windows 10 Mail and Calendar apps Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Amazon will now allow AWS account owners to set the default access setting for all of their account’s S3 buckets as non-public to prevent accidental data leaks — New settings will prevent accidental S3 bucket leaks —if customers take the time to apply them. Amazon will now allow AWS account owners
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon announces Wake-on-Lan Controller, which enables Alexa to switch on devices over Wi-Fi or ethernet when they can not be woken up via the cloud — Have a smart device with a sleep mode that would normally prevent it from power toggling remotely? Amazon today announced Wake-on-Lan Controller … Amazon announces
Read MoreMehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: Microsoft is testing ads in Mail app on Windows 10; Microsoft says it was an experimental feature never intended to be tested broadly and is being turned off — Update: Microsoft’s head of communications claimed on Twitter that ads on the Mail app were “never intended” … Microsoft is testing ads
Read MoreA start-up that requires prospective babysitters to hand over their social media accounts says it uses “advanced artificial intelligence” to assess a sitter’s risk of drug abuse, bullying and more. Wanted: The ‘perfect babysitter.’ Must pass AI scan for respect and attitude. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreYou finally finish writing the Verilog for that amazing new DSP function that will revolutionize human society and make you rich. Does it work? Your first instinct, of course, is to blow it into your FPGA of choice and see if it works. If it does, that was a great idea. If it doesn’t, it
Read MoreThe XSE is a relatively sporty trim, but it’s no TRD, that’s for darn sure. Toyota Camry TRD wears a wild wing – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s the full list of Echo, Fire, Kindle and other Amazon gear and their sale prices! Black Friday 2018 Amazon deals now available: Fire tablets, Blink cameras and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNBC: Google says Diane Greene to step down as Google Cloud CEO in early 2019, will be replaced by former president of Oracle Thomas Kurian — Diane Greene, who was hired three years ago to build Google’s cloud-computing business, is being replaced in that job by former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian. Google says Diane Greene
Read MoreSee the best iPhone discounts from Verizon, T-Mobile, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. Black Friday 2018 iPhone deals start today: 0 off iPhone XR and XS, 0 iPhone X gift card – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: Verizon’s My Numbers app lets users add up to four additional numbers with separate voicemail and text messaging boxes on a single phone, for $15/mo per number — The service is $15 a month per number — Carrying multiple phones for personal and business uses might be over for Verizon
Read MoreDave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: SEC settles with Paragon Coin and CarrierEQ, which agree to start filing audited financial reports and refund investors of 2017 ICOs who want their money back — Agreements require startups to comply with investor-protection rules — WASHINGTON—Two startups that raised money … SEC settles with Paragon Coin and CarrierEQ,
Read MoreDeirdre Bosa / CNBC: Sources: Airbnb recognized “substantially more” than $1B in Q3 revenue, on track to report EBITDA profits for 2018, and earned $100M on $2.6B in revenue in 2017 — – A source told CNBC the company is on track to be profitable for the second straight year, as measured by earnings before
Read MoreTwitter has confirmed the series of cryptocurrency-related hackings on its platform originated from a third-party software provider – and not its own system. In an email to Hard Fork, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed attackers exploited a third-party marketing solution to blast fake Bitcoin giveaway links from a slew of verified accounts, including Google and Target.
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Code reveals Facebook is testing a new feature that would let users watch videos together on Messenger and chat about them — Netflix and chill from afar? Facebook Messenger is now internally testing simultaneous co-viewing of videos. That means you and your favorite people could watch … Code reveals Facebook is
Read MoreNow that 3D printers are everywhere, electronics are cheap, and open source software is extremely capable, just about anyone can build a CNC machine. That’s exactly what [Nikodem] did by turning a Dremel tool into an extremely capable CNC machine that’s able to cut MDF and acrylic and can engrave aluminum. The electronics for the
Read MoreLast week, we reported that nearly 20,000 Pakistani debit cards were put up for sale on the dark web. Now, cybersecurity firm Group-IB has found out that earlier this week, a new dump of whooping 177,878 appeared on the dark web. The report noted that the new dump appeared on the dark website Joker Stash on November 13. From the
Read MoreYesterday, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain split in two separate networks, each kicking off a new cryptocurrency. Now that Bitcoin Cash has forked into two rivalling cryptocurrencies – BAB, maintained by Bitcoin-ABC, and BSV, maintained by Craig Wright’s nChain – it remains to be seen which network will surface as the dominant chain. But before
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptocurrency forks are as inevitable as death and taxes. You might have seen recent news detailing the contentious Bitcoin Cash hard fork, and be wondering what a fork actually is. While
Read MoreKelly Peng is an electrical and optical engineer, and founder of Kura AR. She’s built a fusion reactor, a Raman spectrometer, a DIY structured light camera, a linear particle accelerator, and emotional classifiers for likes and dislikes. In short, we have someone who can do anything, and she came in to talk about one of
Read MoreBlack Friday is the best time to get a new console with deals on PS4 hardware and all the big retailers are in on the action. Black Friday 2018 deals: The best PlayStation 4 bundles – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis is the wired version of the beloved QuietComfort, but you can make it wireless if you want. Plus: a free $40 real-time strategy game to kickstart your weekend. The Bose QuietComfort 25 noise-canceling headphones hit an all-time low: 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSee the best iPhone discounts from T-Mobile, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. Black Friday 2018 iPhone deals: 0 off iPhone XR and XS, 0 iPhone X gift card – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMike Dickison was a museum curator when he turned to another form of curating, teaching fellow New Zealanders how to beef up their country’s presence on the website. The Saturday Profile: From Encyclopedic Collector to ‘Wikipedian-at-Large’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLiam Tung / ZDNet: Microsoft has begun accepting 64-bit ARM apps for the Microsoft Store, updated Visual Studio to support recompiling Win32 apps to run natively on ARM devices — Developers can now recompile Win32 apps to run natively on Windows 10 on Arm devices. — With new Lenovo and Samsung Windows 10 … Microsoft
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