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December 28, 2018

China announces a global rollout of Beidou satellite navigation system a year ahead of schedule; Beidou has an accuracy of 5m in Asia-Pacific and 10m elsewhere (Sarah Dai/South China Morning Post)

Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post: China announces a global rollout of Beidou satellite navigation system a year ahead of schedule; Beidou has an accuracy of 5m in Asia-Pacific and 10m elsewhere — – Beidou’s location service has an accuracy of 5 metres in Asia-Pacific and 10 metres in other parts of the world

Get an Echo Dot for $15, a Fire TV Stick 4K for $30 or a Propel Star Wars drone for $40 – CNET

Didn’t get the gift you wanted? Treat yourself to one of these sweet deals. Get an Echo Dot for , a Fire TV Stick 4K for or a Propel Star Wars drone for – CNET Source: CNet

NASA shutdown: Agency could be dark during historic New Year's missions – CNET

The space agency will not broadcast a historic flyby of mysterious space rock Ultima Thule if the US government shutdown continues into 2019. NASA shutdown: Agency could be dark during historic New Year's missions – CNET Source: CNet

DooM Retrospective: 25 Years of Metal

Metal is many things. A material hard and coarse in nature that by forging it in fire becomes sharp enough to cut through anything in its path. The music that bares its namesake is equally cutting and exudes an unyielding attitude that seeks to separate the posers from the true acolytes. Metal is the sentiment

December 28, 2018

4 entrepreneurs share how they define success

What does success mean? For some, it means creating an app that finally works or funding their dream project. For others, it could be getting their work-life balance right or giving back to their community. For such a simple question, there are an endless number of answers. We’re incredibly privileged to have TNW Answers, a

December 28, 2018

Source: Grab has raised the fundraising target of its ongoing Series H round from the original $3B to $5B (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Source: Grab has raised the fundraising target of its ongoing Series H round from the original $3B to $5B — Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab is aiming to start the new year with a bang and an awful load of bucks. The company, which acquired Uber’s local business earlier this year

Microsoft will end 2018 as America’s most valuable company

Barring any further stock market shocks, Microsoft will finish the year ahead of Apple and Amazon as America’s most valuable publicly-quoted company, despite never making it to $1 trillion. Microsoft will end 2018 as America’s most valuable company Source: ZDNet Microsoft

Bits: The Week in Tech: A Peek at the Year Ahead

The past year was a rough one for the tech industry. As we look to 2019, some big, eagerly anticipated I.P.O.s are on the horizon. Bits: The Week in Tech: A Peek at the Year Ahead Source: NY Times Tech

December 28, 2018

This $41 course package can get you hired as a back-end web developer

You can learn everything you’ll need to get yourself working with The Complete Back-End Developer Bundle, a collection of coursework on sale now at over $900 off its regular price, just $41 from TNW Deals. This course package can get you hired as a back-end web developer Source: The Next Web

December 28, 2018

Q&A with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snapchat's future, fighting with Facebook, Spectacles, and why he limits his kids' screen time (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Q&A with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snapchat’s future, fighting with Facebook, Spectacles, and why he limits his kids’ screen time — It only takes about 30 seconds of waiting in line at Nando’s before somebody recognises Evan Spiegel. “You’re not from Snapchat, are you?” a young man asks. Q&A

North Korean Defectors’ Personal Data Was Stolen by Hackers, South Says

The names, birth dates and addresses of 997 defectors were stolen through a computer infected with malicious software, the South Korean Unification Ministry said. North Korean Defectors’ Personal Data Was Stolen by Hackers, South Says Source: NY Times Tech

December 28, 2018

Women in tech suffer because of the American myth of meritocracy

The American dream is built on the notion that the US is a meritocracy. Americans believe success in life and business can be earned by anyone willing to put in the hard work necessary to achieve it, or so they say. Thus, Americans commonly believe that those who are successful deserve to be so and

Peering Into a Running Brain: SDRAM Refresh Analyzed from Userspace

Over on the Cloudflare blog, [Marek] found himself wondering about computer memory, as we all sometimes do. Specifically, he pondered if he could detect the refresh of his SDRAM from within a running program. We’re probably not ruining the surprise by telling you that the answer is yes — with a little more than 100

December 28, 2018

The ultimate glossary of cryptocurrency and blockchain acronyms

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Blockchain and cryptocurrency can be a daunting place sometimes and the swathes of jargon, specialist terminology, and acronyms don’t really help matters. Sometimes it feels like complex terms are used

December 28, 2018

CenturyLink experiences day-long disruption across the US on Thursday, impacting 911 emergency call services in some areas in Washington, Idaho, and Arizona (Associated Press)

Associated Press: CenturyLink experiences day-long disruption across the US on Thursday, impacting 911 emergency call services in some areas in Washington, Idaho, and Arizona — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that stretched from New York to California. CenturyLink experiences day-long disruption across

December 28, 2018

End of year crypto roundup: How did Bitcoin perform in 2018?

Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency that started it all — was released in 2009 as open-source software by a person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The idea was to create a peer-to-peer electronic currency that didn’t rely on any central authority or intermediary for validating the exchange of money. Transfer of Bitcoin

December 28, 2018

2018: The year Congress and social media collided

One of the biggest, and most unwelcome revelations of the past few years is just how much social media platforms can be — and have been — used for manipulation and distribution of falsehoods. And in 2018, several social media executives were called into the hot seat in front of elected officials to account for

High-Speed Camera Plus Lawnmower Equals Destructive Fun

I hate gratuitous destruction videos. You know, the ones that ask “what happens if we drop a red-hot ball of Plutonium onto a bag of Cheetos?” There’s a lot of smoke, flames and a big pile of ad revenue for the idiots behind it. This destruction video is a little different, though. [Tesla 500] wanted

‘Black Mirror’ Gives Power to the People

Interactive filmmaking, where the viewers take control, has always been a technology in search of an audience. Netflix thinks the time is right. ‘Black Mirror’ Gives Power to the People Source: NY Times Tech

1985 Electric Vehicle Restoration

We tend to think of electric vehicles as a recent innovation, however many successful products are not the first ones to appear on the market. We have a habit of forgetting the progenitors such as mechanical scanned TVs or the $10,000 Honeywell kitchen computer. A case in point is [Clive Sinclair]’s C5 electric vehicle from

When Unfolding An STL In Software, Math Isn’t The Tricky Part

Some time ago, [Trammell Hudson] took a shot at creating a tool that unfolds 3D models in STL format and outputs a color-coded 2D pattern that can be cut out using a laser cutter. With a little bending and gluing, the 3D model can be re-created out of paper or cardboard. There are of course other and

In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch trailer, a video game warps reality – CNET

The new feature-length movie debuts Friday on Netflix. In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch trailer, a video game warps reality – CNET Source: CNet

NASA to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year's Day – CNET

As 2019 nears, the New Horizons spacecraft is zooming toward mysterious space rock Ultima Thule on a historic flyby. NASA to photograph most distant world explored yet on New Year's Day – CNET Source: CNet

December 27, 2018

Japanese electronics maker NEC says it will acquire Denmark's largest IT business KMD for ~$1.22B, in deal expected to close end of February 2019 (Hisashi Iwato/Nikkei)

Hisashi Iwato / Nikkei: Japanese electronics maker NEC says it will acquire Denmark’s largest IT business KMD for ~$1.22B, in deal expected to close end of February 2019 — Japanese company taps KMD’s experience in servicing European public sector — TOKYO — Electronics maker NEC will acquire KMD Holding … Japanese electronics maker NEC says

December 27, 2018

Why we will probably never have a perfect clock

Every year, the time comes again when many of us switch our clocks from summer or daylight-saving time back to winter time. And the usual confusion sets in, is it an hour forwards or back? Why do we need to change the time at all? Indeed, EU member states have been asked if they would

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