Nicholas Fandos covers the Capitol, where “a lot of energy goes into being in the right place at the right time.” Some in-house resources help. Two Voice Recorders on Hand, Because Congress Does Talk Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA lot of personal finance advice gets caught up in the little things—the cup of coffee you buy in the morning for $3. The streaming music subscription for $9.99 per month. Cut out these small expenses and clutch those dollar bills and you’ll save thousands of dollars each year. But of course it’s not that
Read MoreRESCUE Disposable Non-Toxic Fly Trap | $5 | Amazon Read more… Don't Let Flies Annoy You This Summer, Get a Trap For Only Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAndroid founder, Andy Rubin, may have left Google long back in 2014, but his departure is beginning to attract more unsavory attention as more information is released. According to documents made public by a California superior court, Rubin left the company after having an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate, and allegedly concealed payments about his
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Paris-based Cubyn, which lets e-merchants outsource fulfillment and delivery logistics, raises €12M Series B led by DN Capital — Cubyn, the Paris-based logistics startup that lets e-merchants outsource fulfilment and delivery logistics, has raised €12 million in new funding. Paris-based Cubyn, which lets e-merchants outsource fulfillment and delivery logistics, raises €12M
Read MoreWe round up the phones with the longest battery life. Did yours make the list? 6 phones with the best battery life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat has our obsession with air-conditioning made us? And what comes next? The Endlessly Frosty American Indoors Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNot only is LinkedIn painfully boring, but it often feels like a sausage party filled with senior level white men. And research backs this up: in 2017, a study by LinkedIn revealed how sexist norms infiltrate the way men and women present themselves on LinkedIn. By analyzing over 141 million profiles in the US, it
Read MoreBTC.com, the flagship mining pool of cryptocurrency firm Bitmain Technologies, appears to have started mining the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) blockchain once again – a likely controversial move. According to multiple blockchain explorers, BTC.com has mined roughly one percent of BSV blocks over the past 24 hours, and is currently contributing a relatively small hash rate
Read MoreApple is trying to make video calls a little more intimate, it seems. iOS 13's FaceTime will apparently fake eye contact – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA senior official reportedly asserted that Commerce agents should abide by its “presumption of denial” licensing policy in an email. Huawei remains on Commerce Department's blacklist despite Trump's deal – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn search of a smart thermostat? Here are our favorites. The best smart thermostats of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNot sold on a smart thermostat? Click through your options here. 12 smart thermostats to regulate your home's temp – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhile he couldn’t quite come up with the cash to buy one in their hayday, [Bruno Antunes] has always been fascinated with the Amiga. When PCs got fast enough he used emulators like UAE to get a taste of the experience, but it was never quite the same thing. Not until he found the MiST
Read MoreUber is piloting a new option for its Uber Eats service which lets you eat your preordered food in the restaurant, rather than at home. Eater reports that the new Dine-in option is currently available in Austin, Dallas, Tucson, and San Diego, and appears alongside the service’s existing delivery and pickup options. “Skip the wait
Read MoreA woman accused of running a Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring pleaded guilty on Tuesday after authorities busted the operation last year. Among other charges, Sarah Alberts, 35, who is due to be sentenced on October 8, admitted to money laundering, reports say. Ohio-based co-defendants Mark Alex Simon, 35, and Aaron Kuns, 35, pleaded guilty, and
Read MoreOn Monday, a left-leaning civil rights audit of Facebook urged the company to expand its ban on white nationalist content by purging additional words, phrases, and symbols from the social network. The audit had been announced a year ago to address allegations of bias on Facebook, and the company has now offered two updates about
Read MoreThe allure of fast profits from cryptocurrency appears to have been too great for one bank manager in India. The manager of a Standard Chartered branch, a private bank in India, has been arrested for running a cryptocurrency scam in which he promised unrealistic returns on a digital coin, Business Standard reports. The main perpetrator
Read MoreCuba‘s government is eyeing the potential use of cryptocurrency to boost its economy. The proposal forms part of a series of measures seeking to improve the country’s deepening criss exacerbated by US sanctions. The new measures were announced this week by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his government on state-run TV and promise to raise income for
Read MoreAdvertisers are increasingly turning to an invisible method that pulls together information about your device to pinpoint your identity. ‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA machine-dominated workplace can make employees more mechanical themselves. But there is room for initiative, and small acts of rebellion. Inside an Amazon Warehouse, Robots’ Ways Rub Off on Humans Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFaster speed versus more coverage. That’s the most important issue for 5G networks today. We ran 5G speed tests on Verizon, AT&T, EE and more: Here's what we found – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiOS 13’s third developer beta includes a new feature that makes it look like you’re staring directly at your front-facing camera during FaceTime calls, even when looking away at the person on your screen. The feature, which was spotted by Mike Rundle on Twitter, only appears to be working on the iPhone XS and XS
Read MoreIt did especially well in the Safety Assist category, thanks to its suite of driver aids. Tesla Model 3 totally nails Euro NCAP crash tests – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEveryone should build a speaker cabinet at least once in their life, if only so they can realize how much thought goes into building a simple box. [John] of ibuildit.ca wanted a sound bar for his home theater setup, and that means building a sound bar. The result is beautiful, and a demonstration of how
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