Sometimes a hack isn’t about building something cool. Sometimes it’s more tactical, where the right stuff is cobbled together to gather the information needed to make decisions, or just to document some interesting phenomenon. Take this impromptu but thorough exploration of basement humidity undertaken by [Matthias Wandel]. Like most people with finished basements in their homes,
Read MoreAfter facing billion dollar fines in the EU for abusing its dominance to favor its own services, the internet giant has now been caught in the cross hairs of Indian antitrust watchdog. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that Google may have misused its market share in Android in the country to prevent
Read MoreAmazon’s Fire TV Recast, its Alexa-enabled take on the Slingbox, is currently discounted from its regular price of $230 down to $130. You’ll need to be a Prime subscriber to take advantage of the deal, but if that’s the case then you can get the device at its cheapest price ever. According to the price
Read MoreGet ready for new characters, 1980s flash and fads, and more gore than usual when the Netflix hit returns July 4. Stranger Things 3 reviews are out: 'Best season by leaps and bounds' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAI and machine learning are taking over, automating more and more tasks. With this technology in place, machines are producing faster and more accurate results for businesses than ever before. As the technology evolves we’ll no longer need to deal with soul-sucking spreadsheets, hours of searching for just the right cat photo or combing through
Read MoreA new forensic technique sailed through its first test in court, leading to a guilty verdict. But beyond the courtroom, a battle over privacy is intensifying. Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWe tested Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile’s early 5G network speeds two ways. Big four US carriers face off over 5G: We compare their peak speeds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDaniel Palmer / CoinDesk: Walmart China uses VeChainThor blockchain to show customers the path a food product took, from its source to the shelves, with 23 product lines listed now — Walmart China has launched a blockchain-based platform aimed to address food safety concerns in the country. Walmart China uses VeChainThor blockchain to show customers
Read MoreIt weighed as much as a modern polar bear, and could have walked among the earliest human beings. Birds taller than elephants may have once lived alongside human beings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the past couple of years, photo editing software has evolved a lot. With new AI capabilities, it’s now easier to manipulate snaps according to your need. But this new AI made by the researchers from MIT and IBM lets you add, edit, or remove an object just with a click. In the past couple
Read MoreTo many, Jony Ive’s announced departure from Apple last week felt very sudden. But a narrative is forming to suggest that he’s been slowly exiting for years as the company shifted priorities from product design to operations. The Wall Street Journal’s Tripp Mickle just published a new list of brutalities that paints a picture of
Read MoreGoogle appears to be finally readying an easy way to share files across a variety of devices, including Android phones and Chromebooks, according to a new report by 9to5Google. The feature — dubbed Fast Share — is set to replace the NFC-based Android Beam sharing method Google introduced with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in
Read MoreFive of the pre-Abrams Star Trek movies will soon be available to stream. Five Star Trek movies are headed to Amazon Prime in July – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBut the scene was cut and reshot six months later, reveals Jeremy Renner, without Thanos. Avengers: Endgame originally had a Thanos fight scene with Hawkeye and Black Widow – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen you think of an old radio it’s possible you imagine a wooden-cased tube radio receiver as clustered around by a 1940s family anxious for news from the front, or maybe even a hefty 19-inch rack casing for a “boat anchor” ham radio transmitter. But neither of those are really old radios, for that we
Read MoreJordan Crook / TechCrunch: Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, announces $12M Series A; Tundra generates revenue via premium checkout options like faster shipping — Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, announces M Series A; Tundra generates
Read MoreLouise Matsakis / Wired: How journalists, researchers, and civil rights groups are using big data, which put gerrymandering on steroids, to easily and cheaply track redistricting — THE SUPREME COURT’S conservative justices ruled Thursday that the highest court doesn’t have the power to address partisan gerrymandering … How journalists, researchers, and civil rights groups are
Read MoreAlthough a $2.76 billion box office isn’t anything to complain about. Avengers: Endgame rerelease earns .8M, not enough to dethrone Avatar – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new Pokemon games won’t include every Pokemon ever. This has some fans upset. Pokemon Sword and Shield's producer attempts to calm outraged fans – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tale of Dream, Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium could be streaming soon. Neil Gaiman's Sandman series may have a home at Netflix – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMakiko Yamazaki / Reuters: Japan to tighten restrictions on the export to South Korea of materials for smartphone displays and chips starting July 4, in a dispute about war-time labor — TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips … Japan to tighten restrictions
Read MoreMicrosoft Azure-based Cenitex service VicCloud to allow government customers to store classified workloads. Victoria's Cenitex launches VicCloud Protect on Microsoft Azure Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreEven though machine learning AKA ‘deep learning’ / ‘artificial intelligence’ has been around for several decades now, it’s only recently that computing power has become fast enough to do anything useful with the science. However, to fully understand how a neural network (NN) works, [Dimitris Tassopoulos] has stripped the concept down to pretty much the
Read MoreDaniel Palmer / CoinDesk: CoinMarketCap acquihires the team of Hashtag Capital, which started as a crypto trading fund, to improve the easily faked volume-weighted crypto price estimates — As its bid to improve its crypto data offering continues, CoinMarketCap is snapping up a firm building technology said to provide a “true price” for cryptocurrencies. CoinMarketCap
Read MoreThe Orion module is set to take astronauts to the moon in 2024 but first needs to pass a test of its emergency abort system. How to watch NASA's critical safety test of the Orion crew capsule – CNET Source: CNet
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