Giant recording studios with millions of dollars worth of gear and gold records lining the walls incite a certain nostalgia in those of us who grew up in a time when Berry Gordy and Rick Rubin were as well known as the stars they produced. But those days are long gone, and those big studios
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: During FTC vs Qualcomm trial, Apple supply chain exec Tony Blevins details “Project Antique”, the company’s search for a second modem supplier, starting in 2013 — (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) considered tapping Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) … During FTC vs Qualcomm trial, Apple supply chain
Read MorePeople often get the impression that home built hardware is destined to have a certain amateurish look or feel to it. It’s as though just because you didn’t buy it in a store, it will look cheap or thrown together. While it’s true a hacked together device could look like it was built from the parts
Read MoreAdario Strange / Next Reality: In a court filing, Meta, maker of the Meta 2 AR headset, says its assets have been sold off by a lender and it is insolvent; Meta had raised $73M in VC funding — The last time we heard from Meta, the makers of the Meta 2 augmented reality headset,
Read MoreNetflix has dropped Spanish subtitles from “Roma” after the director Alfonso Cuarón called them “parochial, ignorant and offensive to Spaniards themselves.” Mamá to Madre? ‘Roma’ Subtitles in Spain Anger Alfonso Cuarón Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCadillac’s three-row crossover will officially debut this weekend. Cadillac XT6 teased ahead of Detroit Auto Show debut – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: ThreeKit, a startup that helps ecommerce clients turn static images into interactive 3D presentations, raises $10M seed round — A picture’s worth a thousand words, but what about a three-dimensional rendering? Ask ThreeKit — it’s in the business of creating 3D renderings for clients such as Crate and Barrel, Steelcase, and
Read MoreAfter more than 4 million inflators replaced, FCA is starting to see a light at the end of the airbag-recall tunnel. FCA announces its final round of Takata recalls, 1.4 million vehicles affected – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tough truck will face off against the new Chevy Silverado HD. 2019 Ram Heavy Duty teased on video ahead of Detroit Auto Show debut – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: CNET’s Katie Collins gets a glimpse of the elite sporting career she might have had. A ping pong robot at CES 2019 made me wonder: Could I go pro? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you watch old science fiction or military movies — or if you were alive back in the 1960s — you probably know the cliche for a radar antenna is a spinning dish. Although the very first radar antennas were made from wire, as radar sets moved higher in frequency, antennas got smaller and rotating
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Commerce Department signals it will not renew export license for Futurewei Technologies, Huawei’s Silicon Valley-based R&D unit — R&D unit Futurewei is no longer able to send home some technologies developed in U.S. — Huawei Technologies Co. is contending with a new obstacle … Sources: Commerce Department signals it will not
Read MorePublisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure series doesn’t want anything to do with Bandersnatch. Netflix faces trademark suit over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Room rental startup Badi which uses AI to match flatmates in Spain, France, Italy and the UK, raises $30M Series B, bringing the total raised to $45M — Should you let AI help you pick your roommates? Barcelona-based urban room rental startup Badi thinks so, and it’s just closed … Room
Read MoreFans and game makers are clashing over a newly revealed mobile game, Alien Blackout. A continuation of the Alien series, revived so spectacularly with 2014’s Alien Isolation, the game has fans crying foul and developers raising a confused eyebrow. Two very different attitudes towards mobile gaming are starting to meet — one which focuses on the genre’s potential, and
Read MoreIBM sent its AI to Las Vegas this week to argue with people. And, since arguing is something humans do well, the company wants your help. ‘Project Debater – Speech by Crowd,’ as IBM calls it, is a “new and experimental cloud-based AI platform for crowdsourcing decision support.” It solicits arguments for and against a
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: Google has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter, focusing on smart speakers instead — Google has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter, and is instead focused on smart speakers going forward. A company spokesperson confirmed Friday that Chromecast Audio … Google has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter,
Read MoreConspiracy theories about the health of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have dominated YouTube this week, illustrating how the world’s most popular video site is failing to prevent its algorithm from helping popularize viral hoaxes and misinformation. Searching for news on RBG? YouTube offered conspiracy theories about the Supreme Court justice instead Source: Washington
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: In a follow-up to its 2013 plan to back 100 startups, Xiaomi to invest ~$1.5B in “AIoT”, IoT devices enhanced by AI via Xiaomi’s platform, over the next 5 years — Xiaomi, the Chinese company best known for budget phones, is betting big on a future of connected homes. In a
Read MoreThe year is 1894. You are designing a train system for a large city. Your boss informs you that the mayor’s office wants assurances that trains can’t have wrecks. The system will start small, but it is going to get big and complex over time with tracks crossing and switching. Remember, it is 1894, so
Read MoreIt wouldn’t be CES without a handful of weird and possibly off-putting tech. CES 2019 continues that tradition. CES 2019: Every weird product we saw at the show – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you were going to learn about only ten CES 2019 products, here they are. CES 2019: Our 10 favorite products – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLast year’s Gemini gets revamped with a new processor, backlit keyboard, rear camera and a fingerprint sensor. The Cosmo Communicator brought the PDA phone dream back to CES 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRobo-calls from telemarketers, scam artists and debt collectors already assault Americans’ phones at all hours of the day — and the government shutdown threatens to make the problem even worse. The latest threat from the government shutdown: More robo-calls Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: CrowdAnalytix, a US-based platform for crowdsourcing and deploying AI, NLP & machine learning solutions, raises $40M, bringing the total raised to $43M — Designing, training, and validating sophisticated machine learning algorithms can suck up a lot of hours — particularly if you’re dealing with sparse datasets. CrowdAnalytix, a US-based platform for
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