The search giant tries to reassure software developers after a raft of criticism last month. Google says it doesn’t want to prevent ad blocking on Chrome – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA report emerged this weekend with rumors of a new Apple laptop lineup. If analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is right — and he’s hands-down the most reliable source of information about Apple’s supply chain — then we could see a new MacBook Pro that’s between 16 and 16.5 inches. Kuo noted that an “easy to upgrade”
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: Regulators globally increasingly view “loot boxes”, which provide random in-game items for real money, as a form of gambling, and are considering regulations — A month ago, a woman known online as CadenceLikesVGs realized she had a gambling problem. Regulators globally increasingly view "loot boxes", which provide random in-game items
Read MoreThanks to internet commerce opening up a global marketplace, it is now easier than ever for a budding roboticist to get started. There are so many robot kits available, across such a wide range of price and sophistication, that deciding which one to buy becomes a challenging project in itself. Is there room for another
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researchers: India’s state gas company let a sensitive part of its website to be indexed by Google, exposing 5M+ customer records including the Aadhaar numbers — Another security lapse has exposed millions of Aadhaar numbers. — This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left exposed … Researchers: India's state gas company
Read MoreIt’s going to be a long year, my friends, but CNET has you covered. 2019 tech events calendar: Everything on deck from Apple, Google, Amazon and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFinding the Sleepy, Bashful dwarf didn’t take a Doc — just a space-Happy citizen scientist. NASA citizen scientist discovers first ancient dead star with peculiar rings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe very last SLC300 and AMG SLC43 models will hit US dealers in 2020. Mercedes-Benz waves goodbye to the SLC roadster with Final Edition models – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe video appears to confirm rumors about the unannounced phone. Galaxy S10's first TV commercial airs ahead of Samsung launch event – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Mercedes SL’s star has faded somewhat in recent years, but the folks from Stuttgart are hoping a special edition can bring some shine back to the big Benz. The Mercedes-Benz SL Grand Edition wants to put the SL back on top – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreEduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: CrowdStrike: Russian state-sponsored hackers take less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally in a targeted organization’s network after an initial breach — It takes Russian state-sponsored hackers less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally within a targeted organization’s network … CrowdStrike: Russian state-sponsored hackers take less than 20 minutes
Read MorePlayStation‘s Japanese store recently marked the PS Vita as scheduled for discontinuation (soon), as we all suspected it would. Now seems like the perfect time to remember what it contributed to the transformation of gaming hardware — namely, the co-mingling of handheld and stationary game consoles, a.k.a. Nintendo’s runaway success, the Switch. The Vita’s impending
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: London-based Entrepreneur First, a “talent investor” backing people pre-team and pre-idea so they can found startups, raises $115M fund to keep scaling globally — Entrepreneur First (EF), the London-headquartered “talent investor” that recruits and backs individuals pre-team … London-based Entrepreneur First, a "talent investor" backing people pre-team and pre-idea so they
Read MoreReports of the death of virtual reality are greatly exaggerated. In fact, far from dying, the VR industry is poised for explosive growth in the near-term according to analysts. Modern VR headsets arrived less than three years ago. But to hear pundits talk, you’d think the technology’s already reached its developmental zenith. Upon closer inspection,
Read MoreLaser pointers were cool for about 30 seconds when they first came out, before becoming immediately passé and doing absolutely nothing to improve the boss’s quarterly reports presentation. However, just as with boom boxes and sports cars, more power can always make things better. [Styropyro] was unimpressed with the weak and unreliable laser pointers he’d
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: GitHub expands its bug bounty program by increasing reward amounts, adding Legal Safe Harbor terms, and expanding its scope; GitHub paid out $250K+ in 2018 — GitHub today beefed up its bug bounty program. The Microsoft-owned company has expanded the program’s scope, increased its reward amounts … GitHub expands its bug
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber and GM’s Cruise open source their self-driving car visualization software, a rare move in the hyper-competitive autonomous world — ‘See’ the world of a self-driving car with these free web portals — By now you’ve probably seen those top-down graphical images of a self-driving car … Uber and
Read MoreChanges to the video site’s community guidelines go into effect Feb. 25. YouTube simplifies three-strikes system for channels – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFilmmakers collected stories from real women who work in STEM, then turned them into a web series. Resting Pitch Face is a YouTube comedy about women in STEM – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, S10E and a 5G version in San Francisco. Galaxy S10 launch event livestream: How to watch, start time, what to expect and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNearly 1 in 10 mobile connections in North America will be served by 5G by 2022, according to Cisco. The race to 5G wireless tech is on. A report finds Americans may have an early lead. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSeason 4 of Catastrophe is coming to Amazon. Every new movie and show on Amazon: March 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen I first laid my hands on Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro in October, I thought it was the most ambitious phone I’d seen in years. It checked off almost every feature you’d want in a 2018 phone: an in-display fingerprint reader, 3D facial identification, a triple-camera setup, a bezel-less screen, expandable storage, a gigantic battery,
Read MoreClocks are a popular project on Hackaday. They’re a great way to showcase a whole range of creative build techniques, and can make an excellent showpiece as well. We’ve seen everything from the blinkiest binary build to the noisiest alarms, but [Benoit] has delivered something different — a stylish build that looks like it came
Read MoreThe littlest Prius is getting ready to go to that big hybrid farm upstate, according to Toyota execs. Toyota is getting ready to kill the Prius C – Roadshow Source: CNet
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