The collection is what happens when you tell a serious tech geek to trick out your Mac. You’ll get more than a dozen productivity fixes, system management aids, security improvements and more. Windows software will purr on your Mac with this limited-edition Parallels app bundle Source: The Next Web
Read MoreHello and welcome to yet another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – Hard Fork’s selection of the top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from the past weekend. Here’s what we’ve found. 1. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has said the Ethereum Foundation made approximately $100 million after selling Ether during the cryptocurrency‘s last all-time
Read MoreRobotics is rapidly being transformed by advances in artificial intelligence. And the benefits are widespread: we are seeing safer vehicles with the ability to automatically brake in an emergency, robotic arms transforming factory lines that were once offshored and new robots that can do everything from shop for groceries to deliver prescription drugs to people
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! One of the best parts about modern phones is the photography. I’m old enough to remember having to get photos developed. Or going out to nightclubs and literally bringing a separate camera along. And people uploading hundreds of out-of-focus,
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 Hannah Arendt used to say: Time to learn some stuff about Bitcoin! Bitcoin price We closed the day, December
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge With the recent launch of an Intel-powered 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 for businesses, we now have the rare opportunity to directly compare it to an almost identical laptop with a consumer-oriented AMD chipset. That’s exactly what AnandTech has done with a new analysis that pits two 15-inch
Read MoreBrian Krebs / Krebs on Security: A top exec at AFRINIC, one of the world’s five regional internet registries, resigned after accusations he sold IPv4 addresses worth $50M+ on the black market — A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations … A
Read MoreComing straight to you from the “Department of Redundant Redundancies” comes this clever hack that turns a Switch into a switch. More specifically, a network switch. Not even a half bad one either, judging by the speed tests [Cynthia Revström] performed after setting it all up. We wouldn’t advise you dump your existing network gear
Read MoreYoung Sohn may have quoted the initial sales target rather than actual sales. Galaxy Fold: Samsung dials back exec hint that it's sold a million foldable phones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUber is close to selling the India-based arm of its UberEats food delivery service to Zomato, a local competitor in the crowded space, reports TechCrunch’s Manish Singh. According to the outlet’s sources, Uber is in advanced stages of talks to close the deal; UberEats is said to be valued at roughly $400 million, and its
Read MoreA couple of Christmases ago, [Nick] got tired of trying to evenly decorate his giant fake tree and built an MDF lazy Susan to make it easy as eggnog. But what’s the point of balanced decorations if one side of the tree will always face the wall? This year, [Nick] is giving himself the gift
Read MoreTom Simonite / Wired: Q&A with Google’s head of AI Jeff Dean on using ML for better chip design, ML energy use and climate change, and acting on Google’s AI ethics principles — Jeff Dean says the company is trying to build systems that have general smarts, rather than highly specialized intelligence. Q&A with Google's
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / New York Times: Q&A with NYT’s Taylor Lorenz on how she covers internet culture and how online harassment of women is fueled by closed, moderated spaces like Facebook groups — Taylor Lorenz, who writes about internet culture, explains how she keeps her finger on the pulse. Q&A with NYT's Taylor Lorenz on
Read MoreIt’s all over… or is it? Watchmen finale gave us answers but we still have questions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe HP 11947A is something of a footnote in the back catalogue of Hewlett Packard test equipment. An attenuator and limiter with a bandwidth in the megahertz rather than the gigahertz. It’s possible that few laboratories have much use for one in 2019, but it does have one useful property: a full set of schematics
Read MoreCorbin Davenport / Android Police: Google halts Chrome 79 rollout on Android, which was ~50% complete, after the misconfigured update wipes user data from many apps using Android’s native WebView — Chrome 79 started rolling out on desktop and mobile platforms a few days ago. Unfortunately, a bug has cropped up that wipes data …
Read MoreBrady Dale / CoinDesk: Keybase CEO says an onslaught of spammers derailed an airdrop of Stellar coins for Keybase users, initially pitched as a ~$120M giveaway — Spammers started showing up on Keybase as soon as Stellar announced a giant airdrop on the encryption app. They went away as soon as word went out that
Read MoreWhen you’re right, you’re right. Back in January, we predicted that exoskeletons were about to break out as a mainstream product, and gave several examples of prototypes poised to become products. So it was with interest that we read about Sarcos Robotics and their new Guardian XO, a cyber suit aimed at those doing heavy
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Read MoreWill WWE end 2019 with a bang or a whimper? WWE TLC 2019: Live updates, results and match ratings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWWE ends 2019 with one strange pay-per-view. WWE TLC 2019: Results, Daniel Bryan return, match ratings and full recap – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Source: Uber is in advanced talks to sell Uber Eats India to local rival Zomato in a deal that values Uber Eats India at ~$400M — Uber is in final stages to close a deal to sell its food delivery platform UberEats’ India business to local rival Zomato, as the American
Read MoreOver the past few months I’ve had to go to a handful of different doctor’s appointments around town. I live in San Francisco and don’t own a car, so going to those appointments always means Lyfting to them. Without fail, before each and every one of them I end up getting ready to head out
Read MoreThe women will steal the show. WWE TLC 2019: How to watch, start times, full match card and WWE Network – CNET Source: CNet
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