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Read MoreStill hate math? You won’t after scoring these freebies and discounts on some of the best foods humans ever invented. Pi Day 2019: The best pizza and pie deals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome users saw a message saying the apps were “down for maintenance.” Can’t update status? Facebook and Instagram are down – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMarch 14 isn’t just Pi Day. It also has a surprising history of famous births, the death of physicist Stephen Hawking and a milestone for a daring dirigible. Pi Day through time: From Linux to Einstein to Steph Curry – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe online retailer’s move follows recent efforts by Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest to limit the availability of anti-vaccination and other pseudoscientific material. Amazon Pulls 2 Books That Promote Unscientific Autism ‘Cures’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBloomberg: Court documents: Larry Page worried he would lose control of Google in 2011 and seemed to make a “veiled threat” to quit over the issue — – Page feared co-founder Brin might sell voting shares in 2011 — Court documents shed new light on controversial class C stock Court documents: Larry Page worried he
Read MoreThe White House’s proposed budget for 2020 is out, and with it comes cuts to NASA. The most important item of note in the proposed budget is a delay of the Space Launch System, the SLS, a super-heavy lifting launch vehicle designed for single use. The proposed delay would defer work on the enhanced version
Read MoreEthereum‘s most recent fork was (eventually) successful, but it came with unintended consequence: the greater cryptocurrency community learned of its special “big, scary nodes,” and immediately freaked out. Blockchain infrastructure provider BlockCypher recently posted its version of events leading up to (and directly following) last month’s Constantinople upgrade It details its quest to reboot a special,
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: New York-based Glia, which develops a customer service platform that unifies voice, video, and chatbots, raises $20M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners — Multimodality is fast becoming the norm in the $350 billion customer service industry. According to research published last year … New York-based Glia, which develops a
Read MoreThe agency spells out its proposal to require retailers to wall off sections of stores to limit access, a move opposed by many convenience stores. F.D.A. Moves to Restrict Flavored E-Cigarette Sales to Teenagers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: AT&T is upping DirecTV prices, with a base package hike of $10/month, for the second time since it argued its Time Warner merger would allow it to lower prices — – AT&T Confirms DirecTV Now Price Hikes, Launches New ‘Slimmer’ Bundles With HBO That Omit Many Cable Channels AT&T is upping
Read MoreYouTube has, yet again, failed to protect children online. Recent investigations by Wired and video blogger Matt Watson have alleged that paedophiles were using the site’s comments section to leave predatory messages on videos containing and uploaded by children, and to share links to child sexual abuse material. In response to the investigations – and
Read MoreThe U.K. plan arrives on the same day that a dispute between Spotify and Apple has blown up into a battle over the app store. UK panel calls for new antitrust regulator targeting giant tech platforms Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researchers find mobile adware, dubbed SimBad, hidden in over 200 Android games with more than 150M downloads — Security researchers have found a new kind of mobile adware hidden in hundreds of Android apps, and downloaded more than 150 million times from Google Play. Researchers find mobile adware, dubbed SimBad, hidden
Read MoreThere’s only 57 days left until our tech conference! A few days ago, my daily newsletter explained how you can get your boss to buy your TNW2019 ticket. I’m not satisfied, however, because you don’t deserve to go alone. Everything is so much more fun when you have people to share it with, so in
Read MoreNathaniel Mott / Tom’s Hardware: US CPSC announces expanded recall of 78,500 HP laptops due to battery issues; announcement was delayed from January due to government shutdown — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that HP expanded its recall of the batteries used in some of its notebooks and mobile workstations due to “fire
Read MoreFederal immigration agents have relied on a nationwide license-plate database to help find and investigate immigrants, according to new documents released by the ACLU. ICE is tapping into a huge license-plate database, ACLU says, raising new privacy concerns about surveillance Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRight up front, let us stipulate that we are not making fun of this project. Even its maker admits that it has no practical purpose. But this 3D-printed Commodore-style rotary dial keypad fails to be practical on so many levels that it’s worth celebrating. And indeed, celebrating deprecated technology appears to be what [Jan Derogee]
Read MoreI’m now aware of something I wasn’t before: Facebook‘s guidelines on adult nudity and sexual activity. And let me tell you something – they’re wild. Basically, these are the policies the social media giant uses to define whether something is too sexual to be allowed on the platform. We were alerted to them by Twitter user GordyPls
Read MoreThe past few days have been busy if you’re trying to keep up with the pace of computer security news. Between a serious Chromium bug that’s actively being exploited on Windows 7 systems, the NSA releasing one of their tools as an open source project, and a new Spectre-like speculative execution flaw in Intel processors,
Read MoreSpotify, the music streaming service, said Apple used its App Store to undercut companies that compete with its own services, like Apple Music. Spotify Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Practices in Europe Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTara Siegel Bernard, a personal finance reporter, recommends apps for budgeting, investments and helping little ones as young as 6 understand the value of money. Tech We’re Using: Spending Is as Easy as Pushing a Button. The Hard Part? Keeping Track. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUpdate Intel Windows graphics drivers, and stop using Intel Matrix Storage Manager and USB 3.0 Creator Utility. Windows 10 graphics: Intel warns, patch 19 severe driver flaws now Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Apple’s video service will feature mostly content from partners at launch, with the first slew of its own shows coming later in the year — – IPhone maker is said to push for HBO, Showtime and Starz deals — Magazine bundle, Apple Pay upgrades are also coming this month Sources: Apple's video service
Read MoreAvengers architect Victoria Alonso talks about Marvel’s commitment to diversity — and why it took the studio so long to hire a woman director. Top Marvel exec: Expect more women on both sides of the camera – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat are your memories of the 1999 sci-fi action movie? The Matrix remembered at 20: Keanu classic or cyberpunk snooze? – CNET Source: CNet
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