Salesforce has thrown in nearly $5 million to support a ballot measure that aims to help the homeless. Lyft and Twitter’s CEO have contributed $225,000 to defeat it. Techies, taxes and homelessness converge in battle over San Francisco's Prop. C – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStorm-wracked area among first to get access to super speedy network. Verizon adds Panama City to list of 5G cities after Hurricane Michael – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline — WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing
Read MoreThe Hong Kong airliner first learned of the breach last spring, but just made it public Wednesday. Cathay Pacific breach leaks personal data on 9.4 million people – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA group of Hondurans heading toward the United States has been the subject of misinformation on social media. Debunking 5 Viral Images of the Migrant Caravan Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA team of researchers from Harvard recently published early work indicating a complex theory of quantum physics could be exploited to create huge, high resolution telescopes. Astronomers of the future will see the distant reaches of our universe through the magic of teleportation. Technically, it’s called “entanglement,” but it works pretty much like teleportation. Basically
Read More{$inline_image} Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week — Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours — Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week — Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours — Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro
Read MorePickle Kanye? The rapper’s tweet of art inspired by the show has fans taking sides about whether he should guest-star. Will Kanye West make an appearance on Rick and Morty? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook today announced it was offering several new ways for users to incorporate music into their on-site identities — and in doing so, is starting to look very much like MySpace. The company plans to add the ability to listen to music on Stories and Profiles. Starting today, users will be able to use music
Read MoreWith test build 18267 of Windows 10 19H1, users can now search all their folders and drives, rather than a subset New Windows 10 19H1 test build expands search to all folders and drives Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTesla’s new financial results marked a moment of truth for Elon Musk’s all-electric automaker. Tesla turns a profit in what Musk calls ‘a historic quarter’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image} You’ve no doubt heard about the “hardware implants” which were supposedly found on some server motherboards, which has led to all sorts of hand-wringing online. There’s no end of debate about the capabilities of such devices, how large they would need to be, and quite frankly, if they even exist to begin with. We’re through
Read MoreMicrosoft’s move to add LinkedIn’s commercial revenue and services to its commercial cloud helped turbocharge results. Windows 10 upgrades and Office 365 also added fuel to the first quarter fire. Microsoft's Q1 strong as commercial cloud hits billion annual revenue run rate Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMobvoi has a new smartwatch on the way: The TicWatch Classic 2, or C2 for short. Fittingly enough, it’s one of the classier Wear OS smartwatches we’ve seen to date – Mobvoi already has some solid entries under its belt – and it comes in at a relatively affordable price of $200. It’s a pleasantly
Read MoreThe command line. You either love it or hate it, but if you do anything with a Unix-like system you are going to have to use it eventually. You might find marker — a system billed as a “command palette for the terminal” — a useful program to install. We couldn’t decide if it was
Read MoreSasha Blair-Goldensohn / The Keyword: Google says that, thanks to its 50M+ Local Guides, more than 40M places on Maps now have accessibility information — Software Engineer, Maps Content and Community — Partner & Community Programs Manager, Central Accessibility … Navigating the physical world is one of the most challenging problems … Google says that,
Read MoreLaw enforcement requests numbers stayed the same at the global level, but saw a spike in the US. Microsoft sees 25 percent rise in US law enforcement requests Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDami Lee / The Verge: Mobvoi unveils $200 TicWatch C2, powered by Wear OS, shipping December 6, and launches $130 TicPods Free, an AirPods clone, available now in three colors — Mobvoi announced another addition to its smartwatch lineup at an event in London today: the TicWatch C2 (Classic 2). Mobvoi unveils 0 TicWatch C2,
Read MoreThere’s something common to every form of music. Nearly every musical tradition, from western art music, to Indonesian folk music makes use of a pentatonic scale. This is just a major scale without fourth and seventh scale degrees, or just playing the black keys on a piano. It’s the one scale everybody knows, and forms the
Read MoreBusiness Insider: Leap Motion loses VP of design and global creative director Keiichi Matsuda; sources say the company has moved out of its SF office to cut costs — In 2012, Leap Motion was one of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley, partially propelled on the strength of a viral video that promised … Leap
Read MoreThe viral image shared by the wife of a Supreme Court justice, among many others, shows misleading information is still flowing on social media, despite promises by Facebook and other companies to prevent a repeat of the 2016 president election. How a six-year-old photo of a bleeding policeman is being used to stoke fears about
Read MoreThe social media company is testing conversation starters, color-coding conversations and status indicators. Twitter experiments with new features to encourage positive conversations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe civil liberties advocacy group’s request comes after reports that Amazon pitched ICE on using its recognition software. ACLU demands DHS disclose its use of facial-recognition tech – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: PitchBook data shows VC firms have invested $3.5B in food and grocery delivery services so far in 2018, up 3x over the whole of 2017 — Runup in valuations is reminiscent of meal-kit bubble, some market watchers say — Restaurant and grocery delivery companies are the latest feeding frenzy for investors …
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