The Newegg sale continues with price guarantees on everything from laptops to TVs to accessories. Newegg Black Friday 2020 deals: Discounts smart TVs, gaming PCs, laptops and much more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Puffballs United The Internet Archive — the non-profit digital library known for the Wayback Machine — announced that it will now preserve Flash animations and games, ahead of Adobe’s planned demise for the defunct web software at the end of 2020. The Archive will emulate the content so it plays as it used to,
Read MoreBloomberg: Facebook responds to Apple’s defense of IDFA, saying Apple is using its “dominant market position to self-preference their own data collection” — Apple Inc. on Thursday slammed Facebook Inc. and other internet giants for their ad-targeting practices in response to a letter questioning … Facebook responds to Apple's defense of IDFA, saying Apple is
Read MoreThe gaming site and app, which is popular with tweens, has benefited from the pandemic but continues to lose money. Roblox, a Video Game Company, Files for an I.P.O. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Alan Dean Foster, author of several Star Wars novelizations, says Disney hasn’t paid him his royalties. According to Foster, Disney has also asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement before the company will speak with him. “You continue to ignore requests from my agents,” Foster wrote in a
Read MoreKirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: California regulator will allow companies to offer commercial autonomous ride-hailing service pending state approval, which may take 2+ years for deployment — Companies that launch robotaxi services in California will be able to charge for and offer shared driverless rides as long … California regulator will allow companies to offer commercial
Read MoreTom Simonite / Wired: Research renews concerns about gender bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon — A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. — MEN OFTEN JUDGE women by their appearance. Turns out, computers do too. Research renews concerns about
Read MoreYou don’t need to wait until Black Friday to get a deal on a new laptop. Black Friday 2020 laptop computer deals: Save big on Intel MacBook Air, Gateway, Lenovo ThinkPad and more! – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge Why is it so hard to place an order for a next-gen console or new Nvidia graphics card? Continue reading… The gaming industry keeps failing miserably at selling its most important products Source: New feed
Read MorePhoto By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images Kevin Lin, a Twitch co-founder, is leaving the company, he announced in a Medium post on Thursday. With Lin’s departure, the only remaining co-founder at Twitch is its CEO, Emmett Shear — co-founders Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt, and Michael Seibel are no longer with the company. Lin also
Read MoreThe future is looking increasingly electric with these kinds of development resources. General Motors is investing billion and unveiling 30 new EVs by 2025 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: FireEye acquires cybersecurity investigation company Respond Software for $186M, while announcing it received a $400M investment from Blackstone and ClearSky — The security sector is ever frothy and acquisitive. Just last week Palo Alto Networks grabbed Expanse for $800 million. FireEye acquires cybersecurity investigation company Respond Software for 6M, while announcing
Read MoreMicrosoft also is adding more new consumer-focused features to the Teams mobile apps for iOS and Android. Microsoft starts adding consumer features to Teams desktop and web apps Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWalmart has finally revealed prices for its Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales, and they’re impressive. Walmart Black Friday 2020 deals on now and more start Nov. 25: Save on Smart TVs, AirPods and more! – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHeather Kelly / Washington Post: A look at Facebook Groups, used by two thirds of Facebook’s MAUs and a company focus since 2017, which make leaving the platform especially difficult — Facebook invested heavily in the one feature it knew people couldn’t leave behind: Their groups — Before the pandemic, Andrea Norrington barely checked Facebook.
Read MoreTexas A&M University is getting a new supercomputer. The latest system, which goes online for researchers in December, will be 20 times more powerful than the supercomputer it’s replacing. New Texas A&M Supercomputer 'Grace' Goes Online in December Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreImage: Roblox The company behind the hit kids game Roblox is going public after soaring use during the pandemic. The company now has 31.1 million daily users who have spent an average of 2.6 hours per day in the game this year, according to Roblox’s prospectus. Roblox has been around since 2004, but the game
Read MorePhoto credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images RadioShack’s shambling remains were given another jolt of life today when they were purchased by another company that plans to relaunch the once-great retailer as an online-focused brand. The store’s remains were purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a startup founded in 2019 that’s been
Read MoreNatasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Transfr, a startup providing businesses with VR simulations for training workers, raises $12M Series A led by Firework Ventures — The coronavirus has displaced millions of workers across the country. In order to recover, companies must focus on re-skilling their workforces in a measured and sustainable way. Transfr, a startup providing
Read MoreIt is with a heavy heart that we must report the National Science Foundation (NSF) has decided to dismantle the Arecibo Observatory. Following the failure of two support cables, engineers have determined the structure is on the verge of collapse and that the necessary repairs would be too expensive and dangerous to conduct. At the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PayPal announced a new fundraising service called “Generosity Network” that seems poised to take on GoFundMe, part of PayPal’s continued expansion into financial services it’s been missing until now. The service allows you to set up a fundraising page and process donations through PayPal’s payment platform. Transaction fees
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Zapata Computing, which operates a platform for writing quantum computing software, raises $38M Series B led by Comcast Ventures, Pitango and Prelude Ventures — Zapata Computing has raised $38 million for its quantum computing enterprise software platform. Zapata Computing, which operates a platform for writing quantum computing software, raises M Series
Read MoreNext month, the classic mystery solving bunch The Hardy Boys is coming to Hulu. For you ‘80s and ‘90s babies, this is a TV adaptation of the longstanding children’s novel series, which dates back to the ‘20s… the 1920s. The books follow brothers Frank and Joe Hardy as they delve into dangerous and spooky mysteries…
Read MoreWe’ve covered a bunch of anti-fog hacks here ever since masks became commonplace, but a doctor recently tweeted an even simpler one than folding the top of the mask, using a piece of tissue, or coating your lenses with anti-fog spray. It’s a band-aid. Read more… Stop Glasses From Fogging Up With a Band-Aid on
Read MoreMaria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Zapata Computing, which operates a platform for writing quantum computing software, raises $38M Series B led by Comcast Ventures, Pitango and Prelude Ventures — Zapata Computing Inc., a Harvard spinoff working to make it easier to write software for quantum computers … Zapata Computing, which operates a platform for writing quantum
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