There’s still so much we don’t know about Mars, but thanks to some recently released photos, we’ve gotten a much better look at the Red Planet’s equivalent of the Grand Canyon. Although, that’s not exactly accurate: the one on Mars—called Valles Marineris—is nearly 10 times as long and three times as deep as ours on…
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Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Bangalore-based Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, adds $14.2M to its Series B, bringing total for the round to about $44M — Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, said on Friday it has raised an additional $14.2 million … Bangalore-based Jumbotail, an online
Read MoreWhat would an Apple-made self-driving car look like? We don’t know yet, but what we do know is that the company has serious plans to roll out its own electric self-driving car by 2024. Apple hasn’t officially confirmed any of the information disclosed in the Reuters reports that broke the news last week. And we are
Read MoreWith Democrats now in control of Congress, Big Tech could face stricter regulation due to backlash over the failed insurrection fueled by Trump’s tweets. Capitol Hill violence stokes ire at Facebook, Google and Twitter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s a closer look at what goes into the creation of these often expensive audio upgrades. High-end branded car audio systems: Are they worth the money? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are a ton of ways to go about building your own reflow oven. Most of these builds start with, well, an oven — usually a toaster oven — with a small but significant minority choosing to modify a hotplate. But this might be the first time we’ve seen a waffle iron turned into a
Read MoreIt seems like every few months, someone publishes a machine learning paper or demo that makes my jaw drop. This month, it’s OpenAI’s new image-generating model, DALL·E. This behemoth 12-billion-parameter neural network takes a text caption (i.e. “an armchair in the shape of an avocado”) and generates images to match it: I think its pictures are
Read MoreSoftware and services are becoming a central part of the world’s largest tech show. Here’s what we’re expecting to see at CES 2021. CES 2021 trends to look for in TV streaming, fitness apps, video chat software and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMiguel Cordon / Tech in Asia: Mynt, the fintech arm of Filipino carrier Globe Telecom, says it has raised $175M in multiple tranches, bringing it post-money valuation close to $1B — The Philippines’ Globe Fintech Innovations (Mynt), the fintech arm of telco major Globe and operator of e-wallet service GCash … Mynt, the fintech arm
Read MoreTim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed? He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSamsung will show off its Galaxy S21 lineup on Jan. 14 at 7 a.m. PT. Galaxy S21 is almost here: How to watch the Galaxy Unpacked launch event live – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s fledgling Stadia service leverages the Chrome ecosystem to deliver streamed PC games on mobile devices, web browsers, and TVs. While not strictly required, the company even offers a dedicated Stadia controller that connects directly to the streaming servers over its own WiFi connection to reduce overall system latency. Of course, being a Google product,
Read MoreFrom EVs and 5G to transparent screens and pandemic tech, CES will set the stage for what’s next in the tech industry. CES 2021 trends: Top 6 things we expect to see at the all-virtual show – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus, our predictions for Chromebooks, gaming PCs and other computer trends at the 2021 CES. CES 2021 preview: Straitlaced business laptops will be the hot status symbol – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWashington Post: As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities — Twitter’s decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among … As Trump searches for a new
Read MoreBreaking and entering is a felony offense, and one that risks the interloper receiving serious bodily harm for the trouble. Sending in a robot instead is an attractive alternative. While we doubt any actual intention to use their creation for evil, [Brick Experiment Channel] have nonetheless built a viable heist bot out of Lego. The
Read MoreAs a web developer, you may have wanted to generate a PDF file of a web page to share with your clients, use it in presentations, or add it as a new feature in your web app. No matter your reason, Puppeteer, Google’s Node API for headless Chrome and Chromium, makes the task quite simple
Read MoreParler was used at least in part to plan the Capitol Hill attack, pushing tech companies to reckon with the part they played in the riot. Amazon, Apple, Google ban Parler app over violent content around Capitol attack – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: John Legere John Legere, former T-Mobile CEO and aspiring Batman, has reacted to the mob that attacked the Capitol like many other political and business leaders by calling for President Donald Trump to step down. But he’s also going a step further by considering a run for political office himself. Legere left his post
Read MoreErnesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub for violating counterfeit policy: Sci-Hub founder says suspension may be related to an ongoing court case in India — Twitter has suspended the account of Sci-Hub, a site that offers a free gateway to paywalled research. Twitter has suspended the account of
Read MoreAxios: A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Apple, Snapchat, TikTok, Shopify, Pinterest, and more — Platforms are rapidly removing Donald Trump’s account or accounts affiliated with pro-Trump violence and conspiracies, like QAnon and #StoptheSteal. A list of platforms that banned or limited Trump-affiliated accounts: Facebook, Twitter, Google,
Read MoreParker’s CEO says the site could be unavailable for up to a week. Amazon suspends Parler, threatening to take pro-Trump site offline indefinitely Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWrapping up a multi-year project to provide free WiFi on all public transportation, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology (MSIT) announced that a total of 35,006 buses had been equipped nationwide. Previously, subscriber-based WiFi had been installed on subways and in subway stations. It was provided privately by two phone carriers
Read MoreJohn Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News: In leaked email, Amazon says it will suspend Parler’s AWS account on Jan. 10 at 11:59PM PST for not complying with its TOS and posing a risk to public safety — Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services. Parler, a social network favored by conservative politicians and
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