Photo: Warner Bros. I was excited to watch Cold War, the new film from Ida director Paweł Pawlikowski, now that it’s streaming on Amazon. Like Ida, Cold War is shot in gorgeous black and white and has a zoomed-in focus on the oppression felt by an individual during war. Cold War jumps forward again and
Read MoreCommentary: There are a handful of features I hope Apple improves to make owning the next iPhone a better experience. Apple needs to fix the iPhone 11's buttons so accidental screenshots go away – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. The days when your phone had a single camera on it are gone. Nowadays, it’s common to have several of them on the rear of a device, or, if you’re
Read MoreInstead of a brand new Series 5, Apple could launch a new version of an old Apple Watch at its September launch event. A new Apple Watch is coming, but it may not be what we were expecting – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSony’s new earbuds have great sound quality and noise cancellation, but they’re $70 more expensive than the AirPods. Are they worth the splurge? AirPods 2 vs. Sony WF-1000XM3: The best wireless earbuds are… – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA big Kindle nonfiction sale, an extra 20% off Amazon Warehouse items, and Samsung’s Frame TVs lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Sunday's Best Deals: The Frame TVs, 20% Off Amazon Warehouse, Kindle Nonfiction, And More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreLiam Tung / ZDNet: Tech Nation report: investments in UK tech startups hit a record $6.7B in the seven months of 2019, exceeding the total amount of investment in all of 2018 — Foreign investment in UK tech startups booms but tech job openings take a dive. — The UK’s tech sector has attracted $6.7bn
Read MoreIn a stiflingly hot lecture tent at CCCamp on Friday, Adam Harvey took to the stage to discuss the huge data sets being used by groups around the world to train facial recognition software. These faces come from a variety of sources and soon Adam and his research collaborator Jules LaPlace will release a tool
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! What? Huh? You don’t have a pair of true wireless earbuds? And… what’s that? You own an iPhone too? Damn. Well, you’re in luck, because the latest AirPods are currently on offer. Indeed, rather than paying $160 — like they are
Read MoreSince you’ll likely be crafting PowerPoint presentations wherever you’re working in 2032, you might as well be up to speed now with the training in the Essential Microsoft Office 2019 Bundle. It’s extra attractive since you can get it for any price you want to pay. Beat the average price on this bundle and get
Read MoreOne of the core lessons any physics student will come to realize is that the more you know about physics, the less intuitive it seems. Take the nature of light, for example. Is it a wave? A particle? Both? Neither? Whatever the answer to the question, scientists are at least able to exploit some of
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Capacity, formerly Jane.ai, raises $13.2M Series B for its AI tech that can help companies maintain a searchable index by consolidating info from various apps — Capacity (formerly Jane.ai), a startup developing a platform that indexes data from apps, teams, and more and enables users … Capacity, formerly Jane.ai, raises .2M
Read MoreCommentary: Samsung finally closes the low-light photo gap. Note 10 camera: This is the Samsung night mode we needed all along – CNET Source: CNet
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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 Locke used to say: Let’s get it! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 24 2019, at a price
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you, like millions of other people, use the same password for just about every application you use, then I’m sorry to break it to you, but one of
Read MoreThe biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database of more than 27.8m records including fingerprint and facial recognition data. The researchers, working with cyber-security firm VPNMentor, said that they had been able to access the Biostar 2 biometrics lock system that manages access to
Read MoreAnyone who has had to deal with siblings, their friends, flatmates or parents who are overly fond of snacks may know this issue: you bought some snacks for your own consumption, but before you can get to them they have vanished. Naturally, nobody knows what happened to said snacks and obviously outraged that anyone would
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Ally, which makes goal-planning and execution management software for enterprises, raises $8M Series A led by Accel, bringing total raised to $11M — A Seattle startup has raised $8 million to fuel its quest to help companies stay on track and hit their goals in an era of rapid change for
Read MoreEvery hacker camp has its own flavor, and BornHack 2019 in the Danish countryside gave us the opportunity to sample some hacker relaxation, Scandinavian style. Among the attractions was a wood-fired hot tub of gargantuan proportions, in which the tired attendee could rejuvenate themselves at 40 Celcius in the middle of the forest. A wood-fired
Read MoreHoverboards were the darling, or perhaps the scourge, of the last few years, Banned by vigilant airlines, they’re a great way to break an ankle or set your house on fire. However, they’re also a treasure trove of valuable parts for hacking, as [Aaron] ably demonstrates with his RC tank build. [Aaron’s] build utilizes not
Read MoreSpidey will return, but it’s still not clear when or how (or for which studio). Tom Holland at D23: 'I'm going to continue playing Spider-Man' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Bergstein / MIT Technology Review: Profile of Rodney Brooks, the Australian roboticist who in 1990 co-founded iRobot, which used to make robots for US army and is now popular for Roomba vacuums — The professor who got robots zipping through the world—and cleaning house—by challenging conventional wisdom in AI. Profile of Rodney Brooks, the
Read MoreDisney didn’t disappoint, with first looks at Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil, new Pixar movies, and footage from The Rise of Skywalker, Black Widow, Mulan and Jungle Cruise. Oh, and Kit Harington will officially be part of the MCU, no big deal. Star Wars, Black Widow, Kit Harington: Every Walt Disney Studios D23 announcement
Read MoreWe stan a Dark Rey. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker D23 footage reveals Rey's double lightsaber – CNET Source: CNet
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