Coinbase has reportedly taken the decision to shut down its cryptocurrency index fund after lack of interest. An informant close to the matter told The Block the cryptocurrency exchange’s market-weighted index failed to attract enough interest from accredited investors. It appears the index did not perform as well as Coinbase forecast. The fund targeted at
Read MoreLarry Dignan / ZDNet: Google says it will offer its cloud identity technology, used within G Suite, as a standalone service to developers — Cloud Identity is built on Google’s BeyondCorp security model and previously sat within G Suite. The company is also moving to be more of an Okta competitor. Google says it will
Read MoreA bright new star appeared in the sky in June, 1670. It was seen by the Carthusian monk Père Dom Anthelme in Dijon, France, and astronomer Johannes Hevelius in Gdansk, Poland. Over the next few months, it slowly faded to invisibility. But in March 1671, it reappeared – now even more luminous and among the
Read MoreFor most of us, a good part of our childhood involved running around someone’s backyard (or inside the house) trying to score hits with a toy NERF gun. The fun level was high and the risk of personal injury was low. Now that we’re all mostly adults, it’s probably time to take our NERF game
Read MoreJust weeks before regulators decide the fate of domestic initial coin offerings (ICOs), one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges is changing hands. A consortium led by a superstar plastic surgeon has just bought a controlling stake in Bithumb for $353 million. Bithumb will now be directly managed by Singapore-based investment group BK Global Consortium,
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Read MoreTime’s running out if you want a $7,500 federal tax credit on a Model S, Model X or Model 3. Tesla orders eligible for full tax credit until Oct. 15 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo says it reached ~30M daily searches, up 50% YoY, after taking seven years to reach 10M/day — Some nice momentum for privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo which has just announced it’s hit 30 million daily searches a year after reaching 20M — a year-on-year increase of 50%. Privacy-focused
Read MoreGoogle’s latest phone comes with top-tier features, but here’s how it stacks up to previous versions. Pixel 3 vs. Pixel 2 vs. Pixel: Every spec, compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCryptocurrency scammers have gotten extra creative and are now hiding mining malware in legitimate updates of Adobe Flash Player. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks discovered a fake Flash updater which has been doing the rounds since early August. While it claims to install a legitimate Flash update, the malicious file sneaks in a
Read MoreIn a move to fight fake news, Facebook yesterday said it deleted more than 800 pages and accounts. The company claims it removed 559 pages and 251 accounts for spreading disinformation, political spam, and inauthentic activity. Facebook’s head of cybersecurity, Nathaniel Gleicher said: People need to be able to trust the connections they make on
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Israel-based CommonSense Robotics launches first fully automated fulfillment center in Tel Aviv, using a combination of robotic sorting systems and AI software — Imagine if your neighborhood grocery or convenience store offered one hour, on-demand fulfillment not through middlemen … Israel-based CommonSense Robotics launches first fully automated fulfillment center in Tel
Read MoreCutting-edge tech trends are in a constant state of flux. With so many to choose from, and newer ones still appearing, it may be tricky to navigate which tech to invest time and energy in. To find out which popular tech trends are here to stay and effective enough to improve company ROI, I asked
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A flood of fake Adobe Flash installers are reportedly installing XMRig, an open source crypto mining malware that siphons generated funds to a Monero wallet — If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn’t die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled … A flood of fake
Read MoreMany in the scientific world are celebrating the fact that two women received this year’s Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. Donna Strickland and Frances Arnold are only the 20th and 21st female scientists to be recognized by the Nobel Committee. Yet in over 100 years, we have never seen a black scientist become a
Read MoreWhen it comes to inspection of printed circuits, most of us rely on the Mark I eyeball to see how we did with the soldering iron or reflow oven. And even when we need the help of some kind of microscope, our inspections are still firmly in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Pushing
Read MoreEudora Wang / China Money Network: Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raises $45M from investors including Alibaba Group and state-owned auto firm SAIC Motor Corp. — RoboSense, a Chinese provider of lidar sensors used in driverless cars, announced today the completion of a over US$45 million financing round … Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raises M from
Read MoreThe Hall of Famer gave his life trying to help victims of a massive earthquake. Google Doodle honors baseball great and humanitarian Roberto Clemente – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRon Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google’s Home Hub doesn’t run Android Things, the platform Google purposely built for IoT products like smart displays, but uses Google’s Cast platform instead — Google built a platform for smart displays and then didn’t use it in the Home Hub. — On Tuesday, Google announced the Google Home Hub
Read MoreBloomberg: Memo: ahead of meeting next week, the UK, Netherlands, Estonia, and other countries push for the EU to introduce sanctions for those who carry out cyberattacks — – Memo sent to EU countries ahead of leaders’ summit next week — Push comes after cyber-related attacks by Russia, China Memo: ahead of meeting next week,
Read MoreSusan and Anne Wojcicki spoke about the importance of helping disadvantaged young women at a benefit for nonprofit Room to Read. YouTube, 23andMe CEOs advocate for women's education on Day of the Girl – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen it comes to power tools, generally speaking more watts is better. But as laser maestro [Martin Raynsford] shows, watts aren’t everything. He shares a brief video showing his older 100 W laser being handily outperformed by a newer 30 W machine. Shouldn’t the higher power laser be able to do the same job in less time?
Read MoreLab-grown organoids reveal how the eyes develop and may lead to therapies for diseases such as color blindness. Scientists grow human eye parts to determine how we see in color – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Sensor Tower: Netflix app revenue was up ~90% YoY to ~$243.7M in Q3 across both App Store and Google Play, the highest grossing non-game mobile app worldwide — App spending across Apple App Store and Google Play increased 23% in third quarter, per Sensor Tower Sensor Tower: Netflix app revenue was
Read MoreLet’s get in the Halloween mood early with a nice, new horror series. Netflix's creepy Haunting of Hill House arrives – CNET Source: CNet
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