“Why am I seeing this post?” feature will explain how the company’s algorithm has prioritised certain posts on your feed. Facebook is finally explaining how it organizes your news feed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatt Weinberger / Business Insider: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Fortnite’s Creative mode, where players build together instead of battling, has attracted 100M players since its December launch — – Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that the company has big plans for “Fortnite,” which it sees “evolving beyond being a game.” Epic Games
Read MoreThere used to be a time when amateur radio was a fairly static pursuit. There was a lot of fascination to be had with building radios, but what you did with them remained constant year on year. Morse code was sent by hand with a key, voice was on FM or SSB with a few
Read MoreSee how animals adapt and survive in the world’s most extreme habitats, in a new National Geographic series hosted by Bear Grylls, airing on April 1. Wildlife gets wilder than ever in new National Geographic Hostile Planet series – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe reimagined Snake game will be playable in Android and iOS Google Maps apps for around a week. Google adds Snake game to Maps apps for April Fool's Day gag – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA side by side comparison of the pictures taken on Samsung’s new S10 Plus alongside Apple’s iPhone XS Max. Galaxy S10 Plus vs iPhone XS Max: photo samples from our comparison – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’ll come with 40 games and most of your favourites are there. Sega Genesis Mini: Release date and pricing announced – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Poland fines digital marketing firm Bisnode ~€220K for GDPR violations; Bisnode argues it may cost €8M+ to reach people it can only contact via physical mail — An interesting decision came out of Poland’s data protection agency this week after the watchdog issued … Poland fines digital marketing firm Bisnode ~€220K
Read MoreRamya Sethuraman / Facebook: Facebook announces “Why am I seeing this post?”, a feature to help users better understand and control what is seen from friends, Pages, and Groups in News Feed — News Feed is always personalized to you — and starting today you’ll have even more information and control over your experience. Facebook
Read MoreLaurence Dodds / Telegraph: Exclusive: Facebook to finally explain the decisions of its news feed algorithm — Facebook will finally begin telling its users why posts appear in their news feeds as it seeks to assuage public concerns about the spread of fake news and its influence over billions of people’s reading habits. Exclusive: Facebook
Read MoreJeff Kauflin / Forbes: A profile of payment card services startup Marqeta, which according to a source has doubled its revenue every year since 2016, reaching close to $150M in 2018 — n the spring of 2015, Jason Gardner, the founder of Marqeta, a payments processor, left a grim board meeting and went for a
Read MoreYou can now make flexible circuit boards of unlimited length. Trackwise was contracted out for making a wiring harness for the wing of a UAV and managed to ship a 26 meter long flexible printed circuit board. This is an interesting application of the technology — UAVs are very weight sensitive and wiring harnesses are
Read MoreYou better lose yourself in the Musk tweets. Elon Musk drops an auto-tune rap about 2016 meme Harambe – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Proxy, a startup that is building a mobile identity layer on top of Bluetooth LE for keyless entry and more, raises $13.6M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins — You know how kings used to have trumpeters heralding their arrival wherever they went? Proxy wants to do that with Bluetooth. Proxy,
Read MoreKourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie are back, now with extra Kanye — because “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” is back on TV tonight. The Kardashians Tell All About Jordyn Woods, Fyre Festival and Being Billionaires Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSamsung’s Galaxy S10 phones are tested and the verdicts are in. Here’s what they do best. 5 Galaxy S10 features you're going to love most – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA herd of technology public offerings this year and next year is set to anoint venture capital winners. Here are some of them. These Silicon Valley Investors’ Bets May Pay Off Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLive-action remake of Dumbo soared to the top of the weekend box office. Captain Marvel about to blast past billion at box office – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMetal fabrication is a useful skill to have. There’s plenty you can achieve in your workshop at home, given the right tools. There’s lathes for turning, mills for milling, and bandsaws and dropsaws for chopping it all to pieces. But what do you do if you need to make hoops and bends and round sections?
Read MoreCommentary: I was crushed when Apple cancelled its smart wireless charging pad. Now it’s time to move on. Apple AirPower's death could be the best thing for you and your iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs the KUWTK trailer promises, Mr. Kim Kardashian is ready to share his feelings with you. ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Returns With Its New Star … Kanye West? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEverybody knows the concept of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model by now. But what not many might realize is that SaaS business lives or dies by its Monthly Recurring Revenue. MRR is becoming the lifeblood of companies following this unique business model, one that’s only growing in popularity as of late. But why? The SaaS market
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Care.com, the largest site in the US for finding caregivers, scrubbed ~46,594 or ~72% of day-care centers claiming to have a state license, after a WSJ inquiry — Online child-care marketplace Care.com removed from its site tens of thousands of unverified day-care center listings just before a WSJ investigation was published. Care.com,
Read More“You are not your user” A reminder that you are not designing the product for people like yourself. Often used as a way to encourage more user research in a project. “If Henry Ford had asked people what they wanted, they would have told him faster horses”Used as a counter-argument to the previous statement, when
Read MoreAs the social network is called out for its own practices, Zuck says the internet needs guidance and standard rules. Facebook’s Zuckerberg wants laws to combat harmful content, protect privacy – CNET Source: CNet
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