A do-not-disturb app from India’s telecom regulator has finally made it to Apple’s App Store. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been fighting with the Cupertino-based company over the app for months. The app currently lets customers register their number for do-not-disturb (DND) service to avoid getting calls from telemarketers. The app description
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: AT&T plans another, 3-tiered streaming service for Q4 2019 with a movie-focused entry level, a premium level with original programming, and a WarnerMedia bundle — AT&T may be ready to sell its stake in Hulu, the company revealed in an analyst presentation on Thursday. AT&T plans another, 3-tiered streaming service for
Read MoreUnsure if the government is looking out for them, a guerrilla network of “breathers” has turned to personal pollution monitors. The American Citizen’s Guide to Clean Air Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWe live in a Golden Age of single-board computers. There was a time when a portable computer that was any good was a relatively rare and expensive device, certainly not something you could expect to replicate for yourself. A Psion, or later a Palm or perhaps a WinCE device would have been a lot more
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch added another indie feather to its cap this week with the release of Abzû, an underwater adventure game from Giant Squid Studios. The game‘s beauty translates exceptionally well to the Switch’s handheld screen — and if you have any fear of the ocean blue, it’s almost too good. In Abzû, you play a
Read MoreShrek gets a patchwork live-action and animated retelling that feels like a fever dream. 200 people remade Shrek and now it's totally hallucinogenic – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMore power and all-wheel drive kick the Leaf race car up a couple of notches. Nissan's new Leaf Nismo RC is a meaner green machine – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDavid Manners / Electronics Weekly: Wave Computing, an AI startup making specialized hardware and software for datacenters and on-premise environments for large datasets, raises $86M Series E — Wave Computing, the edge computing start-up, has taken its VC funding tally to $117.3 million with its latest Series E round of $86 million which was, says
Read MoreThe hypothetical pinnacle of digital paper is when it becomes indistinguishable from the real article, both in terms of reading and writing. Today, at the Connected Ink conference in Tokyo, E Ink Holdings took us a little bit closer with its new JustWrite technology. JustWrite is designed to feel as close as possible to writing
Read MoreThe safest, cheapest things on four wheels. Top 5 cars for teens (November 2018) – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThat gives Virgin Galactic less than a month to start firing people into space. Virgin Galactic will take people to space by Christmas, says Richard Branson – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn something of a surprise announcement today, Amazon revealed that Apple Music would soon be available on its Echo devices. The feature arrives on December 17, joining existing services like Spotify, Pandora, and, of course, Amazon Music. Users simply need to enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and link their accounts. I
Read MoreHow to reach Marriott’s call center and FAQ page and enroll in a free fraud monitoring service. What you should do after the Marriott data breach Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreStefano Bernabei / Reuters: European Central Bank launches TARGET Instant Payment Settlement system, making it easier for EU banks to compete with PayPal and other global tech giants — FRASCATI, Italy (Reuters) – The European Central Bank launched on Friday a new system aimed at letting banks settle payments instantly across Europe … European Central
Read MoreIf you’ve stayed at a Starwood hotel in the past few years, it’s time to buy some credit monitoring. The Marriott International-owned hotel brand has reported a massive hack that saw the details of over 500 million customers accessed by an unauthorized party. The hotel chain says that the attackers have been able to access
Read MoreLiquid cooling is a popular way to get a bit of extra performance out of your computer. Usually this is done in desktops, where a special heat sink with copper tubing is glued to the CPU, and the copper tubes are plumbed to a radiator. If you want dive deeper into the world of liquid
Read MorePersonal details including names, dates of birth, passport numbers and payment numbers could be at risk, the hotel chain said. Marriott Hacking Exposes Data of Up to 500 Million Guests Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreArtificial intelligence is one of the most exciting and attractive fields to get into. The global machine learning (ML) market is estimated to grow from $1.4 billion in 2017 to $8.8 billion by 2022. AI is projected to create 2.3 million related jobs by 2020, according to Gartner. The average salary of a machine learning
Read MoreThe new skill comes to Amazon Echo smart speakers on Dec. 17 and is slated to roll out to other Alexa-enabled devices soon after. Amazon Alexa and Apple Music will soon play nice – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRobots in this anime-inspired, pop-up cafe are allowing people with ALS and spinal-cord injuries to work short-term. People with paralysis control robot waiters in Tokyo cafe – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Arlo, Netgear’s security camera spinoff, announces its first 4K camera, Arlo Ultra, with HDR and a built-in spotlight, available in Q1 2019 for $399.99 — Smart person detection and 911 calling are available at launch — Arlo, the security camera company launched by Netgear … Arlo, Netgear's security camera spinoff,
Read MoreHackers stole personal information and some payment card data. Marriott data breach hits 500 million Starwood hotel guests – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDavid Bixenspan / Gizmodo: The Wayback Machine does not challenge takedown requests and its robot.txt policy not only allows crawling to stop but removes a given site’s entire history — On the internet, there are certain institutions we have come to rely on daily to keep truth from becoming nebulous or elastic. The Wayback Machine
Read MoreWhile desktop computers have tons of computing power and storage, some small CPUs don’t have a lot of space to store things. What’s more is some CPUs don’t do multiplication and division very well. Same can be said for FPGAs. So suppose we are going to grab a bunch of three-digit decimal numbers from, say,
Read MoreA Nova Labs Robotics “BrainStorm Troopers” team member from Reston, Virginia, asks a question during an Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) announcement. A 'BrainStorm Trooper' Inquires About NASA Exploration Source: NASA
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