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March 11, 2019

Messaging app Kakao's cryptocurrency subsidiary Ground X raises $90M via a private coin offering to develop paid services on its network (Min Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)

Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: Messaging app Kakao’s cryptocurrency subsidiary Ground X raises $90M via a private coin offering to develop paid services on its network — – Ground X plans to raise similar sum starting on Tuesday — Kakao mulling launching services on unit’s blockchain platform Messaging app Kakao's cryptocurrency subsidiary Ground X raises

March 11, 2019

Google’s gamepad patent hints at its plans for Project Stream

Last June, we learned that Google reportedly had some hardware in the works for its upcoming game streaming service. The company’s since run a trial of what it’s calling Project Stream, and Yanko Design has discovered a patent published a little over a month ago detailing a controller that Google designed; it could give us

Cancer Patients Are Getting Robotic Surgery. There’s No Evidence It’s Better.

High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse. Cancer Patients Are Getting Robotic Surgery. There’s No Evidence It’s Better. Source: NY Times Tech

OpenSCAD Gives You Parametric Boxes

OpenSCAD is one of the most powerful 3d modeling applications around. Its beauty is in its simplicity; if you need a box, you can just write the code for a box. If you need some bit of plastic to keep your 3D printer running, you can just write the code for that bit of plastic.

Exp.CVE-2019-0797

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Exp.CVE-2019-0797 Source: Symantec lastest threats

Exp.CVE-2019-0808

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Exp.CVE-2019-0808 Source: Symantec lastest threats

W32.Extrat.C

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. W32.Extrat.C Source: Symantec lastest threats

March 11, 2019

An overview of telemedicine startups in the US, ranging from urgent care to fertility, that have raised significant capital over the past few years (Savannah Dowling/Crunchbase News)

Savannah Dowling / Crunchbase News: An overview of telemedicine startups in the US, ranging from urgent care to fertility, that have raised significant capital over the past few years — Sick of that drive to the doctor’s office and the anxiety that comes from waiting in their office as you grumble at the amount of

March 11, 2019

Facebook has apparently lost 15 million US users since 2017, but it’s still winning big elsewhere

Somerville, New Jersey-based market research firm Edison Research noted last week that according to a survey it conducted, Facebook has an estimated 15 million fewer users in the US today than it did back in 2017, with the largest dips being counted in the age 12-34 category. The research firm’s president, Larry Rosin, told Marketplace

Scientists discovered a new 'wallaby-sized' dinosaur in Australia – CNET

Apparently these small dinosaurs were “agile runners”. Scientists discovered a new 'wallaby-sized' dinosaur in Australia – CNET Source: CNet

Miniature 3D Printed Forklift is quite pallet-able

If you have a small logistics problem, we have the solution for you. [Leon] built a tiny little forklift with LED lighting, working forks, and remote control using a combination of 3D printing tech, some CNC work, and fine soldering skills. The electronics for this build are based around a few servos and a pair

If The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air came out in 2019 – CNET

A fan-made film re-imagines the Fresh Prince for a new generation. I would watch this show. If The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air came out in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet

March 11, 2019

Berlin-based FRIDAY, which offers digital car insurance with kilometer accurate billing, monthly terminability, and paperless administration, raises €75M (Mary Loritz/EU-Startups)

Mary Loritz / EU-Startups: Berlin-based FRIDAY, which offers digital car insurance with kilometer accurate billing, monthly terminability, and paperless administration, raises €75M — Berlin-based insurtech startup FRIDAY has raised €114 million in a combination of media-for-equity and equity financing. Berlin-based FRIDAY, which offers digital car insurance with kilometer accurate billing, monthly terminability, and paperless administration,

A strange deep-sea shark discovered almost 30 years ago, now has a name – CNET

Shark researcher Bradley Wetherbee named it Laila, after his 17-year-old daughter A strange deep-sea shark discovered almost 30 years ago, now has a name – CNET Source: CNet

Star Wars Resistance episode 19: The First Order's reign allows No Escape (Part 1) – CNET

The first half of the season finale brings us to The Force Awakens’ darkest hour. Star Wars Resistance episode 19: The First Order's reign allows No Escape (Part 1) – CNET Source: CNet

At SXSW 2019, Amazon's apocalypse is a party – CNET

To promote the series Good Omens based on Neil Gaiman’s novel, angels, demons and the rest of us kick back in The Garden of Earthly Delights to wait for the End Times. At SXSW 2019, Amazon's apocalypse is a party – CNET Source: CNet

DIY Reflow Oven is Heavily Documented

[DJ Legion] decided he wanted a reflow oven so he bought a toaster oven and an assortment of parts including a solid state relay, a Teensy, a display, and a thermocouple. What makes this a different project is the amount of video documentation. The four videos below encompass about 50 minutes of information and he’s

March 10, 2019

Sources: Airbnb is paying a little more than $400M for HotelTonight, with about half in cash and half in stock (Dennis Schaal/Skift)

Dennis Schaal / Skift: Sources: Airbnb is paying a little more than $400M for HotelTonight, with about half in cash and half in stock — So how much is Airbnb shelling out to acquire HotelTonight? The deal price was a little more than $400 million, with about half in cash and half in stock …

March 10, 2019

Appen, a crowdsourced data annotation startup, is acquiring rival Figure Eight for $175M in cash upfront and up to $125M more based on this year's performance (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Appen, a crowdsourced data annotation startup, is acquiring rival Figure Eight for $175M in cash upfront and up to $125M more based on this year’s performance — Appen just announced that it’s acquiring Figure Eight in an all-cash deal that sees Appen paying $175 million upfront … Appen, a crowdsourced data

WWE Fastlane 2019: Start time, how to watch, full match card and WWE Network – CNET

WWE Fastlane is on now! Here’s every confirmed match and participant. WWE Fastlane 2019: Start time, how to watch, full match card and WWE Network – CNET Source: CNet

Hackaday Links: March 10, 2019

Do you like hamburgers? Everyone likes hamburgers. Inspired by a phone you could buy at Spencers in 1991, [Love Hulten] built a Game Burger Advance. The guts are a Raspberry Pi Zero, a standard LCD display and what appears to be a USB control pad. The fabrication is where this one really goes crazy. It’s

March 10, 2019

Researchers who claim to have discovered the Citrix breach say Iran-linked hackers stole at least 6TB of data, may have first gained access 10 years ago (NBC News)

NBC News: Researchers who claim to have discovered the Citrix breach say Iran-linked hackers stole at least 6TB of data, may have first gained access 10 years ago — The hackers are believed to have penetrated the software giant Citrix years ago and have remained inside the company’s computer network ever since. Researchers who claim

March 10, 2019

China-based online broker Futu closes up 28% on its first day of trading after raising $90M in a US IPO and selling $70M worth of stock via a private placement (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)

Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: China-based online broker Futu closes up 28% on its first day of trading after raising $90M in a US IPO and selling $70M worth of stock via a private placement — Futu Holdings Ltd., the online Chinese broker backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., jumped as much as 46 percent after raising

March 10, 2019

France overhauls French Tech Visa program, which now has no diploma requirements, accepts employee's immediate family, and is generally less onerous to acquire (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: France overhauls French Tech Visa program, which now has no diploma requirements, accepts employee’s immediate family, and is generally less onerous to acquire — The French government has unveiled a complete overhaul of the French Tech Visa for employees working for a tech company. France overhauls French Tech Visa program, which

Watch a kangaroo attack a landing paraglider in Australia – CNET

Paragliding sounds like fun until you’re greeted by an irate roo. Watch a kangaroo attack a landing paraglider in Australia – CNET Source: CNet

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