The ZMF Auteur is a fancy, crafted set of headphones – CNET
These exquisitely hand-crafted wood headphones will coddle your ears. The ZMF Auteur is a fancy, crafted set of headphones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese exquisitely hand-crafted wood headphones will coddle your ears. The ZMF Auteur is a fancy, crafted set of headphones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: How Predictim uses AI to generate a score of babysitters’ character by analyzing years of online activity and provides questionable recommendations to parents — When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … How Predictim uses AI to generate a score
Read MoreMany of us have had the experience of arriving in an unfamiliar city and needing to get to a specific destination – whether it’s checking in at a hotel, meeting a friend at a local brewery, or navigating to a meeting on time. With a few clicks of the smartphone, the destination is inputted into
Read MoreThe ThinkPad is the greatest laptop ever created. It doesn’t come in rose gold, it comes in black. It doesn’t have a weird screen instead of an escape key. For less than half the price of a MacBook, you can have a capable laptop that will somehow fit three drives inside. It’s madness, but it’s
Read MoreIn late October, Google made an important change to its mobile homepage. In place of the traditional page, with a search bar and little else, the homepage now displays Google Discover, the revamped version of Google Feed that was announced in late September. While there is nothing technologically revolutionary about this content discovery engine, its
Read MoreOnce you come down off the adrenaline high of Black Friday, it’ll hit you. You forgot to get something for the cousin you only see at Christmas each year. Or you didn’t pick up something for that stupid office gift exchange. Since you’ll always be blindsided by at least a couple holiday gifting situations each
Read MoreCNBC: A look back at Diane Greene’s tenure as Google cloud boss: a struggle to catch up with AWS and Azure, and tension with Sundar Pichai on Github and Project Maven — – Google poured resources into its cloud unit during Diane Greene’s three-year run at the helm, but the company has still struggled against
Read MoreAfter years of work by the brightest minds in the world, we’ll all get to experience the pinnacle of human achievement when InSight lands on Mars. NASA's InSight landing on Mars lets us be rocket scientists for a day – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you have something rusty, you can get a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease. Or you can let electricity do the work for you in an electrolysis tank. [Miller’s Planet] shows you how to build such a tank, but even better, he explains why it works in a very detailed way. The
Read MoreThe data reckoning has arrived. We’re already too familiar with the breach headlines: Equifax, Under Armour, Target. But in 2018, social media brands came under the spotlight as well: half a million accounts’ data were inadvertently exposed in Google+, and another 29 million users’ data in the Facebook breach this fall. The repercussions of these
Read MoreJeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: NIPS, an important conference for AI researchers, changes acronym for the event to NeurIPS after complaints the former one contributed to a sexist atmosphere — – Organizers had previously said they would stick with “NIPS” — Popular artificial-intelligence event to be known as NeurIPS NIPS, an important conference for AI researchers,
Read MoreNow that these DLP printers are cheaper and more widely available, we’re starting to see hackers poking around the edge of the envelope to see what else the machines are capable of. [Electronoobs] recently got his hands on a couple of these printers, and thought he would do some experiments with using them for PCB
Read MoreKiller robots sound pretty scary. But we might be overlooking a few key aspects about their benefits, or at the very least, we’re looking at them the wrong way. To get more specific, I’m talking about lethal autonomous weapons systems (or LAWs), which are autonomous military robots that are designed to find and engage with
Read MoreSean Gallagher / Ars Technica: Experts examine the mixed impact of Edward Snowden’s leaks, published from June 2013 onwards, on government and policy — In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden’s disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally. — Digital privacy has come a long way since June 2013. Experts examine the mixed impact
Read MoreTechnology Startups News: Botkeeper, which automates bookkeeping workflows through its human-assisted AI platform, raises $18M Series A led by Greycroft and Google’s Gradient Ventures — Closing the books at the quarter end, managing invoices and categorizing expenses involve a wide array of complex tasks that are both laborious and prone to human error. Botkeeper, which
Read MoreAt this point we’re sure you are aware, but around these parts we don’t deduct points for projects which we can’t immediately see a practical application for. We don’t make it our business to say what is and isn’t worth your time as an individual hacker. If you got a kick out of it, great.
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s new record contract hopefully means a better deal for Universal artists and rumours point to Samsung’s Galaxy S10 being huge and covered in cameras. We cover it all on the UK’s best tech podcast. CNET UK Podcast 548: Taylor Swift's Spotify deal and Samsung's six-camera superphone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: China-based Geek+, which makes AI robots for warehouses and logistics like picking, moving, and sorting systems and unmanned forklifts, raises $150M Series B — One of the most immediate — and already live — applications for robotics and artificial intelligence in general … China-based Geek+, which makes AI robots for warehouses
Read MoreOn the old original Star Trek series, they bought some futuristic salt and pepper shakers to use on an episode. The problem is they didn’t look like salt and pepper shakers, so they used normal ones instead and turned the strange-looking ones into Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments. This demonstrates the value of looking like what
Read MoreCanadian e-commerce company makes consumerism look cool. Shopify map shows our Black Friday spending in real time – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: The film is based on its creator’s story, but parts of his childhood reflect my own upbringing in Mexico City experiencing the privileges and contradictions of the middle class. Beautiful Alfonso Cuarón movie Roma brought back my own childhood – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJohn Ismay, a reporter for At War, explains his interest in developments and trends in the arms industry that may influence how wars are fought in the future. At War: America's Relationship With Land Mines and Cluster Munitions Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAn electric guitar is all about stage presence. Need to be cooler than a single guitar? No problem — there are double neck guitars. Need to be cooler than that? No problem, the guy from Cheap Trick has a five-neck guitar. Need to be cooler than that? Robbie Robertson played a guitar with an extra mandolin
Read MoreCharlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: Facebook’s in-app activity dashboard shows us that Facebook is just adding window dressing, not the overhaul it desperately needs — On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook rolled out a new feature: an in-app dashboard that allows Facebook and Instagram users to calculate (and ideally manage) … Facebook's in-app activity dashboard shows us
Read MoreTons of Friday-morning updates! The big day is here, so check out the best of what you can get. Black Friday 2018: The best deals, period – CNET Source: CNet
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