A new Silicon Valley startup is trying to build the “world’s first true smart contact lens,” putting a screen right against your eye that can enhance your vision of the world. The startup, Mojo Vision, showed off a very early prototype in meetings at CES last week and is now ready to start talking about
Read MoreIt’s about privacy, not marketshare Continue reading… The browser wars are back, but it’s different this time Source: New feed
Read MoreGoogle to end support for Chrome apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux this year to push ahead with web apps. Windows 10 users: Google reveals when it's killing off Chrome apps Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreBendable glass is the missing ingredient in today’s foldable phones. But what if bendable screens were made from one of the hardest materials on Earth? How foldable phone screens made of diamond crystal could fix key flaws – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt $50 a month, YouTube TV offers the best live TV streaming experience overall, with a healthy selection of channels and a superb cloud DVR. YouTube TV review: The best premium live-TV streaming service – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreActor Chris Evans attends a screening of Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Civil War’ in 2016 | Photo by Ben Gabbe/FilmMagic With our politics increasingly polarized and democracy in retreat, worried Americans are responding in all manner of ways. Some, such as former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, have mounted a fight against voter suppression. Others, such
Read MoreImage: Apple via Apple Archive A new and completely unofficial archive of all things Apple is attempting to make almost 44 years of the company’s official videos, ads, and imagery available to browse online. 9to5Mac reports that The Apple Archive currently contains just under 1TB of data, comprising over 15,000 files, and it includes everything
Read MoreVW, Daimler and BMW sell more cars in China than anywhere else and many already cooperate with Huawei — a dependency Beijing is not shy to exploit. In Huawei Battle, China Threatens Germany ‘Where it Hurts’: Automakers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIn search of a smart thermostat? Here are our favorites. Our favorite smart thermostats of 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile startups have been hot since the early 2000s, the last decade has seen many large corporations, long past the days of actually being considered startups, embrace the startup mentality. With “move fast and break things” being the prevailing wisdom in Silicon Valley over the past two decades, tech companies have sought to innovate faster
Read MorePhoto by Sam Mooy/Getty Images YouTube has been recommending and serving ads against videos that feature denial of or misinformation about climate change, according to a new report. The identified videos had 21.1 million views between them and might be suggested to users after a search for “climate change,” “global warming,” or the conspiracy theory
Read MoreIt’s not just land-based vehicle manufacturers trying to clean up their emissions with electric transport, water-based modes of travel are too. Take Ellen, the electric-powered ferry that sails the west Baltic sea, for example. Unlike Sony’s recent shock concept car announcement, Ellen is in action and was ready to welcome its first customer aboard late
Read MoreTwo proof-of-concept exploits published for the CurveBall (CVE-2020-0601) vulnerability. Proof-of-concept exploits published for the Microsoft-NSA crypto bug Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOverhead of the Pioneer DJ DVM-V10 mixer. | Image: Pioneer DJ Pioneer DJ has announced a new professional gig mixer for gear-heads that want more control over how mixes and tracks sound while performing. Called the DVM-V10, it sports six channels (in comparison to the usual four), dual headphone inputs to seamlessly play back-to-back with
Read MoreOn Chinese social media, where diplomatic rows rarely break into view, people have watched with fascination as the two countries’ embassies trade barbs. The U.S. and Iran Are Trolling Each Other — in China Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at India’s food delivery market, where the prospect of continued cash-burn is forcing market leaders Swiggy and Zomato to explore other business areas — Every day, hundreds of thousands of scooter-riding couriers like Sarfaraz Mansuri wind through the congested streets of Indian cities … A look at India's food delivery market,
Read MoreDid you know that, according to CEO Tim Cook, Apple acquires a company every two to three weeks? It’s just added another startup to its long line of AI acquisitions. According to a report by GeekWire, the Cupertino-based company has made a deal with Xnor.ai, an edge-based AI startup, for $200 million. What is edge-based AI,
Read MorePlease step into my humble Mars mushroom room. NASA's Mars habitats could be made from a surprising material: fungi – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAin’t nuthin’ but a G thang — four new G thangs, to be exact. Strange, unknown objects found orbiting Milky Way's black hole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: As tech becomes the dominant force in the modern economy, Silicon Valley’s culture since 1970s of nimble startups successfully challenging incumbents is fading — Once upon a time, in the notorious start-up cradle, small was beautiful. — For decades, whole regions, nations even … As tech becomes the dominant
Read MoreAd tool made it possible for ads to be directed to users who searched for keywords such as “white supremacists” and “anti-gay,” the BBC found. Twitter reportedly allowed ads targeting neo-Nazis, other hate groups – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGMC now offers an AT4 version of all its vehicles. GMC Terrain gets the AT4 treatment – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreKim Hart / Axios: PitchBook: West Coast’s share of total US VC deal value dropped to 50.2% in 2019 vs. 62.3% in 2018; 78% of funding went to CA, NY, and MA, up from 75% in 2018 — Venture capital investment is seeping out from Silicon Valley to the rest of the country, but the
Read MoreThe edit button, a feature just about every avid Twitter user has wanted at some point, will probably never become a reality. At least, that’s what Jack Dorsey says in a new Wired video. Dorsey answers several questions from Twitter users in the video, and inevitably someone asks whether we’ll get an edit button in 2020.
Read MoreJoby Aviation, a California-based aerospace company that has been working on electric aircraft for over a decade, just closed its latest round of financing with $590 million in venture capital funding — and a major new partner. Toyota will work with Joby to design and build a fleet of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft
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