A growing number of simulations are helping audiences understand the consequences of ignoring hurricane evacuation warnings. Researchers say this technology could be the key to people taking hurricane warnings seriously Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Variety: Magic Leap says it will add multi-user chat rooms with custom avatars in November, support for two controllers by early next year, city-wide AR layers, and more — Augmented reality (AR) startup Magic Leap used the opening keynote of its L.E.A.P. developer conference in Los Angeles Wednesday to preview its plans
Read MoreAnna Fifield / Washington Post: As Tim Cook visits China on a multi-day trip amid trade tensions with the US, his main objective is staying in China’s good books — BEIJING — Tim Cook was all smiles at the Chaoyang Future School in Beijing on Wednesday, watching high school students use Apple Pencils on iPads.
Read MoreNo word on how much it’ll cost. (HBO Now already costs $15 a month.) AT&T plans HBO-based streaming service bundled with Turner, Warner Bros shows and movies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company has released a fix for iOS and Android users. WhatsApp fixes video call bug that could have let hackers in, says report – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe smaller of Google’s new Pixel 3 phones throws down against the competition. Pixel 3 vs. iPhone XS vs. Galaxy S9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: How teens are using Instagram to bully each other, including making dedicated hate accounts, sometimes with a mass audience, and how Instagram is addressing it — No app is more integral to teens’ social lives than Instagram. While Millennials relied on Facebook to navigate high school and college … How
Read MoreThis may be the next Samsung Galaxy A9. Samsung phone with four rear cameras leaks ahead of Galaxy event – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s a certain minimum set of stuff the typical Hackaday reader is likely to have within arm’s reach any time he or she is in the shop. Soldering station? Probably. Oscilloscope? Maybe. Multimeter? Quite likely. But there’s one thing so basic, something without which countless numbers of projects would be much more difficult to complete,
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: New York’s MTA announces Transit Tech Lab, an accelerator to help vet high-tech solutions to the extensive problems with its subway and bus systems — ‘A dire need’ for new products to fix subway delays and move buses through congested streets — New York’s subways and buses are in
Read MoreThe latest batch of fast radio bursts could help us better understand the universe. New load of mysterious alien signals detected in one big haul – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSony officially announced that, after twelve years and countless user requests, it’s finally allowing users to change their PlayStation Network names. It’s opening the feature to the PlayStation Preview program so certain users can test it. The rumor that PlayStation was making this long-awaited change surfaced earlier this month, when developers hinted they’d been told
Read MoreThe agency’s watchdog found that Boeing, the main contractor, is expected to burn through the remaining contract funds by early next year, three years ahead of time and without delivering a single rocket stage. The program to build NASA’s moon rocket could double in price to billion, IG says Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreFor this week’s Hack Chat, we’re going to be talking all about FPGAs, with our own resident FPGA expert. This summer, Hackaday.io launched FPGA bootcamps, simple, easy-to-follow tutorials that will get you up and running with Verilog. These were all done by Al Williams, Hackaday’s resident FPGA hacker. Al’s an electrical engineer, author of over
Read MoreOpinion: Microsoft needs to step off the new feature train, at least temporarily, and get Windows 10’s reliability and fundamentals back on track. Microsoft needs to refocus on Windows 10 fundamentals, not just new features Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreNew data shows criminals have laundered $2.5 billion worth dirty Bitcoin through cryptocurrency exchanges, and almost all of it ends up in countries with lax Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) regulations. Cryptocurrency research group CipherTrace conducted an analysis of 45 million transactions from the top 20 cryptocurrency exchanges globally in order to find out the prevalence of Bitcoin’s
Read MoreThe merger will allow CVS to turn its locations into medical hubs for more basic services. CVS’s billion merger with Aetna approved in deal that could transform the health-care industry Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCryptocurrency exploded like a supernova as prices soared to nearly $20,000 in December 2017. But like a dying star, the crypto-market may now be facing an implosion. According to a new report from technology research group, Juniper Research, the cryptocurrency “industry is on the brink of an implosion.” The research highlights some key market metrics,
Read MoreLucas Laursen / Fortune: Report: Apple bought Danish visual effects startup Spektral for $30M+ in December 2017; the company had raised $2.8M last year — Even for uber-secretive Apple, the acquisition of Danish visual effects startup Spektral was especially hush-hush. The tech giant bought the Copenhagen-based firm … Report: Apple bought Danish visual effects startup
Read MoreIf we’ve learned anything, it’s that 3D printers are exceptionally well suited to printing little boats. According to the Internet, 3D printers are at their best when pumping out cute PLA boats in all the colors of the rainbow; perfect for collecting dust on a shelf somewhere. Ask not what your Benchy can do for
Read MoreJeffrey Dastin / Reuters: Sources detail how Amazon shut down a machine learning tool for rating job applications in 2017 because it was biased against female candidates — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. Sources detail how Amazon shut down
Read MoreIt’s just for Windows Insiders for now. Microsoft starts limited rerelease of Windows 10 update that deleted files – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhich big phone will rule them all? Pixel 3 XL vs. iPhone XS Max vs. Note 9 vs. LG V40: Specs showdown – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you pay for pro uploads to SoundCloud, now you can earn money off your tracks. SoundCloud widens money-making program to more paying artists – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Waze announces a US-wide rollout of its carpooling service Waze Carpool, first launched in 2016 — The navigation app first started experimenting with carpooling in 2016 — For many drivers, Waze is the go-to app for circumnavigating pesky traffic jams. Waze announces a US-wide rollout of its carpooling service
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