From movie theaters to the music charts, here’s how Dolby Atmos surrounds you with sound from all directions — even above. Dolby Atmos: Why it's cool, how it works and how to get it – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI stayed in an iconic building from the start of the Jet Age, transformed into a modern hotel with style. And I loved it. Fly me to the moon: A night at the retro-masterpiece TWA Hotel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe are lucky to live in an age when tools have almost never been so affordable, when if we’d like a drill press on our benches we can pick one up for not a lot from our nearest discount store. If the cheapest tools aren’t very good quality then even the better ones aren’t that
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Bluetooth speakers are one of my all time favorite bits of tech. It wasn’t that long ago that affordable portable speakers were a non-existent category, but things have changed over the past decade or so. Now, you not only
Read MoreSoftware start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations. Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIt was a regular day at the office, and I was sitting in the common area of our open office space with my manager at the time. We were seated around a table of supplies gluing squares of patterned wallpaper to those sample tiles that you get at hardware stores like Lowe’s or Home Depot.
Read MoretHERE are lots of ways to use FPGAs. One way is to convert compute-bound software into hardware. This can increase speed and — in some cases — reduce power consumption. Typically, you’ll do this by writing in a subset of C, but Hastlayer can convert .NET assemblies into FPGA configurations with some limitations. The Hungarian
Read MoreWant something unique and useful? We got mom covered. Best gifts for mom in 2019: Christmas gift ideas for current, first time and expecting moms – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReady to go keyless in 2019? These smart locks are our best bets for bringing your front door online. The best smart locks of 2019, including Alexa vs. Siri – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Distracted Boyfriend, Blinking White Guy, Pepe the Frog, and more: a rundown of 100 influential memes from the 2010s — 100. Yodeling Walmart Kid — 99. Moth Memes 98. VSCO Girls — Every generation has its subcultures, and in 2019, Gen Z’s was undoubtedly VSCO girls. Distracted Boyfriend, Blinking White Guy, Pepe the
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Airbnb rival WhyHotel, which operates temporary hotels out of unrented luxury apartment buildings, raises $20M Series B, bringing total raised to $35M — Airbnb has emerged as the single greatest disruptor of the $500 billion hotel industry over the past decade. Airbnb rival WhyHotel, which operates temporary hotels out of unrented
Read MoreIf you didn’t excel at a language in school, it doesn’t mean you can’t learn one now. The best language learning apps to achieve fluency – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreToday’s commercial aircraft are packed to the elevators with sensors, computers, and miles and miles of wiring. Inside the cockpit you’re more than likely to see banks of LCDs and push buttons than analog gauges. So what’s that mean for the intrepid home simulator builder? Modern problems require modern solutions, and this 3D printed simulator
Read MoreMichael Hytha / Bloomberg: China-based autonomous air taxi company EHang closed at $12.49 in its first day of trading on Thursday, down one cent from its US IPO price after raising $40M — EHang Holdings Ltd., one of several companies seeking to commercialize autonomous taxi aircraft, closed its first day of trading … China-based autonomous
Read MoreMichelai Graham / Technical.ly DC: Arcadia, an app that can help US consumers lower their electricity bills by connecting their accounts to clean energy options, raises $30M Series C led by G2VP — D.C.-based Arcadia has closed a $30 million Series C funding round. — The renewable energy tech company … Arcadia, an app that
Read MoreBusiness Wire: Imply, a real-time analytics company, raises $30M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Late Stage Venture Fund, bringing its total funding to $45.3M — Andreessen Horowitz-backed firm plans to aggressively expand as demand for Apache Druid (incubating) – based solution grows Imply, a real-time analytics company, raises M in funding led by Andreessen
Read MoreEver been in a situation where you’re not sure where to begin building your own electronics workbench or improve your existing one? [Jeff Glass] writes in with a blog post as detailed as it is beautifully long, chronicling each and every part of his own home lab in order to give us some ideas on
Read MoreSave a tree: Read an ebook! The best gifts for readers in 2019: iPad, Kindle vs. Fire and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, raises $50M Series C from MUFG Innovation Partners and others to grow in Southeast Asian markets — Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, has closed a new $50 million financing round to fend off its rivals … Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace
Read MoreWith smart speakers from Amazon, Google and Apple, as well as third-party speakers from the likes of Sonos, it can be difficult to figure out what the best smart speaker is for your needs. We’re here to help you do just that. Best smart speaker 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJonathan Vanian / Fortune: Q&A with Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins about its new business line – standalone networking chips to win big datacenter clients like Facebook and Microsoft — Cisco is best known for selling routers and switches, but now the networking giant is expanding into the highly-competitive business of selling computer chips. Q&A with
Read MoreA keen-eyed commenter pointed us to a homemade bottle organ that plays like a piano. The complexity gets turned up with foot-powered bellows and custom keys, but the magic of [Mike] and [Simon Haisell]’s garage-built instrument is not lost in the slightest. We also have the video below the break and there is a bottle
Read MoreNew Orleans Times-Picayune: New Orleans declares state of emergency, shuts down its network after a ransomware attack on Friday, says it had found no signs that data was lost in the attack — Collin Arnold, the Director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, speaks during the press conference … New Orleans declares
Read MoreZen Soo / South China Morning Post: Grab says that food and financial services, which have better margins than ride-hailing, now generate more than 50% of its gross merchandise volume — Food and financial services now make up more than 50 per cent of Grab’s gross merchandise volume, according to Lim Kell Jay … Grab
Read MoreJ.J. Abrams shows off a short clip from the film. But it’s the new weapon that’s the real treat. Fortnite Star Wars event adds lightsabers, Stormtroopers and new challenges – CNET Source: CNet
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