Recently, I was lucky enough to receive a big haul of retro computer gear from a friend who was emptying out his garage. Even better, the haul was almost entirely old Amiga gear — my favorite computing platform of all time. Upon returning home, I gleefully sorted through the boxes, powering things up one by
Read MoreA brief sampling of productions that use augmented reality, smartphone mapping and motion capture, blurring the line between the live and the virtual. Extending the Stage With Technology Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreStarship Technologies released 25 semi-autonomous robots on the George Mason University campus this week and students quickly reacted. With a growing number of students using delivery services like Uber Eats and DoorDash, the robots are the spearhead of an ambitious plan to keep some of that business on campus. How one university changed overnight when
Read MoreUnsealed documents from a class action lawsuit reportedly raise red flags over Facebook’s business practices. Facebook tricked kids in order to rake in money from online games, says report – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOther app developers will be able to tap into the tech in the second half of 2019. Brave's privacy-focused ads to spread beyond startup's own browser – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella says he would welcome regulation on facial recognition technology to prevent a ‘race to the bottom’. Microsoft CEO wants regulation on facial recognition Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp’s by end of the year — SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services … Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to
Read MoreFacebook’s chief executive has asserted control over its sprawling divisions and mandated the social network’s messaging services be knitted together. Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe online service has long been criticized for promoting videos that are full of misinformation but don’t necessarily conflict with its rules. YouTube Moves to Make Conspiracy Videos Harder to Find Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreStu Woo / Wall Street Journal: Vodafone, the world’s biggest mobile carrier outside China, says it is temporarily halting purchases of Huawei equipment for the core of its new 5G networks — Vodafone said it would pause the purchase of Huawei gear for use in the core of new 5G networks — LONDON—The world’s biggest
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Read MoreControversy over a video uploaded to Twitter over the weekend revealed old fault lines, and why social media is so good at exposing them. Bits: The Week in Tech: Silicon Valley Hobnobs in Davos Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhat’s the worst job you’ve ever had? I’ll start. When I was 20, I spent six long months working as a Sharepoint developer for a massive UK-wide charity. Our team was small and horrendously overstretched, and I often helped out with helpdesk calls, where I’d inevitably spend much of my time explaining our stringent password
Read MoreWhat would a social media feed be without monsters? I’m talking figurative monsters here; your racist uncles, your Trumps, your worst influencers – people so terrible you have to read everything they say and see everything they post. Despite their awfulness, we can’t go without them. Buy why? My theory is that these people exist
Read MoreChinese phone brand Vivo didn’t wait even six months after launching its first bezel-less phone to unveil its sequel at the end of November last year. While the first Nex came with a pop-up selfie camera to allow for a front fascia free of notches and other components, the Nex Dual Display Edition (which I
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The governance of blockchains is one of the most fascinating, contentious, and difficult topics to master, but it’s one we must try to understand as the network’s ability to adapt,
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. Since the dawn of the internet, we’ve been sending stuff to ourselves. It might be a link to an article or a note to buy vegetables while returning
Read MoreHandheld consoles have to make a lot of design choices that their TV connected brethren don’t have to worry about. Battery life is important, as is screen visibility, and the games can’t be too bulky or unwieldy if you’re going to be carrying them around all day. [Chris] is no stranger to building handheld versions
Read MoreSeb Joseph / Digiday: Research firms: Facebook ad spend growth rate in UK may slow to 23.5% in 2019 to £3.47B, down from 27.9% in 2018; TV ad revenues may grow 1%, to £4.4B in 2019 — Ad budgets are flowing from Facebook back into TV in the U.K. But the inversion isn’t solely due
Read MoreArlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on “investing in underestimated founders,” making Hamilton one of the few pushing for change in VC. Her story is fascinating, and has touched many — Arlan was homeless only three years ago, and had no formal education or experience in
Read MoreLife is just enacting feelings until we expire. And nothing else matters. Work Friend: When Your Meat Suit Is Angry With Some Other, Louder Meat Suit Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe ROG Zephyrus S and ROG Strix SCAR II Edition have been updated with Nvidia’s latest ray-tracing GPUS. New Asus ROG RTX-powered laptops coming Jan. 29 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new-generation Subaru Forester doesn’t stray too far from the functional aesthetic of the previous models, but it’s loaded up with new tech and more premium cabin quality. 2019 Subaru Forester Touring: Granola never looked so good – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDeepMind previously took on the challenge of beating world champions at the Chinese game of Go. It’s also gotten astonishingly good at Chess and Shogi, and has wiped the floor with the best AIs developed for those games. In August 2017, the Alphabet-owned firm decided to take on a much bigger and more complex challenge:
Read MoreNikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Coinbase partners with TurboTax, will allow its customers to upload their transactions, gains, and losses in 2018 to TurboTax Premier to help file crypto taxes — Coinbase customers who need to file taxes in the U.S. this year can get a boost from TurboTax, the tax-filing software offered by Intuit Consumer
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