Facebook’s Zuckerberg scoffs at Musk’s many companies, but guess who’s the one with the flamethrower? Elon Musk spits fire at Mark Zuckerberg in Epic Rap Battle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe detainment of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada on conspiracy charges is just the latest in a slew of problems for the Chinese tech giant. As Huawei CFO faces charges, company bookends 2018 with controversy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZheping Huang / South China Morning Post: China has set up the Online Games Ethics Committee, which has reviewed a first batch of 20 games and rejected 9 of them, according to the state broadcaster CCTV — – The recently formed Online Games Ethics Committee has rejected nine of an initial batch of 20 titles
Read MoreBut I still prefer the Bip. Amazfit Verge is a better 0 watch than I expected – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Slack has hired Goldman Sachs to lead its IPO, expected in 2019, which it hopes will fetch a valuation of well over $10B — (Reuters) – Slack Technologies Inc, a provider of chat and direct messaging services for businesses, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) … Sources: Slack has hired
Read MoreNetflix’s Mowgli: In performance-capture maestro Andy Serkis’ hands, Legends of the Jungle is a darker, more surprising version of The Jungle Book. Mowgli review: This ain't your Disney Jungle Book, and that's wild – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMeng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s secretive founder, Ren Zhengfei, had stressed transparency at the company. She is now accused of hiding Huawei’s dealings in Iran. Huawei Executive Was Company’s Professional Face, Until Her Arrest Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKate Conger / New York Times: Canada argues Huawei CFO committed fraud by misrepresenting a Huawei subsidiary as an independent company, tricking US banks into violating Iran sanctions — VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The reasons that the United States asked the Canadian authorities to arrest a top executive … Canada argues Huawei CFO committed fraud
Read MoreEpic Rap Battles of History just came back triumphant after almost two years of silence, and the opponents in the latest battle are none other than the most infamous CEOs of the year: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg versus Tesla’s Elon Musk. The choice of rivals is not a huge surprise — I’ve been seeing this match-up
Read MoreGoogle said Friday an inadvertent bug had made its email filters go haywire, rerouting messages in a way that made users believe it had lost its sense of judgment over what messages deserved to land on top of the pile — and at the worst possible time of the year, when retailers flood consumers with
Read MoreThere are very few machines as complex to build as a turbojet engine. The turbine blades on a commercial airliner are grown from a single crystal of metal. The engineering tolerances are crazy, and everything spins really, really fast. All of these problems aren’t a concern for [Igor], who’s building what will probably end up
Read MoreA 60 Minutes interview with the Tesla CEO will air on Sunday, Dec. 9. Despite infamous hit, Elon Musk says he has 'no idea how to smoke pot' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMarrian Zhou / CNET: FCC to investigate if carriers submitted incorrect coverage maps after an initial review of speed test data suggested significant violations of agency’s rules — The federal government keeps a map that highlights areas that have or don’t have broadband service. FCC to investigate if carriers submitted incorrect coverage maps after an
Read More“We have a long way to go on cyber hygiene and online media consumption habits,” says Virginia Democrat Mark Warner. Sen. Warner calls for US cyber doctrine, new standards for security – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter the Snap, everyone seems as lost as we are. Avengers 4: Endgame trailer gives us beardless Captain America, sad Iron Man – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen it comes to getting a quality education, a robot could do far worse than a program at Yale. Machine learning researchers at the Ivy-League university recently started teaching robots about the nuances of social interaction. And there’s no better place to start than with possessions. One of the earliest social constructs that humans learn
Read MoreIn a new 60 Minutes interview, Musk said he welcomed GM’s competition in the EV space. Elon Musk says Tesla may consider buying one of GM's idled plants – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ad-blocking browser says hello to Chrome extensions by moving closer to Google’s software. Brave browser matures with move to Chromium foundation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZac Hall / 9to5Mac: Beddit, the sleep tracking company that Apple acquired in 2017, releases Beddit Sleep Monitor 3.5, a $150 sleep monitor for iOS, available in Apple Stores — Earlier this week, Apple received FCC clearance with a new sleep monitor product that looked like an updated version of the Beddit Sleep Monitor that
Read MoreRapper 2 Milly yesterday revealed he was suing Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, for copying his dance, the Milly Rock, in one of their emotes. The problem, he says, is not just that he’s not being fairly credited and compensated — it’s that he’s just one of several artists who’ve been treated this way by
Read MoreLauren Thomas / CNBC: Walmart to acquire the assets of Art.com, an online seller of art and wall decor which, a source says, was recently bringing in $300M in sales annually — – Marc Lore, head of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce business, has said the company could one day own upwards of 40 digitally native brands.
Read MoreA few years back, a company by the name of Pano Logic launched a line of FPGA-based thin clients. Sadly, the market didn’t eventuate, and the majority of this stock ended up on eBay, to eventually be snapped up by eager hackers. [Tom] is one of those very hackers, and decided to try some raytracing
Read MoreSundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, will testify before Congress on Tuesday. Democratic lawmakers are expected to target the industry next year. Google Hearing to Preview Democrats’ Strategy on Big Tech Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAnirban Sen / Livemint: Andy Rubin’s Essential has acquired CloudMagic, maker of the Newton email app that the India-based startup shut down in September — Andy Rubin’s Essential Products has acquired CloudMagic less than three months after the startup’s founder Rohit Nadhani said its flagship email app Newton Mail was shutting down Andy Rubin's Essential
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Sources: Apple acquired Platoon, a UK-based startup which uses analytics to source talent like musicians and writers to produce, distribute, and sell their work — Spotify has made some significant moves to bypass record labels and work directly with artists, and there are signs that Apple … Sources: Apple acquired Platoon,
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