The newly designed wireless earbuds will be available in stores on Wednesday. AirPods Pro are 9, might actually fit in your ears and available Oct. 30 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: China has created a $29B state-backed fund to invest in the semiconductor industry, from design to manufacturing, to reduce its dependency on US technology — – Second of its kind, the fund is mainly backed by state capital — China wants to become self-reliant in chip-making and design China has created a B state-backed
Read MoreCharlie Osborne / ZDNet: Mozilla partners with Element AI to advocate for ethical AI and develop “data trusts”, third-party stewardship models to give users more control over their data — The collaboration involves the development of tools to give us more control over our data. Mozilla partners with Element AI to advocate for ethical AI
Read MoreIn September, during the iPhone 11 launch, Apple said it’ll soon ship Deep Fusion, a new feature that’ll boost the phone’s excellent camera performance. The feature is now rolling out to everyone with the latest iOS 13.2 update. If you haven’t updated your phone yet, you should go to Settings > General > Software Update
Read MoreWhen an earthquake strikes, it’s usually hard to miss. At least that’s the case with the big ones; the dozens or hundreds of little quakes that go largely unnoticed every day are interesting too, and make sense to track. That’s usually left to the professionals, with racks of sensitive equipment and a far-flung network of
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Report analyzing 800 Facebook posts about the Assam region in North India finds 26.5% constituted hate speech, and were shared 99K+ times with 5.4M views — A report by campaign group Avaaz examining how Facebook’s platform is being used to spread hate speech in the Assam region … Report analyzing 800
Read MoreDavid Benioff and D.B. Weiss have walked from Star Wars. Game of Thrones writers are no longer working on a Star Wars trilogy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the latest Disney Plus peek, we get more of the new villain and plenty of bounty hunters. New Mandalorian trailer is Star Wars in the Wild West, with Werner Herzog – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: Following Xi Jinping’s speech urging adoption of blockchain tech, the CPC releases a decentralized app for members to attest their loyalty on a blockchain — China’s Communist Party (CPC) is taking its leader’s support for blockchain to heart. — Following Xi Jinping’s bombshell speech … Following Xi Jinping's speech urging adoption
Read MorePhoto by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have abandoned plans to work on a trilogy of Star Wars movies. “There are only so many hours in the day, and we felt we could not do justice to both Star Wars and our Netflix projects,” the pair tell
Read MoreMost of the time if you were to want to develop for an FPGA, you might turn to Verilog or VHDL. Both of these are quite capable, but they are also firmly rooted in languages that are old-fashioned by today’s standards. There have been quite a few attempts to treat those languages as an output
Read MoreJust hook it to my veins! Binge-watching Netflix at 1.5x speed is the horror future we deserve – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s new iPhone shoots more true-to-life photos, but China’s Android beast takes more Instagram-ready shots. Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max vs. Huawei P30 Pro: Who's cameras are king? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new trailer for Disney’s first ever live-action Star Wars show, The Mandalorian, has arrived, just a couple of weeks ahead of Disney+’s highly anticipated launch. The new trailer includes a few interesting shots, including putting a spotlight on some of the space beasts that will come across the Mandalorian’s path. There are also new
Read MoreIn the latest Disney Plus peek, this lone gunfighter is mercilessly cool. New Star Wars: The Mandalorian trailer is an action-packed thriller – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge | Photo by Joshua Lott / Getty Images Elon Musk’s request to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a caver was denied by a Los Angeles judge today, Bloomberg reported. The defamation suit centers on tweets where Musk called the caver, Vernon Unsworth, a “pedo guy.” Musk also
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Microsoft says hackers from Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics — Microsoft said APT28 targeted “at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations.” Microsoft says hackers from Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, are targeting 16 global
Read MoreCalifornia, 22 other states and several other car companies will stand in opposition. GM, FCA and Toyota side with Trump in California emissions fight – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAs power is cut to reduce the wildfire risk from electrical wires and towers, a primary source of emergency communication is put in jeopardy. California Blackouts Hit Cellphone Service, Fraying a Lifeline Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAlfred Ng / CNET: Facebook files a lawsuit against two web hosts behind ~20 sites that offer tools for phishing and hacking Facebook accounts, alleging trademark infringement — Facebook wants to take down sites like “HackingFacebook.net” and “iiinstagram.com,” which allegedly offer hacking tools against the social networking giant. Facebook files a lawsuit against two web
Read MoreAbout a year back, [BogdanTheGeek] found himself in need of a new case for this TS100 soldering iron. Unfortunately, while the product is often billed as being open source friendly (at least in the firmware sense), he was surprised to discover that he couldn’t find the detailed dimensions required to 3D print his own replacement
Read MoreAnd it’s doing that by offering 1,100 restoration parts, all made in Japan, and all for the NA MX-5. Mazda wants to help keep your 1st-gen Miata on the road – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMatthew De Silva / Quartz: Spotify says 14% of MAUs listen to podcasts, podcast hours streamed grew 39% QoQ, and podcast engagement is driving increases in free to paid conversion — Spotify’s stock price leaped 15% today (Oct. 28) as the music streaming service delivered a surprise profit for its third quarter. Spotify says 14%
Read MoreIt couldn’t blue shell its way past Pokemon Go, though. Mario Kart Tour races to 129m downloads in first month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHenny Sender / Financial Times: Sources: ByteDance, which owns TikTok and was valued at $75B in October 2018, is planning for an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as Q1 2020 — ByteDance, the $75bn Chinese start-up that owns the short-form video app TikTok, is eyeing an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon
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