The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, is seen above the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, on Nov. 17, 2018. Antares Seen from Washington D.C. Tidal Basin Source: NASA
Read MoreSome of these AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon deals are already on. Black Friday 2018 Galaxy deals: Free Galaxy S9, 0 Note 9, 0 gift card – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[Mathieu Stephan] has something new in the works, and while he isn’t ready to take the wraps off of it yet, he was kind enough to document his experience putting the mysterious new gadget through its paces inside an anechoic chamber. Considering the majority of us will never get inside of one of these rooms,
Read MoreSome of the best iPhone discounts from Verizon, T-Mobile, Best Buy, Target and Walmart have already begun. Black Friday 2018 iPhone deals: iPhone XR and XS for 0 off, free 0 iPhone X gift card – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRebecca Mead / New Yorker: How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion, became a seductive mode of storytelling that can sometimes be manipulative — In our frenetic age, audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion. But this intimacy can become manipulative. How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Microsoft says HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for app developers it acquired in 2014, will fully transition to Visual Studio App Center on Nov. 16, 2019 — Microsoft has revealed that it is sunsetting HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for app developers, on November 16, 2019. Microsoft says HockeyApp, the beta-testing service for
Read MoreRight now, you can design a PCB, send it off to a PCB fab, and get professional finished boards in a few days for less than a dollar per square inch. This is fantastic, and it’s the driving force behind ever-dropping costs of hardware development. That’s great and all, but you can make circuit boards
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon in their HQ2 bids, including an exclusive airport lounge, relocation expenses for employees, and more — Amazon’s competitive search for a location for its second headquarters — dubbed HQ2 — inspired a fierce bidding war. A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon
Read MoreThe Coen brothers saddle up a frothy, frustrating western in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Buster Scruggs review: Coens' western homage is pretty slow on the draw – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDesigning a good clock takes a lot of considerations. It’s not just hands, faces, and numbers anymore; there are also word clocks, electronic clocks, marble clocks, or water clocks, and just about anything else imaginable can be used to tell time. Of course, electronic clocks are great for their versatility, and this one shows off
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: A look at the progress of Ford’s autonomous driving tech and how one of its cars navigated a complex environment and challenging scenarios in a test ride — I went to Miami to immerse myself in Ford’s AV Westworld — It was a humid, overcast day in Miami, and
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Times: A look at how Amazon is stealthily launching numerous brands on Amazon, from Amazon-owned and Amazon-exclusive to Amazon-affiliated, a classic retailer strategy — The infinite retailer appears to be ushering untold numbers of stealth brands into your life, even as it plans to take over the East Coast. A
Read MoreIt’s clear that driverless cars will revolutionize the way we get from Point A to Point B. Perhaps less obvious is how it’ll change our sex lives. According to a new study by the Annals of Tourism Research, ditching the driver could open up a whole lot of doors for transit-related sexual activity. Scott Cohen,
Read MoreIt’s hard to pass up another lesson in good machine design brought to us by [Mark Rehorst]. This time, [Mark] combats the relentless forces of bed deformation due to thermal expansion. Did you think your printer stayed the same size when it heated up? Well, think again! According to [Mark’s] calculations, when heated, the bed
Read MoreA different security checkpoint design that’s finally landing at US airports could speed up your holiday travel… if you know how to use it. US airport security is slowly getting just a bit better – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe simplified web pages load a whopping 20 to 27 times faster, the startup says. The AI-based tool protects privacy better, too. Brave promises websites will load 20 times faster with SpeedReader mode – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company is reportedly testing a feature called “Watch Videos Together.” Facebook Messenger may soon let you watch videos with friends over chat – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRecent PS4 games like Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War and Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey are all on say in Sony’s digital storefront. PlayStation Store Black Friday 2018 sale features PS Plus, God of War discounts – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Pirate Studios raises $20M for its self-service music studios that offer recording, live streaming, and cloud software that handles mixing and mastering — Pirate Studios, the music technology company that operates fully automated and self-service 24 hour music studios, has secured $20 million. Pirate Studios raises M for its self-service music
Read MoreA women-led protest that began in Ireland has gone global. After a rape trial ended last week in a controversial acquittal, women took to the streets in a protest that’s now going viral with the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent, and images of women’s underwear. Trigger warning: please be advised the following article contains frank discussion of rape and has
Read MoreBenedict Evans, in his annual slides, peeks into the future of innovation. Why innovation isn’t dead in Silicon Valley, according to this tech expert Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreFacebook‘s recently-fired PR firm allegedly floated a story to journalists that Apple News was biased against Republicans. The company, Definers Public Affairs, made headlines this week after a bombshell New York Times report revealed that it was employed by Facebook to dig up dirt on critics and competitors. One of these competitors, according to documents
Read MoreChristina Farr / CNBC: Alphabet’s Verily says it’s pausing its glucose-sensing contact lens project because, after four years of study, lenses didn’t gauge blood sugar levels reliably — – In a show of transparency, Verily posted a blog post on Friday explaining why it is hitting the pause button on its glucose-sensing contact lens. Alphabet's
Read MorePatpicha Tanakasempipat / Reuters: Thailand’s proposed new law will grant government power to spy on internet traffic, order the removal of content, and seize computers without judicial oversight — BANGKOK (Reuters) – A proposed cybersecurity law in Thailand would give a new government agency sweeping powers to spy on internet traffic … Thailand's proposed new
Read MoreOne of the most illuminating high school courses no doubt for many readers as much as for your scribe, was the series of physics lessons during which the SI units were explained. That glorious sense of having the order of the universe unlocked into an interlocking series of units whose definitions could all be derived
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