BMW M8 is almost ready for showtime – Roadshow
With the standard 8-series coming soon, we were starting to get curious about the hotted up version and now we know. BMW M8 is almost ready for showtime – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWith the standard 8-series coming soon, we were starting to get curious about the hotted up version and now we know. BMW M8 is almost ready for showtime – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe hot version of the forthcoming 8-series coupe is nearing the end of its testing and development period. BMW's big M8 nears production – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWho’s got the best price on these top-rated, rarely discounted headphones? The best Black Friday 2018 deal on the Bose QuietComfort QC35 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe famed astrophysicist’s awards, papers and iconic wheelchair go under the hammer. Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis sell for over .3 million at auction – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMark Bergen / Bloomberg: Interviews with current and former Google staff about its China-related projects reveal tensions between preserving its founding ideals and a desire for growth — CEO Sundar Pichai thinks the search engine should be willing to work with Chinese censors. Will employees go along with the plan? Interviews with current and former
Read MoreChristina Farr / CNBC: Google hires David Feinberg, CEO of health services organization Geisinger, to lead its health initiatives; sources say he will report to AI head Jeff Dean — – Feinberg will work to coordinate health care efforts across many groups, including Google Brain, Nest and Google Fit. Google hires David Feinberg, CEO of
Read MoreDon’t adjust your TV set, that’s just a new computer-generated news anchor working out the bugs. Xinhua, a Chinese state-run media company, and Sogou, a Beijing-based search engine debuted a pair of AI news anchors this week at the World Internet Conference. While identical in appearance, the two versions are designed to appease both English and
Read MoreGoogle Walkout For Real Change: Google walkout organizers say Google made progress toward addressing their demands but it must still address systemic racism and discrimination at the company — Last week, 20,000 Google employees and TVCs (Temps, Vendors and Contractors) walked out to protest discrimination, racism … Google walkout organizers say Google made progress toward
Read MoreThere are few limits to the extent audiophiles will go in their quest for the perfect sound. This applies in particular to the loudspeaker, and with that aim [Heine Nielsen] has created an eye-catching set of 3D-printed egg-shaped enclosures. The theory of a loudspeaker enclosure is that it should simulate an infinite space behind an
Read MoreHyundai’s new range-topping SUV gets a premium-sounding name to match its higher ambitions. 2020 Hyundai Palisade flagship SUV bound for LA Auto Show – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreLooks like Android will be ready if there’s a wave of foldable phones. Looks like Android is ready for the wave of foldable phones coming – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDavey Alba / BuzzFeed News: Amazon staff meeting transcript: AWS CEO Andy Jassy defends Rekognition, says it’s the government’s duty to help specify regulations for facial recognition tech — Amazon executives defended the company’s controversial facial recognition technology at an all-hands staff meeting on Thursday … Amazon staff meeting transcript: AWS CEO Andy Jassy defends
Read MoreDara Kerr / CNET: Bird unveils a new feature called Community Mode, which lets people report badly parked and damaged scooters to the company — Scooter company Bird is looking for tattletales. — It unveiled a new feature on Thursday called Community Mode, which lets people report badly parked and damaged scooters to the company.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s back-end activation issues which caused a number of Windows users to get false product-activation-error messages seems to be nearly fixed. Windows 10 users seeing their erroneous product-activation issues resolved Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIt’s a feature only iPhones with 3D Touch have had thus far. iPhone XR users can expand notifications with Haptic Touch in iOS 12.1.1, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDisney’s Netflix rival gets a name and another Star Wars original series starring Diego Luna. Star Wars Rogue One prequel series slated for Disney's streaming service, Disney+ – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEpic Games revealed in a recent interview that the concurrent player count of the world’s most popular game has now climbed into truly dizzying numbers — most likely because of its recent debut on the Korean market. An Epic Games rep told Korean news site Inven that Fortnite now has over 8.3 million concurrent players. I feel like
Read MoreCNBC: Yelp reports Q3 revenue of $241M, missing analyst estimates of $245M, and issues weak Q4 guidance; stock down more than 28% after hours — – The company reported revenue of $241 million for the quarter, just shy of analyst projections of $245 million. — “We do not believe there was a single … Yelp
Read MoreMichelle Castillo / CNBC: Disney says its new streaming service will be called Disney+ and will launch in the US in late 2019 — – Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, will be a home for its past titles and original series, including new content from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises. Disney says its new
Read MorePhysicists and researchers working in several laboratories are close to proving a theory that lays the groundwork for an advanced understanding of … well, everything. The theory in question is quantum mechanics, a form of physics that relies on the movements of subatomic particles to explain the natural universe. Proving it has been one of
Read MoreCoinDesk: Coinbase says it is adding Brave browser’s Basic Attention Token to its retail trading platform, less than a week after listing it on Coinbase Pro — Crypto exchange Coinbase is adding web browser Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) to its retail trading platform, less than a week after listing it on Coinbase Pro. Coinbase
Read MoreThe electric scooter company says it’s going to deploy workers to reposition irresponsibly parked vehicles. Bird wants people to report poorly parked scooters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePicture an endless loop of Byte’s logo rising from Vine’s ashes. Vine is coming back in the spring as Byte – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHTC announced its new push toward enterprise VR applications. HTC reveals standalone Vive Focus VR headset geared toward business – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePerhaps you heard about Oumuamua (don’t ask us how to pronounce that). The cigar-shaped object is the first item found by astronomers that is known to have come from outside the solar system and is continuing to pass through, not being captured by the sun’s gravitational field. A recent paper from [Shmuel Bialy] and [Abraham
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