As hackers, our goal is to reuse something in a way in which it was not intended and [Rulof Maker] is a master at this. From his idyllic seaside location in Italy, he frequently comes up with brilliant underwater hacks made of, well, junk. This time he’s come up with a wind-powered pump to move air
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Dealogic: tech startups are selling just 17% of themselves on average in IPOs this year, with ~44% raising secondary offerings within 180 days of their IPOs — As their shares outperform, companies are returning to sell more stock at a nearly unprecedented clip Dealogic: tech startups are selling just 17% of themselves
Read MoreSocial network says the ad violated its rules against “sensational content.” Facebook pulls Trump immigration ad criticized as racist – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t judge a Mars mission by its landscape. NASA likens Mars InSight lander parking spot to kale salad – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: San Francisco-based stealth startup Esperanto Technologies says it’s raised a $58M Series B to develop 7-nanometer AI chips — The artificial intelligence (AI) chips business is hot — red hot, by most accounts. Intel, Google, AMD, ARM, and others are vying for a market some analysts forecast … San Francisco-based stealth
Read MoreInfowars is gone from Facebook after a high-profile showdown over the summer between Silicon Valley and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. But another Facebook page he controls, NewsWars, has taken its p… Alex Jones banned from Facebook? His videos are still there — and so are his followers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGood dog. Researchers in Japan made a remote-controlled dog using a special vest – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreA new report comes as Amazon nears its self-imposed deadline to name a winner city. Amazon may decide to create two HQ2 locations, instead of just one – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft has started selling directly a $499 Surface Go tablet model with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. Microsoft starts selling another Surface Go variant for 9 Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreBe careful of rumors and hoaxes about the voting and polling places. Here are some tips for spotting and avoiding false information. 6 Types of Misinformation to Beware of on Election Day. (And What to Do if You Spot Them.) Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLaura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: Source: Amazon plans to split HQ2 evenly between two cities, a decision driven by the need to recruit enough talent; sources: announcement could come next week — Amazon.com plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two locations rather than picking one city for HQ2 … Source: Amazon plans
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I love, it’s a game that can give me a true emotional reaction, even when I think I know where it’s going. And I love Red Dead Redemption 2. Few games in recent memory have felt as full of promise as this one. The pre-release material promised an expansive, rich experience as
Read MoreA group of Silicon Valley executives went to China and discovered a parallel tech universe that can be equally impressive, alienating and dystopian. The New New World: Crazy Work Hours and Lots of Cameras: Silicon Valley Goes to China Source: NY Times Tech
Read More{$inline_image} [Kevin] owns a benchtop CNC mill that has proven itself to be a capable tool, but after becoming familiar with some of its shortcomings, he has made a few modifications. In order to more efficiently hold and access workpieces on his custom fixturing table, he designed and made his own toe clamps and they look beautiful.
Read MoreNASDAQ.com: Qualtrics, a user experience management platform, sets IPO price range of $18-$21/share, aims to raise $400M at a valuation of ~$4.8B at midpoint of the range — Qualtrics International, which provides software used to analyze and improve user experience, announced terms for its IPO on Monday. Qualtrics, a user experience management platform, sets IPO
Read MoreElon Musk offered a peek on Twitter of a new tunnel being built beneath Hawthorne, Calif. Elon Musk says his futuristic transportation tunnel in L.A. is ‘disturbingly long’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: As Apple argues unit sales are the wrong way to understand its business, it needs to start reporting the numbers of active customers and the revenue per user — While the saying goes that “No news is good news,” in the case of Apple it turns out that “News about no
Read MoreNot all Microsoft ‘partners’ are created equal. These days, as in the case of Microsoft’s latest ‘partnership’ announcement with Walmart, they are actually customers. Walmart is bringing 'thousands' of internal business apps to Microsoft's Azure Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJust like Goldilocks found some porridge too hot and some too cold, 3D printers often have beds that don’t stick well enough or stick too well. A few weeks ago I switched two of my three printers to use magnetic beds and thought I’d share with you how that worked out. Spoiler alert: like most
Read MoreLachlan Markay / The Daily Beast: After CNN, NBC, and Fox News remove a Trump-endorsed political ad for being racist, Facebook says it violates its ad guidelines and stops its paid distribution — The spot was too controversial for TV. And, now, the biggest social media platform has pulled it too. After CNN, NBC, and
Read MoreThe Suwannee is known as a “blackwater river” because of its dark-brown waters laden with organic material. Suwannee Blackwater River Meets the Sea Source: NASA
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Chrome 71, which arrives next month, will block all ads on sites that have persistently shown abusive ads such as fake system messages — Chrome 71 arrives next month — With Chrome 71, Google is stepping up its fight against the internet’s abusive ads problem by blocking every ad on
Read MoreYou might be hard-pressed to point to a service that productively combines the use of augmented reality (AR), machine learning, and blockchain – but that doesn’t seem to bother IBM. The company has filed a patent application for a complex AR gaming system, designed to steer players away from potentially dangerous physical spaces. To this
Read MoreThe top executives at Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft have stayed on the political sidelines during the 2018 midterm elections, opting not to donate to federal candidates who might advance Silicon Valley’s political agenda — or battle back President Trump. Top Facebook, Apple and Google executives have donated little in the 2018 midterms, two years
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