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- From sexting to politics: How emoji evolved this decade 2 days ago – Believe it or not, the first emoji was created in 1999 by a Japanese artist, Shigetaka Kurita, who wanted to create a simple, quick, and attractive way of conveying information. At that time, Kurita was working as a developer for i-mode, an internet platform owned by Japan’s main mobile carrier, ...
- 3 trends that will shape software engineering in 2020 2 days ago – Software engineering is a massive field that has a lot of scope and potential. Many engineers wish to enter the field of software engineering simply because they know the industry will never die. There is a lot happening in the software industry and a lot more seems likely to happen in 2020. So, ...
- This cryptocurrency mining botnet uses Taylor Swift pics to propagate itself a day ago – A cryptocurrency-mining botnet is infecting computers with an image of Taylor Swift to spread its malware as widely as possible. The operators of MyKingz, otherwise known as Smominru, DarkCloud, or Hexmen, are leveraging steganography, a technique that enables them to hide malicious files inside ...
- TNW Gifts: Speakers and headphones for audiophiles and music lovers a day ago – Do you know someone who loves music? Sure, that covers most people, but if you’re looking to buy a gift for someone who is truly passionate about making music – whether just listening to it or actually making it – this is the gift guide for you. While reading this list, keep in mind prices for au...
- Facebook just bought a cloud gaming service 21 hours ago – Facebook this week revealed it’d acquired PlayGiga, a Spanish cloud gaming service. What they plan to do with it is anyone’s guess. PlayGiga is a Madrid-based company that purports to have “a cost-effective cloud gaming solution with excellent user experience, latency reduced to less than 30ms an...
- Hard Fork’s crypto-themed Xmas gift guide — for the HODLers in your life a day ago – Christmas is just around the corner and that means presents, not just for you, but for your friends, family, and that unlucky draw you got in your office’s secret Santa. It probably also means having to attend a swathe of public gatherings in which someone will probably talk your ear off about Bi...
- Facebook is reportedly working on its own OS now 8 hours ago – Facebook is reportedly building an operating system, reports The Information. It isn’t immediately clear exactly where it will be deployed, but the project could help the company move away from using Android to power its hardware. The company presently uses a modified version of Android on its Po...
- Why AI could benefit from seeing the world as kids do 8 hours ago – Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm. It is already manifesting in a plethora of industries and organizations more reluctant to adopt it than ever. Several niches of artificial intelligence like machine learning are being religiously used by practitioners to form better strategies...
- France fines Google €150 million for abusing its ad dominance 41 minutes ago – The French competition regulator just announced it’s issuing a whopping €150 million antitrust fine on Google, Reuters reports. The watchdog found Google had abused its dominant position in the ad market by implementing unclear and unpredictable rules on Google Ads — the company’s ad platform. Ac...
- How Huawei powered through a tough 2019 and came out on top an hour ago – Huawei has had a tough year. The company’s fight with the US government impacted its business across the globe, but this isn’t the only issue the business has had. In this story, we’re going to look at Huawei’s tumultuous recent history. The arrest of the CFO Last December, Canadian authorities ...
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- TiVo merges with technology licensor Xperi in $3 billion deal a day ago – Earlier this year, TiVo said it was preparing to split itself into two — a product and IP business — in order to make itself more attractive to buyers. Today, the company announced those plans have been put on hold as it has instead merged with technology licensor Xperi Corporation, in a $3 billi...
- Huawei set to debut a new, improved Mate X a day ago – When we met up with Huawei at their Shenzhen headquarters earlier this year, details on the Mate X were hazy, at best. We did have the opportunity to play around with the forthcoming handset a bit over lunch, but the unit looked largely unchanged from what we’d seen at MWC earlier in the year. Re...
- Snackpass snags $21M to let you earn friends free takeout a day ago – “We were in the back washing blenders so they could keep taking Snackpass orders,” recalls co-founder and CEO Kevin Tan. The team from order-ahead food startup Snackpass was willing to get their hands dirty to keep up with demand at one of their first restaurant partners, Tropical Smoothie Cafe o...
- Despite winter’s chill, the Northeast’s tech ecosystem is white-hot a day ago – Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between. Today, we’re digging into a host of data concerning the East Coast venture capital scene, specifically looking into the performance of its two key startup markets. It’s 12 degree...
- Subscription-based social network MeWe launches premium features and a business product a day ago – MeWe, the subscription-based social network that emphasizes privacy and bills itself as the anti-Facebook, is launching a premium tier of its service and spinning up a business-focused product to take on enterprise networking and communication tools like Slack. Founded by Mark Weinstein, a gregar...
- Google buys game developer Typhoon Studios a day ago – Google seems to be shopping for game studios as it courts consumer interest for its Stadia game-streaming platform, announcing Thursday that they had acquired Montreal-based Typhoon Studios. The young studio with 26 employees hasn’t released its first title yet, after being founded nearly three y...
- India gets more aggressive with internet shutdowns to curb protests 19 hours ago – India, the world’s largest democracy, continues to normalize shutting down internet and suspending mobile communications for tens of millions of citizens in the country to thwart protests. Days after Narendra Modi -led government shut down mobile communications in the northeastern states of Assam...
- How to bring AI to a legacy industry, according to the founders of Luminance and Omnius 19 hours ago – Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool, but it’s not a magic wand. Applying the technology requires thought and dedication, especially with legacy industries like law and insurance, which are being taken on in this way by Luminance and Omnius respectively. The companies’ founders, Emily Foges...
- Announcing our first four experts for TC Early Stage in San Francisco 20 hours ago – TechCrunch Early Stage is a new event series for 2020 focused on early-stage founders. The idea is to provide access to advice and networking on the level of a great accelerator program, but with a smaller time commitment and a broader array of expert advisors. The first of TechCrunch’s three Ear...
- France slaps Google with $166M antitrust fine for opaque and inconsistent ad rules 6 hours ago – France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €150 million (~$166M) fine after finding the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online search advertising market. In a decision announced today — following a lengthy investigation into the online ad sector — the competition autho...
- Watch Boeing launch its new astronaut spacecraft to the Space Station for the first time 6 hours ago – Boeing is getting ready to launch its new passenger spacecraft for a very special mission: Its first trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The Boeing CST-100 Starliner is the company’s contribution to NASA’s commercial crew program, which will see the U.S. regain the ability to launch as...
- SoftBank Vision Fund invests $275M in India’s Lenskart 6 hours ago – Lenskart, an omni-channel retailer in India that sells eyewear products, said on Friday that it has raised $275 million in a new financing round from SoftBank Vision Fund as it looks to expand its business in the nation. As part of the new financing round — dubbed Series G — some of the nine-year...
- Adtech told to keep calm and fix its ‘lawfulness’ problem 10 minutes ago – Six months after warning that the real-time bidding (RTB) component of programmatic online advertising is wildly out of control — i.e. in a breaking the law sense — the UK’s data protection watchdog has marked half a year’s regulatory inaction with a blog post that entreats the adtech industry to...
- The sorry state of AR startups in 2019 an hour ago – Even when Apple telegraphs its hardware strategy, it’s proving to be nearly impossible for startups to beat them. The company’s executives have been motioning interest in following their runaway success on mobile with hefty investments in augmented reality, something that has led to the rise of d...
- Healthcare startup Lyfebin exposed medical images an hour ago – Healthcare startup Lyfebin exposed thousands of medical imaging files, such as X-rays, MRI scans, and ultrasounds. The Los Angeles-based healthcare startup allows doctors and medical staff to store medical images in its “secure environment,” per its website, allowing patients and doctors access f...
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- Stunning first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet introduces the director’s most ambitious film yet a day ago – Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, a movie set within the world of international espionage, finally has a first trailer that sheds some more light on the director’s 11th film. The first trailer sheds some light on the storyline, which has been kept under wraps for quite some time. It seems like John Dav...
- a day ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Measuring the intelligence of AI is one of the trickiest but most important questions in the field of computer science. If you can’t understand whether the machine you’ve built is cleverer today than it was yesterday, how do you know you’re making progr...
- 2019 was the year climate change charted
Nov 30 2009 was the day I first noted the anthropogenic global warming story - and went, say what ? Physicist Dr. John van Kampen reacted to a YouTube singing video I messaged about it with a note that it was very popular with his scientist friends - as a laugh riot. More and better are obviously available.
- OnePlus is launching a bug bounty program after disclosing the second breach in two years a day ago – Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge OnePlus announced its second data breach in two years back in November, and the phone maker promised to launch a bug bounty program by the end of the year to beef up its security. A bug bounty program could, in theory, prevent future breaches. Today, OnePlus ann...
- Watch Tested explain how Half-Life: Alyx will work on every big PC VR headset 18 hours ago – Image: Valve Valve Software’s Half-Life: Alyx is less than six months away, and since it requires a VR headset, lots of players might be considering a major hardware purchase right now. The gold standard is Valve’s own Index, with its high-end construction and unique controllers — but that req...Watch Tested explain how Half-Life: Alyx will work on every big PC VR headset 18 hours ago – Image: Valve Valve Software’s Half-Life: Alyx is less than six months away, and since it requires a VR headset, lots of players might be considering a major hardware purchase right now. The gold standard is Valve’s own Index, with its high-end construction and unique controllers — but that req...
- Fate of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft a mystery following launch to orbit 4 hours ago – An Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, just after 6:36 AM. | (NASA/Joel Kowsky) Update December 20th, 7:45AM ET: Boeing’s Starliner capsule successfully took off on top of its Atlas V rocket ...
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