Stranger Things season 4's first episode may have a Marvel-inspired name – CNET
“The Hellfire Club” is a title that’ll get X-Men fans speculating. Stranger Things season 4's first episode may have a Marvel-inspired name – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“The Hellfire Club” is a title that’ll get X-Men fans speculating. Stranger Things season 4's first episode may have a Marvel-inspired name – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verg The latest version of Chrome OS, version 78, adds picture-in-picture support to its YouTube Android app, as well as improving the operating system’s support for printers, and tweaking Chrome OS’s settings menus. 9to5Google reports that YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode activates whenever the app is minimized or otherwise covered while
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / New York Times: An investigation into I’m Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame — The chief executive of I’m Shmacked promises students Instagram fame, then silences them with threats. An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of my chief criticisms of Twitter over the years has been that the company would much rather talk about new features than actually ship them. “Twitter’s CEO keeps substituting talking for doing,” is how I put it in January, amid an extended podcast tour for Jack Dorsey
Read MoreEarly deals are available now, and “daily doorbusters” will be offered each day starting Nov. 11. Best Buy Black Friday sales revealed: Daily doorbusters, free shipping and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDade Hayes / Deadline: In a wide-ranging interview, Reed Hastings says Netflix’s spending on content will grow and defends cutting an episode of Hasan Minhaj’s show in Saudi Arabia — Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings tackled a wide array of issues surrounding the streaming giant during a packed 30-minute keynote session … In a
Read MoreThe movement to reinterpret or change antimonopoly laws is running headlong into a legal community and interest groups just as invested in defending the status quo. Powerful Coalition Pushes Back on Anti-Tech Fervor Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePatrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: Inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, where dozens of engineers and analysts track state-sponsored hacking groups, ~70 with names and many more without — From Russian Olympic cyberattacks to billion-dollar North Korean malware, how one tech giant monitors nation-sponsored hackers everywhere on earth. Inside Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center, where
Read MoreOver the year or two since the SAO connector specification was published, otherwise known as the Shitty Addon, we’ve seen a huge variety of these daughter boards for our favourite electronic badges. Many of them are works of art, but there’s another subset that’s far less about show and more about clever functionality. [Uri Shaked]’s
Read MoreIf you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods such as AliPay or WeChat pay. Till now, these apps didn’t allow foreigners to link their credit or debit cards to the app to make mobile payments. However, Alibaba and WeChat said yesterday
Read MoreGoogle is finally making moves to tackle the menace that is Android malware. To this end, the internet giant has officially announced a partnership with cybersecurity firms ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium to catch sketchy apps before they end up on your devices. Called the “App Defense Alliance,” the initiative aims to reduce the risk of
Read MoreA day of dopamine fasting in San Francisco. How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreShould Vivo stick to the rivers and lakes that it’s used to? Continue reading… Vivo Nex 3 review: chasing waterfalls Source: New feed
Read MoreJohana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: How Google changed in the aftermath of a walkout by 20K employees, which helped inspire a new wave of tech worker activism across the tech industry — At the end of October 2018, Claire Stapleton, then a YouTube employee, sent an email to an internal listserv where women discussed
Read MoreSurprise! It’s a rare discount on Apple’s latest earbuds. Now hear this: Save on the new AirPods Pro – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex Krivit / The Cloudflare Blog: An inside account of Cloudflare’s defeat of Blackbird’s lawsuit by publishing “prior art” that could help others, and attacking the patent troll business model — Remember 2016? Pokemon Go was all the rage, we lost Prince, and there were surprising election results in both the UK and US. An
Read MoreWhen it comes to robotic navigation, the usual approach is to go as technically advanced and “smart” as possible. Yet the most successful lifeforms that we know of follow a completely different approach. With limited senses and cognitive abilities, the success of invertebrates like ants and honeybees lie in cooperation in large numbers. A join
Read MoreTumblr Staff: Tumblr launches group chats feature in its app, says each chat can hold up to 100 members and all chats are publicly viewable — Oh, no. Oh, dear. We have awful news. We accidentally added group chats to Tumblr. Group chats are a place for you to connect with other people on Tumblr
Read MoreAfter killing its ambitious Daydream VR project last month, Google is making the Cardboard VR project open source. The company said the code repository includes features such as APIs for head tracking, lens distortion rendering, and input handling, for developers to build Android and iOS apps designed for Cardboard VR experiences. Google Cardboard was released five years
Read MoreRam will offer 10 colors and five of them will be unique to the special-edition pickups that honor the US military branches. Ram 'Built to Serve' special editions report for duty – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Court documents: Mark Zuckerberg and other executives repeatedly called messaging apps a threat to Facebook, in the months before acquiring WhatsApp — Internal emails could serve as fodder for regulators studying social network’s business practices — In the months before acquiring WhatsApp in 2014 … Court documents: Mark Zuckerberg and other executives
Read MoreIt’s a troubling trend that domestic violence advocates have warned about for more than a decade. A woman’s stalker used an app that allowed him to stop, start and track her car Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHere’s what goes on sale, and when. Black Friday Amazon device sales revealed: Sales on Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, Fire tablets and more start Nov. 22 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe prize bundle comes with a custom 1TB PS4 Pro system and a custom wireless controller. *No purchase necessary. Valid only in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. See rules for details. Win a limited-edition Death Stranding PS4 Pro* – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president and his allies have used the platform to frame his defense and attack key witnesses, including Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman. Trump’s Twitter War Room Aims Its Punches at Decorated Colonel Source: NY Times Tech
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