Armonk’s $34 billion acquisition of the Raleigh, N.C.-based open source, Linux, and Cloud vendor may be its last chance to return the company to a leadership position in the technology industry. Is Red Hat IBM's 'Hail Mary' pass? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram says it’s testing an ad type called “Promote” for Stories, letting business pages show Stories to more users in a way similar to a Facebook boost — Instagram hopes dollars from long-tail of small businesses and social media stars can help it pull its weight in the Facebook family. Instagram
Read MoreKatie Roof / Wall Street Journal: Source and filing: Zume, which runs delivery trucks with robots that prepare pizza, raises $375M from SoftBank and plans for $375M more at a $2.25B valuation — Newest funding calls for two tranches of $375 million, and one is already completed — Zume Inc. is in the process of
Read MoreHybrid vehicles, which combine an eco-friendly electric motor with a gasoline engine for extended range, are becoming more and more common. They’re a transitional technology that delivers most of the advantages of pure electric vehicles, but without the “scary” elements of electric vehicle ownership which are still foreign to consumers such as installing a charger
Read MoreA man spent millions on an enormous plot of land near Reno. Now he wants to build a community based on the blockchain technology introduced by Bitcoin. A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe newest service from Starship Technologies delivers packages by robot and is coming to the Bay Area in the next few months. Want to get your packages delivered via robot? Now there’s an app for that. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Sonos One and Sonos Beam launched with Alexa, but one of their biggest features was support for Google Assistant down the road. Assistant was originally supposed to launch in early 2018, but considering radio stations are already prepping their Christmas playlists, it looks like that’s not going to happen. In a blog post today, Sonos
Read MoreThe theremin is, for some reason, what people think of first when they think of electronic musical instruments. Maybe that’s because it was arguably the first purely electronic musical instrument, or because there’s no mechanical analog to something that makes sound simply by waving your hand over it. This project takes that idea and cranks
Read MoreFollowing the money isn’t easy in the opaque world of venture capital. Start-Ups Ask, ‘Are We Making Money for Saudi Arabia?’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePlus, a look at your voter data and a new privacy bill is introduced. So far, Siri and smart home don't sync (The 3:59, Ep. 483) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePusher today announced the general availability of its chat API, Chatkit, which allows developers to quickly introduce real-time conversational experiences to their mobile and web applications. Chatkit, which has been in beta since last November, is an all-in-one suite of tools that cover most edge cases when it comes to real-time chatting. Out of the
Read MoreDespite some notable exceptions, many 2018 smartphone batteries can’t keep up. Here’s why — and what we can do about it. It’s not your imagination: Phone battery life is getting worse Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreOlivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: How delivery drivers for Amazon Flex, who are contractors, are missing out on the $15/hour pay increase, as a study says drivers earn $11/hour after expenses — The gig economy is getting the Jeff Bezos treatment. Interviews with contract workers suggest the pay doesn’t live up to promises. How delivery drivers
Read MoreThe updates are similar to those found on other 2019 Civic variants. 2019 Honda Civic Type R picks up new gray paint, more physical buttons – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter reports that Trump plans to roll back protections, more than 50 companies sign a letter calling for equality. Apple, Google among dozens slamming discrimination against transgender people – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome old and discontinued Apple products can still get service or parts. Apple's vintage and obsolete products program services old iPhones, Macs and iPods – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDirector Gustav Moller reveals how he turned confinement into deadly suspense in this gripping thriller that takes place in a single room. How Serial inspired The Guilty, one of this year's best thrillers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Dapper Labs, which develops consumer blockchain collectible cats CryptoKitties, raises $15M led by Venrock, its second round in 2018 after launching in February — The CryptoKitties just keep on multiplying. Dapper Labs, the company behind the consumer blockchain collectible cats, has raised $15 million in a new round of funding. Dapper
Read MoreA Pew Research study published earlier this year showed that, statistically, a large number of teenagers from families with lower-than-average annual income still use Facebook. While 36 percent of teens from families making $75,000 or more per year, and 56 percent of teens from the $30,ooo-$74,999 range said they used Facebook, the number rose to a whopping 70
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: More than 50 companies, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Intel, and Microsoft, sign a letter opposing Trump admin’s efforts to roll back transgender rights — More than 50 companies, many of them tech firms, have signed a letter opposing any effort by the Trump Administration to roll back transgender rights. More than
Read MoreJeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: Facebook open sources its Horizon tools, used to optimize Messenger, video, and notification features, available on GitHub — – Company allows free use of reinforcement learning platform — Move follows similar open source efforts from DeepMind, OpenAI Facebook open sources its Horizon tools, used to optimize Messenger, video, and notification features,
Read MoreNat Levy / GeekWire: Microsoft begins rolling out updates to Mixer, its Twitch rival, for expanded audience participation and creator monetization — It’s been more than two years since Microsoft bought the Seattle game-streaming service Beam, later rebranding it as Mixer, and now the tech giant is revealing … Microsoft begins rolling out updates to
Read MoreIf you’ve used a desktop 3D printer, you’re likely familiar with the concept of layer heights. Put simply: thicker layers will print faster, and thinner layers will produce better detail. Selecting your layer height is making a choice between detail and speed, which usually works well enough. For example, prints which are structural and don’t
Read MoreMicrosoft is adding new content-creation features to Office 365 this month, specifically in its PowerPoint and Word applications. Microsoft to add new PowerPoint, Word features to Office 365 in November Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreStaff will move to the Windows 10 E5 subscription version of Windows 10 Enterprise, which also offers the Advanced Threat Protection security suite. Major Windows 10, Office 365 upgrade for more than 100,000 NHS staff Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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