Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s iOS App Store heavily favored the company’s iPhone and iPad apps and ranked them higher than more popular third-party options until a recent algorithm change, according to a new report from The New York Times. The Times studied App Store search results (dating back several years) for
Read MoreAny large tech company is at risk. The Technology 202: It’s not just Google bracing for an antitrust war with state attorneys general Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIt’s Back to School Week and NASA has activities to keep students motivated. Learning to Track Water Using NASA Satellite Data Source: NASA
Read MoreThe Capital One security fiasco has underlined that securing the cloud is both a complicated technology and contractual problem. Cloud security: Inside the shared responsibility model Source: Security
Read MoreLast year’s iPhone launches attracted about a quarter of the attention these Apple events did in the heyday of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6. What happened? Why Apple’s newest iPhones might not generate the buzz of years past Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a camera, lets Google’s Assistant AI use facial recognition on your family. Should you welcome it home? Google is always listening. Now it’s watching, too, with the Nest Hub Max. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGoogle’s new Nest Hub Max has a camera that can identify faces and offer personalized information. The Post’s Geoffrey A. Fowler asks, “Is this creepy or cool?” Google leaps into facial recognition with the new Nest Hub Max. Does it belong in your home? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIvan Mehta / The Next Web: The Vivaldi browser comes to Android with swipe gestures for navigation, advanced tab management, notes, screenshots, no-tracking, dark mode, and more — Almost three years after launching its desktop version, cross-platform browser Vivaldi has finally released its mobile version today. The Vivaldi browser comes to Android with swipe gestures
Read MoreA pedophilia scandal compelled YouTube to vow it would suspend comments on videos with kids age 13 and younger. Six months later, they’re still easy to find. YouTube promised to halt comments on kids videos already. It hasn't – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t stop believin’: More than 10 years after it hit the market, the Journey carries into 2020 largely unchanged. 2020 Dodge Journey: Model overview, pricing, tech and specs – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe good, the bad and the ugly side of using bacteria to improve human health. Poo transplants and hangover cures: Inside the murky world of probiotics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’m all in on The I-Land (Thursday), a Netflix Original that apparently seeks to answer the question, “What if you went to the Fyre Festival and never left?” Kate Bosworth (or is that “Bo-worth”) stars as one of 10 people who’ve been marooned on an island and must endure the Road of Trials, achieve self-actualization,…
Read MoreThe new Nest Hub Max is a bigger version of the excellent Nest Hub with a few new tricks up its sleeve Continue reading… Google Nest Hub Max review: bigger screen, better sound, and a camera Source: New feed
Read MoreThe iPhone 11 may look a lot like the iPhone XS and X, but that won’t stop Apple from proclaiming them as the “best iPhones yet.” Apple's iPhone 11 challenge: Touting modest upgrades now as 5G comes in 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Your Phone app for Android now lets users make calls from Windows 10 devices. Windows 10 Your Phone app can now be used to make calls from Android phones Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreCade Metz / New York Times: A study of AI programs at North American universities finds that graduates are less likely to create AI startups when their top AI professors leave for industry — SAN FRANCISCO — For years, big tech companies have used huge salaries, bonuses and stock packages to lure artificial intelligence experts
Read MoreHuawei ban is like preventing a hotel chain from buying beds, says Microsoft president Brad Smith. Microsoft's top lawyer: Trump's Huawei ban makes no sense Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image} Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: AppZen, which builds AI-powered tools to automate finance functions, raises $50M Series C led by Coatue Management, sources say at a $500M valuation — AI now touches every aspect of how a company operates — from forming the core of the service itself, through to customer interactions … AppZen, which
Read MoreUpcoming events include the Career Everywhere Indianapolis 2019 Conference, the 2019 C.C.U.M.C. Annual Conference, and Educause Annual Conference 2019. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Sept. 9, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreWith the U.S. unemployment rate near a 50-year low, openings at the company keep piling up as it tries to grow in different directions. Amazon’s Effort to Recruit 30,000 Workers Collides With Saturated Job Market Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRumored Pixel 4 orange color | Weibo Google’s annual Pixel unveiling is likely around a month away, but we’re starting to hear and see a lot more about the upcoming Pixel 4. A potential leak from Weibo (spotted by Android Central) suggests that the Pixel 4 may come in a new bright orange color this
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Rousseau used to say: If you love yourself, you won’t do drugs! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September
Read MoreA new update to Focos lets you turn any photo into a “portrait mode”-style image with fully adjustable depth of field, no matter what kind of camera you took it with. It’s not quite magic, but it is pretty cool. Focos has long been one of the most ambitious photo-editing apps on iOS, giving you
Read More[Gzumwalt] did things a little differently with his Pink and Green Domino Machine II, a 3D printed device that drops dominoes in a neat row ready for toppling over. Unlike his earlier version, this one holds dominoes laying flat in a hopper that’s accessible from the top for easy loading. The previous unit had an
Read MoreImage: Vivaldi Vivaldi, a web browser from a group of developers that formerly worked on Opera, is one to consider if you really want to customize your browsing experience. Now, Vivaldi is bringing that power-user spirit to mobile with a new Android version, available today in beta. The Android version offers a number of features
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