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April 8, 2019

Sources: Monzo is close to raising £100M from Y Combinator, which would give the UK-based digital bank a pre-money valuation of £2B, up from £1B in October (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Sources: Monzo is close to raising £100M from Y Combinator, which would give the UK-based digital bank a pre-money valuation of £2B, up from £1B in October — Just 5 months after announcing £85 million in Series E funding, Monzo is already gearing up to raise additional funding … Sources: Monzo

In Bubbles, She Sees a Mathematical Universe

For Karen Uhlenbeck, winner of the Abel Prize for math, a whimsical phenomenon offers a window onto higher dimensions. In Bubbles, She Sees a Mathematical Universe Source: NY Times Tech

The Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch hits an all-time low: $180 – CNET

Plus: A sweet Star Trek movie deal and your chance to win a Galaxy S10 Plus! The Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch hits an all-time low: 0 – CNET Source: CNet

Brain Hacking with Entrainment

Can you electronically enhance your brain? I’m not talking about surgically turning into a Borg. But are there electronic methods that can improve various functions of your brain? Fans of brainwave entrainment say yes. There was an old recruiting ad for electrical engineers that started with the headline: The best electronic brains are still human.

April 8, 2019

Viber launches Viber Local Number, a new $4.99/month subscription service to give users a phone number that anyone can call or text, in the US, UK, and Canada (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Viber launches Viber Local Number, a new $4.99/month subscription service to give users a phone number that anyone can call or text, in the US, UK, and Canada — Viber, the chat and messaging app acquired by Japanese ecommerce titan Rakuten for $900 million five years ago … Viber launches Viber

April 8, 2019

TNW2019 Daily: Over 300 speakers confirmed!

Fun fact: 31 days is the gestation period of a baby chipmunk, and it’s also the amount of days left until TNW Conference! Coincidence? Probably. 300 speakers and counting 300 is the name of a movie, and it’s also the amount of speakers we have confirmed so far for TNW Conference! That’s definitely a coincidence,

April 8, 2019

Danish hustler jailed for laundering $500,000 worth of dirty Bitcoin

Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you might think. A Danish man has been handed a prison sentence after using the digital currency for ill-gotten gains. The 33-year old has been sentenced to four years and three months after pleading guilty to laundering dirty Bitcoin, a local police report states. The perpetrator acknowledged in court

April 8, 2019

Bitglass, which allows organizations to extend their security policies beyond their own data centers, raises $70M Series D led by Quadrille Capital (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Bitglass, which allows organizations to extend their security policies beyond their own data centers, raises $70M Series D led by Quadrille Capital — Cloud access security broker Bitglass Inc. is in a confident mood after landing a $70 million round of financing. Bitglass, which allows organizations to extend their security policies

April 8, 2019

Average life of a dead Google product is just four years

Google shut down Google+ and Inbox last week, and and we’re still in mourning (for the latter). Recently, we’ve seen sites like Killed By Google and Google Cemetary crop up to show us the Mountain View company’s notorious habit of killing off products. Now, a new feature in the Google Cemetery site shows us the average life

April 8, 2019

Stop trying to solve Brexit with blockchain

When Brits headed to the polls in June 2016 and narrowly voted to Brexit, the United Kingdom was thrown into a dark puddle of water – one so murky that it’s proved difficult for lawmakers, politicians, government, and civilians to navigate ever since. If, and when, it happens, Brexit will change the course of UK and

Programming language popularity: C++ bounces back at Python's expense

Broader compiler support is driving a resurgence in interest in the nearly 35-year-old C++ programming language, which replaces Python in Tiobe’s top 3. Programming language popularity: C++ bounces back at Python's expense Source: ZDNet Microsoft

Pinterest Dials Down Expectations as I.P.O. Nears

The digital pin board company set a price range for its I.P.O. that would value the business below its last private market valuation of $12 billion. Pinterest Dials Down Expectations as I.P.O. Nears Source: NY Times Tech

The best Xbox One S deal of 2019: Just $185 – CNET

That’s for the 1TB console bundled with two oldie-but-goodie games. The best Xbox One S deal of 2019: Just 5 – CNET Source: CNet

Library services get digital, testing privacy values – CNET

Apps and software programs make it easier for you to use the library, but they also create a data trail. Library services get digital, testing privacy values – CNET Source: CNet

Help Desk: How do you stop robocalls to your landline?

Our tech columnist answers your questions about how to block spam, nuisance and fraudulent calls on your home phone. Help Desk: How do you stop robocalls to your landline? Source: Washington Post Tech

Facebook, Google testify to Congress over white nationalism: How to watch – CNET

The tech giants are once again on Capitol Hill, this time for a grilling over the spread of extremism on their services. Facebook, Google testify to Congress over white nationalism: How to watch – CNET Source: CNet

April 8, 2019

Snapchat’s reinventing itself to fight Instagram

Last week, Snapchat held its first partner summit, where it described the company’s new approach to standing out from competitors like Instagram. Key announcements included new AR features for lenses, new Snap original content, a multiplayer gaming platform, and a new developer kit to integrate Snapchat stories in other apps (like Tinder). Let’s break down these

April 8, 2019

CHEAP: Find tranquility with $100 off Bose QuietComfort 25 headphones

Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you work in a busy office, travel a lot, or just find yourself distracted by the outside world, you should probably get a pair of active noise-canceling headphones. And you know what’s great? You can now get the Bose QuietComfort

April 8, 2019

Pinterest sets IPO price range at $15-$17 per share, valuing it at $11.3B at the top of the range, below its last valuation of $12.3B when it raised privately (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Pinterest sets IPO price range at $15-$17 per share, valuing it at $11.3B at the top of the range, below its last valuation of $12.3B when it raised privately — After dropping its IPO filing two weeks ago, today Pinterest, the social media platform where people can discover and share ideas

Give Your Raspberry Pi SD Card a Break: Log to RAM

The fragility of SD cards is the weak link in the Raspberry Pi ecosystem. Most of us seem to have at least one Pi tucked away somewhere, running a Magic Mirror, driving security cameras, or even taking care of a media library. But chances are, that Pi is writing lots and lots of log files.

Microsoft revamps programming language PowerShell as Windows 10 use trails Linux

Microsoft is working on a plan to boost PowerShell usage among Windows users. Microsoft revamps programming language PowerShell as Windows 10 use trails Linux Source: ZDNet Microsoft

April 8, 2019

DOOM speedrunning is a complicated, frustrating sport

Now, here’s a blast from the past. Remember DOOM? I’m talking about the one from 1993. For a lot of people – myself included – Carmack and Romero’s first-person shooter was a formative cultural experience, a bit like how LARPing Wolfenstein was for people born in the 1920’s. It may come as a surprise, but

Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content

A growing number of countries are now eager to punish Facebook and other internet companies for harmful material on their platforms. Britain Proposes Broad New Powers to Regulate Internet Content Source: NY Times Tech

April 8, 2019

South Korean police use AI to bust $19M Bitcoin-fuelled pyramid scam

South Korean police have caught the masterminds of a Bitcoin-fuelled Ponzi scheme responsible for generating almost $19 million in revenue. The scam, called “M-Coin,” is said to have targeted those with poor understanding of the technology – mostly elderly people, retirees, and housewives – with promises of free cryptocurrency and recruitment bonuses for signing up

April 8, 2019

Microsoft changes the default removal policy for external storage like USB thumb drives in Windows 10 from "Better performance" to "Quick removal" (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft changes the default removal policy for external storage like USB thumb drives in Windows 10 from “Better performance” to “Quick removal” — The default removal policy for external storage media was changed by Microsoft in Windows 10 version 1809 from … Microsoft changes the default removal policy for external storage

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