LG Display’s previous rollable TVs have all rolled upwards out of a box. The upcoming design will roll downwards from the ceiling. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge LG Display has a new version of its rollable TV to show off at CES 2020, the company has announced. This year’s model works a
Read MoreIt’s been a tough year for Facebook. It has faced international scrutiny, from its role in elections to the potential regulation of its cryptocurrency Libra. However, perhaps the most contentious argument for the social media giant, that is sure to rage on into 2020, is one of its longest fought. How to protect the privacy
Read MoreFacebook groups and Instagram accounts celebrate indie brands, creating communities that mingle commerce, reuse and friendship. How to Make Friends Online the Old-Fashioned Way (Buying Clothes Together) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBuilding upon an already-capable predecessor, the latest C4S shows off some serious performance chops. 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S is impressive in every way – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreXiaomi is reportedly in talks with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to support the country’s own navigations system. According to a report by PTI, Qualcomm will produce chips that will support NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation). An ISRO official told the publication the Chinese manufacturer may soon release a phone with NavIC chips: Qualcomm
Read MoreIt’s not even a week into the new year and already Facebook‘s “cryptocurrency” project Libra is coming under fire once again. This time, Switzerland is speaking out against the digital coin. Speaking to Swiss broadcaster SRF, the country’s president and finance minister Ueli Maurer said the project has failed, Reuters reports. He believes banks won’t
Read MoreMachine learning has been trotted out as a trend to watch for many years now. But there’s good reason to talk about it in the context of 2020. And that’s thanks to developments like TensorFlow.js: an end-to-end open source machine learning library that is capable of, among other features, running pre-trained AI directly in a
Read MoreUnlike Tesla, which thinks cameras and radar are enough, Bosch says lidar is essential. Bosch thinks its new lidar system is the breakthrough self-driving cars need – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle‘s AI team has just developed a new system to scan X-rays to help radiologists in detecting breast cancer. The model was developed in partnership with DeepMind, Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre, Northwestern University, and Royal Surrey County Hospital. The team used anonymized data from mammograms – low energy X-ray to detect breast cancer – of more
Read MoreWhen [gdarchen] wanted to read some NFC tags, he went through several iterations. First, he tried an Electron application, and then a client-server architecture. But his final iteration was to make a standalone reader with an Arduino and use WebUSB to connect to the application on the PC. This sounds easy, but there were quite
Read MoreThere may soon be breakthroughs in the search for dark matter. A new publication in Optics Express reveals a camera consisting of superconducting nanowires capable of detecting single photons, a useful feature for detecting light at the furthest ends of the infrared band. The high-performance camera, developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Read MoreThe company’s first luxury SUV will launch in 2020. Genesis GV80 is a boldly styled luxury SUV – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More30 percent of people under the age of 65 have a chronic health condition. Despite this prevalence, people with chronic illnesses or disabilities often face discrimination. Over a third of disabled people have experienced negative bias in their current job. The unemployment rate is twice as high for people with disabilities, compared to the general population, even though companies which are
Read MoreZoe Schiffer / The Verge: In its first transparency report, TikTok says it received most requests for user data and content takedowns from India and USA, claims zero requests from China — The highest number of requests came from India and the US — TikTok released its first transparency report yesterday … In its first
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge “Most people are posting pics of them from the begining [sic] of the decade in order to show how far they’ve progressed in life. If you find that boring, how about using Google’s servers to find out what you were EXACTLY THINKING 10 years ago?” That’s what
Read MoreIndia commits to another mission to the lunar south pole, months after Chandrayaan-2 crash-landed on the moon’s surface. India confirms third attempt to land at the moon's south pole for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf your New Year’s Eve adventures left you with a few open bottles of wine, you might want to throw those bottles in the fridge—even the red bottles. Read more… Store Your Leftover Red Wine in The Fridge Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s the season to be surrounded by greeting cards of all shapes and sizes from friends old and new. News of their families and achievements, reminders that they exist, and a pile of cards to deal with sometime in January. Wouldn’t it be great if you could send something with a little more substance, something
Read MoreFor the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Imagine it’s your first time entering a social virtual reality experience. You quickly set up an avatar, choosing feminine characteristics because you identify as female. You
Read MoreDougal Shaw / BBC: A look at dating apps like Lumen and OurTime that cater exclusively to users over 50, who often find being approached by much younger users unsettling — Is your new year’s resolution to find true love? If so, you may well be considering a dating app for your phone. A look
Read MorePhoto by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TurboTax Earlier this year, ProPublica published a report showing how Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, was misleading users into paying to file their taxes — something that’s supposed to be free in the first place for many. They, along with H&R Block, went so far as to keep the
Read MoreProtonMail ProtonMail just launched an encrypted calendar beta to let users manage their schedules privately. It’s the latest tool from a company known for its encrypted email services, and could help users who are looking to wean themselves off Google. The tool, called ProtonCalendar, is currently available for all users with a paid ProtonMail plan.
Read MoreJohn Krasinski’s sequel looks intense. A Quiet Place 2 gets its first full alien-packed trailer – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Google is developing artificial intelligence to help doctors identify breast cancer, according to a research paper published in Nature today. The model, which scans X-ray images known as mammograms, reduces the number of false negatives by 9.4 percent—a hopeful leap forward for a test that currently
Read MoreNicole Wetsman / The Verge: Study of depression management and suicide prevention apps shows many aren’t following best practices and some even contain inaccurate hotline contact info — A study found nonfunctioning crisis hotline numbers in six apps — A handful of depression management and suicide prevention apps … Study of depression management and suicide
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