Author: Tech Support

    • Fiverr announces its own elearning service called Learn, which offers courses aimed at freelancers on topics like SEO, with classes starting at $19 (Anna Hensel/VentureBeat)

    Anna Hensel / VentureBeat: Fiverr announces its own elearning service called Learn, which offers courses aimed at freelancers on topics like SEO, with classes starting at $19  —  Freelance marketplace Fiverr announced today that it’s getting into the online education game, trying to compete with the likes of Coursera and Udemy. Fiverr announces its own

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    Reverse Engineering CMOS

    ICs have certainly changed electronics, but how much do you really know about how they are built on the inside? While decapsulating and studying a modern CPU with 14 nanometer geometry is probably not a great first project, a simple 54HC00 logic gate is much larger and much easier to analyze, even at low magnification.

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    • Middle East ride-hailing service Careem raises $200M from existing investors including Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding (Alexander Cornwell/Reuters)

    Alexander Cornwell / Reuters: Middle East ride-hailing service Careem raises $200M from existing investors including Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding  —  DUBAI (Reuters) – Middle East ride-hailing company Careem said on Thursday it had secured $200 million in new funding from existing investors … Middle East ride-hailing service Careem raises 0M

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    • A close look at the suit against Facebook on video metrics and a look back at many statements from publishers pivoting to video as Facebook touted the medium (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)

    Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: A close look at the suit against Facebook on video metrics and a look back at many statements from publishers pivoting to video as Facebook touted the medium  —  “It will probably be all video.”  —  In June 2016, Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s VP for Europe, the Middle East and

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    • Clippers CourtVision, which uses AI and AR to enhance LA Clippers games on screen, launches Wednesday, backed by Steve Ballmer and built by Second Spectrum (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

    Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Clippers CourtVision, which uses AI and AR to enhance LA Clippers games on screen, launches Wednesday, backed by Steve Ballmer and built by Second Spectrum  —  LOS ANGELES — Steve Ballmer has launched plenty of products in high-stakes situations, but this takes it to a new level. Clippers CourtVision, which uses

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    • Sources: Facebook tentatively finds hack affecting 30M users was perpetrated by spammers masquerading as a digital marketing company, not by a nation-state (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Sources: Facebook tentatively finds hack affecting 30M users was perpetrated by spammers masquerading as a digital marketing company, not by a nation-state  —  Facebook Inc. FB .40% believes that the hackers who gained access to the private information of 30 million of its users were spammers looking … Sources: Facebook tentatively finds

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    • Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its detection of suspicious transactions (William Suberg/Cointelegraph)

    William Suberg / Cointelegraph: Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its detection of suspicious transactions  —  Crypto compliance provider and research firm Chainalysis announced it had partnered with exchange Binance in a press release Wednesday … Cryptocurrency exchange Binance partners with crypto compliance software provider Chainalysis to improve its

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    • Pixel USB-C earbuds review: sound great and are comfortable, compatible with most modern devices, and affordable at $30, but lack a good seal in the ear (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

    Vlad Savov / The Verge: Pixel USB-C earbuds review: sound great and are comfortable, compatible with most modern devices, and affordable at $30, but lack a good seal in the ear  —  Healing the wound left by the removal of the headphone jack  —  Unmentioned during Google’s big hardware event this month … Pixel USB-C

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    3D Printing, Halloween Style

    The wonders of 3D printing don’t stop coming. Whether it’s printing tools on the International Space Station, printing houses out of concrete, or just making spare parts for a child’s toy, there’s virtually nothing you can’t get done with the right 3D printer, including spicing up your Halloween decorations. Not only is this pumpkin a

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