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October 23, 2018

Kuo: new iPad mini is in the works and could be announced as soon as next week's event; new AirPods and AirPower charging pad coming in late 2018 to early-2019 (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Kuo: new iPad mini is in the works and could be announced as soon as next week’s event; new AirPods and AirPower charging pad coming in late 2018 to early-2019 — Ahead of Apple’s October 30th event, respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared some details about what we can expect to

October 23, 2018

Oracle acquires DataFox, a developer of "predictive intelligence as a service" across 2.8M companies' records and growing (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Oracle acquires DataFox, a developer of “predictive intelligence as a service” across 2.8M companies’ records and growing — Ingrid Lunden @ingridlunden / 7 hours — Oracle today announced that it has made another acquisition, this time to enhance both the kind of data … Oracle acquires DataFox, a developer of "predictive

Sidney Darlington

In a field where components and systems are often known by sterile strings of characters that manufacturers assign or by cutesy names that are clearly products of the marketing department and their focus groups, having your name attached to an innovation is rare. Rarer still is the case where the mere mention of an otherwise

October 23, 2018

Miss the iPod? Get yourself one of these groovy music players

Despite it being 17 years to the day since the release of the first iPod and four years since the classic model was discontinued, there are still shedloads of people who love an MP3 player. Myself included. Streaming is great, but there’s something wonderful about actually carrying your music with you. It could be that your commute

October 23, 2018

This Google project visualizes the global effect of #MeToo’s first year

For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. As #MeToo celebrates its first anniversary since going viral, and sexual assault continues to be at the forefront of political conversations around the world, finding

Putting a Motor Inside a Speed Controller

One of the more interesting hacks we’ve seen this year is [Carl]’s experimentations with making motors out of PCBs. Honestly, it’s surprising no one has done this before — a brushless motor is just some coils of wire and a few magnets; anyone can turn some coils into traces and make a 3D print that

Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula

Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula Source: NASA

October 23, 2018

Sources: US Cyber Command targets Russian operatives to deter them from spreading disinformation, in first known overseas cyberoperation to protect elections (Julian E. Barnes/New York Times)

Julian E. Barnes / New York Times: Sources: US Cyber Command targets Russian operatives to deter them from spreading disinformation, in first known overseas cyberoperation to protect elections — WASHINGTON — The United States Cyber Command is targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation … Sources: US Cyber Command targets

October 23, 2018

Report: Cryptocurrency hackers earned $20M with 51-percent attacks in 2018

Powerful attacks on blockchains are increasing. So far this year, hackers have executed a minimum of five separate “51-percent attacks” on cryptocurrency projects, with profits amounting to almost $20 million. This represents an annual success rate increase of at least 500 percent, after renowned cybersecurity firm Group-IB recorded no successful 51-percent attacks last year. Group-IB has just released

Hyundai developed a wearable exoskeleton that's also a chair – Roadshow

It’s one of two new exoskeletons designed to make line work easier. Hyundai developed a wearable exoskeleton that's also a chair – Roadshow Source: CNet

Apple to fix iPhone XS selfie smoothing with iOS 12.1 – CNET

After the beauty-gate brouhaha, Apple’s tweaking the Smart HDR algorithm for selfies in the forthcoming update to iOS. Apple to fix iPhone XS selfie smoothing with iOS 12.1 – CNET Source: CNet

Online voting gets real, in West Virginia – CNET

The state is the first in the country to offer voting by smartphone app. Experts say there are plenty of reasons to go slow. Online voting gets real, in West Virginia – CNET Source: CNet

October 23, 2018

Predictive sales tool People.ai, which tracks every communication touchpoint between sales teams and customers, raises $30M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz (Anna Escher/TechCrunch)

Anna Escher / TechCrunch: Predictive sales tool People.ai, which tracks every communication touchpoint between sales teams and customers, raises $30M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz — Anna Escher @https://www.twitter.com/annaescher / 7 hours — Dirty data means bad business. Predictive sales tool People.ai, which tracks every communication touchpoint between sales teams and customers, raises M

Why rural areas can't catch a break on speedy broadband – CNET

Everyone agrees on the mission to connect more people. But no one can agree on how to do it. Why rural areas can't catch a break on speedy broadband – CNET Source: CNet

Charlotte and Austin outrank San Francisco in study of best places to work in tech

A new study offers a snapshot of the country’s evolving tech labor market highlighting a shift away from coastal tech centers and the rising IT opportunities in college towns. Charlotte and Austin outrank San Francisco in study of best places to work in tech Source: Washington Post Tech

Meet the new Microsoft Phone, powered by Android (No Windows required)

Over the past few years, Microsoft has embraced the Android operating system with surprising enthusiasm. With a large collection of apps for business available in the Google Play Store, you now have everything you need to turn an Android device into a Microsoft phone. Meet the new Microsoft Phone, powered by Android (No Windows required)

Microsoft's former Windows Chief Terry Myerson joins two investment firms

The former head of Microsoft’s Windows unit has resurfaced after leaving the company earlier this summer and will be involved with two different investment firms. Microsoft's former Windows Chief Terry Myerson joins two investment firms Source: ZDNet Microsoft

Hack My House: ZoneMinder’s Keeping an Eye on the Place

Hacks are often born out of unfortunate circumstances. My unfortunate circumstance was a robbery– the back door of the remodel was kicked in, and a generator was carted off. Once the police report was filed and the door screwed shut, it was time to order cameras. Oh, and record the models and serial numbers of

October 23, 2018

Use Microsoft Office like a pro (and get hired) with omnibus training for less than $4 a course

If your Office skills are incomplete or a little outdated, you can pick up a complete tutorial (or refresher) with the A to Z Microsoft Office training bundle. The entire package is on sale now at over 90 percent off, available for a limited time at just $29 from TNW Deals. Use Microsoft Office like

October 23, 2018

This sub-$100 gimbal will eliminate shaky smartphone video forever

It isn’t enough to shoot video anymore — style counts. And shaky, handheld camerawork is amateur hour. You can instantly up your game from bouncy, jarring footage to smooth pans and fluid focuses with a gimbal like the Rigiet Smartphone Gimbal, which is now available from TNW Deals at almost 60 percent off for just

October 23, 2018

Apple will fix the iPhone XS’ problematic ‘beauty filter’ in iOS 12.1

Apple caught a lot of flak for the way selfies from the new iPhone XS range of handsets looked, because it seemed like the devices were applying a ‘beauty filter’ with no way to turn it off. The Verge reports that Apple will fix it soon enough with a software update in iOS 12.1. You

October 23, 2018

Chinese cloud-based HR SaaS company Beisen raises $100M+ Series E from Matrix Partners and Hong Kong-based investment firm Genesis Capital (Eudora Wang/China Money Network)

Eudora Wang / China Money Network: Chinese cloud-based HR SaaS company Beisen raises $100M+ Series E from Matrix Partners and Hong Kong-based investment firm Genesis Capital — Chinese cloud-based human resource software as a service (SaaS) firm Beisen has raised over US$100 million in series E financing round from Matrix Partners … Chinese cloud-based HR

October 23, 2018

Not even Cardi B can make me appreciate ASMR

Over the weekend, I wrote an article explaining why I hate ASMR videos. But since then, I’ve listen to the arguments the ASMR community (which were quite passionate) and even watched Cardi B’s new ASMR video. All of this helped me come to a definite conclusion: I still hate ASMR If you don’t know already, ASMR,

October 23, 2018

Three recent books argue that big tech became powerful not because of "software disruption" but by ducking regulation, squeezing workers, strangling competitors (Nitasha Tiku/Wired)

Nitasha Tiku / Wired: Three recent books argue that big tech became powerful not because of “software disruption” but by ducking regulation, squeezing workers, strangling competitors — A FEW YEARS after the Great Recession, you couldn’t scroll through Google Reader without seeing the word “disrupt.” Three recent books argue that big tech became powerful not

October 23, 2018

Android: a visual history of Google's OS on its 10th anniversary (The Verge)

The Verge: Android: a visual history of Google’s OS on its 10th anniversary — Google’s Android operating system has undergone a pretty incredible metamorphosis since it debuted on the T-Mobile G1 on October 22nd, 2008. A decade might seem like a long time, but on the scale of the PC’s growth, it’s a blink of

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