Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you’re already looking for Black Friday 2019 deals, Walmart is among the first of the major retailers to serve them up. It’s hard to consider them as true Black Friday deals since they’re launching in late October. Nevertheless, the deals are good, and they are likely a
Read MoreOver the years we’ve seen countless ways of displaying the current time, and judging by how many new clock projects that hit the tip line, it seems as though there’s no end in sight. Not that we’re complaining, of course. The latest entry into the pantheon of unusual timepieces is this ESP32-powered desk clock from
Read MoreWhen someone pisses you off on Facebook, the logical, natural response is to lob over the nuke—block them, and you’ll never have to deal with anything they say on the social network ever again. It’s a refreshing feeling, but it’s also a wee extreme for minor infractions. Read more… All the Different Ways You Can
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge WhatsApp is suing notorious spyware vendor NSO Group, saying the company was actively involved in hacking users of the encrypted chat service. Attack targeted journalists and human rights advocates In May, a major software vulnerability in WhatsApp was revealed. Using the flaw, hackers could load spyware onto
Read MoreImage: HBO HBO’s first Game of Thrones spinoff reportedly isn’t moving past the pilot stage, according to a report from Deadline. The prequel, which shot a pilot over the summer starring Naomi Watts and written by showrunner Jane Goldman, was set “thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones” and would have portrayed
Read MoreIn a federal lawsuit, the messaging service said the firm had targeted 1,400 WhatsApp accounts, including 100 journalists and human-rights activists. WhatsApp Says Israeli Firm Used Its App in Spy Program Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOffshore banking is a thing you hear don’t hear about in normal, everyday, real life. It’s for news stories about tax-evaders who got caught. It’s for this season’s plot of of How to Get Away With Murder. Read more… How to Open an Offshore Bank Account Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAs lawmakers examine whether President Trump pushed Ukraine to investigate the Biden family, here are some of the most prominent falsehoods that have spread online and an explanation of what really happened. Debunking 4 Viral Rumors About the Bidens and Ukraine Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Texas A&M University System has become an early adopter of a new ransomware solution from Sectigo. Texas A&M System Deploys New Tech to Combat Ransomware Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreMicrosoft’s new Project service is rolling out throughout most of the world. And a new Project Plan 1 offering is available for purchase as of October 29. Microsoft's new Project service is now available worldwide Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image} Sometimes you just gotta sit down and hack something together. Forget the CAD and the cool software toys; just hammer away until you have something working. That’s how [bobricus] ended up with this cute little laser engraver anyway. For under $300 US of parts and a few nights working in his pajamas, the aptly
Read MoreThe surge in consumption comes despite mounting concerns about the grip that smartphones and screens have on young people’s lives and development. Tweens, teens and screens: The average time kids spend watching online videos has doubled in 4 years Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJason Gurwin / The Streamable: Sony says it will shut down its PlayStation Vue live TV subscription service on January 30 — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — After much reports about trying to find a buyer, it seems that PlayStation Vue has
Read MoreImage: Sony Sony is shutting down its live TV streaming service PlayStation Vue on January 30th, 2020, the company announced today. The sudden announcement of the shutdown comes just a week after a report published by The Information saying Sony was looking for a buyer for the service, which has continually lost money for the
Read MoreKhari Johnson / VentureBeat: Samsung unveils Bixby Templates for easier creation of voice apps and Bixby Views for voice apps to work on screens, similar to the Alexa Presentation Language — Samsung’s Bixby is getting a range of upgrades today including Bixby Templates for easier creation of voice apps and Bixby Views … Samsung unveils
Read MorePhoto by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Samsung has a pair of new laptops — the Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion — that will replace the company’s old Samsung Notebook 9 Pen and Notebook 9 models, respectively. Samsung is making some big changes on these laptops, both inside and out. There are the
Read More{$inline_image} Seth Colaner / VentureBeat: Hiring platform Fountain, focused on recruiting and onboarding gig, hourly, and part-time workers, raises $23M Series B led by DCM — Fountain’s niche is a large one. The company, which just announced a $23 million funding round, provides a job recruiting and onboarding platform for gig, part-time, and hourly workers.
Read MoreAT&T is staking billions of dollars on HBO Max as its streaming future. HBO Max: How to watch AT&T's live event unveiling the streaming service – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is releasing its latest watchOS 6.1 update today, and it will introduce watchOS 6 support for the Series 1 and 2 Apple Watch models. watchOS 6 originally debuted last month, but Series 1 and 2 owners have had to wait on this 6.1 update to upgrade. This
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Porsche has announced it will start selling new and pre-owned cars and SUVs online in the US, but there’s a catch: buyers will still have to trek to a dealership to sign some paperwork and, of course, pick up their vehicle. This is not all that surprising, but
Read MoreThroughout Afterparty, there’s an ongoing mystery around the game’s pair of leads. They’ve died, but why have they gone to Hell? Surrounded by serial killers, bigoted robbers, and people who insisted on using only the express checkout lanes in grocery stores, the answer could be anything. Or perhaps, as Satan suggests, it’s far simpler: What
Read MoreApple released iOS 13.2 the other day, which adds some neat features for your HomePod—including the ability to detect and differentiate between multiple voices and pass audio from an iPhone to the Homepod by bringing the phone near the speaker. The bad news is that this update seems to be bricking some HomePods… Read more…
Read MoreCasio is adding new features into ClassPad.net, giving students access to a virtual protractor and compass tool, the ability to create grids and incorporate real world-images in geography. Casio Updates Free Online Calculator Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreThe first transmission via the brand new Arpanet was sent on this date in 1969, but it didn’t go as planned. The internet was born 50 years ago with a nonsense message – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen students in remedial and gateway math classes are taught by part-time instructors, they may have better outcomes in their current course and the one that follows, but they’re also less likely to take the subsequent course. Why would that be? A new research project by the Community College Resource Center at Columbia University’s Teachers
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