We have no doubt that hundreds of times a day a hacker is watching a 3D printer spew hot plastic and fantasizes about being able to print directly using metal. While metal printers are more common than ever, they are still out of reach for most people printing as a hobby. But as Mr. Spock
Read MoreBrian Merchant / Gizmodo: Once boastful of its plans to rely on 100% renewable energy for new datacenters, Amazon’s quietly tamped down those ambitions — In 2014, Amazon announced that it would power its rapidly expanding fleet of data centers with 100 percent renewable energy. Apple, Facebook, and Google … Once boastful of its plans
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Deep Lens, developer of the VIPER clinical research software suite that includes AI-backed image detection tools, raises $14M Series A led by Northpond Ventures — Deep Lens, a Columbus, Ohio-based startup developing a precision medicine software suite, today announced that it’s raised $14 million … Deep Lens, developer of the VIPER
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Fleetsmith raises $30M Series B led by Menlo Ventures to expand its Apple device management platform beyond the US — Fleetsmith launched in 2016 with a mission to manage Apple devices in the cloud. It simplified an IT activity that had previously been complex with help from Apple’s Device Enrollment Plan.
Read MoreVerizon claims incredible 5G speeds on its brand-new network. That’s not what happened for me. Testing Verizon's early 5G speeds: 3 major issues with the next-gen data network and how to fix them – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor now, it looks a lot like Chrome, but Microsoft promises differences will come. Microsoft releases its Google Chrome-ized Edge browser for testing – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company claims a drivable prototype will make its debut sometime this year. Fisker teases its 2021-bound electric SUV from another angle – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreScott Scrivens / Android Police: 14 HTC apps that were on the Google Play Store have been unpublished in the last three months, including HTC Mail and HTC Calendar — Back in February, we wrote about the disappearance of the HTC Mail app from the Play Store, but it was quickly restored. More recently, we
Read MoreHomecoming tells the story behind Beyoncé’s internet-breaking 2018 Coachella performance. Beyoncé Coachella documentary set to rock Netflix. See the trailer here – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Roblox, an MMO game popular with kids, says it now has 90M MAUs, up from 70M last fall, following international expansion and support for French and German — Kids gaming platform Roblox, most recently valued at over $2.5 billion, has reached a new milestone of 90 million monthly active users, the
Read More{$inline_image} 3D Printers have been in the hands of hackers for well over ten years, but the dream is far from over and certainly not overslept. This year’s Midwest RepRap Festival is a testament to the still-growing excitement, and world where 3D printing is alive and kicking on the next level. This past weekend, I
Read MoreBack in December, Microsoft surprised everyone – those who hadn’t been following the rumors, anyway – by announcing it was shifting Edge to Google’s ubiquitous Chromium platform. Chromium promises better and faster support for constantly evolving web standards. You can now give this shinier version of Edge a try for yourself. The company today released
Read MoreWhether you are a gen-Z, millennial or a recently separated 40-something, chances are you have heard of or used Tinder enough to understand how brutal dating can be. How many times have you heard comments like “I wish dating would be more natural, more real.” The problem of dating apps, however, is not that they
Read MoreJoin us Wednesday at noon Pacific time for the Autodesk Fusion 360 Hack Chat! Most of us have a collection of tools that we use for the various mechanical, electronic, and manufacturing tasks we face daily. But if you were asked to name one tool that stretches across all these spaces, Autodesk Fusion 360 would certainly
Read MoreThe first public preview of Microsoft’s replacement for its Edge browser is now available. Should you try it out? Chromium-based Edge: Hands on with Microsoft's new browser Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft officially is releasing the first Developer and Canary test builds of its Chromium-based Edge browser for 64-bit Windows 10 only. Here’s where to get it and who should (and shouldn’t) download it. Microsoft releases first test builds of Chromium-based Edge for Windows 10 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the platform until it’s resolved. A sophisticated botnet of more than 140,000 machines has launched Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks on Electrum‘s servers, with apparent intent to direct users to compromised versions of the software designed to
Read MoreIf you don’t know what a print processor is, don’t feel bad. There’s precious few people out there still running home darkrooms, and the equipment used for DIY film development is about as niche as it gets today. For those looking to put together their own darkroom in 2019, buying second hand hardware and figuring
Read MoreEU starts investigation of Microsoft’s contracts with EU institutions after Dutch government report. EU to check for GDPR violations in Microsoft products across EU institutions Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Klaviyo, a Boston-based email marketing firm founded in 2012 which says it has 12,000 customers, raises $150M Series B from Summit Partners — Klaviyo, a Boston-based email marketing firm founded in 2012, went about building its email marketing business the old fashioned way. Klaviyo, a Boston-based email marketing firm founded in
Read MoreUnlike at social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, the people tasked with responding to reports of harassment are largely unpaid volunteers. Wikipedia Isn’t Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe EU doesn’t need to wait much longer before slapping Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google with a digital tax, Margrethe Vestager says. Tech giants should pay higher taxes, says EU Commissioner – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / VentureBeat: Upstart, a peer-to-peer lending platform which uses AI to make credit decisions and to eliminate fraud, raises $50M Series D, bringing the total raised to $160M — Upstart, a startup founded by ex-Googlers that uses AI to identify who should get a loan and of what size, said today it has
Read MoreThe money FCA will pay for this arrangement pales in comparison to the fines it would have to pay otherwise. FCA pays Tesla big bucks to count EVs as its own to meet EU regulations, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt previously threatened to limit intel sharing unless Huawei was excluded from Germany’s 5G rollout. US reportedly no longer demands Huawei ban from Germany – CNET Source: CNet
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