China is already home to extensive facial recognition technology, using it to identify criminals, monitor students’ attention, and even let citizens purchase train tickets. Now, in an attempt to enrich its surveillance arsenal, reseachers from the country have developed a 500 megapixel facial recognition camera capable of capturing “thousands of faces at a stadium in perfect
Read MoreLast Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company’s ambitious Starship spacecraft – designed to (eventually) take humans to Mars – might reach Earth’s orbit within the next six months. Currently, the company is working on engine designs. It has tested a single raptor engine with a prototype vehicle called Starhopper this year. Now, it’s
Read MoreGerry Smith / Bloomberg: WaPo’s Arc CMS, run by ~250 staff, is now used across ~600 sites, up from ~100 last year, including Tribune Publishing, now adds BP as first non-media customer — – Post says Arc revenue will rival subscriptions and advertising — Jeff Bezos has helped the Post recruit and retain engineers WaPo's
Read MoreWhile it might look like a disrobed flash drive or RTL-SDR dongle, the USB Armory Mk II is actually a full-fledged open hardware computer built into the ubiquitous USB “stick” format. But more than just that, it’s optimized for security research and boasts a list of features that are sure to get the attention of
Read MorePie Face is a game that does pretty much what you’d expect from the title. Players sit in front of a spring loaded arm, taking turns to twist a crank. Eventually, one unlucky player will release the arm and be splattered with whipped cream to the enjoyment of the group. [Harrison] wasn’t one to leave
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at how tech firms and government keep failing to curb the sharing of child sexual abuse images, long after the PROTECT our Children Act was passed in ’08 — Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. A look at how tech firms and
Read MoreThink different about your laptop options. Best MacBook Pro alternatives for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreIn a sure sign that we’ve arrived in the future, news from off-world is more interesting this week than Earth news. When the InSight probe landed on Mars last year, it placed the first operating magnetometer on the Red Planet. Since then, the sensitive instrument has been logging data about the planet’s magnetic field, and
Read MoreGeir Moulson / Associated Press: German authorities have shut down an illegal data center in a former NATO bunker, which hosted dark web sites and launched the 2016 Deutsche Telekom attack — BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have shut down a data processing center installed in a former NATO bunker … German
Read MoreFred Wilson / AVC: A VC narrative that software-enabled companies like Uber should be valued at 10x+ revenue is falling apart but is still valid for startups with margins of 75%+ — Dan Primack wrote in his friday newsletter: … While all of this is true, I think it is a lot simpler than that.
Read MoreGoogle’s next flagship is definitely on its way. Keep tabs on the other rumors about the Pixel 4 and 4 XL. Pixel 4 and 4 XL rumors and specs: Launching Oct. 15 with Face ID-type gesture controls and orange color – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: House investigators asked Google about plans to implement DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome; ISPs fear the protocol will prevent them from tracking user data — New standard could alter web’s competitive landscape, cable and wireless companies say — Congressional antitrust investigators … Sources: House investigators asked Google about plans to implement DNS-over-HTTPS in
Read MoreBenjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal: The Chernin Group buys a majority stake in Food52 for $83M, valuing the ecommerce and media startup which offers recipes and home-improvement tips at $100M+ — Food52, a media and e-commerce business, was founded by food journalists from the New York Times The Chernin Group buys a majority stake
Read MoreNew standard aims to improve security and privacy by encrypting internet traffic. Google reportedly under antitrust scrutiny for new internet protocol – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile the “M” in MIDI stands for “musical”, it’s possible to use this standard for other things as well. [s-ol] has been working on a VJ setup (mixing video instead of music) using various potentiometer-based hardware and MIDI to interface everything together. After becoming frustrated with drift in the potentiometers, he set out to outfit
Read MoreIf you’re planning a cross-country trip early next year, Southwest is running a sale you might want to check out. Read more… Southwest Has Round-Trip Cross-Country Flights For as Low as 4 Today Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Venezuela is evaluating if it can count cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin it may have received from oil sales, toward the country’s international reserves — – Central bank to decide if crypto can count as foreign reserves — Government hampered by sanctions that limit access to dollars Sources: Venezuela is evaluating if it can count
Read MoreI’m currently in the middle of a 10-day road trip with two friends of mine. We started off in Vegas, and are making a slow trek to Denver, Colorado, stopping at National Parks along the way. Read more… Make Splitting Trip and Household Expenses Easier With Splitwise Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreKim Phillips-Fein / New Republic: A look at historian Margaret O’Mara’s new book The Code, which traces how our uneasy present deviated from the rosy future the tech industry promised — Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong? — Add to Pocket A look at historian Margaret O'Mara's
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