Mindhunter has my name written all over it: critically-acclaimed, bingeable, Netflix Original series about serial killers? A solid summertime diversion if ever there was one! Except I couldn’t get into it! I think my problem with Mindhunter is my problem with biopics: I can’t shake the fact that actors are portraying… Read more… What's Coming
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge We’re hosting a special deals event this week, featuring exclusive deals on a broad range of tech products only for Verge readers. Instead of overwhelming you with a billion deals, we’ve hand-picked a tight list of products — many of which have been tested here at The
Read MoreState communications watchdog Roscomnadzor took issue with push notifications for demonstration livestreams. Russia threatens Google for promoting 'illegal mass events' on YouTube – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt developed the Isocell Bright HMX with Xiaomi. Samsung's 108-megapixel sensor pushes phone cameras to next level – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLeigh Cuen / CoinDesk: District judge rules that Coinbase must face a negligence lawsuit from customers who bought bitcoin cash, following its allegedly botched listing in 2017 — Coinbase must face a negligence lawsuit from customers who bought bitcoin cash (BCH) following its allegedly botched listing … District judge rules that Coinbase must face a
Read MoreUpcoming events include the T.D.W.I. San Diego Conference, SANS Network Security 2019, and 2019 C.C.U.M.C. Annual Conference. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Aug. 12, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreApple works very hard to maintain a ‘clean’ and family-friendly image. So much so that it censors handwritten words when suggesting a title for notes. Today, a user in r/iOSBeta subreddit noted the company’s algorithm muted the word ‘fuck’ when recommending a title for the handwritten note. Apple seems to have introduced this feature in the
Read MoreNo glasses necessary. Bosch is working to bring 3D displays to the car – Roadshow Source: CNet
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Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Facebook-backed Indian social commerce startup Meesho raises $125M Series D led by Naspers, bringing its total raised to $190M — Meesho, a Bangalore-based social commerce startup, has raised $125 million in a new financing round to expand its business in the country and change the way millions shop online. Facebook-backed Indian
Read MoreNew Zealand‘s tax authorities have deemed it legal for companies to pay its employees in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Companies will also be able to deduct income taxes using current PAYE (pay as you earn) frameworks under the Income Tax Act 2007. The country’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) published a bulletin (dated August 7, 2019)
Read MoreA Chinese threat actor, known to have perpetrated a series of state-sponsored espionage attacks, has been covertly staging financially motivated activities targeting the video game industry. According to cybersecurity firm FireEye, the cyber threat group — dubbed Advanced Persistent Threat 41 (APT41) — is unique in that “it leverages non-public malware typically reserved for espionage campaigns
Read MoreApple, Amazon and Google recently changed their policies after privacy concerns were raised. ‘Alexa, delete what I just said’: How to manage voice recordings on your smart devices Source: Washington Post Tech
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Read MoreImage: Samsung Less than a week after we saw our first images taken with Samsung’s 64-megapixel mobile sensor, the company has announced a new sensor with more than 50 percent more pixels. The Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX, which was designed in collaboration with Xiaomi, is a 108-megapixel smartphone camera sensor that Samsung says is the
Read MoreStewart Clarke / Variety: Ofcom: streaming services’ subscriptions for Q1 in UK: Netflix posts the largest gains, up 26% YoY to 11.5M, Amazon Prime trails with 6M but is up 23% YoY — Almost half of all U.K. homes now take one of the major subscription streaming services, with Netflix at the front of the
Read MoreAll the Galaxy phones! There are 9 Galaxy phones you can buy now. Here's how to tell them apart – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe messaging app Telegram has been updated with a number of features that should cut down on the amount of notifications and noise generated by the app. Up first is a new silent messaging feature, which allows you to send a message without the recipient’s phone making a notification sound. Messages will still create a
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: ByteDance launches Toutiao Search, a mobile-optimized search engine in China that shows only censored search results, setting it up as a competitor to Baidu — ByteDance has taken another step into search with the launch of a new search portal today. Called Toutiao Search … ByteDance launches Toutiao Search, a mobile-optimized
Read MoreWelcome to another Moonday Mornings. Let’s waste no time and take a look at the weekend’s cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you can’t afford to miss. 1. Cryptocurrency traders in Israel are facing a sticky situation. Some banks are refusing to accept deposits from profits of cryptocurrency trading for fear they may have been obtained through
Read MoreConsole owners inhabit their own individual tribes depending upon their manufacturer of choice, and so often never the twain shall meet. But sometimes there are those what-if moments, could Mario have saved the princess more quickly through PlayStation buttons, or how would Sonic the Hedgehog have been with a Nintendo controller? [Danjovic] is finding the
Read MoreFriendship ended with feral hogs. Fish tube is our new best friend. Fish tube meme is all Twitter cares about now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTimothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: An in-depth look at the feasibility, progress, and experts’ opinions of lidar-based vs Tesla-like camera-only approaches to fully autonomous cars — “They’re all going to dump lidar,” Musk said about self-driving rivals in April. — Lots of companies are working to develop self-driving cars. An in-depth look at the
Read MoreIn both pre-emptive and defensive ways, the social network is modifying its behavior to fend off antitrust concerns. How Facebook Is Changing to Deal With Scrutiny of Its Power Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIndia’s top network provider, Reliance Jio, today announced it’s going to offer free HD or 4K TVs, and 4K-enabled set-top boxes along with its upcoming broadband service’s annual subscriptions. The broadband network, called Jio Fiber, is currently in preview phase with 500,000 users but will launch commercially on September 5. The company will offer plans
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