Underwater Remote Operated Vehicles, or ROVs as they’re typically known, generally operate by tether. This is due to the poor propagation of radio waves underwater. [Simon] wanted to build such a drone, but elected to go for an alternative design with less strings attached, so to speak. Thus far, there have been challenges along the
Read MoreHulu’s Watch Party feature is now available to all subscribers. The feature originally debuted back in May for subscribers on Hulu’s premium ad-free plan, but is now a standard inclusion for all Hulu plans—including standalone, ad-supported subscriptions and for ad-free users and those with the Disney+/ESPN Now/Hulu… Read more… Why Your Hulu Watch Party Might
Read MoreThursday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of December 3, 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s a lot more than just driving directions. GPS, managed by the US Space Force, is embedded throughout the high-tech world we live in. GPS rules everything. And it's getting a big upgrade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook has started weighting anti-Black hate speech on its platform as higher priority than hate speech directed at white people, men, and Americans in an effort to address the disproportionate effects such speech has on minority groups, the company tells The Verge. The result is that Facebook’s automated
Read MoreImage: Amazon Please do not put your internet router in a Faraday cage. Please do not put your internet router in a Faraday cage. If you’re reading this, as someone who uses the internet, this may seem obvious. A Faraday cage, after all, blocks electromagnetic radiation and signals from escaping. Putting one around your router
Read MoreSpace jewel? More like space junk. NASA says mysterious 'mini-moon' 2020 SO is actually a '60s rocket booster – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook updated its policies banning covid-19 misinformation by saying that the company would remove false claims about vaccines that had been debunked by public health experts. Facebook steps up campaign to ban false information about coronavirus vaccines Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTimnit Gebru, a star researcher who has criticized the company’s lack of diversity, emailed co-workers that she felt “constantly dehumanized.” Her managers, she said, abruptly fired her shortly after. Google’s star AI ethics researcher, one of a few Black women in the field, says she was fired for a critical email Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCharlie Savage / New York Times: In a letter to Sen. Wyden, ODNI says FBI used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect website visitor logs without a warrant, but not keywords from searches — A disclosure sheds new light on a high-profile national security law as lawmakers prepare to revive a debate over
Read MoreA drone was filming above the site when the final disaster struck. See unreal drone footage of Arecibo Observatory's catastrophic collapse – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou know what people like eating? Cheese. You know what people like eating during the holidays? Fancy cheese. “Fancy,” however, lies mostly in the presentation. Lots of herbs, for example, always make things look and taste fancy; little crunchy bits can have a similar effect. It follows then that the easiest way to… Read more…
Read MoreNASA announced Thursday that several companies had won contracts to mine the moon and turn over small samples to the space agency for a small fee. A dollar can’t buy you a cup of coffee but that’s what NASA intends to pay for some moon rocks Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple opens enrollment for its App Store Small Business Program with a reduced commission of 15%; deadline is Dec. 18 to qualify for a reduced rate on Jan. 1 — Apple has officially opened enrollment for the new App Store Small Business Program. This program allows developers to qualify … Apple
Read MorePreference in wine can speak volumes about a person’s taste across the board. Do you love grilling red meat over an open flame, followed by a robust pull from a cigar? Is your yearning for pristine beach weather and briney oysters a year-round obsession? These hankerings call for different wine pairings—which alone… Read more… How
Read MoreThe lawsuit adds to Facebook’s woes in Washington, where the social network also faces antitrust questions. Justice Dept. Suit Says Facebook Discriminates Against U.S. Workers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWashington Post: Parler’s lax moderation policies have helped it become a magnet for porn and escort services, which might complicate its hopes of expanding into advertising — Hashtags like #keepamericasexy proliferate alongside conspiracy theories and conservative politics Parler's lax moderation policies have helped it become a magnet for porn and escort services, which might complicate
Read MoreWall Street Journal: DOJ sues Facebook, accusing it of improperly reserving jobs for H-1B workers by not sufficiently advertising open positions and overlooking US residents — Lawsuit by Justice Department’s civil-rights division says social-media company didn’t sufficiently advertise open positions, overlooked U.S. residents DOJ sues Facebook, accusing it of improperly reserving jobs for H-1B workers
Read MoreReady for more Windows 10 features? Microsoft is now testing out a new “feature experience” program that’ll slap tiny little extras into Windows 10 outside of the regular gigantic-update-that-might-break-your-computer cadence. In other words, it’s a way for Microsoft to give you new toys to play with, beyond the… Read more… How to Use Windows 10's
Read More{$inline_image} Circuit Sculpture was one of our most anticipated workshops of Hackaday Remoticon 2020, and now it’s ready for those who missed it to enjoy. A beginning circuit sculptor could hardly ask for more than this workshop, which highlights three different approaches to building firefly circuit sculptures and is led by some of the most
Read MoreCircuit Sculpture was one of our most anticipated workshops of Hackaday Remoticon 2020, and now it’s ready for those who missed it to enjoy. A beginning circuit sculptor could hardly ask for more than this workshop, which highlights three different approaches to building firefly circuit sculptures and is led by some of the most prominent
Read More{$inline_image} Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Report: data of 243M Brazilians was exposed for at least six months after the password for a database was left inside source code of a health ministry website — The password to access a highly sensitive Ministry of Health database was stored inside a government site’s source code. Report: data
Read MoreBecause I foolishly chose to use Amazon Music with my Alexa smart speaker (because it’s cheaper, and certainly not because it is better), I can only look on in envy as my friends share their their annual “Spotify Wrapped” recaps, which offer a whole bunch of interesting data on the songs they listened to across
Read MorePhoto by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has opened enrollment in its new small business program that will allow eligible app developers to receive 15 percent more from App Store sales, the company announced on Thursday. Apple says “the vast majority of developers on the App Store who sell digital goods and services are
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WarnerMedia is pushing even more aggressively into streaming by releasing every single one of its movies in 2021 simultaneously on HBO Max. There are some limitations to the new business model. The movies will only stream on HBO Max for one month before leaving the platform for a
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