Mark Zuckerberg joins other big names in Silicon Valley and Hollywood to hand out $25 million for advances in tech and science at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony. Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t expect an upgrade like this to cost the same as the standard E-Golf, though. Source: CNet
Read MoreOculus Rift’s new touch controllers debut today, and starting December 6 you’ll be able to play a bunch of virtual reality games using them. Source: CNet
Read MoreMoia will be Volkswagen Group’s 13th brand, which sounds like a lot, because it is. Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon promotes a new shopping experience, coming in 2017, that lets you walk into a store, grab something off the shelf and walk out without touching your wallet. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’ve encountered errors over the past month when trying to access HTTPS-enabled websites on your computer or Android phone, it might have been due to a bug in Chrome. The bug affected the validation for some SSL certificates issued by Symantec, one of the world’s largest certificate authorities, as well as by GeoTrust and
Read MoreMicrosoft has fielded a preview of another AI chatbot, Zo.ai, but so far is limiting the topics it is able to address. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is readying a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing app for SMBs as part of its Dynamics 365 service. Here’s a list of what’s likely inside that app coming in the Spring of 2017. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreThe European Commission has accused the world’s largest social networks of not fulfilling their commitment to stamp out illegal activity on their platforms. Source: CNet
Read MoreAs we bid farewell to the year, we say good riddance to these memes. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe search giant’s goal: getting you out of sketchy situations with an app that can ping certain people your exact location. Source: CNet
Read MoreAt some point, these memes went from awesome to awful. It’s time for them to join the ranks of the Rickroll and the Numa Numa dance. Source: CNet
Read MoreSeven years ago, Steve Jobs launched the once-popular Abode Flash into a long, slow death spiral when he announced that Flash would not be installed on any of his cutting-edge products, particularly the iPad and iPhone. Jobs argued that Flash was slow, cumbersome, battery intensive, incompatible with touch-screens, and had massive security issues. To read
Read MoreWhen Apple’s new MacBook Pros were announced in October, David Gewirtz’s long wait was rewarded with a slightly queasy feeling, because the most obviously powerful model was a 15-inch machine with dual GPU. Source: DIY IT
Read MoreTen consecutive days of smart-home prizes for 10 lucky winners. This sweepstakes ends on December 14. Source: CNet
Read MoreResearch has identified a new cause behind vision problems experienced by astronauts. Source: CNet
Read MoreSweet Christmas! The hero of Harlem will be sticking around for a while. Source: CNet
Read More“The Mummy” takes an energetic stab at updating the classic Universal monster movie for the modern age. Source: CNet
Read MoreHow do you deal with pain in a limb that isn’t actually there? By recreating it in augmented reality. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: The president-elect really doesn’t like China’s trade policies. Or their military policies, for that matter. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” global press conference reveals new tidbits about the movie without giving away the good stuff. Source: CNet
Read MoreStealer’s Wheel? Seattle police department quotes “Watchmen” movie in a recap of the recent arrest. Source: CNet
Read MoreAstronaut Shane Kimbrough has eaten the first of four space lettuce harvests after the leaf vegetable was proven safe in 2015. Source: CNet
Read MoreOoh, burn. Sniff the scent of global power in these candles sold on Etsy. Trump’s version even has hair. Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: At a time when many burned to death, the man responsible for the warehouse commune of artists laments his lost possessions. Source: CNet
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