Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Raspberry Pi Foundation announces $25 Pi 3 Model A+, with a quad-core 1.4GHz CPU but less RAM and USB ports than the $35 Model B+ — The $25 Pi 3 Model A+ — The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s goal is to make computing as cheap and accessible as possible, so today,
Read MoreLauren Goode / Wired: Microsoft Surface Studio 2 review: stunning screen and a decent update to the Studio’s internals, except for an outdated CPU and no Thunderbolt 3 — Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 has everything you ever wanted in a creative desktop, and costs more than you probably ever wanted to spend. Microsoft Surface Studio
Read MoreEager candidates offered name changes, helipads and even cactuses to entice the company into setting up shop. Amazon HQ2: How New York and Virginia Won the Beauty Contest Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIn the wake of a fire, a burn scar appears which takes a long time to heal. This scar is from the Woolsey fire which has taken its toll around Thousand Oaks, California. A Scar That the Woolsey Fire Left Behind Source: NASA
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Lyft will make default tipping widely available in 2019 and will give drivers default five-star ratings from December if users don’t give a rating — Lyft is launching another campaign to improve the experience for its drivers, and at least a few of the changes could affect you as a passenger.
Read MoreIt’s part of a new space race to bring Web access to the entire planet. Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins FCC approval to put 7,000 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe UNIBUS architecture for DEC’s PDPs and Vaxxen was a stroke of genius. If you wanted more memory in your minicomputer, just add another card. Need a drive? Plug it into the backplane. Of course, with all those weird cards, these old UNIBUS PDPs are hard to keep running. The UniBone is the solution to
Read MoreLocated 65 million light-years away ia a blue supergiant star that once existed inside a cluster of young stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 3938, as shown in this artist’s concept. Finding an Elusive Star Behind a Supernova Source: NASA
Read MoreSo you went to a tradeshow and heard about this cool new idea called the Internet Of Things; now it’s time to build an IoT product of your own. You know that to be IoT, your Widget D’lux® has to have a network connection but which to choose? You could use WiFi or Bluetooth but
Read MoreSteven Bertoni / Forbes: Airtable, which makes a coding platform for non-techies, raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation, led by Benchmark, Thrive Capital, and Coatue Management — n the frenetic world of tech, where the ruling ethos is to move fast and break things, Howie Liu moves at a glacial pace. Airtable, which makes a
Read MoreThe adorable little ‘bot used to sell for $130 all by himself. The Sphero Special Edition Battle Worn BB-8 and Force Band are just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLike Netflix and YouTube before it, but this time with a start-up. Comcast will let you watch Tubi TV like a cable channel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s 10 Days of Deals, Day 9, and we’re feeling fine with this exclusive one-day-only discount. Find out why this prepaid phone plan beats Mint Mobile’s. Get a one-year unlimited Red Pocket Mobile plan for 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft collects and stores personal data about the behavior of individual users of its enterprise offerings on a large scale, without any public documentation — according to a new report by Privacy Company. The data protection impact assessment (DPIA) was commissioned by the Dutch government to guide its institutions — which includes 300,000 workstations in
Read MoreIn search of a smart thermostat? Here are our favorites. The best smart thermostats out there today – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Spring / Threatpost: Hackers breach iPhone X, Galaxy S9, and Xiaomi Mi6 and earn $325K for exposing 18 exploits at the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 contest — Three major mobile phone models – the Samsung Galaxy S9, iPhone X and the Xiaomi Mi6 – failed to survive the hacker onslaught at this year’s Pwn2Own Tokyo
Read MoreFuture versions of Firefox will warn the user when they wander onto a website that’s been the victim of a recently-reported data breach. The tool, called Firefox Monitor Notifications, is available now in Firefox Quantum and will be rolled out to users of the mainline browser in the coming weeks. The tool works by automatically
Read MoreWe often hear about how Bitcoin is trying to disrupt the financial industry. Well, it turns out one German cryptocurrency startup has cut out the middleman and just bought a bank. Earlier this week, German cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Group SE announced it has successfully bought a 100-percent stake in an investment bank, Tremmel Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH.
Read MoreNikkei: Alphabet to close its Schaft robotics unit and dissolve the project later this year, after seeking other options when deal to sell it to SoftBank collapsed — Tokyo-born unit Schaft lost its way after departure of robot chief Andy Rubin — TOKYO — Alphabet, the holding company behind Google … Alphabet to close its
Read MoreFacebook: Facebook responds to the NYT exposé, lists “number of inaccuracies” in the story, and denies it knew about Russian activity as early as spring of 2016 — Yesterday The New York Times published an article about the past two years at Facebook. There are a number of inaccuracies in the story, including: Facebook responds
Read MoreOf all the fictional cyborgs who turn against humanity to conquer the planet, this is as far from that possibility as you can get. These harmless mushrooms seem more interested in showing off their excellent fashion sense with a daring juxtaposition of hard grid lines with playful spirals. But the purpose of this bacteria-fungus-technology hybrid
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. We’ve all spent countless hours on YouTube watching random videos. And admittedly, there’s some embarrassing stuff in your history you’d never want anyone to know about, or for
Read MoreFinancial Times: Apple, Alphabet, Cisco, Microsoft, and Oracle spent $115B+ in the first 3 quarters on share buybacks after tax reforms, nearly double what they spent last year — The five US tech companies with the largest cash piles took advantage of President Trump’s tax reforms to spend more than $115bn … Apple, Alphabet, Cisco,
Read MoreAmerican retail behemoth Target has come out to clarify that a tweet it posted, containing a link to a Bitcoin giveaway scam, came from a third-party software provider – not Twitter. In an email to Hard Fork, a company spokesperson said – contrary to what it suggested previously – Target’s Twitter account was never inappropriately
Read MoreSteer clear of the rereleased Windows 10 October 2018 Update, IT pro warns. Meanwhile, Microsoft promises fix for buggy mapped drives at some point next year. Windows 10 1809's new rollout: Mapped drives broken, AMD issues, Trend Micro clash Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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