It’s really bloody hard to fall asleep at 33,000 ft. A huge part of the problem is that airplane seats aren’t designed with restful snoozes in mind. There’s nothing to prevent your head from lolling towards the seat in front of you, or drifting onto the awaiting shoulder of your neighbor. One interesting solution to
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: iPad Pro(2018) review: extremely powerful with a beautiful screen, but iOS limitations like no USB-C storage support means it is still a poor laptop replacement — The thing about bullet trains is that they’re always on rails — Apple introduced the new iPad Pro with a spectacular series … iPad
Read MoreMicrosoft engineers have already ported the ProcDump utility and are currently working on porting ProcMon as well. More tools to follow. Microsoft working on porting Sysinternals to Linux Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWould you wear a shirt if the label said it was made of shit? Chances are you’re currently wearing something made of cotton. Ever since the fifth millennium BC, people have used the natural fiber derived from the cotton plant in textile production, and it’s now an enormous industry. Currently, the plant is growing on
Read MoreMany people who read Hackaday hold the title of “Webmaster” but [The Thought Emporium] is after slightly different credentials with the same title. He aims to modify a strain of yeast to produce spider silk. Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the
Read MoreChris Williams / The Register: Intel announces Xeon E-2100 CPUs aimed at low-end servers and Cascade Lake AP, a top-end variant of the next gen Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 48 cores — The AP does not stand for ‘AMD P**-off’ — In brief Intel will today talk up two new Xeon processor family
Read MoreThis Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. You know Simon & Garfunkel. Everyone does. There are literal bricks that can probably hum along to Mrs. Robinson. While you might
Read MorePavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: SoftBank reports Q2 profits of $6.2B, more than half of which came from Vision Fund investments as Masayoshi Son says fund will continue to invest Saudi money — SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is starting to see the benefits of his enormous technology investments … SoftBank reports Q2 profits of
Read MoreThe program is called “health system” and will roll out to all of its games next year. Tencent wants you to play its games with your real name in China – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTokyo has taken another step towards cryptocurrency “mass adoption,” and will be giving high-rollers another place to spend their hodlings. The Hinomaru Limousine company claims it will be giving passengers the opportunity to pay for their travel – between the Japanese capital and the city’s two major airports – in digital currencies, Bloomberg reports. Hinomaru
Read MoreAnother day on Twitter, another Elon Musk cryptocurrency giveaway scam. The official account of Pathé, the world’s second oldest operating film company and Europe’s second largest studio, has been hacked to spread malicious Bitcoin giveaway links. To dupe users out of their cryptocurrency, the hackers promise to double the investment of anyone who sends a small
Read MoreToday in the UK is Guy Fawkes Day, colloquially known as Bonfire Night, which is marked by Brits setting off a bunch of fireworks. Much of the festivities took place over the weekend, which, coincidentally, was when I got the new Huawei Mate Pro 20, which is rapidly shaping up to be the best phone
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Amazon waives $25 minimum spend to offer free Christmas deliveries for all US customers — Amazon has announced its latest plan to coin in on the lucrative Christmas shopping extravaganza: free deliveries for all customers with no minimum spend required. — The ecommerce giant has dabbled … Amazon waives minimum spend
Read MoreThe new benefit comes after similar moves from Target and Walmart. Amazon drops its free shipping minimum for the holidays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Unlike 10 years ago when Steve Jobs unveiled the first MacBook Air, the newest one faces strong competition from Windows PCs and Apple’s own iPads — It’s not the same as 2008 — Steve Jobs changed the world of laptops 10 years ago when he introduced the MacBook Air by
Read MoreThe evil of the galaxy is getting clearer as the show hints at dark deeds. Star Wars Resistance episode 6: First Order trouble follows The Children from Tehar – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe spent the entire weekend failing to reach the bottom of our buckets of Halloween candy. Yes, we’re disappointed with ourselves too. But as it’s Moonday, we’ve put that aside and rounded up the best cryptocurrency news from the last few days just for you! Here’s some of our top picks. 1. A new security
Read MoreFile this one away for your mad scientist costume next Halloween: [bitluni]’s Pocket Jacob’s Ladder is the perfect high voltage accessory for those folks with five dollars in parts, a 3D printer, and very big pockets. [bitluni]’s video shows you all the parts you’ll need and guides you through the very simple build process. For parts,
Read MoreApple’s iPhones in 2020 might have 5G capabilities, as per a report from FastCompany. According to a source, the company will choose Intel as an exclusive modem supplier. Intel is currently working a chip called 8060, which will be used to test 5G on the iPhone. However, the chipmaker is planning to manufacture a 10nm
Read MoreBrands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity. Predicting the future Most chess masters agree that their most valuable skill is envisioning moves before they happen. The further ahead they
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: North Carolina, consistently rated as a top tech hub in the US, has seen its profile grow even further thanks to Red Hat-IBM deal and Epic Games’ $1.25B round — The Research Triangle area in North Carolina (made up of the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) has
Read MoreApple’s redesigned iPad Pro is sleeker and more powerful — not to mention pricier — but will still leave most professionals longing for a mouse or trackpad. Nope, Apple’s new iPad Pro still isn’t a laptop Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGregory J. Gilligan / Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia-based insurance comparison site Compare.com has raised $35M, bringing total raised to $185M since it was founded in 2013 — Henrico County-based Compare.com, which enables consumers to price-comparison shop for automobile insurance online, has raised $35 million to help fuel its expansion and brand development. Virginia-based insurance comparison site
Read MoreClare McGrane / GeekWire: 98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing a virtual primary care service delivered via its app and website, raises $50M Series C led by Goldman Sachs — 98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual primary care service, has raised $50 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division. 98point6,
Read MoreFirst of all, a living hinge is not a biological entity nor does it move on its own. Think of the top of a Tic Tac container where the lid and the cover are a single piece, and the thin plastic holding them together flexes to allow you to reach the candies disguised as mints.
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