Amusing bug on Pixel 3 XL displays a second notch – CNET
Some Pixel 3 XL owners are seeing double notches on their phones. But Google says a fix is coming soon. Amusing bug on Pixel 3 XL displays a second notch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome Pixel 3 XL owners are seeing double notches on their phones. But Google says a fix is coming soon. Amusing bug on Pixel 3 XL displays a second notch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: Intel says it has achieved “full US workforce representation” 2 years ahead of 2020 goal and that US staff is 26.8% female, 9.2% Hispanic, 4.6% African American — Chip maker calls it a first step as it now employs 27% women, 9% Hispanic and under 5% African American Intel
Read MoreLiane Yvkoff / Forbes: Volkswagen and Intel’s Mobileye announce plans to launch New Mobility, a commercial autonomous ride-hailing service, in Israel in 2019 — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin Volkswagen and Intel's Mobileye announce plans to launch New Mobility, a
Read MoreThe new series will be coming to the BBC and HBO, possibly filling the fantasy void left by Game of Thrones. His Dark Materials TV series: Release date, cast, plot and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Miguel] wanted to get more hands-on experience with Python, so he created a small robotic platform as a testbed. But as such things sometimes go, it turns out the robot he created is a worthy enough project in its own right. There’s nothing wrong with starting a project just for the experience of it. It’s an excellent
Read MoreApple is hosting a special event tomorrow, reportedly to announce even more new hardware that it didn’t show off at its iPhone event last month. As we’ve already seen the iPhones and Apple Watches, it’ll be a bit trickier to guess which of Apple’s prospective devices will be the centerpiece of this event. However, these
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google releases reCAPTCHA v3 API that is more customizable and runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert webmasters of suspicious traffic — CAPTCHAs are a common test on the web and are designed to differentiate between actual users and bots. Google releases reCAPTCHA v3 API that is more customizable
Read MoreUsama Jawad / Neowin: Microsoft updates its “By The Numbers” site, says it donated $1.4B+ in software and services to nonprofits last year, has made 137 “AI for Earth” grants so far — Way back in 2015, Microsoft launched a “Microsoft by the Numbers” website, offering interesting tidbits … Microsoft updates its "By The Numbers"
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Amazon says over the last five years it has donated $100M+ to charity through AmazonSmile, its shopping portal that donates to a charity of the shopper’s choice — Amazon revealed that it has donated more than $100 million to charitable causes since the launch of AmazonSmile exactly five years ago. Amazon
Read MoreI’ll be honest with you. When I reviewed the Pixel 3, I didn’t bother to give the included USB-C Pixel Buds – available separately for $30 – a fair shot. Just another cheap pair of plastic EarPod lookalikes, right? The first time I really listened to them happened to be right after spending an hour testing to
Read MoreBitcoin requires electricity to exist, lots of it. Here’s why that’s bad news for our planet. Bitcoin is actually going to ruin the world, climate scientists say – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome legal language in SoundCloud’s Premier Program made it seem like artists were being given the short end of the stick. SoundCloud changes the way it pays artists after controversy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Sources: 200+ Google engineers are organizing a company-wide “women’s walk” walkout for Thursday following reports of Google protecting alleged sexual harassers — A group of more than two hundred engineers at Google are organizing a company-wide “women’s walk” … Sources: 200+ Google engineers are organizing a company-wide "women's walk" walkout for Thursday following
Read MoreSilicon Valley companies will be expected to put their hands a little deeper in their pockets. UK announces new digital tax for tech giants – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s not “up to” $300 — that’s $300, period, when you trade in an eligible phone. And that list includes nearly three dozen models. OnePlus 6T trade-in deal: 0 off at T-Mobile – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKhari Johnson / VentureBeat: Google debuts $25M AI Impact Challenge, a contest to support AI for good projects, similar to other tech giants’ efforts, like Microsoft’s $50M AI for Earth — Google AI today announced the AI for Social Good initiative, an ongoing project to apply core AI research and engineering efforts … Google debuts
Read MoreThe brothers put $2.5 million of their own money into the e-commerce site, which will focus on design. HGTV's Property Brothers construct Casaza, a new home furnishings site – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSay what you will about Nintendo’s little purple lunchbox, the Gamecube, but it was home to many delightful experiences from Super Smash Bros. Melee to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. We now know it was also home to one of the very first Nintendo Wii remotes as well thanks to the recent listing from
Read MoreYou may never have heard of Bytedance or used any of its products. But chances are your teenager is already glued to the company’s music video app. China’s King of Internet Fluff Wants to Conquer the World Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA team of scientists may have observed a quantum physics phenomena called entanglement occur within a living organism. Then again, maybe they didn’t. That’s quantum physics for you. Researchers from Oxford published a study earlier this month detailing their examination of an experiment conducted in 2016 by physicist David Cole and other researchers at the
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sam’s Club, the Walmart-owned members-only retail store says it will soon open an Amazon Go- like cashier-less store called Sam’s Club Now in Texas — Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest
Read MoreBruce Murphy / The Verge: How Foxconn’s initial plans for a heavily taxpayer-subsidized $10B mega plant in Wisconsin have devolved into a more modest factory with a robotic assembly line — Governor Scott Walker promised billions to get a Foxconn factory. Now he’s running away from it How Foxconn's initial plans for a heavily taxpayer-subsidized
Read MoreMicrosoft is beta testing a mixed-reality prototyping tool that works with Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets. Microsoft is readying 'Maquette' a mixed-reality prototyping tool Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreSarah Frier / Bloomberg: Sources: Snap’s Evan Spiegel promoted Kristen O’Hara as Chief Business Officer, then changed his mind two days later, hiring an Amazon exec; O’Hara has departed — – Kristen O’Hara was picked first then offer was rescinded — Company has had high level of executive turnover since IPO Sources: Snap's Evan Spiegel
Read MoreThe head of the United Kingdom’s treasury has proposed a new tax targeting tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon. UK treasury chief proposes ‘digital services tax’ on tech giants Source: Washington Post Tech
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