Watch Google CEO testify before Congress on Dec. 5 – CNET
Sundar Pichai will be publicly grilled by lawmakers for the first time on Wednesday at 7 a.m. PT. Watch Google CEO testify before Congress on Dec. 5 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSundar Pichai will be publicly grilled by lawmakers for the first time on Wednesday at 7 a.m. PT. Watch Google CEO testify before Congress on Dec. 5 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple Watches, Fitbits and Garmin smartwatches and fitness trackers could soon warn users of potentially life-threatening conditions. Wearables get serious about heart rate – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWheel of Fortune is a television game show, born in the distant year of 1975. Like many popular television properties of the era, it spawned a series of videogames on various platforms. Like many a hacker, [Chris] had been loading up the retro NES title on his Raspberry Pi when he realized that, due to
Read MoreSaint-Nazaire’s German U-boat base still stands, and in it, France’s Espadon sub. Here’s a look inside. Inside the French submarine Espadon and base Saint-Nazaire – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe French submarine Espadon and the U-boat pens of Saint-Nazaire represent some incredible WWII and underwater history. Here’s how they look up close. French naval history and art meet in silent steel and a concrete castle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnna Escher / TechCrunch: Brazil-based QuintoAndar, an online marketplace for long term rentals, raises $64M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing the total funding raised to $95M — Anna Escher @https://www.twitter.com/annaescher / 8 hours — There’s quite a bit wrong with real estate in Brazil, according to QuintoAndar founder and CEO Gabriel Braga. Brazil-based
Read MoreWe know that by this point in the development of CNC technology, nothing should amaze us. We’ve seen CNC machines perform feats of precision that shouldn’t be possible, whether it be milling a complex jet engine turbine blade or just squirting out hot plastic. But you’ve just got to watch this PCB milling CNC machine
Read MoreSex robots are everywhere at the moment (not literally – you won’t find them marching down the street just yet), but figuratively, as a growing number of ‘robot brothels’ divide public opinion as they feel out the market in the US and Canada. But if a robot hasn’t ‘had sex’ yet, does that make it a virgin? A crowdfunding campaign
Read MoreInsights from Tumblr and others suggest that people really are obsessed with astrology (again) — and not just the memes. Virgos Are Queen of Teen Internet Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNew York Times: US officials: China’s cyberespionage against the US, which was pared back in 2015 after US-China pact, picked up again in 2017 and has accelerated since then — WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama struck a deal with China that few thought was possible … US officials: China's cyberespionage against the
Read MoreA motor — or a generator — requires some normal magnets and some electromagnets. The usual arrangement is to have a brushed commutator that both powers the electromagnets and switches their polarity as the motor spins. Permanent magnets don’t rotate and attract or repel the electromagnets as they swing by. That can be a little
Read MoreJason Del Rey / Recode: How Amazon is limiting the ability of popular brands to sell independently via its Marketplace, if they also want to sell their goods directly via Amazon itself — Some companies are choosing to end their relationship with Amazon rather than cave to the online retailer’s demands. How Amazon is limiting
Read MoreSimone Stolzoff / The Atlantic: PitchBook: VCs invested ~$8B in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Pakistan in first 10 months of 2018, 40% more than in all 2017 — Entrepreneurs such as Sidra Qasim and Waqas Ali exemplify the increasing ease of accessing venture capital from the developing world. PitchBook: VCs invested
Read MoreWinter has arrived, and by now most households should have moved on from incandescent bulbs, so we can’t heat ourselves that way. Avoiding the chill led [edent] to invest in an electric blanket. This isn’t any ordinary electric blanket — no, this is one connected to the Internet, powered by Alexa. This is a project for
Read MoreScientists analyzing ancient food gunk discover people 6,000 years ago had rather sophisticated recipes. Stone Age foodies enjoyed poached freshwater carp eggs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpon announcement of the Arcade1up replica arcade cabinets earlier this year, many laid in waiting for the day they could see a teardown. A four foot tall cab with an LCD outputting the proper 4:3 aspect ratio and the simple construction of IKEA furniture certainly seemed appealing. In theory, it wouldn’t take long to customize
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Powemuddy Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: After Qualcomm and Apple fail to reach a settlement over patent royalties, judge schedules the start of the trial for April 15 in San Diego federal court — Earlier this week, Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf made headlines when he said his company was “on the doorstep of a resolution” with Apple,
Read MoreTake a closer look at the 40mm and 44mm models in steel versus the Series 3. Apple Watch Series 4: Both sizes, compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMany readers will be familiar with [Naomi Wu], the prolific hardware hacker who has shown us so much of the epicentre of Chinese tech in her native Shenzhen through a lens that most outsiders would struggle to achieve. We’ve seen her touring factories and electronics marts, building a load of interesting projects, and achieving the
Read MoreBased on a novella by George R.R. Martin, this spooky journey across the stars stretches itself too thin. Nightflyers sci-fi horror is no Game of Thrones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn order! No. 1 will not surprise you. The 10 best Dreamcast games – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA bunch of CNETers share their memories of Sega’s fantastic but doomed system. We remember the Sega Dreamcast, 20 years on – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Summers / Engadget: Profile of Chronicle: a startup incubated at Google X that uses AI and VirusTotal, with experience from Bigtable and MapReduce, to counter cybersecurity threats — Fifteen years ago, cybersecurity could be boiled down to a simple strategy: Secure the perimeter. Profile of Chronicle: a startup incubated at Google X that uses
Read MoreEach day, there are millions of photos shared by Instagram users. You definitely don’t want your followers to miss your photos in the midst of all these other posts. So, what will attract users to your posts? A perfect picture. But what is a perfect picture? The perfect picture should have good composition, lighting, colors,
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