Apple AirPods: Certified-refurbished for $123 – CNET
Are there cheaper true-wireless earbud options? Absolutely. Is this still a good deal? Maybe. Apple AirPods: Certified-refurbished for 3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAre there cheaper true-wireless earbud options? Absolutely. Is this still a good deal? Maybe. Apple AirPods: Certified-refurbished for 3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMore and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major (or not so major) cities being attacked by bad actors using a variety of methods. In fact, a major attack on Atlanta put every metro official on notice that hackers don’t balk
Read MoreOn October 22, 1968, 50 years ago, the Apollo 7 crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. Splashdown! Apollo 7 Returns Home Source: NASA
Read MorePaddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff are joining the car show. Top Gear hires two new hosts to replace Matt LeBlanc – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreChris Velazco / Engadget: Phil Schiller talks about the R in iPhone XR and the choices Apple made to make it more appealing to a broader audience — The iPhone XR might be the most interesting phone Apple has made in years. — Think about it: Apple just released its flagship XS and XS Max
Read MoreIt was darkest hour for the video game industry following the holiday shopping season of 1982. The torrent of third party developed titles had flooded the home video game console market to the point of saturation. It incited a price war amongst retailers where new releases were dropped to 85% off MSRP after less than
Read MoreThe midsize pickup truck starts at $25,395. 2019 Ford Ranger production starts in Michigan – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Scanmarker Air Wireless OCR Pen Scanner brings note-taking into the 21st century with a truly innovative concept that’ll instantly change how you compile and store information. And with this limited time offer from TNW Deals, you can knock $30 off the price of this digital highlighter, bring it down to just $89. The Scanmarker
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: Netflix says it’s going to raise $2B through debt securities, the sixth time in less than four years it’s raising $1B+ through bonds — Netflix is again going to debt markets to fund its enormous appetite for content, announcing plans Monday to raise $2 billion in financing through debt securities. Netflix
Read MoreTom Krazit / GeekWire: Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment service, raises $15M in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Capital — It didn’t take long for the ex-Microsoft engineers behind Pulumi to prove their software development platform for multicloud computing was worthy of additional investment. Pulumi launches its SaaS multicloud app deployment
Read MoreThe open office floor plan is kind of like socialism. It sounds utopian in theory, but in practice leads to a lot of pain and suffering. Yet, there will always be those dreamers who read Karl Marx’s, or in this case Frank Lloyd Wrights’, vision and say – could we do it better? Could we
Read MoreMany of us deal with email overflow just like we do winter weather. We grab a shovel and start digging. However, a smarter way of handling the insane number of emails you get in a given day, week, month or year is to let your lifetime subscription to SaneBox do the heavy lifting instead. Right
Read MoreAs will.i.am said at this year’s TNW Conference, “the superstars of the future are going to be founders of startups that solve tomorrow’s problems.” Sustainability is more important than ever before, but it can be really hard to build a for-profit business that aims to do good in the world. Luckily, entrepreneurs don’t have to
Read MoreNew York Times: Detecting fake news using AI will require a number of major advances far beyond today’s AI, which just flags word patterns and operates at a keyword level — At least not for decades to come. Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg. — Dr. Marcus is a professor of psychology and neural science. Detecting fake news
Read MoreGoogle’s Play Store hegemony for Android apps is no longer guaranteed, thanks to a recent antitrust judgment (and a $5B fine) from the European Union. How Amazon and Microsoft will oust Google to become our next Android overlords Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAndrii Degeler / Tech.eu: London-based fashion e-commerce startup Thread, which uses AI to help suggest clothes to buy, raises $22M and announces an equity crowdfunding campaign — British menswear suggestion and matching startup Thread has raised $22 million in a Series B funding round from Balderton Capital … London-based fashion e-commerce startup Thread, which uses
Read MoreThere’s a lot of hype around 5G. CNET’s Ask Maggie offers a glimpse into some of the cool things it will enable — and why you should care. A look at 5G's most promising applications — for now – CNET Source: CNet
Read More5G is around the corner, yet pockets of America still can’t get basic internet access. In farm country, forget broadband. You might not have internet at all – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVisa has just announced it has partnered with IBM ahead of the commercial release of its blockchain-powered global financial payments platform, B2B Connect. Upon its expected launch in the first quarter of 2019, Visa will have integrated its core assets (including B2B Connect) with the proprietary IBM Blockchain Platform, which IBM built using open-source Ethereum technology.
Read MoreAndrew Gebhart / CNET: Google Home Hub review: smart photo frame and home control panel, a capable digital assistant, photos and videos look crisp but sound quality is mediocre — Google Assistant helps this tiny screen feel powerful — $149.00 — CNET may get a commission from these offers. — Compare These Google Home Hub
Read MoreThe department suspects a battery defect made it ignite. NYPD pulls thousands of body cameras from streets after cop's explodes – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVirtual Reality (VR) and actual reality often don’t mix: watch someone play a VR game without seeing what they see and you see a lot of pointless-looking flailing around. [Nerdaxic] may have found a balance that works in this flight sim setup that mixes VR and AR, though. He did this by combining the virtual cockpit
Read MorePeter Bright / Ars Technica: The data loss bug in Windows 10 shows Microsoft hasn’t developed the processes and systems needed to sustain the two feature updates a year for Windows approach — Buggy updates point at deeper problems. — It’s fair to say that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has not been Microsoft’s
Read MoreFacebook’s had a bad year handling user data and securing its systems. Now, according to The Information, the company is looking to acquire a major cybersecurity firm to help repair its reputation. The report says the social network is looking to close the deal by the end of the year. The company might look towards
Read MoreAfter killing all legitimate cryptocurrency businesses in the country, Chinese authorities are now turning their attention to other blockchain service providers. The country’s apex internet regulator, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released a draft policy on Friday that will require all companies to collect their users’ real names and national identification card numbers before offering them
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