How do you keep people out of your change jar? If you didn’t say with a 3D printed iris mechanism and high-voltage spark gap, then clearly you aren’t [Vije Miller]. Which is probably for the best, as we’re not sure we actually want to live in a world where there are two of these things.
Read MoreThe Motorola One Zoom has a smooth finish that helps keep your fingerprints from gunking up your phone. The 0 Motorola One Zoom has four rear cameras and satin glass – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLG hopes to boost sales with a Dual Screen attachment and an in-display fingerprint scanner. G8X ThinQ is LG's dual screen bid to win over the high-end phone market – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}With algorithmically-generated fabricated videos, otherwise called deepfakes, on the rise, Facebook is teaming up with Microsoft and seven academic institutions in the US for a Deepfake Detection Challenge. The contest — meant to develop technology for detecting deepfakes and prevent people from falling prey to misinformation — is expected to from late 2019 until spring of
Read MoreAlmost four years after its launch, Apple has finally launched a web player for its streaming service,Apple Music. The web version is currently in beta and available to everyone across the world. This isn’t yet a stable release, but it does include almost all of the service’s features. You can access your library, playlists, and For
Read MoreIt probably goes without saying that hardware hackers were excited when the Raspberry Pi 4 was announced, but it wasn’t just because there was a new entry into everyone’s favorite line of Linux SBCs. The new Pi offered a number of compelling hardware upgrades, including an onboard PCI-Express interface. The only problem was that the
Read MoreThe Motorola One Zoom has a smooth satin glass finish that helps keep your fingerprints from gunking up your phone. The 0 Motorola One Zoom has four cameras on the back and one on the front – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLG hopes to boost sales with a Dual Screen attachment and an in-display fingerprint scanner. LG's G8X ThinQ is its dual screen bid to win over the high-end phone market – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung made major improvements to the design of its first foldable phone after the Fold suffered screen breakages that delayed its sale. Revamped Galaxy Fold fixes past mistakes: Everything new about Samsung's foldable phone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUNDEROOS! We love you 3,000! Spider-Man's 5 best Marvel Cinematic Universe moments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOnePlus is continuing its strategy of making sure that everyone knows every possible nugget of information about its TV before it actually gets around to announcing the thing. Today’s news bomb comes courtesy of CEO Pete Lau, who has just tweeted out a picture of the TV’s remote control. We now know that the OnePlus
Read MoreBrian Feldman / New York Magazine: Facebook Dating, though separate from a user’s main profile, is integrated with Facebook and designed to encourage the use of its properties that harvest info — This morning, Facebook finally launched its long-awaited (or, just as likely, long-dreaded) dating feature. Facebook Dating, though separate from a user's main profile,
Read MoreEugene Kim / CNBC: Amazon confirms it has started testing the “New” badge to highlight newly released products in “select markets for certain customers” — KEY POINTS — It’s still unclear what criteria is used for the badges on Amazon, which give sellers a significant advantage on the marketplace. Amazon confirms it has started testing
Read MoreFresh off conquering Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov faces a different type of challenge at UFC 242. UFC 242 Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier: Start time, full fight card and how to watch or stream online – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt is sort of the American dream: start a company in your garage and have it get crazy big. After all, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and even Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard did it. Seems hard to do these days, though. However, one ham radio company that has been pushing the edge of software defined
Read MoreTwo deaths have been connected with the illness. Mysterious vaping lung illness linked to marijuana products – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Alibaba buys import ecommerce platform Kaola from NetEase for ~$2B, will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border ecommerce platform in China — Alibaba Group said today it has acquired NetEase Kaola for $2 billion and will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China. Alibaba
Read MoreThe proudly contrarian lab has been divided since its director disclosed that he had taken money from the disgraced financier. Its efforts at healing demonstrate lingering cultural questions. Jeffrey Epstein’s Donations Create a Schism at M.I.T.’s Revered Media Lab Source: NY Times Tech
Read More“Kevin didn’t do all the work.” Sony says 'door is closed' on Spider-Man returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: In a testimony to House committee staffers, 8chan owner Jim Watkins says 8chan “has no intent of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech” — The private deposition lasted around four hours — Jim Watkins, the owner of 8chan, gave testimony to Congress on Thursday … In a testimony to House committee
Read MorePhoto by Thomas Ricker / The Verge With four different Galaxy S10s, four Galaxy Note 10s, and the impending launches of two Galaxy Folds, Samsung’s flagship lineup for this year has officially reached ten phones. Perhaps this is too many, but Samsung doesn’t seem to think so. It’s now releasing a blockchain-branded variant of the
Read MoreDeborah Wahl is making the jump from Cadillac, where she served as CMO. GM just appointed its first global chief marketing officer since 2012 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company is considering providing HR support, capital funding, health insurance, and other services to creators — Patreon, the subscription-based fan platform, is eyeing a range of new services to support creators — including potentially providing loans at some point, CEO Jack Conte said. Patreon CEO
Read MoreHealth officials around the country are still investigating numerous possible causes and have tested only some of the devices used by ill patients. New York State Suspects Vitamin E May Have Played a Role in Vaping Illnesses Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreImage: Briggo Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn is expanding its controversial Wisconsin presence with automated coffee robots. The manufacturer, known best for helping create the world’s most popular electronics devices predominantly in its Chinese factories, today announced a partnership with a Texas-based company called Briggo, which makes automated coffee dispensers the size of modest mall kiosks
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