'Huawei Beauty': Chinese kids literally sing company's praises in surreal video – CNET
Prepare to have Huawei Beauty stuck in your head. 'Huawei Beauty': Chinese kids literally sing company's praises in surreal video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePrepare to have Huawei Beauty stuck in your head. 'Huawei Beauty': Chinese kids literally sing company's praises in surreal video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreToorCamp is a five-day open air tech camping event held every two years somewhere around the northwest corner of Washington state. Think of it as something like Burning Man, except you can survive for three hours without water, there aren’t a whole bunch of scenesters and Instagram celebs flying in on private planes, and everyone
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Facebook says Workplace by Facebook, its Slack rival, now has 2M paid users and is in use at 150 companies with over 10K users each including Walmart and Nestle — With Slack gearing up to go public and now seeing daily active users of 10 million with 85,000 organizations using …
Read MoreGoogle said Thursday that it would block YouTube users from leaving comments on most videos that feature minors, responding to reports that pedophiles had used the site to find, track and exploit children. YouTube to ban comments on most videos featuring minors to combat child exploitation Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNoor Zainab Hussain / Reuters: Experian says it is dropping the planned £275M acquisition of UK-based ClearScore after UK antitrust regulators indicated they might block the deal — (Reuters) – Experian Plc, the world’s biggest credit data firm, said on Wednesday that it had agreed with rival ClearScore to abandon … Experian says it is
Read MoreAmanda Kooser / CNET: Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a single user, shittymorph; the user, Reddit, and card processor Stripe receive 78.5%, 18.5%, and 3%, respectively — Enlarge Image — Reddit has several ways you can express your appreciation of a good post or comment. Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a
Read MoreAngela Moon / Reuters: Obsidian Security raises $20M Series B led by Greylock Partners for its AI-powered identity protection platform — NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cybersecurity company Obsidian Security raised $20 million in a funding round participated by Greylock Partners, the company told Reuters on Tuesday, a day ahead of a planned announcement. Obsidian Security
Read MoreYouTube Creator Blog: YouTube says it will disable comments on almost all videos featuring minors, improve classification of comments, and continue to ban harmful accounts — We know that many of you have been closely following the actions we’re taking to protect young people on YouTube and are as deeply concerned as we are that
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: Filing: Square sold over $166M in bitcoin during 2018, with $52.5M in Q4, generating a net profit of $1.7M for the year — Square, the payments unicorn led by bitcoin believer Jack Dorsey, reported earnings for the fourth quarter Wednesday evening that beat analyst estimates but fell short on guidance.
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Uber is in advanced talks to acquire its Dubai-based rival Careem, valuing the company at $3B, in a deal that could be announced in the coming weeks — – Dubai-based Careem may be valued at about $3 billion in a sale — Companies may be ready to announce a deal in the coming
Read MoreI’m supposed to be packing up all the electronics I “won’t need until after the move.” What does that even mean? I need all of my electronics all of the time. Instead, I’m pretending to write a review of these Aukey smart outlets. I’m really just surfing Amazon and planning out our new smart home.
Read MoreFrom shredded cheese to almond butter, we put these processors through their paces to find the best. The best food processors you can buy today – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Irish Data Protection Commission report: watchdog received 2,864 complaints in 2018 after May 25, when GDPR came into force, compared to 2,642 for all of 2017 — A report by the lead data watchdog for a large number of tech giants operating in Europe shows a significant increase … Irish Data
Read MoreDon’t get me wrong. Like most people, there’s nothing I enjoy more than solving a long, involved math problem by hand. But, sometimes, a few pages of algebraic scratches on paper is just a means to an end. I find this especially true during electronic design sessions, be it circuit design or PCB layout; I
Read MoreAn EV lacks a lot of other cars’ parts, but not all of their headaches. Top 5 electric car maintenance issues and their costs – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are two separate causes at play, both of which can result in the same outcome. Hyundai, Kia recall 500,000 cars over fire concerns – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCapture light trails, silky flows of water and remove crowds of people from a popular locale. Spectre app for iPhone uses AI to create better long-exposure photos – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFive cameras, sooner than anticipated. Nokia 9 PureView shipping March 3, 0 off at launch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEdward Taylor / Reuters: BMW and Daimler deepen their alliance, say they will pool resources and share development costs of automated driving technology — FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler and BMW deepened their alliance on Thursday to share spiraling development costs for highly automated driving technologies … BMW and Daimler deepen their alliance, say they will
Read MoreTech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler answers your questions — and wants to hear about your tech nightmares. Help Desk: Digital life after death, passwords on Post-Its and a new Comcast nightmare Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreTake a deep breathe and close your eyes for a moment. Katy Perry’s new, inspiring smash-hit, “Roar,” is playing on the radio. Open your eyes. Go catch a movie, and more than likely you’ll watch the much-anticipated LEGO Movie. Then, take a break from churning out Luigi death stare memes to check on your recent cryptocurrency
Read MoreFrom sponsoring “Hockey Night in Canada” to financing 5G research, Huawei’s footprint in Canada is expanding. Former government officials are expressing concern, but many consumers like the products. As Huawei’s Influence in Canada Grows, Some Fear Spying. Others Just Want Fast Internet. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhere other massive online games have failed, Ubisoft’s new flagship online game hopes to fill the current void. Online games have lately been a dud parade. ‘The Division 2’ swears it will be the good one. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn an announcement ahead of the RSA Conference, Microsoft released details of two cloud-based security tools for large organizations. The new tools use AI and machine learning to help security professionals reduce “alert fatigue” and respond to actual threats more quickly. Microsoft's new cloud security tools aim to reduce alert fatigue Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWe’ve all seen brightly-colored pieces of aluminum and can identify them as anodized. But what does that mean, exactly? A recent video from [Ariel Yahni] starring [Wawa] — a four-legged assistant — shows how to create pieces like this yourself. You can see [Wawa’s] new dog tag, below. [Ariel] found a lot of how to
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