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January 25, 2019

Staff from Toronto's Citizen Lab, behind exposés of government hacking tool vendors like NSO, describe meetings likely arranged to get compromising quotes (Raphael Satter/Associated Press)

Raphael Satter / Associated Press: Staff from Toronto’s Citizen Lab, behind exposés of government hacking tool vendors like NSO, describe meetings likely arranged to get compromising quotes — NEW YORK (AP) — The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s inner circle … Staff from Toronto's

Pocket Forth Invades Your TI Calculator

TI certainly have certainly seen off rivals such as HP or Casio to capture the lion’s share of the calculator market. The TI-84 is a real staple, and with as many units as there are out there, hacking them is a given. However, selecting an operating system for the machine can be a hassle. TI-OS

January 25, 2019

How Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are landing top talent in movies, TV, and other media ahead of the mobile video platform's launch by year's end (Sheila Marikar/Fortune)

Sheila Marikar / Fortune: How Quibi’s Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are landing top talent in movies, TV, and other media ahead of the mobile video platform’s launch by year’s end — The movie mogul (Disney, DreamWorks Animation) and tech executive (eBay, Hewlett Packard) are aiming for short-form glory with the well-funded Quibi. How Quibi's

WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Start time, how to watch, confirmed entrants, full match card and more – CNET

The Royal Rumble is this weekend. Here’s every confirmed match and Rumble entrant. WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Start time, how to watch, confirmed entrants, full match card and more – CNET Source: CNet

Electrify America is shutting down all its 150-350 kW chargers due to potential cable defects – Roadshow

The liquid-cooled cables from a third-party manufacturer may have a defect that makes the high rate of charge unsafe. Electrify America is shutting down all its 150-350 kW chargers due to potential cable defects – Roadshow Source: CNet

January 25, 2019

Counterpoint Research: India was the world's fastest growing smartphone market in 2018 with ~145.2M smartphones shipped, up 10% YoY; Xiaomi was the top vendor (Manish Singh/VentureBeat)

Manish Singh / VentureBeat: Counterpoint Research: India was the world’s fastest growing smartphone market in 2018 with ~145.2M smartphones shipped, up 10% YoY; Xiaomi was the top vendor — As smartphone shipments drop globally and in most individual markets, including the U.S. and China, at least one region is reporting an unusual … Counterpoint Research:

Brushless R/C Rocket Tests Different Flight Regimes

Quadcopters are familiar, and remote control planes are old hat at this point. However, compact lightweight power systems and electronic flight controllers continue to make new flying vehicles possible. In that vein, [rctestflight] has been experimenting with a brushless electric rocket craft, with interesting results. The build uses a single large brushless motor in the

Qualcomm wraps up defense after expert rebuts FTC witness – CNET

Up next is the FTC’s rebuttal on Monday and closing arguments from both sides on Tuesday. Qualcomm wraps up defense after expert rebuts FTC witness – CNET Source: CNet

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Amazon's facial tech shows gender, racial bias, MIT study says – CNET

The Rekognition software struggled to identify gender among females and women with darker skin, according to the study. Amazon's facial tech shows gender, racial bias, MIT study says – CNET Source: CNet

Ted Bundy Tapes on Netflix turned me into a terrified teen again – CNET

Commentary: Watching the documentary series Conversations with a Killer brought me back to high school, when I thought Bundy would escape jail to kill me next. Ted Bundy Tapes on Netflix turned me into a terrified teen again – CNET Source: CNet

January 25, 2019

Florida-based Finxact, which helps banks upgrade their legacy backend infrastructure and offer modern digital services via a cloud-based platform, raises $30M (Anna Irrera/Reuters)

Anna Irrera / Reuters: Florida-based Finxact, which helps banks upgrade their legacy backend infrastructure and offer modern digital services via a cloud-based platform, raises $30M — NEW YORK (Reuters) – Accenture Plc, SunTrust Banks Inc and the American Bankers Association, a trade group for U.S. banks … Florida-based Finxact, which helps banks upgrade their legacy

CNET Asks: Who do you want to win Super Bowl 2019? – CNET

The big game is finally here! Will you be watching? Who do you think will take the title? CNET Asks: Who do you want to win Super Bowl 2019? – CNET Source: CNet

8 great Kindle e-books for under $3 – CNET

CNET writers pick a handful of favorite e-books that you can score for less than $3. 8 great Kindle e-books for under – CNET Source: CNet

January 25, 2019

Facebook memos show reluctance to prevent 5-year-olds from making accidental purchases

New Facebook documents revealed yesterday shows the company’s attitude towards children spending their parents’ money to be flippant at best… and gross at worst. We first began to hear rumblings about these documents and what they reveal about Facebook and gamer kids last week, when Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting showed snippets. A

January 25, 2019

A collection of stories from US tech workers about how they organize among themselves with tools like Slack, Signal, and Google Docs, for political activism (The California Sunday Magazine)

The California Sunday Magazine: A collection of stories from US tech workers about how they organize among themselves with tools like Slack, Signal, and Google Docs, for political activism — They Slacked. They messaged on Signal. They circulated pledges on Google Docs. They talked on the phone. A collection of stories from US tech workers

January 25, 2019

How AI will change storytelling and become the next great art form

It seems self-defeating for the former head of Oculus Stories Studios and current founder and executive producer of VR startup Fable to declare AI, not virtual reality, the next big art form. Especially considering that, aside from him, nobody knows what that means. TNW talked to Fable founderEdward Saatchi about his company’s pivot away from

The Shift: The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite

In public, executives wring their hands over automation’s negative consequences for workers. In private, they talk about how they are racing to automate. The Shift: The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite Source: NY Times Tech

BuzzFeed’s First Round of Layoffs Puts an End to Its National News Desk

“I know it’s been a hard day,” Ben Smith, the editor in chief of BuzzFeed News, said in a note to the staff. BuzzFeed’s First Round of Layoffs Puts an End to Its National News Desk Source: NY Times Tech

Electric scooters send more people to the hospital than bicycles and walking, new study finds

A newly released study has found that more people were injured riding standing electric scooters than by riding bicycles or traveling on foot, according to statistics from two Los Angeles hospitals. Documenting injury statistics from Sept. 2017 to August 2018, the study — published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open — found

January 25, 2019

Canada-based 7shifts, which uses AI to forecast staffing needs and help manage the workforces of 250K+ restaurants worldwide, raises $10M Series A (Isabelle Kirkwood/BetaKit)

Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: Canada-based 7shifts, which uses AI to forecast staffing needs and help manage the workforces of 250K+ restaurants worldwide, raises $10M Series A — Saskatoon-based restaurant labour management platform, 7shifts, announced Thursday it has raised $10 million USD in a Series A funding round led by Napier Park Financial Partners. Canada-based 7shifts,

January 25, 2019

Apple's first beta of iOS 12.2 for developers includes images of a magazine subscription service, rumored since Apple first bought Texture (Guilherme Rambo/9to5Mac)

Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: Apple’s first beta of iOS 12.2 for developers includes images of a magazine subscription service, rumored since Apple first bought Texture — There have been rumors about an Apple News subscription service since mid-2018, starting with a report by Bloomberg that said Apple was planing … Apple's first beta of iOS

Billiard Ball Finds a New Home in Custom Trackball Mouse

They walk among us, unseen by polite society. They seem ordinary enough on the outside but they hide a dark secret – sitting beside their keyboards are trackballs instead of mice. We know, it’s hard to believe, but that’s the wacky world we live in these days. But we here at Hackaday don’t judge based

‘Hamlet’ in Virtual Reality Casts the Viewer in the Play

A joint production by a Boston theater company and Google hopes to bring high-quality Shakespeare to wider audiences, and new audiences into theaters. ‘Hamlet’ in Virtual Reality Casts the Viewer in the Play Source: NY Times Tech

The Amazon Fire TV Recast DVR is on sale for $190 – CNET

That’s within a few bucks of Black Friday pricing, and definitely one of the best deals to date on this cord-cutter’s friend. The Amazon Fire TV Recast DVR is on sale for 0 – CNET Source: CNet

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