I could write a 1,000-word post naming all of the things a great piece of content should be: succinct, actionable, emotional, etc. The list of adjectives is massive. But there’s one I always come back to — one that applies to every single thing you’ll ever write. Content needs to be obviously relevant to its
Read MoreBoeing was one of two American companies chosen by the space agency to develop spacecraft for flying astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA and Boeing to Test Starliner Spacecraft’s Safety Systems Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe fabric-and-more retail chain adds a pair of exclusive user-friendly 3D printers to its Creators’ Studio offerings. Joann courts tech-minded makers with new 3D printers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpcoming events include the A.C.M. S.I.G.U.C.C.S. Annual Conference, E-Learn 2019, and W.C.E.T. 31st Annual Meeting. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Nov. 4, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreApple: Apple announces a $2.5B plan to combat the housing availability and affordability crisis in California — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a comprehensive $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California. Apple announces a .5B plan to combat the housing availability and affordability crisis in California (Apple)
Read MoreA US federal court has ordered defendants to pay $4.25 million in penalties as a result of operating a virtual currency scam known as ATM Coin. Blake Harrison Kantor and Nathan Mullins, both from New York — and corporate entities Blue Bit Banc, (UK); Blue Bit Analytics, (Turks and Caicos); and Mercury Cove Inc and G. Thomas Client
Read MoreThe government has apparently received 260 requests for licenses. US official reportedly says licences allowing sales to Huawei will come 'shortly' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have collectively pledged billions of dollars toward housing campaigns this year. Some advocates say it’s not enough. Apple says it will spend .5 billion on housing crunch Source: Washington Post Tech
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. It happened. It finally happened: iTunes is dead. I’ve got to say, I wasn’t really the hugest fan of Apple’s decision to kill its media software and replace it with
Read MoreGoogle wants search to be the center of everything you do. Now, in a logical next step to make its search products the access point for all content on the web, the internet goliath is turning its focus to healthcare. David Feinberg, the recently appointed head of its Google Health initiative, outlined plans to make it
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 Marcus Aurelius used to say: Prepare to open the imaginary money chest… Bitcoin Price We closed the day, November
Read MorePhoto by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images A new initiative from the Internet Archive makes it easier to check citations on Wikipedia by linking to digitized previews of the books being referenced. When a scan of a book is available this should make it far easier to that a source is saying
Read MoreLED cubes are all the rage right now, and rightly so given the amount of work that goes into them and the interesting things people find to do with them. Not content to make yet another position-sensitive display or an abstract design, though, [Greig Stewart] opted for something a bit more ambitious: an LED cube
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Interview with Micron Technology VP Steve Pawlowski about the recent acquisition of AI startup FWDNXT and why the memory chip maker is moving into AI processing — I did a double-take last week when Micron Technology, one of the world’s largest memory chip makers, acquired artificial intelligence hardware and software startup
Read MoreNotorious forum 8chan, which is associated with numerous mass shootings, is back with a new name called 8kun. The site, a home for far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists, allows users to post anonymously and has famously hosted manifestos for Christchurch shooting in New Zealand, and El Paso shooting in the US. During the Christchurch shooting the terrorist
Read MoreAdobe Photoshop, the company’s most anticipated app for the iPad, is finally here. The release follows an official announcement at Adobe’s MAX event last year. To be clear, the company will likely officially announce its available later this week, but the app link is live on the App store. The app is free to download
Read MoreOn the Hackaday.io page for his gorgeous “Sunrise Alarm Clock”, [The Big One] is quick to point out that his design is only inspired by Japanese lanterns, and does not use authentic materials or traditional woodworking techniques. Perhaps that’s an important fact to some, but we’ll just say that the materials used seem far less
Read MoreThe Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Saturday, November 2, 2019. Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission Bringing Science, Cargo to Station Source: NASA
Read MoreThe Star Wars actor hints that more photos and “cool clips” will be popping up on his Instagram. John Boyega teases new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker clips – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChinese tech giant Bytedance, the maker of the popular social video app TikTok, launched its first phone this week. It’s called the Smartisan Jianguo Pro 3, and its claim to fame is a quick shortcut to the beloved app right from the lock screen. In January, the Tik-Tok owner acquired numerous tech-related patents from Smartisan,
Read More“Less is more,” Bob Iger said, in a recent radio interview. Disney CEO admits they released 'too many Star Wars films over a short period of time' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk, James Wan, Will Poulter, Millie Bobby Brown, Wil Wheaton and more. Here are celebs who’ve cited mental health issues, racism, sexism and fan drama as reasons to say sayonara to social media. Elon Musk is the latest celeb to take social media break – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKlint Finley / Wired: Wikipedia partners with The Internet Archive to turn book citations into links to two-page previews, using Archive’s scanned-in books as sources for ~130K links — The operator of the Wayback Machine allows Wikipedia’s users to check citations from books as well as the web. Wikipedia partners with The Internet Archive to
Read MoreSecurity researchers have issued warning for Ai.type, an Android third-party keyboard app, that’s been found stealthily signing up users for millions of unauthorized purchases of premium digital content. The findings — disclosed by mobile tech company Upstream — reveal the app was downloaded over 40 million times. Troublingly, it’s active on million of devices to
Read MoreSouth China Morning Post: A look at China-backed News Break, which was the top downloaded Android and #2 iOS news app in the US from Jan. through Sept., topping ByteDance’s TopBuzz — Both news aggregation apps provide a more personalised news-reading experience, but ‘David’ is beating ‘Goliath’ in this case News Break … A look
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