NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Monday that the agency will need additional funding to meet a White House mandate to land people on the moon by 2024. NASA is scrambling to meet the White House mandate to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreHuawei’s Mate 20 Pro introduced a neat party trick that I found to be surprisingly useful: It can wirelessly charge other devices placed on its back. A similar featured appeared on Samsung’s Galaxy S10, and now it’s making its way to the 2019 iPhones, according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (and via MacRumors). Kuo
Read MoreWith as many as 879 million eligible voters set to cast ballots in the coming weeks, Facebook is struggling to cope with the disinformation and hate speech that is circulating online. As India Votes, False Posts and Hate Speech Flummox Facebook Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA year after saying he’d feature less news on Facebook, Zuckerberg says maybe he wants more now. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg discusses ideas for a news feature, paying publishers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s first employee helped develop the modern tech world, and he has a keen perspective on what’s next. Apple pioneer Bill Fernandez speaks out on AR, VR and the design of the future – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom HelloFresh, Duolingo, McDonald’s and other big names, here’s a tally of this year’s finest — or, at least, most obvious — April 1 2019 jokes. April Fools' pranks: Space burps, a Google snake and a pickle burger – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKate Conger / New York Times: Lyft shares close down 11.85% on second day of trading, after its stock jumped 8.7% on the day of IPO — SAN FRANCISCO — Lyft’s debut on the stock market is off to a bumpy start. — The ride-hailing company went public in a blaze of glory on Friday,
Read MoreApril Fool’s Day is bad. April Fool’s Day is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. For one day a year, we’re inundated with pieces that can, accurately and without any sense of irony, be called fake news. YouTube is worse. But you know what’s worse than April Fool’s Day? A hundred children playing
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researcher: ~13,500 iSCSI storage clusters left exposed online without a password, opening backdoors to enterprise disk storage arrays and people’s NAS devices — New attack vector opens backdoor inside enterprise disk storage arrays and people’s NAS devices. Researcher: ~13,500 iSCSI storage clusters left exposed online without a password, opening backdoors to
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: Ming-Chi Kuo reaffirms all three new iPhones in 2019 will have bilateral wireless charging, says 5.8″ model’s battery size will jump 20-25%, the 6.5″ by 10-15% — Apple’s 2019 iPhones are going to have a two-way wireless charging feature that will allow the iPhone to charge other devices like the AirPods
Read MoreIf you grew up with Unix systems like we did, you’ll be sorry to hear the news: vi, the noble text editor that has served us so well these 40 years, is going away — from many GNU/Linux systems, anyway. As of this writing, GNU/Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, and OpenSUSE — four of the five
Read MoreJoe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: Sources: Apple tried hard to sign up The New York Times and WaPo to Apple News+, was flexible on some terms but wanted the papers’ entire content offerings — The Times and Post resisted Eddy Cue’s hard sell (“We’ll make you the most-read newspaper in the world.”) Sources: Apple tried
Read MoreSEGA finally revealed the official release date of the Genesis Mini, its answer to the craze of fun-sized retro consoles that peaked last year. As cool as it’ll be to see the return of one of gaming‘s most golden of oldies, SEGA may have missed the boat on this fad — and now we get
Read MoreThe council, set up to get input on AI issues from outside experts, is already in turmoil. Google employees urge removal of AI council member for alleged anti-trans views – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook asks for public input via questionnaire and free-form questions about Oversight Board, which is to be its “supreme court” for content policy decisions — In November, Facebook announced its plans to create an external content oversight board that would serve as something of a … Facebook asks for public input
Read MoreThe scheme lets people pick from Golf, Passat and Tiguan variants. VW tests car-subscription water with Drover partnership in the UK – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe portable, app-powered iHealth Ease makes it easy to check your BP anytime, anywhere. This wireless blood-pressure monitor is just .99 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe carrier’s sweepstakes offers a reward fit for royalty AT&T to give away an Iron Throne so you can rule Westeros from your living room – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEven phones as good as these have their rough edges. 5 worst Galaxy S10 features you should know about before buying – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVlad Savov / The Verge: When it comes to low-light photography, Huawei’s P30 Pro is markedly better than a Pixel 3 with Night Sight, preserving far more detail — The P30 Pro is somehow even better than Google’s Night Sight — I know what date it is, but let me assure you that this is
Read MoreClive Thompson’s “Coders” demystifies the work done to create the algorithms and programs that have come to dominate our world. Nonfiction: A Journey — if You Dare — Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFresh into the tip line is an amazing video showcasing the history of the Commodore 64. Unlike many historical retellings of the history of the Commodore 64, the history doesn’t start with the VIC-20, but instead the first Commodore machine to feature the VIC-II and SID chip, the Commodore Max. However, this video goes a
Read MoreFrederic Filloux / Monday Note: By joining Apple News+, the US magazine industry could lose 50% of its revenue per reader, with ARPU dropping from $120 per year per reader to $59 — Apple digital kiosk is a terrible deal for the news industry. No wonder most newspaper publishers won’t join. 1 . The math,
Read MoreWhat’s the secret to growing a successful business? If you’re like me, you’ve probably read countless articles touting the importance of “the hustle” and “the grind.” It’s the idea that you as a CEO should be working 80 hour weeks and pushing your employees to give more of their own time in the effort to
Read MoreColin Lecher / The Verge: 500+ Googlers sign a petition demanding Google remove Kay Coles James, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, from its external AI advisory board — ‘They think that some of our colleagues either do not or should not exist’ — When Google announced an external advisory board … 500+ Googlers sign
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