USB-C Apple Watch Magnetic Charger quietly debuts in store – CNET
It only comes in the 11.8 in/0.3m length at the moment. USB-C Apple Watch Magnetic Charger quietly debuts in store – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt only comes in the 11.8 in/0.3m length at the moment. USB-C Apple Watch Magnetic Charger quietly debuts in store – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAn online scammer is targeting the popular cryptocurrency, Dogecoin. To date, more than 10,000 individuals have been hit by the operation, with overall losses amounting to some $24,000. Russia-based cybersecurity firm Doctor Web fingered the perp in a recent blog, spotted by BleepingComputer. Analysts have been tracking the suspicious activity of a particular cryptocurrency criminal, who
Read MoreKate Clark / TechCrunch: Oh My Green, a health-food delivery startup for offices that gives its customers personalized recommendations for meals and snacks, raises $20M seed round — Kate Clark @kateclarktweets / 2 days — In its first institutional funding round, Oh My Green has raised $20 million from Initialized Capital … Oh My Green,
Read MoreWhen I started working in a video production house in the early 1980s, it quickly became apparent that there was a lot of snobbery in terms of equipment. These were the days when the home video market was taking off; the Format War had been fought and won by VHS, and consumer-grade VCRs were flying
Read More“Paul deserved more time in life. He would have made the most of it,” Gates wrote in an essay in the Wall Street Journal. Bill Gates honors Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died Monday Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThis glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Hubble Spies Glittering Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy Source: NASA
Read MoreThe American government is again showing that it has no interest in hodling, and is auctioning off over 600 BTC. The US Marshals Service (USMS) announced yesterday the auction will be taking place between 8am and 2pm EST on November 5th. Oh, the irony. Nope? Just me then. The Bitcoin being auctioned has been confiscated
Read MoreClegg will take over from Elliot Schrage and could put the company on a stronger footing in Europe. Facebook hires Nick Clegg, Britain’s former deputy prime minister, to lead global affairs Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Verge: Documents show Android manufacturers in EU may have to pay Google $2.50-$40/device as a fee, depending on country and pixel density, following antitrust ruling — Confidential documents show strong incentives for keeping bundle intact — Android manufacturers will have to pay Google … Documents show Android manufacturers in EU may have to pay
Read MoreHelen Partz / Cointelegraph: Security giant G4S offers high-security vault that puts crypto assets in offline storage and distributes them into fragments that are independently of no value — U.K.-based multinational security services company G4S has developed a new service for protecting cryptocurrency assets … Security giant G4S offers high-security vault that puts crypto assets
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s investments in tech put some companies in a tough spot after evidence emerged that Saudi agents may have killed a dissident writer. Bits: The Week in Tech: Executives Pull Out of Saudi Conference Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUK-based brand Vertu made a name for itself handcrafting luxury phones that included premium materials, precious stones, and a global concierge service. It went under a year ago, because (shocker) not enough people were buying its $20,000 devices. But if that sounds like your idea of a daily driver, you’re in luck: Vertu’s back with
Read MoreFinancial Times: Facebook hires Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, as head of global affairs and communications, to succeed Elliot Schrage — Facebook has hired Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, to head its global affairs and communications team as it faces escalating problems … Facebook hires Nick Clegg, former UK deputy
Read MoreThe bereaved mother still saw the ads after sharing news of her loss on the site and changing her settings. Facebook apologizes for showing baby product ads to woman who lost her child – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs cryptocurrency falls further into the hands of the mainstream, it falls further away from its creators, the cypherpunks. Earlier today, CoinDesk published an in-depth interview with Timothy May, one of the founding members of the cypherpunk movement. In the interview, May highlights how the ideology that spurred the creation of Bitcoin is slowly being
Read MoreGoogle’s Retpoline fix for the Spectre Variant 2 flaw helps minimize performance hit on Windows 10 machines. Windows 10 will banish Spectre slowdowns with Google's Retpoline patch Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreStartup Mui hides a smart home screen behind a sanded wood panel. Mui wood display built to calm, not distract – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA robotic arm is an excellent idea if you’re looking to get started with electromechanical projects. There’s linkages to design, and motors to drive, but there’s also the matter of control. This is referred to as “kinematics”, and can be considered in both the forward and inverse sense. [aerdronix] built a robotic arm build that
Read MoreNorth Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is the most profitable cryptocurrency-hacker syndicate in the world. Since 2017, internet baddies have in total stolen $882 million worth of cryptocurrency from online exchanges, but none have done it quite as well as the infamous North Koreans. World-renowned cybersecurity unit Group-IB is prepping to release its annual report on
Read MoreBill Gates / Wall Street Journal: Bill Gates reflects on Paul Allen, remembering him as a passionate man who held his family and friends dear and as a brilliant technologist and philanthropist — Gates describes the moment Allen showed him a new computer called the Altair 8800, which marked the end of Gates’s college career
Read MorePopular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Natural History Museum were soliciting reservations for the first space tourism mission, well before the modern era of Blue Origins, SpaceX and Virgin
Read MoreGoogle and Microsoft are helping political campaigns defend against hackers using automated attacks to target the midterm election. Artificial intelligence is automating attacks on political campaigns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStaring down cybersecurity risks in the digital organization Source: Search Compliance
Read MoreIt’s only got one lens, while the iPhone XS has two. But what else is different? iPhone XR: This is what to expect from the camera – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot much has been done for condoms since they were first introduced several centuries ago, other than god-awful flavors, distracting neon colors, and uncomfortable self-warming options that put you off sex altogether. But a team of scientists are developing a self-lubricating latex condom that becomes slippery when wet — which isn’t the case with regular condoms. The
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