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Costumes, candy, a custom spooky doormat and more! Don't miss these sweet Halloween deals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCostumes, candy, a custom spooky doormat and more! Don't miss these sweet Halloween deals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrian Heater / TechCrunch: Social music startup Smule raises $20M from the VC arm of Indian media conglomerate The Times Group, after raising $54M in May 2017 — App maker turned music social network Smule has raised another $20 million. The latest round follows a $54 million raise in May of last year, led by
Read MoreThis artist’s conception of the core of Cygnus A shows the dusty donut-shaped surroundings, called a torus, and jets launching from its center. Magnetic Fields May Be the Key to Black Hole Activity Source: NASA
Read MoreChaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Fitbit Charge 3 review: great design and battery life with reliable workout tracking, but third-party apps and notifications are limited — At a distance, the $149.99 Charge 3 looks similar to the Charge 2; it’s not quite the same drastic overhaul between the Charge HR and the Charge 2. Fitbit
Read MoreTechCrunch’s recent report about Winamp making a comeback next year nearly made me weep with joy. It hasn’t been updated in five years, but it’s finally slated to return in 2019. Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Radionomy, the company that acquired Winamp back in 2014, explained that the idea for the revamped app is to support
Read MoreWelcome to Haiku Review, a feature where we review gear and gadgets using the Japanese poetry form. Yes, we’re back! This time round we’re looking at the Mezmoglobe desk toy I currently have swirling in front of me Basically, the Mezmoglobe a metallic ball type of thing that spins on your desk like this: Let’s get
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israel-based WhiteSource, which tracks open source code for security vulnerabilities, raises $35M led by Susquehanna Growth Equity — Open source software — a $14 billion market — has become a cornerstone for building apps and other IT services, with some 97 percent of developers today … Israel-based WhiteSource, which tracks open
Read MoreBy the early 20th century, naval warfare was undergoing drastic technological changes. Ships were getting better and faster engines and were being outfitted with wireless communications, while naval aviation was coming into its own. The most dramatic changes were taking place below the surface of the ocean, though, as brave men stuffed themselves into steel
Read MoreThe Library of Congress says it has digitized the largest collection of Theodore Roosevelt’s papers in the world. Thousands of Theodore Roosevelt’s Papers Are Now Online Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreAnouk Vleugels, who heads up our creative division that works with clients to make cool stuff like trading tips we can learn from raccoons and background stories on how the Dutch police catches cyberbaddies, made a short film called Maya and it’s fantastic. At TNW, we have the distinct pleasure of working with a bunch of
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Skydio’s R1 self-flying drone can now be launched, controlled, or manually flown entirely from an Apple Watch — Skydio, the California-based drone maker that specializes in self-flying software, is announcing a new update today that will let owners of its R1 drone launch, control … Skydio's R1 self-flying drone can
Read MoreTwitter accounts originating in Iran masqueraded as foreign journalists and concerned U.S. citizens in an attempt to push political messages, according to new research. New data show how Iran tried to manipulate public opinion on Twitter Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe number of developers hosting projects built with Google-backed Kotlin is surging. Microsoft's GitHub: 'Kotlin for Android now fastest-growing programming language' Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreChrome 70 opens up progressive web apps to Windows 10 users who don’t want to use Edge or Microsoft Store. Windows 10 users: Chrome 70 means you don't need Edge, Microsoft Store to run PWAs Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe skeptics had a point about Civil, the platform that wants to “fix” journalism. Just a week after it announced a partnership with publishing giant Forbes, Civil has declared the failure of its initial coin offering (ICO) and is refunding investors. Civil broke the news on its Medium blog late Tuesday evening, stating that less
Read MoreThe tech mogul, whose Craigslist site helped replace newspaper classifieds, has given $50 million to revitalize local reporting in New York — including a new gift on Wednesday. Craig Newmark, Newspaper Villain, Is Working to Save Journalism Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA few days ago, Facebook launched a device called Portal, which lets you make video calls to others via the company’s Messenger platform. Now, a new report suggests that the social networking company is working on a companion product for TVs that’s also designed for video calling, as well as tuning into Facebook Watch. The device,
Read MoreMicrosoft finds and fixes more glitches in Windows 10 October 2018 Update. Windows 10 October update's new public rollout nears as Microsoft fixes more bugs Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast becoming a reality, as more and more people across the developing world connect to the internet. Millions of people across Africa and South Asia came online for the first time in the past three
Read MoreLet me just get a Kleenex. Warner Bros. kills Asian streaming haven DramaFever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHeather Murphy / New York Times: Profile of GEDmatch, a genealogy website that has helped crack more than a dozen cold cases after it was used to uncover the identity of the Golden State Killer — Fifteen murder and sexual assault cases have been solved since April with a single genealogy website. Profile of GEDmatch,
Read MoreYes, it’s promising to “stop being polite and start getting real.” Facebook is rebooting The Real World, which seems adorably quaint – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can now keep tabs on the caffeine you drink through Apple Health and the Ember smart mug. Ember smart mugs now tell Apple Health your caffeine intake – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePart of what makes flamethrowers fun is their inherent danger. This is what makes a lot of things fun, though, from snowboarding to skydiving to motorcycle riding. As with all of these sensible hobbies, though, it’s important to take as much unnecessary risk out of the activity as possible to make sure you’re around as
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