The biggest news this week comes from Apple. There’s a new Mac Mini (the press copy says it makes a great digital signage platform but we’ll stick to our Raspberry Pis), a gigantic iPad that costs $1900, and the MacBook Air gets a display with more than 900 pixels of horizontal resolution. It’s big news,
Read MoreThere’s a lot of people in the machine learning community who’ll tell you that deep learning (DL) is a dead end. Gadi Singer isn’t one of those people. He believes DL is just getting started, in fact he says we’re about to enter the next phase of AI, and deep learning at the edge is
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon debuts Alexa Presentation Language in public beta, a suite of dev tools for making “visually rich” skills for devices like Echo Show, Fire TV, Echo Spot — Amazon introduced the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), a suite of tools designed to make it easier for developers to create … Amazon debuts
Read More“We Are the Nerds,” by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, tells the story of the popular internet platform whose unfettered embrace of free expression has proved controversial. Nonfiction: Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThere are only so many ways to generate music with a computer, and by far the most popular method is MIDI. It’s been around for thirty-five years, and you don’t get to be a decades-old standard for no reason. That said, turning MIDI into audio is a pain, but this project in the Musical Instrument
Read MoreD’Angelo, the king of neo soul, the artisan of R&Baby making music, has a new song — and it’s tucked away in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack. You may have heard some buzz about RDR2 — like, how it’s had the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history after grossing $725 million in its first three days.
Read MoreSpencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amid uncertainty about slow international sales and more, Amazon’s market value has declined by about 25%, or about $250B, since September — – E-commerce leader saw sales slow internationally and in cloud — Talk of a tax in Europe and further tariffs add to worry Amid uncertainty about slow international sales
Read MoreWilliam Turton / VICE News: Reporters tried to buy fake Facebook ads on behalf of all 100 US senators and Facebook approved all of them, following other high profile fake ad approvals — One of Facebook’s major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is to require those paying for the ads to make a
Read MoreThe company showed off a slate of new computers with better screens, faster processors and higher price tags. Apple Unveils New iPad and MacBook Air Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA coalition of consumer groups has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the market for preschool apps. A new study finds potentially manipulative ads in apps for preschoolers Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThat’s one way to become the king or queen of your next tailgate. Toyota Tundra Pie Pro SEMA concept is an electric pizza kitchen on wheels – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe highest-end 15-inch model will offer an option for the current generation of AMD’s graphics architecture. MacBook Pro 15-inch gets AMD Radeon Pro Vega options – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can cut out cable, but keep your favorite sports on your TV. ESPN+ streaming service comes to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLooks like you’re not the only one advertisers are targeting. Popular kids apps are full of 'manipulative' ads, study finds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere were new iPad Pros, a new MacBook Air and a new Mac Mini, but there were also a bunch of things missing. Bummer. What we didn't get from Apple's iPad Pro event – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: iPad Pro hands-on: beautiful screen, squared off design feels more dense and “pro”, lack of 3.5mm jack is puzzling; Pencil feels nicer and better integrated — Apple announced a new, completely redesigned iPad Pro moments ago in New York, and I just got to spend a few minutes trying it
Read MoreLike any complex topic, electromagnetic theory has its own vocabulary. When speaking about dielectrics we may refer to their permittivity, and discussions on magnetic circuits might find terms like reluctance and inductance bandied about. At a more practical level, a ham radio operator might discuss the impedance of the coaxial cable used to send signals
Read MoreApple‘s second hardware event of the year was basically to give some show time to its second string of devices. Most of the announcements we anticipated ahead of time, and it’s a bit of a disappointment we’re not going to get Airpower mats any time soon. But still, Apple delivered on some impressive-looking devices. Here’s
Read MoreEllen Huet / Bloomberg: Quid, which helps companies analyze large volumes of text from news, social media, and web, raises $37.5M led by LexisNexis’ investment arm — Quid Inc., a startup that helps companies analyze large volumes of text from news, social media and the web, raised $37.5 million in venture funding, the company plans
Read MoreWelcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you’re into cryptocurrency trading you might have seen the acronym ETF bandied about from time to time. It’s becoming increasingly common as ETFs seek regulatory approval, but what exactly
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Concord, which wants to make it easier for companies to manage contracts, raises $25M Series B led by Tenaya Capital — Concord is raising a new $25 million funding round led by Tenaya Capital, with existing investors CRV and Alven also participating. The company is building a platform … Concord, which
Read MoreRockstar’s Wild West adventure game, Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history. Yes, in entertainment history. Movies, music, books – everything. To be perfectly honest, this shouldn’t comes as much as a surprise – Rockstar games are incredibly popular. While Red Dead Redemption 2 had the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history, the
Read MoreAn employee at the U.S. Geological Survey visited more than 9,000 pornographic Web pages and infected the agency’s network with malware, prompting calls to bolster security measures, according to an inspector general’s report. How’d this government agency get infected with malware? 9,000 pages of porn. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThere’s a school of thought that says that to fully understand something, you need to build it yourself. OK, we’re not sure it’s really a school of thought, but that describes a heck of a lot of projects around these parts. [Tim] aka [mitxela] wrote kiloboot partly because he wanted an Ethernet-capable Trivial File Transfer
Read MoreApple’s newest iPad has Face ID, no home button and controls similar to the iPhone X. The new model was revealed at an event in Brooklyn, New York. Check out Apple’s new iPad Pro, with even more iPhone-like features Source: Washington Post Tech
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