The powerful storm now lashing the Florida Panhandle took on a ghoulish look when seen from space. Hurricane Michael looks like a skull in satellite imagery – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLenovo’s market share increases, Apple’s slides a bit. Lenovo tops worldwide PC market in flat quarter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: Chipmaker Micron Technology says it is planning to invest up to $100M in startups working on AI for use in fields like self-driving cars and factory automation — (Reuters) – Micron Technology said on Wednesday it planned to invest up to $100 million in startup companies working … Chipmaker Micron Technology
Read MoreNation-states, corporations and hacktivist groups meddle with elections in the US and around the world. Campaign 2018: These hacking groups could target the 2018 midterm elections – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSure, you can buy a cable tester, but what fun is that? [Ashish] posted a nice looking cable tester that you can build with or without an onboard Arduino. If you don’t use an Arduino, the project uses a 555 chip to test the eight wires in an Ethernet cable. The readout is simple. When
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Leaked presentation by Google employees gives a rare and stark look at Google’s struggles as it grapples with decisions around freedom of speech and censorship — A rare look at how the employees of the world’s most powerful search engine are trying to balance two opposing forces Leaked presentation by
Read MoreI’ve long been clamoring for phones to embrace multiple cameras at various focal lengths, and it seems manufacturers are really starting to go all out. Case in point: the upcoming Samsung A9 Pro will sport a whopping four cameras on its rear. The most recent leak comes courtesy of Evan Blass; though we’ve previous reports of the
Read MoreThe contracts went to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin. Pentagon awards more than billion in contracts for national-security-capable rocket launches Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Analysis of the top 2,000 websites visited by EU and US residents shows ad trackers per page dropped 4% for EU users after GDPR and rose by 8%+ for US users — An analysis of the impact of Europe’s new data protection framework, GDPR, on the adtech industry suggests the regulation
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Google’s Pixel 3 XL, which includes a very tall notch and a “chin” bezel, lacks the groundbreaking tech Apple used to justify the iPhone X’s notch — A large notch requires a strong argument, and Google didn’t make one — Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL arrived yesterday without
Read MoreThe developer behind Stardew Valley, the hit indie farming sim, this week announced the game was coming to mobile devices. The iOS version launches in two weeks, while the Android version is still in development. This, by itself, isn’t exactly surprising. Stardew Valley is the sort of twee indie game that makes the jump to mobile very easily,
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Bing search engine has a problem with surfacing results that are blatantly offensive, uniformly exploitative towards women and girls, and full-on racist. And that’s before you even turn the “SafeSearch” feature off. A report from HowToGeek’s Chris Hoffman shows that image searches for innocuous terms such as “Jew” or “Michelle Obama” are met with
Read MoreAbner Li / 9to5Google: Google says in an email to users that its Reply tool for Android, which added a smart response bar to notifications, is being shut down over the coming months — Earlier this year, Google’s internal Area 120 incubator unveiled Reply as a smart response toolbar appended to notifications on Android. Google
Read MoreWorkers will also get cash rewards for tenure milestones every five years. Amazon gives workers another pay bump to make up for lost bonuses – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt would includes stricter enforcement against tech companies who mishandle your data and privacy. Privacy advocates tell senators what they want in a data protection law – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCNBC: Square CEO Jack Dorsey says CFO Sarah Friar is leaving to become CEO of Nextdoor — Independent Programming Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Advertise With Us Closed Captioning Digital Products Privacy Policy Corrections — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? Square CEO Jack Dorsey says CFO
Read MoreThe 45-year-old media magnate (and son of Rupert Murdoch) is currently a nonexecutive member of Tesla’s board. Tesla close to finding a new board chair in James Murdoch, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreCorrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Tech stocks had their worst day in six months as Amazon closes -6.15%, Microsoft -5.43%, Apple -4.63%, Netflix -8.38%, Google -4.6%, and Facebook -4.13% — U.S. stocks head toward their biggest decline in more than six months — U.S. stocks are headed toward their biggest decline … Tech stocks
Read MoreSilicon Valley isn’t as against defense projects as it might seem, if Luckey’s new company is any indication. Palmer Luckey talks VR and the military at Vanity Fair confab – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter a swift backlash, Verizon has removed a video highlighting the “first responders who rely on us” from YouTube. Verizon praises itself for aiding first responders after it throttled their data – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEven if you aren’t a vintage computer aficionado, you’re probably aware that older computer hard drives were massive and didn’t hold much data. Imagine a drive that weighs several pounds, and only holds 1/1000th of what today’s cheapest USB flash drives can. But what you might not realize is that if you go back long enough,
Read More“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a series of things: Tesla stock jumped from about $363 to $379. The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a formal investigation into Musk — accusing him of making false and misleading statements to prop up Tesla’s value. The US
Read MoreAlex Sherman / CNBC: Sources: Apple plans to make content it owns free to device owners as part of its forthcoming TV service, launching early next year — – Apple is planning to mix free original content with subscription “channels” to existing digital video services on its “TV” application. Sources: Apple plans to make content
Read MoreWe just wrapped up the Musical Instrument Challenge in the Hackaday Prize, and that means we’re sorting through a ton of inventive electronic musical instruments. For whatever reason we can’t seem to find many non-electronic instruments. Yes, MPCs are cool, but so are strings and vibrating columns of air. That’s what makes this entry special:
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Norwegian educational gaming startup Kahoot raises ~$15.4M at a $300M valuation, tripling its March valuation — School’s back in session and a startup that’s building games to help students learn has moved to the top of the class. Kahoot — the educational gaming startup out of Norway … Norwegian educational gaming
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