Intel's Ice Lake chips are the newest attempt to make Thunderbolt relevant – CNET
But USB is good enough for most of us — and getting better. Intel's Ice Lake chips are the newest attempt to make Thunderbolt relevant – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBut USB is good enough for most of us — and getting better. Intel's Ice Lake chips are the newest attempt to make Thunderbolt relevant – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: iRobot’s new Roomba s9+ vacuum and Braava Jet m6 mop cost tons of money. Can they possibly be worth it? Why are iRobot's new Roombas so damn expensive? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom skin care to travel pillows, purchase these things instead of letting your FSA money expire 14 unexpected things you can buy with your FSA – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe recently heard it said of a hacker who pulled off a particularly nice VGA hack on an 8-bit microcontroller: “He knows all the bits, personally.” High praise, indeed. If you want to get on a first-name basis with a ton of transistors, then have a look at [Heinz D]’s Vacation Course in ATtiny13 Assembler
Read MoreAdam Engst / TidBITS: Apple’s Dark Mode, despite marketing claims, is at odds with the science of human visual perception and affects productivity by making it harder to read text — Dark Mode is the marquee feature of macOS 10.14 Mojave. Apple even gives it the top spot on the macOS product page, saying: Apple's
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Many of the top shows and movies on Netflix, produced by upcoming streaming competitors like AT&T and Disney, have licensing rights locked in for years to come — Streaming service has many programs locked up for years to come — Hollywood studios say they’re breaking up with Netflix. Many of the
Read MoreA sharp knife is a joy to use, but many of us are guilty of buying the cheapest kitchen tools available and rarely maintaining them. Keeping knives sharp is key to working with them both safely and effectively, but to sharpen by hand requires patience and skill. [CNC Kitchen] instead decided to use technology to
Read MoreWe’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental and physical well-being. Perhaps ironically, software developers themselves have been on the forefront of efforts to solve this problem by creating apps that aim to help users disconnect from their devices. Some apps reward you for
Read MoreNew York Times: The Boeing 737 Max’s MCAS anti-stall software was designed to rely on data from two types of sensors, one of which was later removed undisclosed to regulators — SEATTLE — The fatal flaws with Boeing’s 737 Max can be traced to a breakdown late in the plane’s development, when test pilots …
Read MoreJewelry making offers many opportunities for the electronics tinkerer, and on these pages we’ve seen some eye-catching creations using LEDs to great effect. They all have the same limitation though, it’s difficult to power something that tiny without a cumbersome battery. In seeking to solve that problem there have been a variety of inventive solutions
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC’s watch and Google under DOJ’s — Antitrust regulators have divvied up oversight of Amazon and Google, putting Amazon under the watch of the Federal Trade Commission and Google under
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Beam Dental, which uses brushing stats collected by its connected toothbrush to lower dental insurance premiums, raises $55M Series D — When was your last dental checkup? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of U.S. adults haven’t sat in a dentist’s chair within the
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The General Court of the EU agrees to hear a legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer legislation, sets the hearings date for July 1 and 2 — A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from the
Read MoreThe move by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission could result in heightened federal scrutiny of the two tech giants’ business practices, according to three people familiar with the matter. Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between U.S. regulators Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWe live in an exciting time of machine intelligence. Over the past few months, several products have been launched offering neural network processors at a price within hobbyist reach. But as exciting as the hardware might be, they still need software to be useful. Nvidia was not content to rest on their impressive Jetson hardware
Read MoreIt’s a phone for your wrist, with a giant screen and a lot of problems. Nubia Alpha: A smartphone with the right idea but the wrong execution – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSteve Dent / Engadget: Sony’s new IoT chip can transmit up to ~60 miles via Sony’s low-power wide area ELTRES network, launching this fall, and work on objects moving at high speeds — Sony is quietly launching a chip that could change how e-bikes, cars, street lamps and all kinds of other connected devices can
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. OSX.Keysteal Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreThere are birthday presents, and then there are birthday presents. You know, the amazing ones that are the polar opposite of phoning it in. This is one of those presents. So, [peterbrazil]’s wife is a rural mail carrier on a small island. For her upcoming birthday, he wanted to build a lil’ something she could
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Times: Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube are rethinking the display of metrics such as likes, follower and view counts, because they are no longer the drivers of growth — Social networks built on public status markers are now starting to hide them. — In late April, at F8, Facebook’s annual event
Read MoreDownloading the next season of Stranger Things in a jiffy isn’t the only trick 5G has up its sleeve. Verizon lab's 5G robots, medical tools show speed is just the start – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNow you can add your preferred pronouns to the Lyft app. Read more… How to Add Your Preferred Pronouns to Your Lyft Profile Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreJoe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple has removed all content from its iTunes pages on Facebook and Instagram — More evidence has emerged to suggest that Apple is beginning to move away from its iTunes brand after over 18 years of use. — As noted on Reddit, Apple has abruptly removed all social media content …
Read MoreShannon Hall / New York Times: Astronomers fear the reflections from the thousands of internet satellites launched by companies like SpaceX and Amazon can threaten their research — Images of the Starlink constellation in orbit have rattled astronomers around the world. — Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Astronomers fear the
Read MoreFitness wearables sit on a scale. On one hand, you’ve got miniature supercomputers that can do almost everything. That’s your Apple Watch or preferred WearOS device. And then you’ve got the most basic ones that tell the time, track steps, and that’s about it. Sometimes, you just want something straightforward. The Lenovo HX06 is an
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