The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Orion’s European Service Module to Arrive for First Mission Source: NASA
Read MoreFacebook may well look back on 2018 as its annus horribilis. From the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March, to a data breach affecting 29 million users in September, from accusations of fraud over misrepresentation of video viewing figures, to claims that it is destroying the very fabric of society, the social network’s reputation has suffered
Read MoreThe Hackaday Prize is almost over, and soon we’ll know the winners of the greatest hardware competition on the planet. A few weeks ago, we wrapped up the last challenge in the Hackaday Prize, the Musical Instrument Challenge. This is our challenge to build something that goes beyond traditional music instrumentation. Majenta’s back again looking
Read More{$inline_image} The Hackaday Prize is almost over, and soon we’ll know the winners of the greatest hardware competition on the planet. A few weeks ago, we wrapped up the last challenge in the Hackaday Prize, the Musical Instrument Challenge. This is our challenge to build something that goes beyond traditional music instrumentation. Majenta’s back again
Read MoreThe tech giants told the Trump administration on Thursday that they oppose any change in federal policy that would define gender on the basis of one’s biological sex at birth. Apple, Facebook and Google among 56 businesses telling Trump not to weaken transgender rights Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe Cut: Google walkout organizers share their demands: end pay inequality and forced arbitration, better sexual misconduct reporting, and harassment transparency report — Last week, the New York Times published an article about Google’s history of harassment, discrimination, support for abusers … Google walkout organizers share their demands: end pay inequality and forced arbitration, better
Read MoreIt’s all about making money and letting businesses reach you. WhatsApp will start putting ads in its Status feature – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePenalties could go as high as 20 years in prison for a failure to protect your data. Senator's privacy law draft could put CEOs in jail for data breaches – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe vulnerabilities are packed in chips used for Bluetooth connections, and can allow for serious attacks. Security researchers find flaws in chips used in hospitals, factories and stores – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNetflix’s new releases are headed straight for the cinema. The streaming platform announced the move on Twitter, marking a seismic shift in their business model. Netflix has released original content in theaters before, but this will be the first time the films are not simultaneously available on the site. ROMA will be the first, and will
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Google workers from Singapore, Japan, Israel, the UK, Ireland, and India staged a walkout to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment — Groups of Google employees are staging walkouts at offices across the world in protest at how sexual misconduct allegations are handled by the company. Google workers from Singapore, Japan, Israel,
Read MoreWe probably don’t have to tell the readers of Hackaday that LEGO isn’t just for kids; we’ve seen plenty of projects that live in an enclosure made of the multi-color bricks, and let’s not even get started on the Mindstorms builds we’ve seen over the years. But while LEGO (and especially the Technic product line)
Read MoreThe show is an adaptation of the 2014 mockumentary. What We Do in the Shadows teasers show vampires adjusting to modern life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch fighter’s character roster is now complete, but Piranha Plant from Mario will be the first DLC fighter. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate adds Street Fighter's Ken, Pokemon's Incineroar as final fighters – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWorkers in the tech company’s offices around the world protested on Thursday against how it has handled cases of sexual harassment and misconduct. Google Employees Stage Walkouts Over Handling of Harassment Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreKara Swisher / Recode: Recode announces partnership with Vox with a planned relaunch of the site on Vox.com early next year and a shift to broader tech coverage — More of the same and more of the different — So here’s the deal — I think I can say with a modicum of humility (hard
Read MoreThe Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and enforcing digital media regulation laws. Rumors have been swirling that Uber and regional equivalent Careem might be set to merge in Egypt, but it’s not going to happen. That’s because regulators have insisted they would fine
Read MoreHong Kong is pulling rank and is paying increasingly close attention to cryptocurrency funds. In a statement published earlier today, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) stated it would be putting cryptocurrency funds under its watchful eye. The SFC is the Hong Kong equivalent to the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move to
Read MoreIt’s not the flippening everyone has been talking about, but Google search data reveals people are finally starting to show more interest in blockchain than cryptocurrency. Following the massive hype cycle at the end of last year, Google Trends suggests the term ‘blockchain’ is gradually becoming a more popular search criteria than ‘cryptocurrency.’ The first
Read MoreIn just a couple of years, KEF’s LS50W speakers have become something of a modern classic among audio circles. Clever digital processing allowed them to deliver pristine, powerful sound that belied their bookshelf speaker size – and even their $2,200 price tag. A combination of physical inputs and wireless connectivity bridged the gap between traditional audiophiles and
Read MoreBut the results apply only to male rats and involve radio frequencies long out of routine use. Major Study Finds ‘Some Evidence’ of Link Between Cellphone Radiation and Brain Cancer Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Graph database startup Neo4j raises $80M Series E led by One Peak Partners and Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, bringing its total raised to $160M — Neo4j has helped popularize the graph database. Today it was rewarded with an $80 million Series E to bring their products to a wider market …
Read MoreMakena Kelly / The Verge: An outline of various bills and proposals in US Congress related to data privacy and protection that have emerged after the Cambridge Analytica scandal — In April, Mark Zuckerberg was called before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees to take responsibility for Cambridge Analytica. An outline of various bills and
Read MoreNadella predicts Project Natick, Microsoft’s 40-foot data center pod on the seafloor off the coast of Scotland, could be repeated across the world. Microsoft CEO Nadella: Underwater data centers are the future Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreSupporters say so-called ‘stablecoins’ may fulfill much of bitcoin’s original promise. One of the hottest things in cryptocurrency right now: Stablecoins Source: Washington Post Tech
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