Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Seconds before an earthquake hits anywhere in California, people nearby will now get a warning on their smartphones to duck and cover. The first state-wide early warning system in the nation launched today, on the 30th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake that killed 63 people in the San Francisco Bay
Read MoreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a talk today at Georgetown University, covering his views on free expression. During the speech, he repeated that Facebook stood for free expression, made vague noises towards its improvement, and pointed out that — as far as values go — it’s at least standing against the likes of China. There
Read MoreOverwatch has finally made its way to the Nintendo Switch, fulfilling the endless requests from me that Blizzard port its popular team shooter to Nintendo’s portable console. It’s not the first mainstream shooter to make the jump to the Switch: Bethesda has ported Doom and a few Wolfenstein games, and of course there’s Nintendo’s own
Read MoreA business course at the University of West Georgia is teaching undergraduates about robotics programming, networking and plugging into the Internet of Things, to help them prepare for jobs that may not exist yet. U West Georgia Adds Hands-on IoT to Business Curriculum Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIsabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: Equity management platform Carta, formerly eShares, says it has hired a 51-member team from Kik as part of an expansion into Canada — Carta, a San Francisco-headquartered company that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership, announced today that they have hired 51 former Kik employees. Equity management platform
Read MoreIf you’ve ever scrambled to save your airline miles before they expire, you know the heartache of seeing those hard-earned rewards drift away. In the interest of standing out among competitors, Southwest Airlines announced today that effective immediately, Rapid Rewards points never expire. Read more… Your Southwest Airlines Miles Don't Expire Anymore Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIf you were saddened to hear that you will no longer be able to post to Yahoo Groups starting next week, cheer up — you’ve now got an extra week to post. Yahoo’s plan to largely shut down Groups was widely publicized on October 16th, just days before the company was going to freeze uploads
Read MoreThis is the full text of the speech Mark Zuckerberg gave at Georgetown University on free expression. Zuckerberg: Standing For Voice and Free Expression Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThere are a lot of weird things at the gym. If you’re new, everything is mysterious: Is this a 45-pound bar? Why is there a little wheel in the corner with handles on it? As you get more advanced, or move to more interesting gyms, you’ll start to see more things. Chalk. Bars with oddly
Read MoreCall of Duty: Modern Warfare is just days away from its October 25th release date, and Activision has finally announced how it’ll be running the in-game economy for the upcoming shooter. Specifically, Modern Warfare will be the first Call of Duty game to use a battle pass system, instead of the much maligned random loot
Read MoreModels with the CVT get the biggest price bumps, but also receive standard active safety gear. 2020 Subaru Crosstrek costs a few hundred dollars more – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYubico releases app that lets users configure YubiKeys to work on top of local Windows OS accounts. Yubico security keys can now be used to log into Windows computers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThere are a lot of different forms of drinking water out there: tap, bottled, filtered, the kind with added electrolytes—the list goes on. But do we really need to spend the money on fancy water, or is it OK straight from the tap? Here’s what you need to know. Read more… Do I Need to
Read MoreCivil rights groups and Democrats criticized Zuckerberg’s remarks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends decision to allow politicians to lie in ads – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Startup founders in Mexico say they shun publicity due to extortion fears, holding back country’s tech sector; Mexico drew only $175M in venture capital in 2018 — Unlike plenty of their P.R.-hungry counterparts in Silicon Valley, Mexican startup founders often decline media interviews … Startup founders in Mexico say they shun publicity due to
Read MoreIn the distant past, engineers used exotic devices to measure orientation, such as large mechanical gyros and mercury tilt switches. These are all still useful methods, but for many applications MEMS motions devices have become the gold standard. When [g199] set out to build their Balance Box game, it was no exception. The game consists
Read MoreAukey 2.5" USB Hard Drive/SSD Enclosure | $8 | Amazon | Promo code LUWHFLCQ Read more… Give Your Old Hard Drive or SSD New Life With This Enclosure Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAre you tired of being called every name under the sun whenever you’re trying to play games on Xbox Live? I know the feeling; my meager Gears of War skills tend to make me the subject of ridicule by 14-year-olds across the service. And while I can’t stop anyone from telling you off over their
Read MoreNHTSA hasn’t shared proposed updates, but the administration is aiming to make its safety ratings easier to understand and more relevant in an ever-changing automotive landscape. NHTSA preps major changes to US crash tests – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNeanderthals have been cruising the Med for 200,000 years. Ancient Greece just got tens of thousands of years more ancient – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“Most popular SLR lenses do magnify scenes, not shrink them. So while wide-angle can be fun, we think telephoto is more important.” In those two sentences, Google tried to dismiss the omission of an ultrawide-angle lens while announcing the Pixel 4. Instead, the company just reminded everyone that when it comes to hardware, it’s often
Read MoreNvidia can’t be very happy with its online retail partners today. After Amazon leaked every detail about the upcoming Shield TV Pro, Newegg has now spoiled the reveal of a seemingly more mainstream Shield TV that also supports 4K playback with Dolby Vision. 9to5Google managed to save everything before Newegg wised up and removed the
Read MoreI’m a cisgender white male. I can unlock my phone, sign into my bank account, and breeze through border patrol check points using my face with 98 percent accuracy. Facial recognition software is great for people who look like me. Sure, I still face the same existential dangers as everyone else: in the US and China
Read MoreImage: rLoop Reddit-born hyperloop and engineering collective rLoop has bought the intellectual property of Arrivo, a fellow hyperloop startup that went out of business last December, The Verge has learned. rLoop co-founder Brent Lessard confirmed the sale, but he would not disclose how much the group paid. Lessard said rLoop might try to revive some
Read MoreThe Thing is an unassuming name for an ambitious project to build an FPGA board from easy to find components. The project stems from an earlier build submitted to the 2018 Hackaday Prize by [Just4Fun] where two dev boards – an STM32-based Arduino and an Altera MAX II CPLD board – were combined with the
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