The offering, valued at $10 billion to $15 billion, could help restore confidence after protests shook the territory’s economy. Alibaba Resumes Plan for Hong Kong Listing in a Boost for the City Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSubscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. AI is now being used in a huge number of novel applications, from detecting cancer to recommending what to binge watch over the weekend. Sadly, as with other disruptive
Read MoreIf your neighborhood is anything like ours, walking across the street is like taking your life in your own hands. Drivers are increasingly unconcerned by such trivialities as speed limits or staying under control, and anything goes when they need to connect Point A to Point B in the least amount of time possible. Monitoring
Read MorePhoto by Alex Wong/Getty Images T-Mobile announced its plans for a 5G rollout yesterday, promising to launch “nationwide” service on December 6th. It’s much wider coverage than either AT&T or Verizon has promised, thanks in large part to T-Mobile’s use of the 600MHz spectrum it licenses. But even though T-Mobile appears to be doing better
Read MoreDespite regulatory concerns, businesses are still pushing forward and hiring for blockchain and cryptocurrency positions. Based on a report from job site Indeed, there is less interest from candidates in blockchain and cryptocurrency roles, as searches for the jobs are on the decrease. On the other hand, Indeed says employer demand has “skyrocketed.” To come
Read MoreYoga students and teachers are finally grappling with unwanted touch — and the darker history of yoga. Do You Want to Be Touched? Source: NY Times Tech
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 Isaac Newton used to say: The long and winding road awaits! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, November 7
Read MoreA Silk Road trader pleaded guilty to laundering over $19 million worth of profits with Bitcoin after using the notorious marketplace to sell drugs. Hugh Brian Haney, who pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court earlier this week, was found to be a high-ranking member of Pharmville — a prominent narcotics vendor on the dark web — after
Read MoreIllustration by James Bareham / The Verge Oh fine, let’s talk about some ancient Facebook history. Once upon a time there was an atrocious company called Six4Three. It made an app called Pikinis that found photos of your Facebook friends in their swimsuits and organized them all in one place. It was basically the living
Read MoreThe big tech companies are already the subject of extensive regulatory scrutiny in the European Union. Now, they’re set to some more heat over political ads. In a bid to push more transparency in political campaigning, the EU is said to be considering new regulations so that “people know who is behind the campaigning, who
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Google hires Sanjay Gupta, a former Disney and Star executive, as the manager and vice president of sales and operations for its India business — Google said on Friday it has appointed Sanjay Gupta, a former top executive with Disney India and Star, as the manager and vice president of sales
Read MoreIn a letter, workers asked executives to treat those who will lose their jobs humanely while giving people who remain more say in decisions. Awaiting Layoffs, WeWork Employees Seek a ‘Seat at the Table’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUsing concrete and giant printers, home building may one day be much faster and cheaper. A 3D Print-Out You Could Call Home Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhich smart home devices play best with your Echo smart speaker? Find out here. Best Amazon Alexa devices for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Oremus / OneZero: U.S. safety investigators report: dilemma for self-driving cars is not saving one innocent victim over other; it’s between caution and competitive advantage — It has nothing to do with the ‘trolley problem’ — he advent of self-driving cars revived the decades-old philosophical conundrum known as the “trolley problem.” U.S. safety investigators
Read MoreImage: Disney Disney+ will be available in the UK on March 31st, a little over four months after it launches in the US on November 12th, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on an earnings call yesterday. Along with the UK, the service is also set to launch in other major European markets — including Germany,
Read MoreQWOP was a flashgame released by [Bennett Foddy] in the distant past. Players would use individual keys to trigger muscle spasms in their character’s legs, attempting to sprint as far as possible without hitting the ground. Hackaday alumus [The Hacksmith] wanted to recreate this in real life, and set to work. Initially planning to hack
Read MoreIt’s hard to fault at this price Continue reading… Motorola Moto G8 Plus review: a battery boost for the budget king Source: New feed
Read MoreBudding network TRON (TRX) pitches itself as Ethereum‘s rival, with its smart contracts, dapps, and soon-to-be developed decentralized finance (DeFi) products. That’s where the similarities between the two projects cease. TRX doesn’t have any miners, as it doesn’t leverage Proof-of-Work. Instead, TRX is powered by a relatively centralized consensus algorithm that consists of just 27
Read MoreHave you ever laid wide-awake in the late hours of the night wondering what your life would look like if you took that other job, moved countries, or ended up with someone else? While there’s no definite answer — and probably never will be — the idea that there’s multiple versions of you, living in
Read MoreLast month Oppo announced its latest flagship phone, the Reno Ace, with a headline feature of the world’s fastest fast-charge solution yet. Oppo’s 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 fast charger is claimed to be able to charge the Reno Ace’s 4,000mAh battery in half an hour, which would put it ahead of all other competing technology on
Read MoreA student from Sinte Gleska University works to build a model rover for a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars. Building the Rover of the Future Source: NASA
Read More[David Schneider] asked himself, “How big a radio antenna would you need to observe anything interesting?” The answer turns out to be a $150 build of a half meter antenna. He uses it to detect the motions of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. The first attempt was a satellite TV dish and a
Read MoreGame streaming platforms such as Twitch are quite popular now. So, if gamers get to show off their skills live, why can’t artists stream what they are drawing. Adobe is now building a live-streaming feature in its Creative Cloud apps. The company made this announcement at its MAX event earlier this week. It has already shipped
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest: Amazon Echo speakers, Samsung and Sony smart TVs, Xiaomi Mi9, others hacked; Facebook Portal and Google Nest not attempted — Amazon Echo, Samsung and Sony smart TVs fall on first day of Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest. Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest: Amazon Echo speakers, Samsung
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