Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL are now available – CNET
You can buy or lease the phone from Google or Verizon Wireless today starting at $800. Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL are now available – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can buy or lease the phone from Google or Verizon Wireless today starting at $800. Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL are now available – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Vacation rental company Vacasa raises $64M led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total funding to $207.5M — Investors continue to bet big on Vacasa. — The Portland-based vacation rental management company today raised another $64 million from existing investors. Vacation rental company Vacasa raises M led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its
Read MoreIn the US, that could mean a starting price in the $75,000 range. Porsche will price Taycan EV between Cayenne and Panamera – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSoundCloud users will soon be able to DJ live directly on the platform, all while having its huge catalogue of streamed music at their disposal. CEO Kerry Trainor made the announcement at Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) on Thursday during his keynote. In a partnership with music applications, including Native Instruments, Serato, Virtual DJ, DEX3, Mixvibes, and
Read MoreEndless Artist Radio lets you search for a stream based on your favorite musician. Spotify Premium now offers you artist-inspired playlists that go on forever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRockstar is gearing up gamers for the PS4 and Xbox One game’s release next week. Red Dead Redemption 2 launch trailer builds hype for return to Wild West – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNormally $48 for just one year, top-rated Mondly could be the last language app you’ll ever need. Plus: a selfie-stick deal? It’s true! Learn 5 new languages with a lifetime Mondly subscription for .99 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreScience fiction is usually couched in fact, and it’s fun to look at an iconic computer like HAL 9000 and trace the origins of this artificial intelligence gone wrong. You might be surprised to find that you can trace HAL’s origins to a computer built for the US Army in 1952. If you are a
Read MoreSetapp is looking to be the trusted friend who points you in the right app direction with their Mac app subscription service. Right now, you can lock in a full year of Setapp access for just $69, a full $50 off the regular price, from TNW Deals. Get all the best utility Mac apps in
Read MoreThe Security and Exchange Commission reached an agreement with Elon Musk. He will pay a $20 million fine and step down as board chairman of Tesla. Musk settles with SEC, steps down as board chairman of Tesla Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreWolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: Beijing-based cryptocurrency startup Cobo raises $13M Series A, launches Cobo Vault, a hardware wallet featuring a self-destructing mechanism — Cobo, a Beijing-based cryptocurrency wallet startup, has closed a $13 million Series A funding round in its bid to expand its services overseas. Beijing-based cryptocurrency startup Cobo raises M Series A, launches
Read MoreMalta is fast becoming an international hot-spot for blockchain entrepreneurs, but reports have indicated two-thirds of applicants failed the licensing exam for operating cryptocurrency-related businesses. The shitty pass rates come even after Malta’s Institute of Financial Service Practitioners made last-minute changes to the marking scheme to boost the number of licenses it could award, Times
Read MoreThere’s something fitting about an Elon Musk business accepting Bitcoin, because, you know, they’re about as stable as each other. I’m here all week. That’s right, you can now buy the Boring Company’s Not A Flamethrower (from here on out, referred to as just a flamethrower) with not only Bitcoin, but a range of other
Read MoreRob Copeland / Wall Street Journal: Sources: data mining giant Palantir is weighing an IPO as soon as H2 2019; some bankers have told the firm it could IPO with a valuation of as much as $41B — Bankers have told the firm it could go public with a valuation as high as $41 billion
Read MoreIan Sample / The Guardian: Tim Berners-Lee’s Web Foundation finds a 12% slowdown in the global growth of internet access between 2007 and 2017, with African women the least connected — Report showing dramatic decline in internet access growth suggests digital revolution will remain a distant dream for billions of people Tim Berners-Lee's Web Foundation
Read MoreWhatsApp groups can occasionally be useful, but they can also become the bane of your existence, with their annoying notifications that are hard to mute. But some new features spotted in a test build of the app by WABetaInfo might make groups a little less painful. The first feature is called Silent mode, and it
Read MoreFor The Record: Spotify Premium gets streamlined navigation, personalized search, and endless artist radio, rolling out globally on iOS and Android starting today — We’re always looking for ways to provide the best possible methods for people to discover and enjoy the music they love. Spotify Premium gets streamlined navigation, personalized search, and endless artist
Read MoreThe nightstand-friendly but also portable Insignia Voice once sold for as high as $150. It’s an alarm clock and smart Bluetooth speaker. Best Buy's portable Google Assistant speaker is just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: How one company spent between $1.2M and $4.6M over five months to get 45M+ impressions on Facebook political issue ads, without saying who’s paying for the ads — Over just two weeks in September, a limited-liability company calling itself News for Democracy spent almost $400,000 … How one company
Read MoreOr get a Qi charging stand for $10. Either way, just please don’t spend $40-50 at an Apple Store. And, psst, both stands work with other phones, too. This iPhone XR Qi charging pad is only – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA federal mandate to streamline the process for building out 5G could leave a lot of local municipalities feeling burned. How 5G pits the FCC, carriers against local governments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a partnership of multimedia underdogs. Sonos in talks to add Roku's entertainment software to its devices – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTheodore Schleifer / Recode: How Silicon Valley’s rich can defer or even avoid capital gains tax, via a provision that Sean Parker helped craft, by investing in low-income Opportunity Zones — Sean Parker crafted a little-known part of the tax code called Opportunity Zones. Now every one-percenter in Silicon Valley wants in. How Silicon Valley's
Read MoreThere’s a lot going on our virtual spaces, and anyone with a smart phone can attest to this fact. There are pop-up notifications for everything you can imagine, and sometimes it’s possible for the one really important notification to get lost in a sea of minutiae. To really make sure you don’t miss that one
Read MoreJust over half of Americans (50.42 percent) who have used WhatsApp in the last six months are unaware that it’s owned by Facebook. This, my friends, is a pretty high figure. The research was carried out by DuckDuckGo, the privacy-protecting search engine. The same survey found that 56 percent of Americans who had used Waze,
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