With Battlefield V beginning to peek its head out on the horizon of game releases, the game development team is opening the curtain on the making of the game. If you’ve ever wanted to see what goes on in the studio when the game du jour is being created, you’ll find some of EA and DICE’s Dev Talks
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Google quietly adds a channel shortcut to YouTube video embeds that, when hovered over, displays the full channel name, a subscribe button, and more — YouTube is constantly changing up various aspects of its design, and today we’re noticing that the platform has quietly made a big change. Google quietly adds
Read MoreSweet Christmas! First Iron Fist is gone, now Luke Cage. Are Jessica Jones, Daredevil and the Punisher next on the chopping block? Luke Cage cancelled by Netflix and Marvel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew York Times: Social platforms are relying on journalists as unpaid content moderators to address misinformation on their sites, even with all the tools at their disposal — Social platforms have a responsibility to address misinformation as a systemic problem, instead of reacting to case after case. Social platforms are relying on journalists as unpaid
Read MoreBack in the early days of Arduino proliferation (and before you ask, yes we realize there was a time before that too), wireless was a strange and foreign beast. IR communication was definitely a thing. And if you had the funds there was this cool technology called ZigBee that was available, often in funny blue
Read MoreMelia Russell / San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s Proposition C may tax SF-based payment processors twice, on original purchases and then transaction fees, hurting companies like Square and Stripe — Jack Dorsey, the head of Square and Twitter, unleashed a tweetstorm critical of a San Francisco ballot measure aimed at slashing homelessness … SF's Proposition C
Read MorePhishing attacks are targeting personal, as well as professional, accounts. Google warns politicians to protect their personal accounts, too – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg had reported that China infiltrated hardware of Apple, Amazon and others in a mass surveillance campaign. Apple has denied the report. Tim Cook wants Bloomberg to retract its spy chip story – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAround the world, popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are being embraced by wide swaths of investors and tech enthusiast alike, which has generated a surge in cryptocurrency-supporting technologies, platforms, and websites. One of these supporting companies, Coinbase, has itself garnered a global reputation thanks to how much of a staple it’s become in the
Read MoreIn March of this year, Mexico was lauded by tech experts for becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law regulating fintech, thus unlocking the potential of blockchain technologies to solve entrenched problems relating to political transparency and financial inclusion. For Mexico and its capital city of approximately 9 million, positive publicity
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Sources: online payday lender LendUp is splitting the company to separate the lending and credit card businesses; LendUp has raised more than $300M — LendUp, a San Francisco-based fintech company that has raised over $300 million from firms like Google Ventures and Y Combinator … Sources: online payday lender LendUp is
Read MoreIt’s only got one lens, while the iPhone XS has two. But what else is different? iPhone XR camera: Here’s how good we think it'll be – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe anonymous group’s campaign highlights Facebook’s continuing trouble with political advertising. Facebook Ads From Unknown Backer Take Aim at Brexit Plan Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEngineers, hackers, and makers can most certainly build a musical gadget of some kind. They’ll build synths, they’ll build aerophones, and they’ll take the idea of mercury delay line memory, two hydrophones, and a really long tube filled with water to build the most absurd delay in existence. One thing they can’t seem to do
Read MoreThe WikiLeaks founder claimed that his longtime hosts at the country’s embassy in London are limiting his contact with the outside world and censoring his speech. Julian Assange Says He’s Suing Ecuador for ‘Violating His Fundamental Rights’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe new features could eliminate the need for a bezel, thereby increasing screen size, according to several rumors. Samsung may add in-screen camera and fingerprint sensor to future phones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreInti Landauro / Reuters: FATF, a global watchdog for money laundering, will set first rules on oversight of cryptocurrencies by June; non-complying countries will be added to blacklist — * FATF to set standards on regulation of crypto firms — * Exchanges, wallet providers, ICO-related firms in focus FATF, a global watchdog for money laundering,
Read MoreAmazon released an Alexa skill for its Echo on Oct. 18 that allows it to whisper to U.S. users for life’s quieter moments. We tried whispering to an Amazon Echo. It whispered back. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePicture-in-picture has been available in Android for a while now, allowing you to watch a YouTube or Netflix video while doing other stuff. Now that same feature is coming to Chrome on the desktop. The feature has technically been available for a couple of months in the Chrome 69 beta, but Chrome 70 makes PiP
Read MoreWiring is one of those things that we’ve all had to do on a project, but probably didn’t give a lot of thought to. It’s often the last thing that happens during the build, and almost certainly doesn’t get approached with any kind of foresight. You look at the components you need to connect, dig
Read MoreName the subject, and Russian disinformation operatives had a playbook on how to pass themselves off as politically active Americans as they secretly sought to manipulate U.S. voters online — on both the right and the left — with incendiary phrases, glib putdowns and appeals to pre-existing political biases. And the same tactics honed during
Read MoreReuters: Sources: cybersecurity startup CrowdStrike hired Goldman Sachs to prepare for IPO and aims to be valued above its June funding round valuation of $3B — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cybersecurity software maker CrowdStrike Inc has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group to prepare … Sources: cybersecurity startup CrowdStrike hired Goldman Sachs to prepare
Read MoreShe was allegedly in charge of a $35 million operation over the last three years. Justice Department charges Russian trolls' chief accountant – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill the BMW X7’s newer tech and middle-of-the-class pricing help it stand out from its many rivals in the full-size SUV category? 2019 BMW X7: How does it compare to rivals? – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreNASA’s Mars orbiter caught sight of an eye-popping formation. Hypnotic Mars crater looks like a reptile's eyeball – CNET Source: CNet
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