{$inline_image} Photo by Manny Carabel / FilmMagic Like all things related to popular K-pop boy band BTS, pandemonium broke out online yesterday when the group debuted a clip of their new single on TikTok, only for part of the app to stop working in response. Not long after the clip was posted, a section of
Read MoreConnie Moore (left) and Sheva Moore are not related but they share a passion for helping the public find just the right image or film clip for projects. Connie Moore and Sheva Moore: Keepers of NASA's Imagery Source: NASA
Read MoreAnd some Oracle employees walk out over Larry Ellison’s fundraiser for President Trump. Trump's DOJ and Sun founder McNealy back Oracle in Google's Android-Java fight Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJohn D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google is resisting efforts to surrender emails, texts, and other documents sought by state investigators probing anticompetitive digital-ad practices — Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices Sources: Google is resisting efforts to surrender emails, texts, and other documents sought by
Read MoreMicrosoft starts rolling out its new-look icons this week, starting with Mail and Calendar. Windows 10's new icons are rolling out: This is what you'll see, says Microsoft Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDemocratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is shown on a screen during a debate watch party at the candidate’s field office on Wednesday in the Brooklyn borough of New York City | Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images As of Tuesday, Michael Bloomberg had spent $233 million on digital and television ads.
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Rousseau used to say: Live, laugh, love! Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 20 2020, at a price
Read MoreImage; Android Headlines A press render claiming to be LG’s unannounced V60 ThinQ has been published by Android Headlines, showing a handset with a small teardrop notch, a dedicated Google Assistant button, and a gold frame. Although not confirmed by the leak, the phone was expected to be announced at the now-cancelled Mobile World Congress.
Read MoreTNW Answers is a live Q&A platform where we invite interesting people in tech who are much smarter than us to answer questions from TNW readers and editors for an hour. A lack of diversity is one of the biggest problems the tech industry faces, despite a significant growth in the number of women working
Read MoreEarlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted he was organizing a ‘super fun AI party/hackathon’ at his house with Tesla’s AI/autopilot team. In response, one Twitter user asked what the educational requirements were to participate. Elon Musk quickly tweeted the following: It comes in a long history of statements, in which the renowned entrepreneur
Read MoreHuawei’s hype is real: The P40 Pro just might be the first phone on the planet with 10x optical zoom. Huawei P40 Pro rumors: Launch date, 5G support, colors and 10x optical zoom – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Shogun, which helps e-commerce brands build faster websites, has raised $10M Series A, led by Initialized Capital with participation from VMG Partners and YC — Amazon may have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, but Finbarr Taylor, CEO of Y Combinator-backed startup Shogun, said the e-commerce giant is “kind
Read MorePhoto by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Preparation work for Tesla’s Gigafactory near Berlin can continue, less than a week after work had to be paused due to concerns raised by local environmental activists, Bloomberg reports. Yesterday, a court ruled that local authorities hadn’t sidestepped regulations in allowing Tesla’s tree felling work to begin.
Read MoreTaking timelapses is a fun pastime of many a photographer. While most modern cameras have some features to pull this off, if you want to get really into it, you’ll want an intervalometer to run the show. Chasing just that, [Zach] decided that rather than buying off-the-shelf, a DIY build was in order. The build
Read MoreLast year, Facebook said it would stop listening to voice notes in messenger to improve its speech recognition technology. Now, the company is starting a new program where it will explicitly ask you to submit your recordings, and earn money in return. According to a report from The Verge, the social network is commencing this project,
Read MoreEligible social entrepreneurs will be given access to technology, education, customers, and grants. Microsoft launches entrepreneurship program targeted at social entrepreneurs Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIn the past couple of years, Microsoft has made some solid apps for iOS and Android. Now, the company is planning to bring its Defender antivirus solution for mobile platforms. These apps will be part of Microsoft’s enterprise suite. [Read: Twitter tests labeling and correcting ‘harmfully misleading’ tweets by politicians] The Seattle-based tech giant said it
Read MoreIrrigation controllers have been around for a long time, often using similar hardware inside that would be familiar to the average maker. However, many of the products on the shelf at your local hardware store can be quite expensive for what amounts to a microcontroller, display, and relay board. [oscillatory] had such a rig, but
Read MoreThe app’s beta program reportedly includes the screen-darkening setting. WhatsApp dark mode could be on its way to iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2016 election was a watershed moment for the spread of misinformation online, so social networks have been exploring ideas to prevent the same from happening again in 2020. Twitter’s latest test: labeling “harmfully misleading” tweets by politicians. NBC News first reported on the leaked test, which Twitter confirmed. With the new feature, misleading tweets
Read MoreNearly half of the planet’s 5G smartphones were shipped to China last year, a new report finds. China is buying most of the world's 5G phones, report finds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Samsung Electronics names ex-finance minister Bahk Jae-wan its new board chairman after his predecessor was jailed for union-busting activities — SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics said on Friday that former finance minister, Bahk Jae-wan, has become its new board chairman after his predecessor … Samsung Electronics names ex-finance minister Bahk Jae-wan its new board
Read MoreIn this day and age, with cheap online shopping, software defined radio and bargain-basement Baofengs from China, the upstart radio ham is spoilt for choice. Of course, there’s nothing quite like the charm of keying up your own homebrewed rig, cooked up in the garage from scratch. [Paul], aka [VK3HN], knows just how it feels,
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Facebook will pay users up to $5 for voice recordings via its Viewpoints app to improve its speech recognition tech; recordings won’t be tied to user profiles — But it won’t pay much — Facebook will offer to pay some users for voice recordings that will be used to help
Read More“Was it good? I don’t know… Can we get Gone With the Wind back?” he reportedly said at a Thursday rally. Donald Trump is not happy about Parasite's Oscars domination – CNET Source: CNet
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