Demonstrations happened in Minnesota, New York, Seattle and San Francisco, as well as across Europe. Prime Day brings out anti-Amazon wave of protests and activism – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMore than 30% of adult Republican Twitter users follow Trump on the platform, a Pew Research Center study finds. Donald Trump followed by nearly 20% of US adult Twitter users – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen [Mr. Sobolak] started his DIY Midi Fighter he already had experience with the MIDI protocol, and because it is only natural once you have mastered something to expand on the success and build something more impressive, more useful, and more button-y. He is far from rare in this regard. More buttons mean more than
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a Kindle, these are the best prices we’ve seen on Amazon’s e-readers. Amazon Prime Day delivers some of the best Kindle deals ever: Paperwhite, 5 Oasis, big trade-in offers and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe volume sourcing agreement with Redmond is expected to see less than 2% of the federal government keep on-premise desktop licenses. Microsoft Australia scores whole-of-government 365 deal Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Trojan.Tepok Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Trojan.Burtopinam Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreSave $550 on the current 13-inch MacBook Pro, plus deals on tablets and two-in-ones. Best non-Prime Day deals at Best Buy: Sales on MacBooks, iPads, 2-in-1 laptops and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreInstagram removed the suspect’s account and an image he posted. Instagram's dark side: Grisly photos of teen's murder spread on social media – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Fire TV Stick and Echo Dot are hot sellers at the start of the two-day megasale. Alexa-enabled devices top Amazon Prime Day's best-seller list so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tech giants “actively censor some content and amplify other content” and are “completely nontransparent,” the senators argue. Senators ask FTC to look into how Facebook, Google and Twitter curate content – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the continued campaign against “cool” depictions of tobacco use, Gears of War will apparently no longer include depictions of smoking — but there’s some confusion as apparently it wasn’t going to have any to begin with. According to a report from Variety, a group called Truth Initiative approached Turner, whose esports Eleague team broadcasts Gears of War. This
Read MoreIn a move guaranteed to send audiophiles recoiling back into their sonically pristine caves, two doctoral students at ETH Zurich have come up with an interesting way to embed information into music. What sounds crazy about this is that they’re hiding data firmly in the audible spectrum from 9.8 kHz to 10 kHz. The question
Read MorePresident Trump’s administration has fought to roll back Obama-era vehicle emissions standards since his inauguration, and a final version of the looser rules is expected to be revealed later this summer. But since the rollback faces a number of obstacles — likely including a long, drawn-out battle in the court system that could ultimately kneecap
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch is a bit lacking in the accessory market, and that means a lot of the deficiencies that came baked into the first-generation version of the product aren’t really getting addressed in a timely fashion. We’re talking features like Bluetooth headphone support and, in the case of controllers, something as simple as an
Read MoreThe satellites were finally ready to beam images back to Earth in 1969. And some 600 million people watched the event live. The Apollo 11 Mission Was Also a Global Media Sensation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTwitter’s new policy for holding powerful leaders to account for engaging in hate speech and harassment received its first major test this weekend when President Trump called on several Democratic members of Congress to “go back” to their countries — prompting widespread allegations of racism against women of color. Twitter says Trump’s tweet didn’t violate
Read MoreThe discussions were halted after Broadcom dropped its takeover price for the security software company during due diligence, said people briefed on the matter. Broadcom’s Bid for Symantec Is Said to Have Stalled Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA new project has been launched to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers make more —and better — use of open-access book publishing in humanities and the social sciences. The Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs is a partnership led by Coventry University in the United Kingdom and including the University of California Santa Barbara
Read MoreSpaceX says it has figured out what caused one of its spacecraft to explode during a ground test in April. A valve accidentally leaked some of the vehicle’s propellant, starting a chain reaction that caused the spacecraft to burst apart. Now that the cause has been identified, SpaceX says it is replacing these parts in
Read MoreAs Buzzfeed reports, security researcher Karan Lyons published evidence of yet more video conferencing apps that could be maliciously opened with their cameras turned on due to a security flaw. The apps this time are RingCentral and a Chinese app called Zhumu. If you are a Mac user that has ever installed either app and
Read MoreSpaceX blames faulty valve for Dragon spacecraft explosion Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is putting a compatibility hold on its Windows 10 May 2019 update for some of its Surface Book 2 laptops due to an issue where the discrete Nvidia GPU can vanish from the device manager on the OS, which in turn can cause apps or games that rely on that GPU to have issues,
Read MoreRecently, you may have received an urgent-sounding voicemail from “Apple,” claiming your “financial activity” on your devices was at stake. Read more… Don't Answer Unsolicited Calls from Apple Source: Life Hacker
Read MorePick up some brilliant bargains on headphones and speakers from the likes of Bose, Beats, Jabra, Apple. Microsft and Sonos. Amazon Prime Day 2019: Huge savings on Bose, Beats, Apple headphones and Sonos speakers – CNET Source: CNet
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