The search giant is partnering with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation for the promotion. Google is giving away 100,000 Google Home Minis to people living with paralysis – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt just three years old, Alyssa Carson knew she wanted to be an astronaut, and since then, she’s worked tirelessly. Carson could soon become the first human to set foot on Mars — even if it means never returning back to Earth. “My fascination with space all started when I watched an episode of the cartoon
Read MoreOpen-source software can be an excellent resource, but it brings its own challenges. Here are some things to consider. 12 challenges businesses face when using open-source software Source: The Next Web
Read MoreA technology-driven quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fear a turn toward China-style surveillance. In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePopular battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), just released a lite mobile version for India. The lite version for Android an installation package of 400MB, that’s just a fourth of the size of the normal variant which is sized at 1.6GB. Tencent Games and PUBG Corp, which developed the game, says it has redesigned the app with Unreal
Read MoreCreating a video signal from a computer, a job that once required significant extra hardware, is now a done deal with a typical modern microcontroller. We’ve shown you more NTSC, PAL, and VGA projects than you can shake a stick at over the years. Creating an HDMI video signal however is not so straightforward. It’s
Read MoreI was curious when the famous programmers do their work. And it is quite easy to find. The result of programmers work is a code. Code is stored in version control systems (VCS). When you put code in VCS the time is record. One of the most popular version control system is git. When you
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge A new Nvidia Shield TV model is on the way, according to a listing at the FCC. The product is referred to as the “NVIDIA Corporation SHIELD Android TV Game Console P3430,” and will likely use the Tegra X1 T210 B01 processor that seems to be in the
Read MoreIf you’ve been interested in cryptocurrency and blockchain for anything more than a week, you’ll almost certainly know about Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum platform. But if you don’t here’s a quick recap on what Ethereum is. Ethereum’s creators wanted to build a platform that would allow users all over the world to write decentralized applications, and
Read MoreLee Fang / The Intercept: Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts, Google continues to invest in military and police AI tech by funding companies through Gradient Ventures — Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between … Rather than directly engage in controversial contracts,
Read MoreWhen folk at Origin PCs realized that their company was about to celebrate its 10th anniversary of making custom (gaming) PCs, they knew that they had to do something special. Since one thing they did when the company launched in 2009 was to integrate an XBox 360 into a gaming PC, they figured that they
Read MoreOnce known as a call-center hub, the Philippines is now a clearinghouse for social media deception. And it’s going global. Why crafty Internet trolls in the Philippines may be coming to a website near you Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreStarship took its first untethered hop and left a fire in its wake: “Water towers can fly!” tweeted Elon Musk. SpaceX Starhopper blasts off in a smoky cloud of glory – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSpaceX’s Starhopper the day before its first flight | Image: SpaceX Late on Thursday, July 25th, SpaceX launched a test version of its next big rocket from Texas, sending the vehicle hovering in the air for a few seconds before it landed back on the ground. The hardware didn’t get very high, but it was
Read MoreThe Japanese conglomerate behind investments in Uber, WeWork and Bytedance has attracted $108 billion for the new Vision Fund 2. SoftBank Unveils New Tech Fund to Expand Its Sprawling Portfolio Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNew Vision Fund to once again focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Apple, Microsoft, and Foxconn sign up to 8b SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe Japanese car company posted its worst quarter financially since the great recession. Nissan to slash nearly 10% of its global workforce amid record low profits – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe antivirus tycoon has tweeted pictures from his jail time in South America. John McAfee tweets photos of jail stay – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLucas Matney / TechCrunch: Unity announces it is raising $525M from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, others, doubling its valuation to $6B — Unity’s private valuation is climbing but it’s growing unclear whether the company’s leadership is planning to take the 15-year-old gaming powerhouse public anytime soon. Unity announces
Read MoreThere are a lot of fun projects you can do with stepper motors salvaged from old printers or disk drives. However, it isn’t always clear how to connect to some strange motor with no markings or schematics. [Corvetteguy50] has a video showing his trick for working out the connections easily, and you can see it
Read MoreNEWS.com.au: Australia’s ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of tech giants, offers 23 recommendations including a stronger Privacy Act — Tech giants including Google, Facebook will face greater scrutiny after the ACCC handed down its landmark final report today. Australia's ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of
Read MoreThe show will explore Hawkeye’s successor. Marvel's Hawkeye Disney Plus TV series: Kate Bishop, Young Avengers, cast, release date, plot details – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute — SoftBank Group Corp.’s founder Masayoshi Son launched a second Vision Fund, seeking to extend his reign as the world’s most influential technology investor. SoftBank announces Vision
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising $400M led by TCV in a deal that would value the company at more than $10B — TCV expected to lead a $400 million financing in Brazilian financial technology business After SoftBank talks fell through Sources: Nubank, a Brazil-based digital bank, is raising 0M
Read MoreIf there’s one thing we know about Apple, it’s the company likes to do things its own way. Case in point: the company today announced it has acquired the “majority” of Intel’s cellular modem business. The $1 billion deal involves a transfer of some 2,200 Intel employees, as well as intellectual property, equipment, and leases.
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