Has music streaming ignored aficionados of Mozart and Beethoven? Two new services, Idagio and Primephonic, address the needs of the genre’s discerning listeners. In Streaming Age, Classical Music Gets Lost in the Metadata Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf you’ve purchased Ragú pasta sauce this month, you should check the packaging to make sure it hasn’t been recalled. Read more… Make Sure You Didn't Buy One of These Three Recalled Flavors of Ragú Pasta Sauce Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe new GLS-Class SUV feels more like a luxury flagship than ever before. 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS450 is a stylish, luxurious ride – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAt the AT&T Shape conference, we get a taste of the carrier’s blazing 5G speeds. And they sure make for smooth mole whacking. AT&T 5G: Our tests yield the craziest speeds yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe goal of automation has always been efficiency. What if artificial intelligence sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized? A.I. May Not Take Your Job, but It Could Become Your Boss Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePopular novels, technical tomes and self-published books are pirated and sold on Amazon. That may actually be helping the company extend its grip on the book business. What Happens After Amazon’s Domination Is Complete? Its Bookstore Offers Clues Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJD Alois / Crowdfund Insider: Algorand raises $60M in an Algo token sale for its proof-of-stake blockchain platform that, it claims, can process and instantly confirm 1K transactions/second — Singapore based Algorand successfully raised $60 million in a dutch auction token sale this week. Algorand raises M in an Algo token sale for its proof-of-stake
Read MoreThe Microsoft case from the 1990s provides a road map for today’s tech giants and regulators. 5 Lessons From Microsoft’s Antitrust Woes, by People Who Lived It Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe first nighttime launch of the big rocket will also be a celestial funeral of sorts. SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch ashes of an all-star, astronaut and others – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese ‘Father’s Day deals’ on Apple Watch Series 3 and Series 4 are still available. The Apple Watch is still on sale starting at 9 at Amazon and Walmart – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhy would anyone put as much effort into resurrecting a 1970s split-flap clock as [mitxela] did when he built this custom PLL frequency converter? We’re not sure, but we do like the results. The clock is a recreation of the prop from the classic 1993 film, Groundhog Day, rigged to play nothing but “I Got
Read MoreJon Evans / TechCrunch: Libra may become a global mobile reserve currency for individuals, not institutions, enabling them to receive, save, spend, and exchange a global hard currency — There is so much to write about Libra, and so much which has already been written misses the mark, mostly, I think … Libra may become
Read MoreOn Monday evening SpaceX will attempt the Falcon Heavy’s “most difficult launch ever,” its first nighttime launch for the vessel which will be ferrying multiple satellites into orbit. Read more… How to Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch Monday Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWe’ve recently had a bit of a heat wave in San Francisco. It’s exceptionally rare for temperatures to get higher than 80 (although less so in recent years), which means most people don’t have air conditioners much less any idea of how to deal with the heat. Read more… Know When It's Too Hot to
Read MoreiRobot is best known for its robots used in the home, and now it’s looking to enter the classroom with a new acquisition. The company has announced that it has acquired Root Robotics, which sells a robot and platform that helps children learn how to code. Root Robotics originated as a research project at Harvard
Read MoreSimon Owens / The Business of Content: Brian McCullough on the Internet History Podcast and Techmeme Ride Home: the start, turning a personal podcast into a business, plans for a Ride Home franchise — In 2005, a computer software engineer named Gabe Rivera launched the site that would eventually become Techmeme. Brian McCullough on the
Read MoreMusic software and hardware company Slate Digital has announced a new subscription service called the All Access Pass. The subscription unlocks over 60 plug-ins, online production lessons through the company’s new learning center Slate Academy, and more. Slate Digital is known for its plug-ins that producers, mixers, and engineers use when making music, which includes
Read MoreThe MOS Technology 6502 was one of the more popular processors of the 1980s. It ran the Commodore 64, the NES in a modified form, and a whole bunch of other hardware, too. By modern standards, it’s barely fit to run a calculator, but no matter – [Nick Bild] built a VR game that runs
Read MoreVideo game’s biggest name won’t be playing at the massive video game tournament next month. Esports player Ninja fails to qualify for Fortnite World Cup – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: Internet companies that call themselves “platforms” instead of publishers have no special legal protections or obligations under the Communications Decency Act — from the stop-pushing-this-nonsense dept — Alexis Madrigal, over at the Atlantic has a mostly interesting piece recounting … Internet companies that call themselves "platforms" instead of publishers have no
Read MoreIn May, HBO scored an unexpected hit with Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries about how the world’s worst nuclear disaster unfolded. Like any dramatization of a real-world incident, it takes some liberties to make the story fit into television’s dramatic structure. That’s where the show’s companion podcast comes in: it features Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’s
Read MoreA big Kindle ebook sale, a bunch of menswear deals on Amazon, and travel-friendly bike repair tools lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Sunday's Best Deals: Bike Tools, Menswear, USB-C Chargers, Kindle Books, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSam Dean / Los Angeles Times: Privacy experts worry about how Amazon and Walmart will store and use videos captured by cameras worn by delivery associates during in-home deliveries — The war for the e-commerce shopper is fought on the battlefield of convenience. One-click ordering, same-day delivery … Privacy experts worry about how Amazon and
Read MoreThis is Amazon’s lowest price ever. Pre-Prime Day sale: The new AirPods with wireless charging case are 0 at Amazon (save 10%) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe cloak uses an app to show you disappearing on photos and video. Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak materializes for preorder July 1 – CNET Source: CNet
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