Fact Check: No, Biden Did Not Have a Maskless Birthday Party
The video of a crowd singing happy birthday to the president-elect was from 2019. Fact Check: No, Biden Did Not Have a Maskless Birthday Party Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe video of a crowd singing happy birthday to the president-elect was from 2019. Fact Check: No, Biden Did Not Have a Maskless Birthday Party Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWashington Post: Many of Parler’s biggest cheerleaders, who repeatedly denounce the incumbent social networks, are more active on Twitter and Facebook than Parler — The pro-Trump Internet can’t stop talking about their exodus from Big Tech. But very few of them have actually abandoned their long-time social media homes. Many of Parler's biggest cheerleaders, who
Read MoreMedia reports have it that Google is set to invest $1.03 billion in the Bengaluru-based Indian social media platform ShareChat. Both the companies have neither confirmed nor denied the speculation. Reports claim Google in talks to buy ShareChat Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreOne of the greatest contestants in the show’s history will temporarily take up the mantle. Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings will be first host after Alex Trebek's death – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSearching for a great movie to watch tonight? Here are some of the best Hulu has to offer. The 8 best movies to watch on Hulu – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaybe all the laundromats in California shut down due to coronavirus. LA Rams 'dirty tighty whities' Monday Night Football uniforms kick off memes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Kea, which is building an automated voice assistant for restaurants to process routine orders, raises $10M Series A led by Marbruck — Kea is a new startup giving restaurants an opportunity to upgrade one of the more old-fashioned ways that they take orders — over the phone. Kea, which is building
Read MoreThe music has become a symbol of Mexico’s culture, celebrating both joy and sorrow. Google Doodle serenades us with a celebration of mariachi – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe US election may be all but over, but social media networks are still trying to fight rampant misinformation spreading on their platforms. Twitter today revealed that it will warn users if they try to so much as like a tweet that contains information believed to be misleading. Giving context on why a labeled Tweet is
Read More[Niklas Roy] rolled his own photo diary, because he found the core functionality of something like instagram attractive, but didn’t want the social network baggage that it came with. His simple system is called my own insta 😉 and it consists of some javascript and PHP to create a nice progressive web app photo diary
Read MoreThe show will go on, with no student marching bands or sidewalk crowds, but plenty of Pikachu, Tom and Jerry, the Boss Baby, and more. Macy's 2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade: Here's how to watch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVentureBeat: Paris-based GrAI Matter Labs, which is working to bring fastest AI per watt for edge computing with its GrAI One accelerator chip, raises $14M led by iBionext — GrAI Matter Labs, a pioneer of brain inspired ultra-low latency computing, today announced its latest financing round of $14 million. Paris-based GrAI Matter Labs, which is
Read MoreYou don’t need to wait until Black Friday to get a deal on a new laptop. Black Friday laptop deals
Read MoreImage: stacksmashing Intrepid developers have done the expected and necessary: Doom now runs on Nintendo’s recently released Game & Watch portable. The Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. was designed to run three games, but successfully porting Doom shows it can handle others if you have a lot of patience (via Hackaday). This version of
Read MoreTreat your preteen to a special gift this holiday season. Our favorite gifts to give preteen boys for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: Boulevard, a spa management and payment platform, raises $27M Series B led by Index Ventures and Toba Capital — Boulevard, a spa management and payment platform, has raised $27 million in a new round of funding despite a business slowdown caused by the COVID0-19 pandemic. Boulevard, a spa management and payment
Read MorePower settings, sub menus, this thing even has spoiler settings! PS5: 8 tricks to get the most out of your new PlayStation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a good time to be in the market for an Apple Watch. Black Friday 2020 Apple Watch deals: Series 6 holds at 0, Series 5 returns at 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Twitter will now show a warning when someone tries to like a tweet labeled for misinformation, says such warnings decreased quote retweets of misinfo by 29% — The company already displays a warning when you try to retweet a labeled tweet — Ahead of the 2020 election … Twitter will
Read MoreFacebook today announced a new feature called Drives. No, that’s not a ‘drive’ in the sense of yet another cloud storage service, but instead in the sense of “clothing drive” or “food drive.” It builds on the social network’s fundraising tools for emergencies and community causes, except this time it’s not so much about raising
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ahead of the 2020 election, Twitter began showing a warning if you tried to retweet a tweet that had been labeled for potentially including misleading information. Twitter is now planning to expand that warning functionality to when you try to like a labeled tweet, the company announced on
Read MoreWorkers at a new Amazon facility in Bessemer, Ala., filed a notice with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a union election at a time when the company’s warehouse employees around the world have raised concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama file to hold unionization vote Source: Washington
Read MoreFirst-timers playing with 8-bit micros such as the AVR and PIC will at some point in their lives, find themselves locked out of their MCUs. This is usually attributed to badly configured fuses that disable certain IO functions rending the device unprogrammable via conventional ICSP methods. [Uri Shaked] shares his story of how his ATtiny85
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Google Pay will no longer support send/receive money functionality from web app, starting January 2021, also adds 1.5% fee on instant transfers via debit card — The new Google Pay app brings a ton of new functionality and makes some big promises, but it also has a couple of big caveats
Read MoreThe latest: Seven states plan to file a lawsuit next month and combine their case with the DOJ’s complaint. Google's antitrust battles: Here's what you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
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