Larry Dignan / ZDNet: Fitbit reports Q4 net income of $15.4M on revenue of $571.2M and says it sold 13.9M wearables in 2018, down 9% YoY; stock down 11%+ after hours — James Park, CEO of Fitbit, said “we expect our Fitbit Health Solutions revenue growth to accelerate to approximately $100 million and to grow
Read MoreKate Rooney / CNBC: Square reports Q4 adjusted revenue of $464M, up 64% YoY, 15M Cash App MAUs in Dec. 2018, up from 7M YoY, issues weak Q1 guidance; stock down 6%+ after hours — – Payment company Square reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations for earnings and revenue on Wednesday. Square reports Q4
Read MoreRoland Li / San Francisco Chronicle: In a letter to the CA government, Apple confirms that 190 employees, including 124 engineers, will be laid off from its self-driving car division on April 16 — Apple will lay off 190 employees in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale in its self-driving car division, the company said. In a
Read MoreIt seems we have another ambitious promise from a leader in the autonomous vehicle industry. Earlier this month, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and a bunch of other futuristic startups, said that he anticipates completion of fully autonomous technology by the end of 2019, with their self-driving vehicles being so advanced in 2020 that the
Read MoreThere are a lot of ARM microcontrollers out there, and the parts from ST are featured prominently is the high-power builds we’re seeing. The STM32F4 and ~F7 are powerhouses with great support, and the STM32F0 and the other younger children of the family make for very good, low-power microcontrollers. Now, the STM32 family is getting
Read MorePlus, a US agency plans a task force as a tech watchdog and AT&T’s ownership of HBO is official. Wikileaks may bring Trump's latest crisis (The 3:59, Ep. 526) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAustrian video game company THQ Nordic is apologizing after it agreed to an ask-me-anything session on 8chan, the freewheeling Internet messaging board that was briefly delisted in 2015 by Google for allegedly hosting child pornography. ‘I do not condone child pornography’: Game company backtracks after Q&A on site once banned by Google Source: Washington Post
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Review of Shadow Ghost, a $140 streaming game console made by French startup Blade, which runs a $35/month cloud gaming service that now has ~65,000 subscribers — French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, is launching a new set-top box to access its cloud gaming service — the Shadow Ghost. Review
Read MoreCommentary: As the tepid reviews continued to roll in, I could absolutely see where people were coming from, but I simply couldn’t square them with my first weekend in the game. Anthem still has a path to greatness – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreForeign politicians, terrorists and high-profile criminals are on the list. Dow Jones list of 2.4 million risky banking clients exposed online – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Coinhive, an in-browser Monero miner known for cryptojacking, says it will shut down on March 8, citing the crypto crash and a recent Monero hard fork — Coinhive wanted to be an alternative to classic banner ads but it became malware after constant abuse. Coinhive, an in-browser Monero miner known for
Read MoreFederal regulators fined social media app Musical.ly — now known as TikTok — $5.7 million for illegally collecting the names, email addresses, pictures and locations of kids under 13, a record for violations of the nation’s child privacy law. The U.S. government fined the app now known as TikTok .7 million for illegally collecting children’s
Read MoreDial-up modems were well known for their screeching soundtrack during the connection process. Modern networking eschews audio based communication methods, so we no longer have to deal with such things. However, all is not lost. [::vtol::]’s Mayak installation brings us a new sound, all its own. The installation consists of four WiFi routers, connected to
Read MoreAlexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: Crowdtangle data: a small number of Facebook Pages created 46% of the top 10,000 posts for or against vaccines, with 20% generated by seven anti-vax Pages — Squelching vaccine misinformation might be easier than the platform makes it seem. — Look up vaccinations on Facebook … Crowdtangle data: a
Read MoreDespite being an excellent phone with an innovative wide-angle camera, Samsung’s new flagship device lags Apple in biometrics. Tech Fix: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Review: A ,000 Smartphone With Compromises Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Verge: After Project Veritas posts internal Facebook documents, Facebook says it fired a contractor a year ago who worked with the right-wing sting group on a “stunt” — Project Veritas published Facebook moderation conversations — Facebook says it fired a contractor who worked … After Project Veritas posts internal Facebook documents, Facebook says it
Read MoreOh, what’s KiCon you say? KiCon is the first dedicated conference on our favorite libre EDA tool: KiCad, organized by friend of Hackaday Chris Gammell and scheduled for April 26 and 27th in Chicago. Having stuffed ourselves full of treats through the holidays, followed by sleeping through the calm winter months, we find ourselves once
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: FTC settles with TikTok’s Musical.ly for $5.7M over the app’s violation of US child privacy laws; TikTok’s app updates today with a new UX for those under 13 — A significant FTC ruling issued today will see video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for violating U.S. children’s privacy laws … FTC
Read MoreThe company unveiled an early model of an autonomous delivery robot on Tuesday. Your next FedEx delivery could be a pizza Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA Reddit experiment moves beyond upvotes into actual money. Reddit tests tipping users, starting with Mr. Hell in a Cell – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe P30 Pro’s triple camera setup extends its zoom range to 7.8x, while the P30 gets a third camera for a 4.7x zoom. Huawei P30, P30 Pro credible leaked photos reveal 7.8x-zoom camera – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTo protect himself and his sources from prying eyes in China, Paul Mozur, a technology reporter in Shanghai, leaves just an “innocent trace” of digital exhaust. Tech We’re Using: Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Sendoso, which sends customized gifts to current and prospective clients at scale for a monthly fee, raises $10.7M Series A led by David Sack’s Craft Ventures — In today’s noisy, fast-paced world, finding a way to let clients and potential customers know that they are top of mind can be a
Read MoreThis small, stylish box for its cloud service offers device and network connections for a PC-free Windows gaming setup. Blade Shadow Ghost turns your TV into a snappy cloud-gaming PC – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe 2018 models are getting discounts to make way for new 2019 versions. But for most people, now’s the time to buy. LG OLED TVs now available for lowest prices yet, starting at ,110 – CNET Source: CNet
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