What is the first image you visualize in your head when you think about a calendar? Probably a table with numbers arranged in seven columns and five rows (or six row depending on day one) to display the full month ahead. We use it every day, whether on your phone or on your wall. Same
Read MoreSome doctors warn that Facebook is becoming an arbiter of users’ mental distress without proving that its efforts are accurate, effective or safe. In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWriting device drivers is always a good start for a journey into the Linux kernel code. Of course, the kernel is a highly complex piece of software, and if you mess up your code properly, you might take down the entire system with you. User-space drivers on the other hand might not look as good
Read MoreScott Scrivens / Android Police: Screenshots suggest Google is testing group calling and a low light mode in its Duo video chat app for Android — Group calling and a low light mode in Google Duo have been rumored for some time, but we now have our first glimpse of the features in action. Screenshots
Read MoreA former military airfield in Belgium will be used to test technology and help regulators set rules for delivery by unmanned flying devices. With Drone Deliveries on the Horizon, Europe Moves to Set Ground Rules Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAgence France-Presse: Parents are often shocked by inappropriate videos on TikTok, a major hit with teens that Sensor Tower says was the most downloaded app on iOS in H1 2018 — TikTok’s video-sharing app was the most downloaded on Apple’s App Store in the first half of 2018, beating out Facebook, Instgram and Snapchat Parents
Read MoreHumu, a Silicon Valley start-up, applies data-driven lessons in human resources to the goal of improving employee satisfaction. Firm Led by Google Veterans Uses A.I. to ‘Nudge’ Workers Toward Happiness Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePartial federal government shutdown to blame. FCC may be forced to suspend most operations this week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThose trailers looked so enticing, but if you never made it out to the cineplex, here’s your home list. Best streaming movies of 2018: The lazy moviegoer's guide – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis year — for the first time in the New York Police Department’s history — officials will have a camera-equipped, remote-controlled quadcopter on hand to watch over the thousands in Times Square. The NYPD planned to use drones during Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration. Then it started raining. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSimon Romero / New York Times: Since Waymo started testing driverless vans in Chandler, AZ in 2017, nearly two dozen attacks have been made on them including slashed tires and thrown rocks — CHANDLER, Ariz. — The assailant slipped out of a park around noon one day in October, zeroing in on his target …
Read MoreOh, the hijinks that the early days of the PC revolution allowed. Back in the days when a 20MB hard drive was a big deal and MS-DOS 3.1 ruled over every plain beige PC-clone cobbled together by enthusiasts like myself, it was great fun to “set up” someone else’s machine to do something unexpected. This
Read MoreA high school junior dug deep into the data on a mysteriously dimming star to search for evidence of a highly advanced civilization. Teen scientist checks for alien lasers around famously weird star – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTribune did not say whether the hackers may have ties to a foreign government, how they infiltrated the company’s network, or what their motives may be. What we still don’t know about the cyberattack on Tribune newspapers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNASDAQ.com: Chinese online brokerage Futu Securities files for a US IPO, seeking to raise up to $300M, and says it had $92M in revenue for year ending September 2018 — Futu Holdings, the largest China-based online broker age, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering.
Read MoreVacuum tubes fueled a technological revolution. They made the amplification of signals a reality for transatlantic telephone cables (and transcontinental ones too), they performed logic for early computers, and they delivered that warm fuzzy sound for high fidelity audio. But they were labor intensive to produce, and fragile, so semiconductors came along and replaced tubes
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: Intercontinental Exchange subsidiary Bakkt raises $182.5M to build its cryptocurrency exchange; sources: regulatory hurdles delay its plans for bitcoin futures — Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture by Intercontinental Exchange, has scored $182.5 million to build out its platform aimed … Intercontinental Exchange subsidiary Bakkt raises 2.5M to build its cryptocurrency exchange;
Read MoreThe transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks, known as 5G, will affect how you use smartphones and many other devices. Let’s talk about the essentials. 5G Is Coming Next Year. Here’s What You Need to Know. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAs 2019 nears, the New Horizons spacecraft is zooming toward mysterious space rock Ultima Thule on a historic flyby. NASA New Horizons to photograph Ultima Thule in historic New Year's flyby – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEcho Huang / Quartz: China-owned spacecraft maker CASIC launches first of 156 satellites intended to provide internet service by 2022 to rural China and then to developing countries — Over the weekend, China launched a satellite into low-earth orbit, the first step of a plan to provide global satellite internet … China-owned spacecraft maker CASIC
Read MoreJohansson, one of the world’s highest-paid actresses, spoke to The Washington Post in an exclusive interview: “The Internet is just another place where sex sells and vulnerable people are preyed upon.” Scarlett Johansson on fake AI-generated sex videos: ‘Nothing can stop someone from cutting and pasting my image’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe hottest toy of the year was a glittering, baby-pink plastic suitcase that we buy without knowing what’s inside. Why Do You Love a L.O.L. Surprise? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreGet a closer look at the main character in the upcoming live-action Pokemon movie. Ryan Reynolds shares a behind-the-scenes peek at Detective Pikachu – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: How deepfakes, AI-generated videos that graft a person’s face onto another’s body, have been weaponized to harass and humiliate their subjects, mostly women — “Deepfake” creators are making disturbingly realistic, computer-generated videos with photos taken from the Web, and ordinary women are suffering the damage. How deepfakes, AI-generated videos that
Read MoreInsurance is a funny business. Life insurance, for example, is essentially betting someone you will die before your time. With the recent focus on companies getting hacked, it isn’t surprising that cybersecurity insurance is now big business. Get hacked and get paid. Maybe. The reason I say maybe is because of the recent court battle
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