Politicians may find corporate allies in the fight against doctored videos. The Technology 202: Businesses should be watching out for deepfakes too, experts warn Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe’ve found solid discounts the Xbox One S, Xbox One X and an All-Digital edition bundle. The best Xbox deals right now: Get the Xbox One S plus three games for 0 at Walmart – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf thrillers tend to follow a narrative arc that looks like a curve, the Safdie brothers prefer one shaped like a coil. Their excellent new film, Uncut Gems, is an unnerving story of spiraling bad decisions and escalating violence. It’s also equal parts about gambling, Judaism, and Adam Sandler’s goatee. The stakes are set from
Read MoreCompanies are figuring out how to deal with a new law that gives individuals the right to see, delete and stop the sale of the personal information about them. The Week in Tech: Countdown to the California Consumer Privacy Act Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhat happens when someone else locks your iPhone and demands you do something in order to regain access? You freak out—rightfully so, since it means someone has access to your iPhone that shouldn’t or, worse, your entire Apple account. Read more… What to Do When You're Locked Out of Your iPhone Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSmart glasses definitely got off to a rocky start with consumers. To quickly recap, they were expensive, dorky-looking, and in real life, they didn’t live up to the fantasy painted for us in pop culture. As technologically advanced as something like Google Glass was, the first iteration wasn’t anything like what we’d… Read more… The
Read MoreImage: Murfie Last month, almost a million CDs stored in Wisconsin seemed to disappear. For years, thousands of people paid a Madison-based company, named Murfie, to rip, stream, and store their CDs, vinyl, and cassettes. But a few weeks ago, Murfie’s website went offline and nearly all communication from the company ceased. Now, customers fear
Read MoreBoris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! Politicians in the Netherlands have agreed to a mandatory quota for the
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you’ve been considering upgrading your camera setup with something slick, compact, and versatile, you’ll be happy to know there’s never been a better time than now. Yep, there’s currently a wild deal on a Canon EOS M50 photography
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: YouTube’s premium services have 800K+ subscribers in India and are growing faster than rival paid services including Spotify, Gaana, and JioSaavn — – YouTube said to sign up more than 800,000 users in the country — India is home to the video service’s most-subscribed channel Sources: YouTube's premium services have
Read MoreInfamous Russian dark web marketplace Hydra is seeking to raise $146 million by selling tokens for Bitcoin, CoinDesk reports. Funds generated by Hydra’s initial coin offering (ICO), which is reportedly scheduled to begin December 16, will supposedly be used to expand operations to a global scale. According to CoinDesk, which cites an investment document hosted by
Read MoreWe all know web development is one of the most accessible, lucrative fields to break into if you’re itching for a career switch. But, if you’re like most, the thought of stringing lines of code together might sound a bit harrowing, especially if you failed to major in comp-sci back in college. But, even if
Read MoreMicrosoft hasn’t given a price, but we know the next-gen Xbox, previously called Project Scarlett, is coming next year. Microsoft's Xbox Series X: Better graphics, xCloud and everything we know so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBy crossing the Atlantic, Drag Race shows an edgier, friendlier style of drag that makes me miss my years living in London. RuPaul's Drag Race UK shows the best of drag — and of Britain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tech commercials of the last 10 years ran the gamut from mean-spirited to truly artistic to completely clueless. Let’s roll the clips. Samsung disses Apple, Groupon whiffs it: Notable tech ads of the 2010s – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNGC 3175 is located around 50 million light-years away in the constellation of Antlia (the Air Pump). The galaxy can be seen slicing across the frame in this Hubble image, with its mix of bright patches of glowing gas, dark lanes of dust, bright core, and whirling, pinwheeling arms coming together to paint a beautiful
Read MoreWe spent a day with Huawei’s folding smartphone. Spoiler alert: This one’s our favorite. Huawei Mate X: One day with this foldable phone and I'm all in – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft dropped a surprise last night — we got our first look at the upcoming Xbox and learned its name: Microsoft’s next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020. I’m not sold on the name, but I think I am sold on the shape: instead of a VCR-like traditional console, it’s a square tower.
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Google just added a couple of useful features to its cross-platform Chrome browser, so you can easily beam text, links, and even open tabs between your desktop and your Android
Read MoreFor a long time now, Microsoft has been going out of its way to downplay the “box” part of “Xbox.” Whether it’s pledging to bring all of its first-party titles to PC, releasing some of them to platforms like Steam and the Nintendo Switch, launching its Game Pass service for Windows, or pushing xCloud streaming,
Read More{$inline_image}Our 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 Ada Lovelace used to say: Whip it, whip it, whip it! Bitcoin price We closed the day, December 12
Read MoreReuters: German food delivery company Delivery Hero to buy its South Korean rival Woowa Brothers for $4B — SEOUL (Reuters) – German food delivery company Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) has agreed to acquire its South Korean rival Woowa Brothers for $4 billion, Woowa Brothers said in a statement on Friday. German food delivery company Delivery Hero
Read MoreImage: eBay eBay Motors is a new app from the auction site aimed at streamlining the process of buying and selling used cars, and it includes a couple of AI-powered features that eBay claims will help sellers list a car in under five minutes. The app is available in the US for both iOS and
Read MoreGallium hackers are using cheap and disposable malware and hacking tools to compromise telco networks. Microsoft warns this hacking group is targeting vulnerable web servers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More“Killing in the Age of Algorithms” is a New York Times documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence and warfare. Killer Robots Aren’t Regulated. Yet. Source: NY Times Tech
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