Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not
Reddit communities grow powerful in plain sight. Why do they keep taking the world by surprise? Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreReddit communities grow powerful in plain sight. Why do they keep taking the world by surprise? Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Physna, a Cincinnati-based startup developing an AI-powered 3D modeling platform for industrial engineering, raises $20M Series B led by Sequoia — Physna, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup developing an AI-powered 3D modeling platform for industrial engineering, today announced that it raised $20 million. Physna, a Cincinnati-based startup developing an AI-powered 3D modeling
Read MoreWant to keep an eye on your home for less? We’ve got you covered. The best cheap home security cameras to buy in 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe billionaire Mr. Musk has inserted himself into the confounding stock market drama and solidified his role as the ultimate insider outsider. Elon Musk, GameStop and the C.E.O. as Internet Troll Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWatch out for massive falling cupcakes in FiftyTwo’s new game. Populus Run is a new endless runner with sugary obstacles on Apple Arcade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new study from IIHS and AAA showed driving at 56 mph can be far deadlier for drivers than even 50 mph. Modern cars are safe, but higher-speed crashes reveal serious weaknesses – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter underwhelming sales of the S20 lineup, Samsung has had a serious rethink of its US pricing strategy as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. Galaxy S21 vs. S20 phones: Why Samsung's new flagship series is 0 cheaper – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss the greatest hacks of the week that was. Antennas aren’t rocket science, so this week we really enjoyed a video that demystifies antenna designs and a project that tunes up the antennas on cheap wireless modules in the simplest of ways. Google’s in the news this week
Read MoreLIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX Netflix is launching a global test today on Android devices that will allow subscribers to set a timer for their viewing period. The new feature lets people choose between four timer settings: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or end of whatever people are watching. After the selected time limit comes to an
Read MoreHere’s how to get started with Apple’s new subscription exercise app. Apple Fitness Plus: How to set up the new workout service to get moving – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn our last installment, I started experimenting with sleep tracking in hopes of recovering better for my weightlifting sessions. I’ve used the Oura ring and Whoop band, but today I’ll talk mainly about Oura—my favorite of the two—and about what metrics I found useful. Read more… What It's Like to Track Your Recovery With the
Read MoreElise Reuter / MedCity News: San Diego-based Concert Health, which helps primary care providers connect patients to behavioral health services, raises $14M Series A — Concert Health, a San Diego-based behavioral health startup that partners with primary care providers, raised $14 million in series A funding. San Diego-based Concert Health, which helps primary care providers
Read MoreMIT researchers have invented an adaptive “liquid” neural network that could improve decision-making in self-driving cars and medical diagnosis. The algorithm adjusts to changes experienced by real-world systems by changing their underlying equations as they receive new data. “This is a way forward for the future of robot control, natural language processing, video processing — any
Read MoreIt’s almost Black History Month, and as the film industry continues to open wider each year from its history of exclusion it’s yet another reminder to celebrate the art we have at our fingertips. And this year has plenty to be excited about, from unconventional love stories like Malcolm & Marie to sobering biopics… Read
Read MoreAnalogue TV is something that most of us consider to have been consigned to the history books about a decade ago depending on where in the world we are, as stations made the transition to much more power and frequency efficient digital multiplexes. However some of them still cling on for North American viewers, and
Read MoreImage: Wonderland / Twitter Zack Snyder’s Justice League — known to fans as the mythical “Snyder Cut” — hits HBO Max on March 18th, and Warner Bros. is celebrating the at-home blockbuster relaunch in a unique way: with customized, themed $130 Snyder Cut meal boxes. Described as “a first-of-its-kind, immersive, at-home dining experience” for customers
Read MoreMegan Graham / CNBC: Facebook says it will begin testing “topic exclusion” controls that would help advertisers stop running ads next to topics they want to avoid in News Feed — – Facebook is building tools to help advertisers keep their ad placements away from certain topics in its News Feed. Facebook says it will
Read MoreJesse Westbrook / Bloomberg: SEC says it “will closely review actions taken by regulated entities that may disadvantage investors” in trading certain securities — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, making its most specific comments about the recent mania in the stock market … SEC says it "will closely review actions taken by regulated entities
Read MorePhoto by PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty Images Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have cautioned that the first batch of vaccines created against the virus might not be the last. Like all viruses, this one would mutate, and eventually, those mutations could make the virus different enough that a different vaccine would
Read MoreTransport concepts like Hyperloop are getting many people hot under the collar. The idea of being able to travel between major cities in minutes rather than hours is certainly an exciting idea. But that’s just it, it’s an idea, and a long long way from reality. If you need something a little closer to reality
Read MoreGeoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: A spot check finds a number of apps in Apple’s App Store with inaccurate privacy nutrition labels that understate the amount of data they collect — Apple’s plan to make iPhone apps be transparent about the data they take falls short of being helpful — or even accurate — You
Read MoreObligatory XKCD Sudo is super important Linux utility, as well as the source of endless jokes. What’s not a joke is CVE-2021-3156, a serious vulnerability around incorrect handling of escape characters. This bug was discovered by researchers at Qualys, and has been in the sudo codebase since 2011. If you haven’t updated your Linux machine
Read MoreAs WSJ columnist James Mackintosh recently pointed out: the stocks that did best last year were priced below $1, which is odd, because a stock’s price tells you almost nothing about the company. This market behavior coincides with the recent rise of individual investors using trading apps, with users flocking to… Read more… How to
Read MoreGameStop photo The Verge had extensive coverage this week of how the subreddit r/WallStreetBets sent GameStop’s stock skyrocketing, and the chaos that ensued thereafter. For this week’s episode of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Elizabeth Lopatto attempt to chronicle that chaos into a timeline of events, while also explaining the interweaving
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: After dogecoin spiked 800%+, Robinhood halted instant deposits for crypto purchases and restricted trading in cryptocurrencies on Friday — – Users reported that the trading app had halted instant deposits for crypto purchases on Friday. — Robinhood confirmed the move … After dogecoin spiked 800%+, Robinhood halted instant deposits for crypto
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