Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Fitbit beat analyst estimates with Q2 revenue of $314M, up 5% YoY, but lowered Q3 guidance; stock down 14%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — The Fitbit Ionic has a few apps, with more to come — Shares of Fitbit cratered as much as 21% after hours on Wednesday after the
Read MoreIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, Google created a 1.4-square-mile portrait of NASA software developer Margaret Hamilton using more than 107,000 mirrors from the Ivanpah Solar Facility in the Mojave Desert, a solar thermal power plant with a gross capacity of 392 megawatts. The fields of heliostat mirrors (173,500
Read MoreRyan Christoffel / MacStories: An in-depth look at Apple Maps in iOS 13, the biggest update to the service so far, and how it compares to Google Maps — Apple’s path to a home-brewed mapping solution has been long and perilous, but it’s almost arrived. — 12 years ago the iPhone launched with Google powering
Read MoreThe Silicon Valley company, a major government contractor, was accused of selling video surveillance software that it knew had a security issue. Cisco to Pay .6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIzotope’s Spire Studio is a portable 8-track all-in-one recording studio. It’s brimming with features and powered by incredibly smart software. It may be the most innovative tool I’ve used in my home recording studio. I wanted to hate the Spire Studio. It’s a product that takes decades of my hard-learned experience and distills it into
Read MoreStephanie Condon / ZDNet: Qualcomm misses with Q3 revenue of $4.9B, down 13% YoY, and licensing revenue of $1.29B, down 10% YoY; stock down 4%+ after hours — Qualcomm says it is well positioned for the 5G ramp to come in early 2020. — Qualcomm published its third quarter financial fiscal 2019 results on Wednesday
Read MoreAlex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: Report: Cloudflare plans to pursue an IPO in September and has filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC; it was valued at ~$3.2B in its $150M March Series E — Morning Markets: Cloudflare is reportedly going public this year, meaning that we have at least two big-name IPOs left in
Read MoreAfter spending 50 years on display in a museum, the world’s largest steam engine is finally getting to stretch its wheels and blow the cobwebs out of its steam whistle for a journey across the Midwest. Big Boy, as the locomotive is known, is sparking delight in all the towns he visits. The Union Pacific
Read MoreThe spacecraft’s controllers on Earth succeeded in steering the spacecraft, demonstrating that mylar sails used for propulsion. LightSail-2 Mission Shows Solar Sailing’s Potential for Spaceflight Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOlivia Carville / Bloomberg: Court filing: former IBM HR VP Alan Wild says the company has fired 50,000 to 100,000 staff in recent years; ongoing litigation argues older staff were targeted — – Moves were to make IBM appear as ‘cool’ as Google and Amazon — Big Blue is facing several age-discrimination lawsuits Court filing:
Read MoreYet another automaker attempts to rid the world of hot-car deaths. Hyundai will make Rear Occupant Alert standard by 2022 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA lot goes into a good run — the right shoes may be the most important factor. Learn how to choose the right running shoe for you. How to choose the best pair of running shoes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe internet is really useful for many things, ranging from letting your wi-fi enabled refrigerator to blast Yoo-Hoo ads 24/7 to letting you play Canasta with a naked man halfway across the world. But one of the things it truly excels at is spreading misinformed hysteria, often about driving. Such a case is the… Read
Read MoreThe device will reportedly use the same tech as Facebook Portal. Facebook reached out to Netflix, Disney on new TV device, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The race is on for who will be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020. Once again, 20 candidates are spending two nights trying to convince US Democrats that they are the right person to run against Donald Trump. This time, CNN is sponsoring the event, which is taking place at
Read MoreSean O’Kane / The Verge: DJI unveils new goggles for its drones, offering a 720p streaming first-person view, and a new controller, both geared toward racing and available now from $819 — The Chinese giant’s first serious move into a growing niche market — DJI is making a fairly bold move into the world of
Read MoreBuilding giant LED walls comes with a serious set of challenges. Whether they lie in power, cable routing, or just finding a way to clock out data fast enough for all the pixels, it takes some doing to build a decent sized display. [Phill] wanted a statement piece for the office, so rolled up his
Read More{$inline_image} Building giant LED walls comes with a serious set of challenges. Whether they lie in power, cable routing, or just finding a way to clock out data fast enough for all the pixels, it takes some doing to build a decent sized display. [Phill] wanted a statement piece for the office, so rolled up
Read MoreContrast is an important thing, both in food and in life. How can one appreciate the happy without the sad, the highs without the lows, the sweet without the sour? This is all to say I like to put vinegar on my fruit, and I urge you to do the same. Read more… Highlight Fruit's
Read MoreThe problem comes from a capacitor within the airbag control module. VW recalls 28,000 CC and Tiguan vehicles for inadvertent airbag deployment – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge AirPods, Apple’s truly wireless headphones, are $25 off of their regular $159.99 price at Rakuten until tonight at 11:59PM ET, July 31st. To get in on this deal, you’ll need to create a free Rakuten account, then paste HND24 in at checkout. These AirPods are Apple’s latest
Read MoreShara Tibken / CNET: A look at the potential benefits of 5G in a variety of applications and services, including AR/VR, healthcare, emergency response, connected cars, and broadband — Take a five-minute walk behind Qualcomm’s main office in San Diego and you’ll find an unlikely kind of lab. A look at the potential benefits of
Read MoreLightSail 2’s solar sail, as seen from the spacecraft’s onboard camera | Image: The Planetary Society The Planetary Society’s experimental LightSail 2 spacecraft — designed to fly on light coming from the Sun — has lived up to its namesake. The nonprofit today announced that the satellite has successfully raised its orbit around Earth thanks
Read MoreAs the mother of a six-year-old, my phone is filled with contacts such as “Mary LeilasMom” and “Dana MaddiesDad.” It’s how I keep track of my daughter’s new friends and the personal assistants who keep their schedules (AKA their “parents”). This labeling method helps my brain connect the adult to the child, but it’s… Read
Read MoreNintendo and Sony this week posted sales figures for the Switch and the PlayStation 4, respectively — and the two consoles are cleaning house. If you’re looking for a reason why these two consoles have rocketed to the top so quickly, you can probably put it down to both consoles‘ sterling lineup of exclusives. Sony‘s
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