Get the down low on self-driving cars so you can understand where they are today, and where they may be headed tomorrow. Self-driving cars: A full explainer on what it'll take to reach autonomy – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreChe Pan / South China Morning Post: Chinese chip manufacturer Tsinghua Unigroup, which is saddled with ~$30.8B in liabilities, is seeking a huge bailout from investors amid bankruptcy proceedings — Unigroup requires a strategic investor with minimum total assets worth US$7.7 billion or US$3.1 billion in minimum net assets … Chinese chip manufacturer Tsinghua Unigroup,
Read MoreIt’s a fact of operating an aircraft, that the make noise. If you’re an aviator you might want to quiet your craft to avoid annoying people nearby, or you might even want to operate in stealth mode. It turns out that there are different sources of noise on a plane depending upon the phase of
Read MoreFirst came the ransomware attacks, now come the lawsuits Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTake these steps to protect your pets if you live in an area prone to wildfires. Pet disaster prep: How to keep animals safe during a wildfire evacuation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf size and weight in a work laptop matter most to you, the X1 Titanium Yoga is great, if not entirely perfect. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga review: A first-class 2-in-1 for business travelers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese excellent wireless earbuds go head to head on sound quality, noise canceling and battery life. Apple AirPods Pro vs. Sony WF-1000XM4: I used both earbuds for a month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea In collaboration with the United States Navy’s Underwater Archaeology Branch, I taught a computer how to recognize shipwrecks on the ocean floor from scans taken by aircraft and ships on the surface. The computer model we created is 92% accurate in
Read MoreThe Fan Edition, redux? Galaxy S21 FE rumors: Samsung's cheaper high-end phone could be coming back – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe can’t promise it will all be positive, but there’s no question you’ll be getting plenty of attention when you join a video call using the Game Boy Camera. Assuming they recognize you, anyway. The resolution and video quality of the 1998 toy certainly hasn’t aged very well, and that’s before it gets compressed and
Read MoreCommentary: iMessage and FaceTime are nice, but are they really a necessity? Swapping from Android to iPhone shows me what my friends really think – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe iPhone 13 could be coming in September, but does it make sense to wait for Apple’s newest iPhone or buy last year’s iPhone 12? Here’s how to tell what’s the best decision for you. Buy an iPhone 12 now or wait for the iPhone 13? How to choose what's best for you – CNET
Read MoreEverything we’ve heard so far about the Apple Watch series 7’s possible release date, price, colors and new health features. Apple Watch 7 rumors: The new smartwatch could be coming in September – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at FTX, Binance, BitMEX, and their once North America-based founders, who run exchanges for highly-leveraged crypto derivatives trading outside the US — A new generation of industry leaders has set up offshore trading exchanges largely beyond the reach of American regulators. A look at FTX, Binance, BitMEX, and their once
Read MoreTo say that that the commercially available garden path lights commonly available at dollar stores are cheap is a vast overstatement of their true worthlessness. These solar-powered lights are so cheaply built that there’s almost no point in buying them, a fact that led [Mark Presling] down a fabrication rabbit hole that ends with some
Read MoreBloomberg: Mobile game publisher Jam City is no longer going public via a SPAC merger, announced in May, that would have valued the company at $1.2B — Mobile entertainment company Jam City Inc. has called off its plan to go public through a combination with a blank-check firm that would have valued the combined company
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Paystone, which provides service-based businesses with payments and customer engagement tech, raises $23.8M, bringing its total funds raised in 2021 to $78.8M — Paystone, a payments and integrated software company, secured another strategic investment this year, this time $23.8 million … Paystone, which provides service-based businesses with payments and customer engagement
Read MoreOmar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider: AuthenticID, which offers AI-based identity proofing and verification to help businesses fight fraud, raises $100M from Long Ridge Equity Partners — – Twitter- Facebook- LinkedIn- Pinterest- Reddit- HackerNews- Telegram- Weibo- Email- Print- Subscribe — AuthenticID recently announced … AuthenticID, which offers AI-based identity proofing and verification to help businesses fight
Read MoreBloomberg: Canadian auto parts supplier Magna has agreed to buy Veoneer, which develops advanced driver-assistance systems for autonomous vehicles, for $3.8B in cash — – Veoneer shares slumped following spinoff by Autoliv in 2018 — Offer represents a 57% premium to closing price Thursday Canadian auto parts supplier Magna has agreed to buy Veoneer, which
Read MoreChristine Hall / TechCrunch: Lev, which wants to automate commercial real estate financing, raises $30M Series A at a $130M valuation, after raising a $10M seed round four months ago — Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology; though it has an addressable financing market of more than $40 billion … Lev, which
Read MoreAs our own Elliot Williams laid out, many people think that soldering is a key skill for electronics, but we don’t as often think about desoldering. Even if you are perfect in your technique, there’s always the chance you’ll put in a bad part or have a part fail later and it will need replacement.
Read MoreAshwin Rodrigues / VICE: A look at the presence of crypto in hip-hop culture, beginning as early as 2013, including meme songs, rapper Nas’s Coinbase investment, and illicit ICOs — Nas made a fortune with his Coinbase investment. Soulja Boy claims to be the first to make a song about Bitcoin. Big Sean is sending
Read MoreSelf-balancing robots have become a common hobby project, and they usually require two wheels to work. [James Bruton] has managed to single wheel balancing robot by adding gyroscopic stabilization. [James] has done other self-balancing robots, like his Sonic robot, but recently started experimenting with gyroscopic stabilization. In that project, he proposed the idea of combining
Read MoreThis wild-looking machine is built for dominating the desert and doing it efficiently. Audi RS Q E-Tron is a Dakar-bound, electrified off-roader – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEven caped (and uncaped) crusaders get the blues. San Diego Comic-Con: Which superhero is most neurotic? Writers weigh in – CNET Source: CNet
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