The company that brought you Cambridge Analytica wants to find you a soul mate. Facebook wants to find you a soul mate. Will users trust the company with their secrets? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIsmail Ajjawi reportedly had his visa canceled after hours of questioning at Boston’s airport, but ultimately made it back before the semester’s classes began. Harvard student gets to classes after being denied US entry over friends' social media posts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHuawei CEO Richard Yu said at IFA he hoped the foldable device would go on sale soon. Huawei's foldable Mate X may go on sale as soon as next month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreResearchers have found serious security vulnerabilities in over 600,000 GPS trackers available for sale on Amazon and other online retail merchants that may have exposed user data, including the exact real-time GPS coordinates. Czech cybersecurity firm Avast, which disclosed the vulnerabilities, said it informed the manufacturer about the flaws on June 24, 2019, but added
Read MoreWe’re on the ground in Berlin to bring you everything that matters from IFA 2019. IFA 2019 Day 3: Everything we've seen so far at Europe's largest tech show – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor everyone else, the iPhone requirement and the lack of perks limit its usefulness. Apple Card review: Best for iPhone users who love Apple Pay – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf nothing else, [Justin Atkin] is persistent. How else do you explain a five-year quest to create sonoluminescence with simple tools? So what exactly is sonoluminescence? The short answer is as the name suggests: a release of light caused by sound. In [Justin]’s case, he used an ultrasonic transducer to set up a standing wave
Read MoreThe Orbi WiFi 6 Mesh system includes a router and satellite. | Image: Netgear How much do you love Wi-Fi? Enough to spend $699.99 on a new high-performance Orbi mesh network? The setup is so mind-blowingly sophisticated that Netgear has dubbed it the Orbi WiFi 6 System AX6000 (RBK852), calling it the “ultimate whole home
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge As we await Huawei’s Mate 30 launch later this month, the company has revealed a “new” redesigned P30 Pro. Unlike the existing P30 Pro, it comes in a two-tone matte and glossy finish, in either blue or lavender. While the design is new, this P30 Pro also comes
Read MoreAfter establishing a strong base with its ecommerce and streaming content business in India, Amazon is reportedly set to unveil its food delivery service in the country next month. According to a report by Mint, the company will start the service under its Prime Now banner first in Bengaluru, and then in Mumbai and New Delhi. The report
Read MoreFrom phones that bend and flip to devices stacked with cameras. Here are the best newly launched phones. 6 new phones you absolutely have to see now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A defining feature of Facebook’s approach to product development is its ruthlessness, which often manifests as a kind of shamelessness. If good taste ever dictates that Facebook stay out of a product, history shows that it’s likely to wade right in. There are, for example, all the
Read MoreMicrosoft revealed earlier this year that PowerToys were coming back to Windows 10. PowerToys used to be useful little utilities that would let you further customize Windows, and now Microsoft is releasing two new utilities for Windows 10 under the PowerToys brand. The first is a Windows key shortcut guide that is a full screen
Read MoreHuawei today announced the latest update to its truly wireless earbuds game. The Huawei Freebuds 3 are the company’s latest salvo in an already crowded marketplace. It hopes to distinguish itself from its rivals with reduced call latency, as well as improved charging performance, and the introduction of active noise cancellation (ANC). The ANC aspect
Read MoreAs Android manufacturers go, Huawei is a bit of an oddity as it produces its own silicon, rather than farming it out to a third-party like Qualcomm or MediaTek. Their latest is the octa-core Kirin 990 5G, which will power the company’s upcoming handsets. At a briefing during Berlin’s IFA tech conference, TNW got a
Read MoreEven before women had the right to vote, Blaché, in her actions and in her films, expressed female drives, desires and self-determination. Overlooked No More: Alice Guy Blaché, the World’s First Female Filmmaker Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe author of “The 4-Hour Workweek” is behind a surge in funding for clinical research into psychedelic drugs. How Tim Ferriss Tuned Into (and Turned On) Psychedelic Medicine Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA New TV Show from The New York Times on FX and Hulu Russia’s Playbook for Disrupting Democracy Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge Huawei’s latest Kirin 990 flagship chipset will include a version with a built-in 5G modem, as well as offering a speed increase compared to its predecessor, the company announced onstage at IFA 2019 today. The 7-nm processor includes a modem which Huawei says can offer a maximum download
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 Marx used to say: The long and winding road awaits! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 5 2019,
Read MoreKatie Hafner / New York Times: Sally Floyd, one of the inventors of Random Early Detection (RED), which helps regulate network traffic, died on August 25 at age 69 — In the early 1990s, Dr. Floyd was one of the inventors of Random Early Detection, which continues to play a vital role in the stability
Read MoreA cryptocurrency whale has moved a ball-twisting 94,504 BTC (worth over one billion dollars) — paying just $700 in Bitcoin network fees. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 94,504 #BTC (1,018,147,922 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/VWb8slswa8 — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) September 6, 2019 Twitter-based transaction monitor @whale_alert signalled the
Read MoreTime to look for a group once again. WoW Classic character transfers are live and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNetgear’s next-gen Wi-Fi mesh network system arrives in October. It’s faster with compatible devices and offers four times the capacity of a Wi-Fi 5 network. Netgear's new Orbi Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System is arriving soon for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreConfused about which model is best for you? We’ve got the ultimate guide to what makes each Instant Pot unique. What's the best Instant Pot to buy? – CNET Source: CNet
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