It’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7. It might be a good time to move on now. Microsoft will no longer provide security
Read MoreFrye fight. The streaming services are releasing movies about the festival within days of one another. Hulu beats Netflix in race to air documentary on doomed Frye Festival – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDavid Shepardson / Reuters: Trump administration proposes rules to remove waiver requirements for operating drones at night and over populated areas — (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday proposed rules that would allow drones to operate over populated areas and end a requirement for special permits for night use … Trump administration proposes rules
Read MoreThey’d also be able to make routine night flights under a proposed regulation. Feds might allow drones to fly over crowds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple’s FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record Layer, which powers CloudKit and offers schema management, indexing, and query capabilities — Apple originally acquired FoundationDB in 2015, and last April it announced that it was making the cloud database open source. Apple's FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record
Read MoreThere’s something charming whenever you hear stories about gamers who don’t fit the preconceived notion of what a “gamer” is. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky to hear the story of “Animal Crossing Grandma,” a lovely octogenarian who’s logged more hours in one game than most of us have in all our
Read MoreEva Szalay / Financial Times: HSBC says it processed over 3M FX transactions worth ~$250B using blockchain tech in 2018 and plans to make its FX Everywhere platform commercially available — HSBC is leaning more heavily on blockchain-based tools to handle the fiddly processes behind foreign-exchange trades … HSBC says it processed over 3M FX
Read More{$inline_image}The US Army wants to develop fully autonomous weapons systems, but its initiatives to take humans out of the loop have been met with push-back from lawmakers and the general public. The government’s solution? Treat it as a PR problem. US Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Bruce Jette recently tried
Read MoreIn addition to the connected door lock Hampton released last year, the company is gearing up to release several new smart home products in 2019. Hampton expands its Array line of smart home products – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe closest some of us at Hackaday get to a green thumb comes when we are painting, so for us and other folks not gifted in the gardening department Bionic Cactus might help. It’s a neatly designed water and light control system, built around an ESP8266. You can control the system through a web interface,
Read MoreTim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox names Intel exec Aicha Evans as CEO, making her one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company — The Senegal native will become one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox
Read MoreThey go by the name “Marty.” Giant Food Stores will place robotic assistants at 172 locations, company says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreOnly 200 examples will be sold in the US. Subaru's STI S209 is America's most hardcore WRX yet – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreYes, the PlayStation 4 too. Rocket League joins Fortnite in offering crossplay across all platforms – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA special Feb. 2 screening through Fandango will be available in the US. How to Train Your Dragon 3 coming to theaters three weeks early – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple COO testifies in court that Qualcomm refused to sell modems to Apple because of the companies’ licensing dispute. Apple's 5G iPhone shift bogged down by Qualcomm chip battle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNBC: NBC says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020, free for pay-TV subscribers; source says the service may cost ~$12/month for everyone else — – NBC’s streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service. NBC says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that let developers add recommendations, visual search, and inventory availability to their apps — The CRM giant is rolling out a series of update to Commerce Cloud that aim to expand the footprint of the platform. Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that
Read MoreWe’ve all wasted hours watching recommended videos on YouTube, but now the company is making it even easier to procrastinate your time away. Starting this week, you’ll be able to navigate through recommended videos with a simple horizontal swipe. With each swipe forward you’ll see a new recommend video. Swipe back to return right where
Read MoreNvidia threw open the doors on its new robotics laboratory in Seattle last week, ushering in a new era for the company. In doing so it’s put the competition on notice. The 13,000-foot Seattle facility is an innovation center designed for a staff of 50. Among its first projects is a joint-endeavor with IKEA featuring
Read MoreIan King / Bloomberg: Source: Intel’s board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates — – Board remains undecided as leadership quest passes six months — Directors trying to choose candidate before results on Jan. 24 Source: Intel's board aims
Read MoreIf you’re ever flying into LAX and have the left side window seat, just a few minutes before landing, look out the window. You’ll see a small airport just below you and what appears at first glance to be a smokestack. That’s not a smokestack, though: that’s a rocket, and that’s where SpaceX is building
Read MoreDieter Bohn / The Verge: Google says it is rolling out RCS messaging support on the Google Fi network available on the Pixel phones, the Moto G6, LG V35, LG G7, and Android One Moto X — Alongside faster international LTE data — Today, Google is announcing that it’s rolling out RCS Chat on the
Read MoreOver the weekend, an intrepid dataminer found evidence in the recent Nintendo Switch update to suggest games from the company’s Super Nintendo era might soon be available to Switch Online subscribers. The dataminer in question, KapuccinoHeck, spotted clues in the Switch’s code which suggests a SNES emulator could be on its way to Nintendo’s Switch Online
Read MoreShara Tibken / CNET: Apple COO Jeff Williams testifies that Apple tried to dual source modems for iPhone in 2018 as it had before, but Qualcomm wouldn’t sell to it amid legal fights — Apple wanted to use Qualcomm’s 4G LTE processors in its newest iPhones, but the chipmaker wouldn’t sell to it, Apple’s operating
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