I fell in love with AirPods, then they fell down the drain – CNET
This must be how Chewie felt when Han died. I fell in love with AirPods, then they fell down the drain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis must be how Chewie felt when Han died. I fell in love with AirPods, then they fell down the drain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNo matter where you roll on the web, video is the method that causes users to stop and take notice. And that rule applies around your offices and client meetings as well. Video works — and Powtoon has carved out a niche for itself as one of the premiere platforms for creating great looking, yet
Read MoreYesterday, the Madras High Court, situated in the southern Indian city of Chennai, directed the country’s central government to ban TiKTok, the popular video creation app from Chinese giant Bytedance. The court said that the app “encourages pornography” and “the future of the youngsters and mindset of the children are spoiled.“ The court’s interim order
Read MoreThe elite college “is not accepting new engagements or renewing existing ones” with the Chinese companies. MIT severs links with Huawei, ZTE due to US investigations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft alarms Windows 10 users by sending random and misspelled messages through its News app. Microsoft explains 'weird' Windows 10 'Thsi test notification' that freaked out users Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThere’s big movements going on at Apple‘s audio wing. First, the Airpods were updated. And now? The Apple-owned Beats by Dre is getting its first pair of true wireless earbuds: the Powerbeats Pro. The last Beats headphones released in this range were the Powerbeats3 back in 2016, but a lot has changed in the industry since then.
Read MoreGraphing calculators are an interesting niche market these days. They’re relatively underpowered, and usually come with cheap, low resolution screens to boot. They remain viable almost solely due to their use in education and the fact that their limited connectivity makes them suitable for use in exams. The market is starting to hot up, though
Read MoreMicrosoft hands off bug-bounty payments to HackerOne but not Microsoft security-flaw submissions. Microsoft: Our bug bounty payouts hit m in 2018 and we're offering more in 2019 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAmit Bhardwaj, a man accused of running a $300-million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, has reportedly been granted bail on medical grounds, citing a deteriorating kidney condition. The former entrepreneur, who was arrested in Bangkok last year, was reportedly admitted into Apollo Hospital in India, maintaning he needed regular dialysis treatment to treat his condition. As previously reported by
Read MoreCraig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: As more seniors go online, they are largely being left out of digital literacy efforts, making them targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric — Older people play an outsized role in civic life. They also are more likely to be online targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric. As more seniors
Read MoreA Canadian judge has ordered the forfeiture of approximately $1.4 million in Bitcoin found on a drug dealer’s computer as part of a criminal investigation. On Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly ordered that 281.41 Bitcoin be handed over to the Ministry of the Attorney General following evidence that 30-year-old Matthew Phan used the cryptocurrency to fund the
Read MoreWe’ve seen a lot of arcade machine builds here on Hackaday. Seriously, a lot. Even more so since the Raspberry Pi took over the world and made it so you didn’t have to cannibalize an old laptop to build one anymore. It’s one of those projects with huge appeal: either you’re somebody who’s built their
Read MoreAdobe’s just updated its popular After Effects video editing software with an incredibly handy feature: the ability to select and remove unwanted objects from your footage, just like you would cut out a tourist from a photo of a monument in Photoshop. It’s called Content-Aware Fill, and it uses the company’s Sensei AI to analyze
Read MoreHuawei hopes the P30 Pro’s four cameras will topple the Galaxy S10 Plus. Huawei P30 Pro vs. Galaxy S10 Plus: Which Android phone will be king? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Vexdoor Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreOn March 27, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced that the country had successfully launched an anti-satellite missile in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With that, India became only the fourth country to test an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon – used to attack enemy satellites or intercepting ballistic missiles – after the US, China, and Russia. .@DRDO_India successfully
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: Critics say big tech companies are formulating AI ethics boards and principles as a strategy for avoiding the possibility of government regulation — Researchers from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and top universities objected to the board’s inclusion of Kay Coles James, the president of right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation. Critics
Read MoreNew Australian laws target the sharing of “abhorrent violent material,” threaten large fines for social media companies and leave individual executives open to jail time. Instagram, Youtube and Facebook could face fines (and jail time) under new Australian laws – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGwendoline Christie staves off winter by setting the red carpet — and social media — alight. Game of Thrones premiere: Twitter slayed by Brienne of Tarth's red carpet look – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Glen]’s project sounds perfectly straightforward: have a big industrial-style push button act as a one-key USB keyboard. He could have hacked something together in any number of ways, but instead he decided to create a truly elegant solution. His custom PCB mates to the factory parts perfectly, and the USB cable between the button and
Read More‘What is the best Game of Thrones episode ever?’ and other burning questions ahead of the season 8 premiere. Game of Thrones: Biggest questions and boldest predictions ahead of season 8 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Karp / The Guardian: Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously remove abhorrent violent content, despite strong opposition from tech firms — Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns Australia passes law penalizing social media platforms for failing to expeditiously
Read MoreThe tech giants will testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Facebook, Google to face Congress over spread of white nationalism online – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKelsey Piper / Vox: Nearly half of Google’s external AI board has resigned or is under fire, and the design of the board suggests Google is treating AI ethics like a PR problem — One member resigned and two more are under fire. It’s only a week old. — Just a week after it was
Read More94 percent of women who are raped experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. One in three will contemplate suicide. And while a condom isn’t going to stop rape, it’s a damn good place to start. Tulipán, an Argentine sex toy retailer, has created the world’s first “consent condom,” a condom encased in packaging requiring four
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