What Made the TV Show ‘You’ a Hit? Netflix
The show drew virtually no audience when it premiered on Lifetime in September. Now that it’s streaming, it’s a different story. What Made the TV Show ‘You’ a Hit? Netflix Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe show drew virtually no audience when it premiered on Lifetime in September. Now that it’s streaming, it’s a different story. What Made the TV Show ‘You’ a Hit? Netflix Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSamsung’s next flagship can take a tip from the iPhone XS and Pixel 3, too. Galaxy S10: 7 things it needs to stay ahead of top rival Huawei – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Gartner survey of more than 3,000 CIOs in 89 countries finds that deployment of AI in enterprise grew 270% in the past four years and 37% in the last year — Companies are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) like it’s going out of style, according to a new report by Gartner. Gartner
Read MoreInvestigations into He Jiankui’s gene-editing experiments reveal he breached ethical and regulatory principles seeking “personal fame and gain”. Gene-edited babies are unethical and unlawful, says Chinese investigation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher says AIESEC, a non-profit claiming to be the “world’s largest youth-run organization” left 4M+ intern applications with sensitive info exposed online — AIESEC, a non-profit that bills itself as the “world’s largest youth-run organization,” exposed … Researcher says AIESEC, a non-profit claiming to be the "world's largest youth-run organization" left
Read MoreShao Chunyou rose from the assembly line to the boss’s office. Now the old recipes for success don’t work, and he must reinvent himself again. The New New World: China Transforms, and a Factory Owner Struggles to Follow Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBack when one of the best paths to desktop 3D printer ownership was building the thing yourself from laser cut wood with some string thrown in for good measure, just saying you had one at home would instantly boost your hacker street cred. It didn’t even need to work particularly well (which is good, since
Read MoreAnn M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal: Russia says it’s taking “administrative action” against Facebook and Twitter, alleging it hasn’t received details of their compliance with data-localization law — Social-media giants’ servers for storing Russian’s personal data must be located in Russia, says watchdog Russia says it's taking "administrative action" against Facebook and Twitter, alleging
Read MoreDaniel Boffey / The Guardian: A Dutch surgeon formally disciplined for medical negligence wins legal action to remove Google results about her case in landmark “right to be forgotten” ruling — Ruling will ensure doctors will no longer be judged by Google on fitness to practise, lawyer says A Dutch surgeon formally disciplined for medical
Read MoreThe moon turned red during a rare eclipse and photographers pro and amateur around the world snapped its portrait. Dazzling views of the super blood wolf moon lunar eclipse – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor her day job, Amie D Dansby works as a software simulation developer, creating simulations for video games. In her free time, she’s implanting the key to her Tesla in her arm, building cordwood jewelry and cosplay swords, and seeking out other adventures in electronics and 3D printing. Amie has made a name for herself in the
Read MoreMove over, Megalodon. A tiny terror of a dinosaur shark earns a high score for its weird teeth. Ancient 'Galagadon' shark sported teeth shaped like Galaga spaceship – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMehedi Hassan / Thurrott: Spotify is testing a feature on iOS that will allow users to block any artist — Yes, it’s finally happening. Spotify seems to be testing a new feature for its app that will allow users to block any artist on the platform. The block button is a much-requested feature from Spotify
Read MoreWhat would you think if you saw a bootleg of a product you design, manufacture, and sell pop up on eBay? For those of us who don’t make our livelihood this way, we might secretly hope our blinkenlight project ends up being so awesome that clones on AliExpress or TaoBao end up selling in the thousands
Read MoreBye bye, bots. Henn na Hotel in Japan laid off droids that annoyed customers by failing to perform simple tasks. Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSamsung’s next flagship can take a tip from the iPhone XS and Pixel 3, too. 7 things Galaxy S10 needs to do to stay ahead of top rival Huawei – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrexit is imminent. While the debate around the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union is framed as a battle between “leavers” and “remainers,” it’s often easy to forget that there are over three million EU citizens caught in the middle. Some of these people have lived in the UK for over 40
Read MoreA watchdog wants them to outline plans for storing Russians’ personal data in the country. Russia opens civil case against Facebook, Twitter over data laws – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe more things change, the more they stay the same. In the last few years, IT has undergone a massive shift as hybrid cloud and multi-cloud have become entrenched in most organizations. By housing application workloads across a mix of public and private cloud platforms, with containerized orchestration among the environments, companies can maximize cost
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: A casino group that runs sites like easybet.com left 108M+ records exposed on a server including players’ bets, withdrawals, names, home addresses, and phone #s — Server is now down but is unclear if the cloud provider took it down and if the parent company knows it leaked users details in
Read MoreFine is biggest imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation. Google fined million under European privacy law – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatt Bradshaw is a musician, maker, and programmer with a degree in physics and a love for making new musical instruments. You may remember his PolyMod modular digital synthesizer from the 2018 Hackaday Prize, where it made the semifinals of the Musical Instrument Challenge. PolyMod is a customizable, modular synthesizer that uses digital rather than analog circuitry. That
Read MoreGlobal limit imposed after violence in India was blamed on misinformation that spread across the social network. WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight fake news – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEver wondered if different countries get better deals on Apple products? Or regretted not buying that new iPhone abroad? Well, thanks to the Mac Index, you can know for sure. This site – created by Wafiq Rodzuan, a Malaysian software developer – has a simple concept: it shows you the prices of different Apple products across
Read MoreHenn na Hotel in Japan laid off droids that annoyed customers by failing to perform simple tasks. Bye bye, bots! Hotel fires half its robot staff – CNET Source: CNet
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