Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Barclays to merge its bPay and Pingit mobile payments products after bPay struggled to gain users — – BPay launched wearable band, key fob in 2014 for payments — U.K. banks are having to defend competition from Apple, Monzo — Barclays Plc is preparing to merge … Barclays to merge its
Read MoreStefanie Eschenbacher / Reuters: Amazon and Mexico’s central bank are working on CoDi, a mobile payments system that lets consumers make payments using QR codes; testing begins this month — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s central bank is in talks with Amazon.com Inc to launch a new government-backed mobile payment system … Amazon and Mexico's
Read MoreAccording to [makeTVee], his latest project started out as an experiment to see how well the LED matrix techniques he’s worked with in the past would translate to a cylindrical form factor. We’re going to go ahead and say that not only was the test a success, but that the concept definitely holds promise for
Read MoreWe always see lots of coffee and espresso machines at the yearly Home and Housewares — here are the ones with the most buzz. The coffee and espresso machines of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Echo owners can now ask Alexa to control their Roku devices via a new skill, months after a similar capability came to Google Assistant-powered devices — Roku this morning announced its devices will now be compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. Through a new Roku skill for Alexa … Echo owners can now
Read MoreTim Berners-Lee is recommitting his life to saving the web he helped create 30 years ago. Father of the World Wide Web reflects on 30th anniversary – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Ultimate Work Titan has it all, even a desk with file storage and a printer in the back seat! Nissan built the ultimate Titan XD work truck for Habitat for Humanity – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWith off-road chops and tons of tools, this truck will help build tons of houses for those in need. Nissan and Habitat for Humanity built the Ultimate Work Titan – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNASA will cover all the drama of the Demo-1 crew capsule’s reentry and ocean landing. SpaceX mission: Watch Crew Dragon return to Earth from the ISS – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Researchers find ~400 servers running unpatched Docker instances are also cryptojacked, after a flaw was discovered last month in command line utility runC — Hundreds of vulnerable and exposed Docker hosts are being abused in cryptojacking campaigns after being compromised with the help … Researchers find ~400 servers running unpatched Docker
Read MoreThe senator, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, argues in an interview that President Trump has turned antitrust action into a political weapon. Sen. Amy Klobuchar: ‘We have a major monopoly problem’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Berlin-based insurance tech startup Wefox Group, which runs Wefox and One, raises $125M Series B to help it become an all-in-one insurance platform — Wefox Group, the Berlin-based ‘insurtech’ startup behind the consumer-facing insurance app and carrier One and the insurance platform Wefox, has raised $125 million in Series B funding.
Read MoreRespawn’s surprise hit Apex Legends just achieved a truly impressive gaming milestone. So can we please not view it exclusively through the lens of Fortnite, as hard as that might be? Apex Legends hit 50 Million players worldwide! We are humbled by all your support and can’t wait to show you what’s next. pic.twitter.com/QTDH57lfvB — Apex Legends
Read MoreBeginning in 2020, Volvo cars will be limited to 180 kilometers per hour — or about 112 mph. The auto manufacturer said the change is part of an ambitious plan to eliminate all serious injuries and driving deaths in new Volvos by next year. Volvo’s plan to keep drivers safe: Limiting the top speed of
Read MoreThere’s been a recent hullabaloo over the US Army developing killer robots, but we’re here to set you straight. The Pentagon’s official stance: it’s all false. There’s no such thing as killer robots; you’re drunk. The US Army‘s “Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System” (ATLAS) project isn’t what you think. I know it sounds bad, but
Read MoreJosh Horwitz / Reuters: Chinese e-commerce company JD.com launches Joybuy, a store offering simple consumer electronics, on Alphabet’s Google Express shopping site — SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce company JD.Com Inc has launched a store on Google Express, the online shopping site owned by the search engine of Alphabet Inc. Chinese e-commerce company JD.com launches
Read MoreWater is a stable chemical, but with the addition of a little electricity, it can be split into its component parts. The result is just the right mix of H2 and O2 to convert back into water with a bang. [Peter Sripol] has built a charming desktop cannon in just such a way. The build
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: San Jose-based Functionize raises $16M Series A from Canvas Ventures to automate software testing with AI — Functionize, a San Jose, California-based startup developing a cloud-based platform that autonomously susses out software bugs, today announced that it has raised $16 million in series … San Jose-based Functionize raises M Series A
Read MoreOddly, there’s been a few recent outbreaks of measles. It struck me how when I was a kid, a few hundred kids getting measles wouldn’t have been news at all. However, even a handful makes the news now, since in 2000 the Center for Disease Control declared measles eradicated in the United States. So how
Read MoreThe first female-led Marvel movie subverts superhero tropes in the best possible way. Captain Marvel review: A soaring tale of self-discovery with a '90s riff – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Matterport raises $48M to ramp up its 3D imaging platform, sources say at a pre-money valuation of $325M — The growth of augmented and virtual reality applications and hardware is ushering in a new age of digital media and imaging technologies, and startups that are putting themselves at the center of
Read MoreSee the kaiju hero fight monsters and self-doubt in the new trailer. New Netflix Ultraman anime trailer shows off mega monster battles – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk says the charming toy is “like an Earth Pokemon.” On SpaceX's Crew Dragon a star is born: A plushie toy of Earth – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAshley Carman / The Verge: A look at how Spotify plans to crack the podcast market: making it easier to find podcasts, investing in creation tools and exclusive original content, and more — Spotify has been on a media blitz to hype up its plans. Most everyone involved in the deals, including Spotify CEO Daniel
Read MoreKate Clark / TechCrunch: Eargo, a direct-to-consumer smart hearing aid manufacturer, raises $52M Series D, bringing total raised to $135M, and says it has 20,000 users — Eargo wants to become the ultimate consumer hearing brand. — The company’s small and virtually invisible direct-to-consumer hearing aids … Eargo, a direct-to-consumer smart hearing aid manufacturer, raises
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