But in his internet vision, you’ll have to pay for services no longer subsidized by advertising. Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to give you your data back – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe all know that quantum computing is coming, but it is hard to know how to get started with it. [Mtreinish] suggests Qiskit — an Apache Licensed SDK for developing quantum applications. He has a presentation he gave in Singapore that you can see below, and a notebook you can go through on GitHub. If
Read MoreIf Google were a TV show, it’d undoubtedly be Game of Thrones. Like Game of Thrones, it’ll introduce a prominent new character (app) that has the potential to change everything, only to see it killed off in the next season. The most recent victims: Inbox and Google+, two apps that were once seen as game-changers
Read MoreThe work of Nobel Prize winner Gerard Mourou could potentially solve (or at least mitigate) a major problem in the energy industry: nuclear waste. And the solution? Lasers, that which we hope will be the answer to every question. Before you get too excited (and I know you are, because lasers), the lasers won’t be coming
Read MoreThe night is dark and full of malicious files. Game of Thrones has the most malware of any pirated TV show – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Security researcher finds massive spam operation in an unsecured server, now inactive, which sent 5M+ emails over 10 days that 160K+ people clicked through — Five million emails in ten days — For ten days in March, millions were caught in the same massive spam campaign. Security researcher finds massive spam
Read MoreThe Qs Inspiration electric sedan concept will make its debut in Shanghai in April. Infiniti is channeling the 1989 Q45 in its new Qs Inspiration concept – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: Facebook says it will stop asking for email passwords to verify new accounts; previously, it used them to verify accounts whose email addresses didn’t use OAuth — Responding to criticism, Facebook says it will stop asking users for their email passwords as a means of verifying some new accounts. Facebook says
Read MoreRani Molla / Recode: Research: white and Asian women paid 3% less than white and Asian men in same tech jobs last year; Latinx and black women paid 9% and 11% less than white men — Paying women less will cost tech companies plenty. — Happy Equal Pay Day, a holiday whose date, April 2
Read MoreShe said she was going to the pool. A woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago was carrying four smartphones, two passports and malware – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: Intel has hired Qualcomm CFO George Davis to be its new CFO, filling the vacancy left by Bob Swan after he was named Intel’s CEO — Qualcomm CFO George Davis is leaving the company today, Axios has confirmed. Reuters reported earlier Tuesday that he is headed to rival chipmaker Intel. Intel
Read MoreThe much-anticipated Marvel movie passed Avengers: Infinity War and three Star Wars films on its way to the top. Avengers: Endgame smashes presale ticket record held by Force Awakens – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe civil rights organization is seeking an investigation into the “interrogation” of the Apple employee. US border search demand violated Apple employee's constitutional rights, ACLU says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Corporate catering marketplace ezCater raises $150M Series D-1 at $1.25B valuation, claims 60,000 restaurants use its service, has raised $320M in total — Ezcater, a corporate catering marketplace, has raised $150 million in a series D-1 round of investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and GIC … Corporate catering marketplace ezCater
Read MoreIf you spend most of your day typing, you need a good keyboard. Thankfully, there are good keyboards aplenty nowadays. Entire forums and YouTube channels are dedicated to mechanical keyboards, and people obsess over the feel of numerous switches and keycaps. Despite all this, it’s surprisingly hard to find keyboards that do all the things
Read MoreUpgrade your display at a discount. Monitor markdowns: Save up to 0 at Best Buy on gaming displays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCarl Sagan one said “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” It might not be a very accurate description of the relative difficulty level of baking, but the logic is sound enough: there’s often a lot of ground work that needs to be to covered before
Read MoreThe service is free for the first month. Apple News Plus saw more than 200K sign-ups in first 48 hours – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new wave of websites turns physicians into mere gatekeepers for popular lifestyle drugs, increasing public health risks, experts say. The sites say they ease connections with doctors. Drug Sites Upend Doctor-Patient Relations: ‘It’s Restaurant-Menu Medicine’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTed Johnson / Variety: DOJ warns the group behind the Oscars that potential rule changes limiting the eligibility of Netflix and other streaming services could raise antitrust issues — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that its potential rule changes limiting … DOJ warns the group
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Snapchat is testing Status, a Bitmoji on the Snap Map depicting what a user is doing, and Passport, a private compilation of Statuses, in Australia — Today’s teens missed the Foursquare era, so Snapchat is giving them another shot with a new feature to aid in-person meetups. Snapchat is testing Status,
Read MoreSnap to it, Marvel fans, if you want to see what happens after Thanos’ big move. Avengers: Endgame tickets now on sale online, if you can get them – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCritics say Netflix films should count as “made for TV movies” that contend for Emmy awards, not Oscars. Keeping Netflix out of Oscars may raise antitrust issues, DOJ reportedly warns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac generally available with a new start window, more coding space, better C++ support, and smarter debugging — Microsoft today announced that Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac has hit general availability — you can download it now from visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads. Microsoft makes
Read MoreAirPods charging on the back of your iPhone could be a beautiful thing. iPhone 11 could get two-way charging and bigger battery – CNET Source: CNet
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