Minecraft is over and Red Dead Redemption II has barely even started yet. The biggest thing on the planet right now is Fortnite, and oh man, is it awesome. It’s the best game ever, and we wish every day was a Battle Royale. But what if Fortnite was real life? That’s exactly what [Giaco] and [David]
Read MoreWith the Complete 2018 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle ($59, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals), you’ll have access to some of the most popular and most relevant tech training around with top-flight credentials and respect. Here’s how you get certified to run the most important IT areas in business Source: The Next Web
Read MoreWe also get more hints about its first foldable phone. Samsung Galaxy S10 will reportedly come in 5G, Plus, budget versions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBias is an overloaded word. It has multiple meanings, from mathematics to sewing to machine learning, and as a result it’s easily misinterpreted. When people say an AI model is biased, they usually mean that the model is performing badly. But ironically, poor model performance is often caused by various kinds of actual bias in
Read MoreBenjamin Wofford / Vox: Interviews with government officials, analysts, and tech experts reveal severe vulnerabilities in many levels of the US election system, ahead of midterms — An investigation into the US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level. Interviews with government officials, analysts, and tech experts reveal severe vulnerabilities in many levels
Read MoreWith the proliferation of 3D printing in the new millennium, stepper motors are no longer those idle junkbox inhabitants you pulled out of a dot matrix in 1994 and forgot about ever since. NEMA standard parts are readily available and knocking about just about everywhere. Now, you can readily turn a stepper motor into a
Read MoreWe dropped a brand-new iPhone XR on the sidewalk to find out just how tough this phone is compared to the more expensive iPhone XS. iPhone XR drop test: How many falls did it take to break? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSleeker design, Face ID and bigger screens are great. But when will I get to leave my Mac at home? Seven key upgrades the next iPad Pro needs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Zhang / The Atlantic: A look at private Facebook groups where strangers can share their deepest secrets and offer emotional support on topics such as diabetes, addiction, and more — People are sharing their deepest secrets on Facebook. Does the social network understand what it’s gotten into? A look at private Facebook groups where
Read MoreTech companies claim that autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic. But skeptics argue that they’ll add to gridlock if people are still taking solo trips. Urban Planning Guru Says Driverless Cars Won’t Fix Congestion Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five years, the rise of digitally-enabled ride-hailing mobility solutions such as Uber or ViaVan, or dockless on-demand mobility solutions such as Ofo and Mobike have significantly changed how Londoners get around. However, with
Read MoreThe 18-inning, seven-hour monstrosity that was Dodgers-Red Sox Game 3 just went on and on and on and on… Longest-ever World Series game smashes some home-run memes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe find out how Facebook is going green in Ireland, uncover a forget-me-not font and check out First Man and Venom. CNET UK Podcast 546: The iPhone verdict and Huawei's impressive challenger – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere is an interesting multi-effect available for all you musicians out there. It’s the Turnado from Sugar Bytes. It’s a real-time effects unit that takes advantage of a computer’s horsepower to add reverb and ring mods to whatever audio you feed into it. There’s flanger and a phaser. If you feed a drum loop into
Read MoreApple teased clear cases for the colorful iPhone XR, but they’re absent on launch day. iPhone XR now in stores, but official Apple cases nowhere to be seen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJoshua Topolsky / The Outline: Mainstream adoption of VR hasn’t happened because there’s no “killer app” for VR and no one has made a simple headset that lets a novice user engage casually — We were promised better worlds, and all we got was this lousy headset. — Joshua Topolsky Oct—25—2018 01:56PM EST Mainstream adoption
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: Imax closes its New York City VR center, bringing VR center closures to three; company says it won’t spend on VR projects in 2019 — Imax continues to scale down its virtual reality (VR) ambitions: The company closed its New York-based VR Center in recent days, bringing the total number of
Read MoreOn of the challenges of keeping a vintage computer up and running is the limited availability of spare parts. While not everything has hit dire levels of availability (not yet, anyway), it goes without saying that getting a replacement part for a 30+ year old computer is a bit harder than hitting up the local
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google introduces its “.new” domain for instantly creating new docs, slides, sheets, and forms across its productivity apps — Sarah Perez @sarahintampa / 7 hours — Google Docs just rolled out a time-saving trick that’s sure to be welcomed by heavy users of Docs … Google introduces its ".new" domain for
Read More[NileRed] admits that while ferrofluid has practical uses, he simply wanted to play with it and didn’t want to pay the high prices he found in Canada. A lot of the instructions he found were not for making a true ferrofluid. He set out to create the real thing, but he wasn’t entirely successful. You
Read MoreBrendan Koerner / Wired: An in-depth look at how a swatting prank led to a deadly shooting in Wichita; Tyler Barriss, the serial swatter responsible, is facing federal and state charges — THE TYPICAL WICHITA City Council meeting is a dull affair, dominated by bureaucrats droning on about street repairs, zoning codes, and general obligation
Read MoreAmazon’s game streaming platform is giving viewers more ways to be a part of Twitch Streams. Also: karaoke. TwitchCon: Snapchat, Squad Streams and everything else new coming to Twitch – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’ll go on sale later this year as the carrier starts rolling out its 5G network. AT&T successfully tests first 5G hotspot you'll actually be able to buy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArya, Jon Snow and Robb get together in an aww-worthy photo. Game of Thrones: Here's the Stark family reunion we'll never see – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA young boy has turned to the Dark Side as his wheelchair is transformed into Kylo Ren’s deadly spaceship. Star Wars TIE silencer wheelchair costume conquers Halloween – CNET Source: CNet
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