With no more monthly security and quality updates, Windows 10 1703 has reached the end of the road. Farewell Windows 10 1703: With its final patch, Creators Update hits end of life Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreXbox One S | Photo by Tyler Pina / The Verge The Xbox One’s October 2019 update gives parents much more granular control over how long their kids can use different apps and games. The update allows parents to set time limits on a per-app basis, which will apply regardless of whether a child is
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you see an ad on Facebook, should the contents of that ad be true? Historically, the answer has been yes. The company’s posted advertising guidelines prohibit “misinformation,” defined here as “ads that include claims debunked by third-party fact checkers or, in certain circumstances, claims debunked by
Read MoreUK telecoms provider BT is trying to be better, and will offer new services and plans to prove it. BT customers can upgrade to 5G from Friday, expect more fiber broadband soon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDenis Campbell / The Guardian: UK’s NHS launches first clinic to treat gaming addiction in young people aged 13 to 25; referred patients can be treated in person or online via Skype — GPs will be able to refer young people, after ‘gaming disorder’ defined as a health problem — The NHS is opening the
Read MorePayment apps can speed up register checkout and replace that paper and plastic clogging your billfold. Here are six steps to make them work for you. How to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Wallet Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAfter poor box-office numbers for Mindy Kaling’s “Late Night,” the company shrank its ambitious release plan for a big fall movie, “The Aeronauts.” Behind Amazon’s Abrupt Change in Its Film Strategy Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIt’s been likened to a rolling museum, but the Mille Miglia is much more than just a historic procession. It’s a test of skill and precision unlike anything else in the modern world. Mille Miglia: Inside the world's most beautiful race – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe most beautiful race in the world? See for yourself. A look inside the 2019 Mille Miglia – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you really, really want your iPad Pro to be a laptop, a new keyboard in crowdfunding called the Libra may be of interest. It’s a keyboard case with a laptop-style design, similar to the Brydge model I tested a while back, but there’s a big difference: this one has a trackpad. In case you
Read MoreFrance has issued a new cyber threat advisory about targeted espionage operations directed at third-party service providers and engineering firms. The findings — published by the country’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information) — is based on its investgation into two different sets of attacks — one involving the use
Read MoreGoogle is officially bringing its free coding tool called Grasshopper to desktop web. Originally launched as an Android and iOS app in April 2018 under its Area 120 incubator initiative, it offers an easy for beginners to get their way around the nuts and bolts of computer programming. Since then, more than two million people have used
Read MoreImage: Bolt A new teardown of Logitech’s latest mouse offers a fascinating look at the “Magspeed” scroll wheel used in the MX Master 3. The teardown, which was done by the venture capital firm Bolt, also explores the myriad ergonomic and design changes Logitech made to its flagship mouse as the company continues to refine
Read MoreCryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is dead set on holding on to its documents despite objections from the office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG). Bitfinex, Tether and several other related companies said that a request made by the NYAG with regards to a $900 million inter-company loan should be dismissed, states a letter sent to
Read MoreCall of Duty: Mobile has had a colossal launch week, racking up more downloads than any other mobile game in history, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. The game has reportedly achieved over 100 million downloads since going live at the beginning of this month. That easily beats out the launch-week figures that Sensor Tower
Read MoreMany of us have projects that end up spanning multiples years and multiple iterations, and gets revisited every time inspiration strikes and you’ve forgotten just how much work and frustration the previous round was. For [Daniel Riley] AKA [rctestflight] that project is a solar powered RC plane which to date spans 4 years, 4 versions
Read MoreInstagram stories are incredibly popular with more than 500 million people using the feature every day. So there’s no surprise the company tries to keep the experience fresh with new features. Today, the photo-sharing platform rolled out a new ‘create’ mode that has a bunch of options including a throwback feature called “On this day.”
Read MoreLeigh Cuen / CoinDesk: At Devcon 5, Ethereum’s premier conference, Ethereum’s creators admit that the original blockchain was never meant to scale and discuss how to get to Eth 2 — The Takeaway: — Ethereum’s creators now acknowledge the blockchain wasn’t built to scale as a mainstream transaction platform. At Devcon 5, Ethereum's premier conference,
Read MoreTime is probably our most important social construct. Our perception of passing time changes with everything we do, and when it comes down to it, time is all we really have. You can choose to use it wisely, or sit back and watch it go by. If you want to do both, build a clock
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google’s Grasshopper, its learn-to-code mobile app for beginners, is now available on the desktop in the form of a web-based app — Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now available on the desktop, too, in the form of a web-based app. Google's Grasshopper,
Read MoreWhat in the world has Andy Rubin been up to? After launching the Essential Phone – a stunning device that was plagued by poor software but has improved significantly over time – Android’s creator has been pretty quiet. The phone’s original successor was nixed, but now we have the first confirmation the company does indeed
Read MoreAlfred Ng / CNET: More than 30 civil rights groups sign an open letter asking mayors and city councils to cancel 500+ existing local police partnerships with Amazon’s Ring — Ring has more than 500 police partnerships across the US, and a coalition of civil rights groups are calling for local governments to cancel them
Read MoreAmanda Capritto / CNET: Smart fitness company Mirror, maker of a reflective LCD device with two-way audio and video, launches in-home 1:1 personal training at $40 per 30-minute session — Mirror, the fitness equipment that’s part full-length mirror and part LCD screen, took the home-workout world by storm in early 2019 … Smart fitness company
Read MoreTraining a machine learning model is not a task for mere mortals, as it takes a lot of time or computing power to do so. Fortunately there are pre-trained models out there that one can use, and [Max Bridgland] decided it would be a good idea to write a python module to find and view
Read MoreApple and Samsung are stiff competition for Google. But Pixel 4 might still rise to the top. Pixel 4 won't beat iPhone & Galaxy without these 6 upgrades: Night Sight, more storage – CNET Source: CNet
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