Did you know that India and North Korea are the only two countries that don’t allow inflight Wi-Fi? It’s a shitty exclusive club to belong to — but it looks like India is finally canceling its membership, as the government has published new rules that allow the service on commercial flights. That’s from The Economic
Read MoreThe partial rocket named “SN1” literally buckled under pressure. SpaceX Starship prototype explodes during test in Texas – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: AT&T TV AT&T TV is launching nationwide today after initially rolling out to over a dozen markets last year. The subscription TV service — not to be confused with AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) — is contract-based, which is a departure from the freedom you get with month-to-month streaming TV apps like YouTube
Read MoreToo bad it requires a two-year contract and the monthly price jumps to $93 after the first year. AT&T TV hands-on: Nationwide TV service starts streaming at a month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Sam Byford / The Verge Sharp plans to start making face masks at one of its factories in Japan in response to surging demand sparked by the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press reports. The plant, in Kameyama, Mie prefecture, is usually used for mass-producing large LCD panels and assembling TVs. Sharp will make
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: Apple has been asking for proof of government license for iOS games in China since 2016, but did not enforce the policy, a loophole it is now closing — Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean
Read MoreTwo deaths have occurred in Washington state, according to health officials. 2 coronavirus deaths confirmed in US – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[PatH] tells us that he tragically missed a craft beer delivery to his home, and vowed never to let this happen again. His problem was that he’d missed the doorbell, resulting in one of those annoying notes from the delivery guy. His solution? An ESP8266-driven doorbell detector, that both sends him an SMS and records
Read MoreArielle Pardes / Wired: Profile of Turntable.fm founder’s social network, Botnet, populated by adoring bots that give users an experience of being internet famous without facing trolls — A social network populated entirely by adoring bots aims to mimic the experience of being a celebrity online—trolls not included. Profile of Turntable.fm founder's social network, Botnet,
Read MoreEvergreen Health Medical Center, where two patients have died from the novel coronavirus | Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images A second person died of the coronavirus in Washington, according to local health authorities. It is also the second death from the disease in the U.S. Three more people in the county have also been hospitalized
Read MoreThe RealMe Login and Assertion Services will be transitioned from a custom-made, legacy platform to a cloud-based platform by 30 June 2020. NZ Internal Affairs shifts RealMe citizen digital identity services to Azure Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreA new system uses software to dictate quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control. In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBen Gilbert / Business Insider: Indie game developers and publishers say Stadia’s library is sparse because Google wasn’t offering devs enough money and may abandon the platform in the future — – Last November, Google finally launched a major gaming platform that was in development for years: Google Stadia. Indie game developers and publishers say
Read MorePhoto by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign purchased primetime ad space Sunday night — reportedly worth at least $1 million — so the former New York City mayor could cosplay as the president of the U.S. He addressed the nation, vaguely, about the threat of coronavirus. Bloomberg’s ad ran around 8:30PM ET
Read MoreIt’s the fourth highest-grossing film of the year, but one of DC’s weakest performers. Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn approaches 0M at box office – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrank McShan / MacRumors: Kuo: iPhone production will not significantly improve before Q2, as suppliers like lens manufacturer Genius Electronic Optical struggle to keep up amid COVID-19 — Apple’s iPhone production will not significantly improve until the second quarter of 2020, according to a research note … Kuo: iPhone production will not significantly improve before
Read MoreTalk about buried treasure: archeologists in Germany have – literally – unearthed a pristine Soviet spy radio, buried for decades outside of Cologne. While searching for artifacts from a Roman empire settlement, the archeologists found a pit containing the Soviet R-394KM transceiver, built in 1987 and apparently buried shortly thereafter without ever being used. It
Read MoreSophie Porter / MobiHealthNews: Cera Care, which provides home care for the elderly in the UK, raises $70M and launches SmartCare, a tool that uses AI to predict health deteriorations — The British company provides digitally-enabled care services for the elderly. — Technology-powered home care provider Cera Care … Cera Care, which provides home care
Read MoreThe novelization, explaining everything the movie didn’t, will be available for purchase at a store near you. We now know Palpatine was a clone in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Lendio, a Utah-based online marketplace for small business loans, raises $55M in equity and debt, bringing its total raised to $108.5M — Lendio, a Lehi, Utah-based free online marketplace for small business loans, has secured $55 million in capital. That includes $31 million in equity led … Lendio, a
Read MoreIf you’re a frequent traveler, then you may one day run into an offer for a souvenir passport stamp. Antarctica offers a stamp at some of its scientific stations, Machu Picchu offers a stamp at the entrance of the Inca ruins, and the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales offers a… Read more… Never Put a
Read MoreRobert Swan, who leads the world’s biggest chipmaker, is pushing his 110,000 employees to confront internal problems more openly. Intel’s Culture Needed Fixing. Its C.E.O. Is Shaking Things Up. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf a grizzled RF engineer who bears the soldering-iron scars of a thousand projects could offer any advice, it would be that microwave antennas are not a field to be entered into lightly. Much heartache is to be saved by using an off-the-shelf design, and only the foolhardy venture willingly down the stripline into the
Read MoreMike Isaac / New York Times: COVID-19’s impact on tech this week: cancelled conferences, supply chain and sales disruptions, murky business outlook for online travel firms, and rise of Zoom — Companies are telling investors that sales are slumping because of the outbreak, conferences are being canceled, and workers are being instructed not to travel.
Read MoreEven the most diligent of parents can unexpectedly lose track of their youngsters, especially in crowded and attention-grabbing places like amusement parks, fairs, and shopping malls. This week reddit user ChadNFreud made a great suggestion on what to do before you head into that crowded situation with a child or… Read more… Take a Quick
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