Some people get inked, while others get henna or those water transfer tattoos you might find in a box of Cracker Jack. [Becky] wanted the benefits of having an RFID tag in her finger — unlock doors or log into your computer with a swipe of your finger — but wasn’t ready to get an
Read MoreStarting at $1,299, the rugged little e-bike has a lot of charm and a lot of accessories. Rad Power's RadRunner is the compact cargo bike you want – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou have to shell out a grand to get a 5G phone today, but that could change soon. 5G gets much-needed jolt at IFA 2019: Cheaper devices and more chips – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom huge steam powered monsters to sleek and speedy shinkansen, Tokyo’s Railway Museum shows off Japan’s history and love of trains. Here’s a look inside. Take a ride through Tokyo's past at the Railway Museum – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBullet trains and steam locomotives of Japan’s past at Tokyo’s Railway Museum. From steam to speed: The trains of Tokyo's Railway Museum – CNET Source: CNet
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 Schopenhauer used to say: Do what you love and you’ll never work another day! Bitcoin Price We closed the
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Xiaomi says it has shipped more than 100M smartphones in India, its most important market, in its first five years in the nation, citing figures from IDC — Xiaomi said on Friday it has shipped more than 100 million smartphones in India, its most important market, since beginning operations in the
Read MoreWunderlist founder Christian Reber has offered to buy back the popular task management app from Microsoft to avoid it being shut down. “Still sad Microsoft wants to shut down Wunderlist, even though people still love and use it,” says Reber on Twitter. “I’m serious Satya Nadella and Marcus Ash, please let me buy it back.
Read MoreEven if you don’t work in a nuclear power plant, you might still want to use a Geiger counter simply out of curiosity. It turns out that there are a lot of things around which emit ionizing radiation naturally, for example granite, the sun, or bananas. If you’ve ever wondered about any of these objects,
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: What to expect from Apple on Sep. 10: 3 new iPhones, Apple Watch Series 5, new Apple TV, release info for OSes, pricing and launch date for Apple Arcade, more — iPhone 11, Apple Watch Series 5, software updates, and more — It’s almost iPhone time (or, as other people
Read MoreSean O’Neill / Skift: Denver-based Hotel Engine, an online hotel booking and management service for business travel, raises $16M Series A at a $150M+ valuation — The funding of business travel management startup Hotel Engine underscores how there’s a lot of money and energy pouring into the sector. Denver-based Hotel Engine, an online hotel booking
Read MoreIt’s brilliant enough when composers make use of the “2SID” technique to double the channels in a Commodore 64 with two sound chips, but even then some people like to kick things up a notch. Say, five times more. [David Youd], [David Knapp] and [Joeri van Haren] worked together to bring us just that, ten
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Exim servers running v4.92.1 and before are vulnerable to a security bug, patched in v4.92.2, which could allow attackers to run malicious code with root access — The internet’s most popular email server impacted by second major bug this summer. — Millions of Exim servers are vulnerable … Exim servers running
Read MoreIts “Evil Empire” moniker, once a label favored by the company’s critics, has fallen by the wayside. How Top-Valued Microsoft Has Avoided the Big Tech Backlash Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBrad Smith critiques the tech industry for allowing thieves, terrorists and scoundrels to use technology for ill. Microsoft’s president chides Facebook, urges new approaches to combat weaponization of tech Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJoker wins the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. Could this mean more big awards are on the way? Joker movie with Joaquin Phoenix: Reviews, trailers, cast, early reviews – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWithout warning on an early August evening a significant proportion of the electricity grid in the UK went dark. It was still daylight so the disruption caused was not as large as it might have been, but it does highlight how we take a stable power grid for granted. The story is a fascinating one
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Twitch launches a public beta of its app for Apple TV through Apple’s TestFlight app testing program — Popular live game streaming service Twitch has launched a public beta of its upcoming Apple TV app through TestFlight. This marks the first time Twitch itself has launched an Apple TV application …
Read MoreLet the music play. Groovy! Vinyl records will soon outsell CDs for first time since 1986 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt takes a lot of energy to push a car-sized object a few hundred miles. Either a few gallons of gasoline or several thousand lithium batteries will get the job done. That’s certainly a lot of batteries, and a lot more potential to be unlocked for their use than hurling chunks of metal around on
Read MoreThe latest Arcade1Up machine is a sit-down model available for preorder at Best Buy. The home version of the Pac-Man cocktail table arcade game can be yours for 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRoger Barnett / Flickr On Saturday, Joi Ito resigned from his position as director of the MIT Media Lab, according to an email sent to The New York Times. “After giving the matter a great deal of thought over the past several days and weeks,” Ito wrote in the email, “I think that it is
Read MoreThe move follows a New Yorker report that the lab had a deeper funding relationship with the convicted sex offender than previously acknowledged and that it worked to disguise contacts with Epstein. MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein scandal – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are a lot of ways that metals can be formed into various shapes. Forging, casting, and cutting are some methods of getting the metal in the correct shape. An oft-overlooked aspect of smithing (at least by non-smiths) is the effect of temperature on the final characteristics of the metal, such as strength, brittleness, and
Read MoreNew York Times: MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito resigns after a report showed he hid the extent of the fundraising role of Jeffrey Epstein, whom MIT “disqualified” as a donor — The director of M.I.T.’s prestigious Media Lab stepped down on Saturday after an outcry over his financial ties with the disgraced financier Jeffrey
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