In a landmark judgment, India’s Supreme Court said indefinite internet shutdowns violate the country’s laws concerning freedom of speech and expression. The government must pass an order describing the reason and duration of the shutdown each time it wishes to implement this action. However, the order won’t directly affect the ongoing internet shutdown in Kashmir at this time. The
Read MoreParasite director Bong Joon-ho teams up with Succession’s Adam McKay. Parasite limited series in the works for HBO – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreShoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: Facebook updates its hate speech policy to ban statements denying the existence of marginalized groups and an additional eight specific dehumanizing comparisons — There are a few things Facebook’s proven, time and again, that it can’t get quite right—like keeping its user data under wraps … Facebook updates its hate speech
Read MorePhoto by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Boeing employees discussed the problems with the 737 Max in chats and emails that the company characterized as “completely unacceptable” in a statement released today. “Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn’t,” one employee said to another in one chat in February 2018, according
Read MoreThe LVL1 Hackerspace in Louisville hosted a hackathon for useless and impractical devices a couple of years ago and this makeshift Duh-Vinci Surgical Robot was one of the “successful” results. While it’s not necessarily a project that should ever be used for its intended purpose, its miniature setup is certainly an interesting one. The project
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Read MoreComing to select LG televisions, it uses light sensors and metadata to adjust the picture on Dolby Vision content automatically. Dolby Vision IQ cures HDR that looks too dark – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBiswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times: Tiger Global invests $200M in Bangalore-based Byju at $8B valuation, sources say secondary transactions at ~$100-200M may soon provide exits to early backers — New York-based Tiger Global Management has invested $200 million in education app Byju’s, valuing the Bengaluru-headquartered company at about $8 billion. Tiger Global invests 0M
Read MoreSex tech is allowed at CES this year for the first time. Is cannabis tech next? Cannabis tech's fight to be accepted at CES – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnne Steele / Wall Street Journal: Nielsen: US music streams on services like Spotify, Apple Music grew 30% in 2019 to reach one trillion; streaming accounted for 82% of all US music consumption — Post Malone, Drake and Billie Eilish were the year’s most listened-to artists — U.S. music streams on services like Spotify Technology
Read MoreIt’s a tough job, but someone has to judge all of the pizza. Robot-made pizza goes head-to-head with the best Las Vegas slices – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe antibody is the first it developed in-house based on customer genetic information. 23andMe licenses drug it developed to Spanish drugmaker Almirall – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft released its new Windows Terminal command line app last year, and the company has been steadily improving it in Windows 10 ever since. The software maker is now preparing a new update due next week that will introduce retro-style CRT effects. If you’re old enough to be a fan of CRT monitors then this
Read MoreJonathan McIntosh / Creative Commons Today, Vice published an article about some, um, unconventional spying products marketed by a surveillance vendor that works with US government agencies. The vendor, the Special Services Group, offers many surveillance products that look like everyday items, but are actually equipped to be surveillance tools. Here are just a few
Read MoreMozilla has pushed out an update to patch a critical vulnerability in Firefox. It’s urging users to update as quickly as possible — and it’s joined in that warning by the US government. Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 reported the zero-day exploit. Mozilla claims to be aware of “targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw,”
Read MoreAlex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter: Researchers estimate streaming companies lost about $9.1B to password piracy and sharing in 2019 and say losses will rise to $12.5B in 2024 — In 2019, companies lost about $9.1 billion to password piracy and sharing. — On Dec. 9, Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge took aim at the …
Read MoreSpaceX and NASA are working together to blow up a rocket over the Atlantic Ocean. The experiment, called an in-flight abort test, will likely lead to the destruction of a Falcon 9 rocket in what SpaceX is referring to as “rapid scheduled disassembly.” That test was supposed to happen this week but has since been
Read MoreDon’t you just hate it when dev boards have some annoying little quirk that makes them harder to use than they should be? Take the ESP32-CAM, a board that started appearing on the market in early 2019. On paper, the thing is amazing: an ESP32 with support for a camera and an SD card, all
Read MoreSusan Decker / Bloomberg: Medical technology company Masimo sues Apple, claims it infringes on 10 patents and has stolen its tech related to blood oxygen level and heart rate monitoring — – Medical technology company says Watch uses stolen secrets — Apple accused of stealing technology for non-invasive monitors Medical technology company Masimo sues Apple,
Read MoreThe attack came as more than 175,000 people gathered for the world’s largest tech show. Las Vegas hit by cyberattack as it hosts CES – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreExpect the portable drive to cost a fortune — if it ever leaves prototype status. SanDisk's latest portable SSD offers an almost unbelievable amount of storage – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBoth the 1More True Wireless ANC and Ausounds AU-Stream Hybrid ANC feature active noise cancellation. Here are my first impressions. AirPods Pro alternatives abound at CES 2020. Here's how two of them compare – CNET Source: CNet
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