A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRemember the iPhone SE? Well, it’s coming back… sort of. iPhone 9 rumors: This cheap iPhone may look familiar – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne company is pursuing the idea of making bendable phone screens from one of the hardest materials on Earth. Galaxy Fold and foldable phone screens are missing a key ingredient. This might fit the bill – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith each passing day, we’re using artificial intelligence for a variety of purposes and jobs. It has penetrated almost every industry and is helping them become innovative, develop authentic tools, and build strategies towards a sustainable future. Researchers are eagerly exploring new use cases of artificial intelligence that have the power to radically transform societies
Read MoreTraditionally, pumpkins are carved during the holiday of Halloween to represent malicious and frightening beasts. Flying in the face of this is [minihannah]’s carving of Adam Savage, which she’s calling a hero pumpkin. It’s a fun twist on the custom, and of course, it’s packing WiFi too. The build starts with a carving of the
Read MoreCameron Faulkner / The Verge: The latest panic that the EU may force Apple to abandon Lightning is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of both the EC’s intent and how charging works — It’s all about chargers, and Apple already makes them — You might have read headlines today about how the EU is looking
Read MoreSarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Airbnb to tie metrics like guest safety to employee bonuses, says it has created dedicated teams to serve all “stakeholders”, which include hosts and guests — Ahead of plans to go public, home-sharing platform emphasizes serving ‘stakeholders’ that include hosts, guests, investors, employees Airbnb to tie metrics like
Read MoreSean Gallagher / Ars Technica: FBI seizes the domain of WeLeakInfo, a site offering usernames and passwords from data breaches for sale; WeLeakInfo claims to have 12B+ usernames and passwords — Site aggregated 12 billion usernames and passwords from over 10,000 breaches. — On Wednesday, police in the Netherlands … FBI seizes the domain of
Read MoreHome automation is a popular project to undertake but its complexity can quickly become daunting, especially if you go further than controlling a few lights (or if you’re a renter). To test the waters you may want to start with something like this home safety monitor, which is an IoT device based on an Arduino.
Read MoreAsif Iqbal Shaik / MySmartPrice: Sources: Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, S20+ 5G, S20 Ultra 5G will have 6.2″, 6.7″, 6.9″ displays respectively; S20 Ultra gets 108MP camera and 10X optical zoom camera — Samsung will launch the Samsung Galaxy S20 series of smartphones on February 11. So far, we have received plenty of intel surrounding
Read MoreCNBC: Second Measure: DoorDash led the 2019 US food delivery market with 33% of total sales, followed by GrubHub with 32%, Uber Eats with 20%, and Postmates with 10% — – DoorDash captured 33% of the U.S. market, Grubhub 32%, Uber Eats 20% and Postmates 10%. — Digital food delivery is projected … Second Measure:
Read MoreCurious about past computer architectures? Software engineer [Fabien Sanglard] has been experimenting with porting Another World, an action-adventure platformer, to different machines and comparing the results in his “Polygons of Another World” project. The results are pretty interesting. Due to the game’s polygon-based graphics, optimizations vary widely across different architectures, with tricks allowing the software
Read MoreThe Information: Sources: SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a $750M investment last August in Philadelphia-based goPuff, an on-demand delivery service for convenience products — SoftBank’s Vision Fund made one of its largest U.S. venture investments last year in a Philadelphia-based startup that has developed … Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund led a 0M investment last August in
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Massachusetts Superior Court orders Facebook to turn over data about tens of thousands of apps from ~400 developers company said it suspended last September — A Massachusetts judge has ordered Facebook to turn over data about thousands of apps that may have mishandled its users’ personal information … Massachusetts Superior
Read MoreThe Neon Museum has extended “Lost Vegas,” an exhibition curated by the filmmaker, through April 12. Weird Tim Burton traces will stay put in their neon graveyard – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTechCrunch: Sources: Eaze, an on-demand pot delivery startup with $166M in funding, raises $15M bridge round, amid struggles with cash and a pivot to selling its own brands — The Uber of pot is almost out of cash — The first cannabis startup to raise big money in Silicon Valley is in danger of burning
Read MoreThe three new Samsung flagship phones will run Android 10 plus Samsung One UI 2.0, a report says. Galaxy S20 specs reportedly revealed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Lenovo hasn’t made the best bets in virtual reality so far, but it seems like the company’s about to try again — according to a new FCC filing for the “Lenovo VR3030S,” which company docs identify as an upcoming standalone VR headset. Standalone means that like Lenovo’s
Read MoreUsman Pirzada / Wccftech: Report: Intel CPU supply shortages are expected to persist through the end of 2020, giving a likely boost to AMD market share — DigiTimes, Taiwan’s biggest publication and one of the more reliable sources of information as far as the PC triumvirate are concerned has just published … Report: Intel CPU
Read MoreWe know what American gamers have been buying the most over the last few years, and it probably won’t surprise you that Call of Duty tops the list. But it’s Rockstar‘s magnum opus, Grand Theft Auto V, that takes the cake. US NPD SW – 2010-2019 Top 10 Sellers – Grand Theft Auto V was the best-selling game
Read MoreThis “dancing dragon,” a new species of feathered dinosaur, was discovered in one of the richest fossil deposits in the world. Pocket-size raptor sheds new light on the links between dino and bird life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’re like us, understanding the processes and methods of the early Industrial Revolution involved some hand waving. Take the blast furnace, which relies on a steady supply of compressed air to stoke the fire and supply the oxygen needed to smelt iron from ore. How exactly was air compressed before electricity? We assumed it
Read MoreBenjamin Gates could be back to hunting treasure through the pages of American history 16 years after his first go around. Disney is reportedly making National Treasure 3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA Massachusetts judge rejected the tech giant’s earlier attempt to withhold the evidence from state officials investigating its privacy practices. Facebook is ordered to hand over data about thousands of apps that may have violated user privacy Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThis weekend is a good opportunity to save some money on gadgets and essentials you missed out on over the holidays. The best MLK Day deals for this weekend: AirPods, games, bedding, robovacuums and more – CNET Source: CNet
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