“I shouldn’t be thinking about legal precedent when I am trying to write a chorus,” a Beyoncé songwriter says, long after “Blurred Lines” changed the rules. Ripped-Off Riffs? Rise in Plagiarism Claims Unnerves Pop Songwriters Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTechCrunch: Zuckerberg’s op-ed on regulations rings somewhat hollow because Facebook can already make plenty of improvements in the areas mentioned without government help — It’s been a busy day for Facebook exec op-eds. Earlier this morning, Sheryl Sandberg broke the site’s silence around the Christchurch massacre … Zuckerberg's op-ed on regulations rings somewhat hollow because
Read MoreThe Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-11/70 is a masterpiece of Cold War-era industrial design. This microcomputer was the size of one or two modern server racks depending on configuration, and the front panel, loaded up with blinkenlights, was clad in a beautiful rose and magenta color scheme. The switches — the ones you used to toggle
Read MoreAlison Griswold / Quartz: Rakuten’s stake in Lyft is now worth $2.46B, GM’s $1.46B, Fidelity’s $1.45B, a16z’s $1.18B, Alphabet’s $924M, Logan Green’s $655M, and John Zimmer’s $452M — Lyft might not be making any money, but its investors and executives certainly are. — Shares of Lyft Inc. gained 8.7% on their first-ever … Rakuten's stake
Read MoreCEO Jon Von Tetzchner also calls for privacy regulation to block companies from tracking us online. Also coming soon: Vivaldi’s email software. Vivaldi mobile browser due in 2019 — but no ad blocking – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: How Instagram became the default way some connect with new friends: it’s more casual than LinkedIn, while offering more info and less risk than phone numbers — The app has become the default way to connect with new friends, dates, or business contacts. — When Chris Rackliffe … How Instagram
Read MoreCommentary: I was crushed when Apple cancelled its smart wireless charging pad. Now it’s time to move on. The death of Apple's AirPower' may be the best thing for you and your iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStreaming music may now come from somewhere in the cloud to an app on your phone and be sent to the client built in to almost every entertainment device you own, but there was a time when the bleeding edge lay in dedicated streaming device that connected to your existing set-up. One of the players
Read MoreFor those following the information security space, it can feel as if the past year was just a series of announcements with one corporate security breach after another. Breaches like Equifax, Marriot, and many more have entered the general consciousness after the personal details of hundreds of millions of customers have fallen into the hands
Read MoreIt isn’t magic. It’s just smart coding. The training in The Complete Machine Learning A to Z Bundle ($25, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals) will introduce you to the basics of deep learning and give you practical hands-on experience working with some of the most critical tools in creating self-learning systems. You can
Read MoreFifteen years ago, the new email service showed everyone Google was more than just a search company. Gmail gave Google the confidence to take over the world – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese are the lowest-rated geek films since 2010. Worst geek movies of the decade – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s tied with one of the best deals to date on these new-and-improved finder gadgets. Get a 4-pack of Tile Mate 2018 trackers for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex W. Palmer / Wired: A behind-the-scenes account of how a member of TripAdvisor’s anti-fraud team helped the FCC track down a Florida man accused of making 96M+ illegal robocalls — BRAD YOUNG, A lawyer at TripAdvisor, arrived at the company’s offices in Needham, Massachusetts, on October 12, 2015 … A behind-the-scenes account of how
Read MoreOne of the most beautiful modern concert halls in the world, the home of the LA Philharmonic, is a sight to behold. Take the full tour. Best seat in the house: Exploring the incredible Walt Disney Concert Hall – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a battle between an exceptional camera and a great budget price. Pixel 3 vs. OnePlus 6T: Which Android should you buy? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSensors are critical in robotics. A robot relies on its sensor package to perform its programmed duties. If sensors are damaged or non-functional, the robot can perform unpredictably, or even fail entirely. [Dheera Venkatraman] has been working to make debugging sensor issues easier with the rosshow package for Robot Operating System. Normally, if you want
Read MoreInstagram is for vacations. Facebook is for families. But TikTok takes us into the classrooms, airplanes, firehouses and fast-food franchises of our real lives. How We Hang Out at Work Together Online Now Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreReturning to Earth from the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield remarked how making the right decision is vital in high pressure environments, saying: Most of the time, you only really get one try to do most of the critical stuff and the consequences are life or death. Mankind is preparing for a new
Read MoreThe ThisAbles project is a series of 3D-printed IKEA furniture hacks making life easier for those without full use of their bodies. Since IKEA furniture is affordable and available across most of the planet, it’s the ideal target for a project that aims to make 3D-printed improvements accessible to everyone. These hacks fit all meanings
Read MoreNo established democracies have ever come as close to applying such sweeping restrictions as Australia and New Zealand are considering in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings. News Analysis: Countries Want to Ban ‘Weaponized’ Social Media. What Would That Look Like? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWe are drowning in data that’s supposed to help us. The big data revolution has come from inexpensive data storage and automated data collection, giving organizations exponentially more data than they had in the past. From business logic data like computer log files to detailed weather patterns, purchasing data to TV viewing, we have access
Read MoreEgo Nwodim and Kenan Thompson meet their Discover Card doppelgangers. SNL spoofs Jordan Peele movie Us with Discover Card parody ad – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDan Bilefsky / New York Times: A profile of AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, a co-recipient of the 2018 A.M. Turing Award, who says he supports regulating AI, including a ban on “killer robots” — MONTREAL — Yoshua Bengio is worried that innovations in artificial intelligence that he helped pioneer could lead to a dark future
Read MoreThere are a few options if you want to network computers on amateur radio. There are WiFi hacks of sort, and of course there’s always packet radio. New Packet Radio, a project from [f4hdk] that’s now on hackaday.io, is unlike anything we’ve seen before. It’s a modem that’s ready to go, uses standard 433 ISM
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