Amazon said the privacy mishap was an “isolated incident.” Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through ‘human error’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreRussian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members. Station Crew Back on Earth After 197-Day Space Mission Source: NASA
Read MoreFor the first time, a robot has been unionized. This shouldn’t be too surprising as a European Union resolution has already recommended creating a legal status for robots for purposes of liability and a robot has already been made a citizen of one country. Naturally, these have been done either to stimulate discussion before reality catches up or as publicity
Read MoreIOTA Foundation, the company wanting to be the cryptocurrency for the Internet-of-Things (IoT), has just launched a new hash function, and it’s dishing out shares of a $220,000 (200,000 euro) bounty to anyone that can crack it. The new hash function, known as Troika, has been designed by cryptographers from cyber security firm, Cybercrypt. IOTA
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: Autodesk buys BuildingConnected, which helps builders find and hire qualified contractors for construction projects, for $275M — Autodesk’s construction software business is getting its second acquisition-fueled jolt of the past few weeks. The company announced on Thursday … Autodesk buys BuildingConnected, which helps builders find and hire qualified contractors for construction
Read MoreIf you aren’t rich and famous now, you can be after building an audience and making yourself attractive to major advertisers, willing to buy for the privilege of reaching your highly sought after followers. You can learn how to turn Instagram audiences into real money with the Instagram Masterclass 2018, a $200 course on sale
Read MoreWhat! That’s the lowest price ever, and by a lot. Get it while supplies last — you better have more than a few of these, Macy’s. Plus: Buy one MasterClass subscription, get a gift subscription free. Get a Fitbit Versa for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe automatically updating Live Albums can now hold even more pictures and videos. Google Photos doubles Live Album limit to 20,000 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe owner of a turbocharger company gives the supersonic car the boost it needed. Bloodhound 1,000-mph SSC project gets a jump-start – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreHave you noticed the increasing number of pop-ups asking you to consent or “agree” when you visit a website? Do you find these annoying and tend to just click accept without reading the policies? So do most people, and here’s why that’s a problem. By “agreeing” to any of these particular policies, you are effectively
Read MoreThe most solid method for kids to achieve their goals? An awesome presentation. PowerPoint Is the Most Efficient Way for Kids to Manage Their Parents Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDara Kerr / CNET: Uber says it will bring its self-driving cars back on the road on Thursday in Pittsburgh, nine months after a fatal crash — Uber took its self-driving cars off the road last March, after a fatal accident, the first known pedestrian death caused by a vehicle in full autonomous mode. Uber
Read MoreAfter grounding its fleet of autonomous vehicles for nine months and overhauling its systems, Uber’s driverless cars are back on the road. Uber’s Driverless Cars Return to the Road After Fatal Crash Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Cinven acquires One.com, one of Europe’s biggest hosting providers with ~1.5M customers, from private equity firm Accel-KKR for an undisclosed sum — One of the biggest providers of domain names and web hosting in Europe is changing hands today. One.com, which has around 1.5 million customers mainly across … Cinven acquires
Read MoreBeing an adult is hard and having responsibilities is harder. I mean, who hasn’t begrudgingly gone out for a single, but ended up spending the majority of the night out, sleeping in a bathtub, and forgetting they had to throw an office party the next day? Not I, friend, not I. So, you’re in this
Read MoreOne of the most common hacks to punctuate the 2018 cryptocurrency media was illicit crypto-mining, also known as crypto-jacking, a recent report shows just how widespread it is becoming. According to the latest report from cyber security firm McAfee Labs, 2018 saw a 4000-percent increase in instances of crypto-mining malware. The report states there were
Read MoreProbably not all in the same TV. But you never know. CES 2019 TVs preview: Get ready for 8K AI rollable OLED with Alexa – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you could pick a news story you would prefer not to be woken with, it’s likely that a major airport being closed due to a drone sighting would be high on the list. But that’s the news this morning: London’s Gatwick airport has spent most of the night and into the morning closed due
Read MoreLondon’s Gatwick Airport remained shut down Thursday, disrupting 110,000 people’s journeys. Airport suspends all flights after drones get too close to airfield – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis new phone from Vivo joins a line up of dual-screen phones, but is it a good idea or yet another experimental folly? Vivo Nex Dual Display Edition is all about the dual screen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis holiday period, Plugged is running a very special advent calendar. Over the course of 12 days, we’ll be sharing a selection of sweet, sweet deals. You can thank us later. If you’re interested in yesterday’s deals, you can find those here. But you want today’s deals? We can make that happen. On the ninth
Read MoreMany of the stories this year that kept our eyes pointed toward the stars, no matter what was happening on the ground. Look Back at How Much Space News Got Packed Into 2018 Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDevelopments in science that we’re still thinking about at year’s end. What We Learned in 2018: Science Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMadhav Chanchani / The Economic Times: Indian food delivery service Swiggy raises $1B round led by Naspers, sources say at a $3.3B valuation; Swiggy was valued at $1.3B in June and $700M in February — With the current round, Swiggy has seen its valuation swell by close to 5 times this year. The company was
Read MoreInstead of looking up at the sky to see whether you need an umbrella, people increasingly ask virtual assistants such as Alexa. And they may be wise to do so. AI methods are powerful – capable of anything from analyzing astrophysical data to detecting tumors or helping to manage diabetes. An algorithm that analyses shopping
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