Sunday, February 28, 2021
Oppo F19 Pro series teased on Amazon, India launch expected soon
SpaceX Delays Launch of Falcon 9 Carrier Rocket With Starlink Satellites
OnePlus 9 Pro Alleged Specifications and New Camera UI Surface Online
Oppo F19 Pro+, Oppo F19 Pro Teased to Launch in India Soon
Golden Globes 2021 Winners - the Full List of All the Awards
Realme X9 Pro Key Specifications Surface Online, 108-Megapixel Camera Tipped
Pres. Biden says there should be "no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda" by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL (Jennifer Epstein/Bloomberg)
Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL — - ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
App spending to reach $270 billion annually by 2025
International Space Station Being Prepped for New Solar Panels
GameStop and Other 'Meme Stocks' Hyped by Social Media Bots, Analysis Shows
Russia Launches Its First Arctic-Monitoring Satellite Arktika-M
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC (Bob Davis/Wall Street Journal)
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC — Combined efforts in semiconductors, artificial intelligence seen as way to thwart Beijing's ambitions
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages (Tom Krazit/Protocol)
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages — When something breaks on the internet, the people who know how to fix it just want to give their colleagues a hug — even if they're a rival.
Flipkart quiz March 1, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts, discount coupons and Flipkart Super coins
Amazon app quiz March 1, 2021: Get answers to these five questions and win Rs 10,000 in Amazon Pay balance
How Apple may get an iPhone to do an ‘important’ task without a port
This is the world’s most 'popular' Android phone
Indoo Ki Jawani, Pagglait, and More on Netflix in March
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users (Will Oremus/OneZero )
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users — Products like Clubhouse and Twitter's “Super Follows” offer a new kind of engagement — Open Facebook, Instagram, TikTok …
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume (Ben Smith/New York Times)
Profile of Discovery+, which has hit 12M paid subscriptions globally and offers a reality TV-focused catalog with 55K episodes, rivaling Netflix in sheer volume — Discovery's new app has taken off largely because viewers love watching people fix houses, tour diners and bicker about their relationships.
Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in Ireland's High Court on behalf of traumatized content moderators (Ed Siddons/The Guardian)
Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in Ireland's High Court on behalf of traumatized content moderators — Whether it's the CIA or Facebook, lawyer and activist Cori Crider is never one to shy away from a fight
How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can unlock the next step-change in valuation and protect against niche competitors (Mario Gabriele/The Generalist)
How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can unlock the next step-change in valuation and protect against niche competitors — One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued. … — “You ever stop to realize how fragile all this is?”
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US — Placement of DJI on trade blacklist has opened new opportunities for US manufacturers — California-based Skydio has become …
Verizon support is now advising its users on Twitter to "turn on LTE", which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life (Kim Lyons/The Verge)
Verizon support is now advising its users on Twitter to “turn on LTE”, which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life — This, despite the carrier's relentless promotion of its 5G network — Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent …
Huawei planning foray into electric vehicles: Sources
Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activists simply for using organizing tools like shared Google Docs and WhatsApp groups (Naomi Klein/The Intercept)
Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activists simply for using organizing tools like shared Google Docs and WhatsApp groups — The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi's sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await …
Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% since 2017, after APTs and cybercrime groups adopted the language (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)
Report: the number of malware strains written in Go have increased by around 2,000% since 2017, after APTs and cybercrime groups adopted the language — There's been a 2,000% increase of new malware written in Go over the past few years. — The number of malware strains coded …
The person behind "Your Fave Is Problematic" Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable actions by celebrities, says she looks back on her blog with shame and regret (Liat Kaplan/New York Times)
The person behind “Your Fave Is Problematic” Tumblr blog, which listed regrettable actions by celebrities, says she looks back on her blog with shame and regret — What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s …
How to Apply for High Security Registration Plates
How to Check Your Vi Balance, Plan, and Validity
Saturday, February 27, 2021
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities (Tatiana Cirisano/Billboard)
How platforms like Spotify and tools like Community, Audigent, and Unitea help artists find their superfans and target them for monetization opportunities — New tech that allows artists to interact with superfans — and turn their data into dollars — promises to open long-term revenue streams
How to Check Your Airtel Balance, Plan, and Validity
Deep Nostalgia Brings Historical Photos to Life Using AI
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is "temporarily" saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more (Jason Aten/Inc.com)
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more — Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren't going out, and they're desperately searching for social connections and entertainment.
Sonam Wangchuk’s latest creation is a solar-heated military tent for hill warfare
Clubhouse app may come to Android soon
Apple wants students to use these AR-based apps to learn science
How to enable auto-delete feature on Telegram
From Godzilla vs. Kong to Snyder's Justice League, What to Watch in March
How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition tech in criminal cases (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
How ACLU and activist Kade Crockford convinced Massachusetts lawmakers to pass a police reform bill banning the use of facial recognition tech in criminal cases — Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.
Golden Globes 2021: How to Watch Live, Key Nominations, and More
Apple, Croma announce joint programme on Steve Jobs' birth anniversary
Judge approves $650 million Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement
McDonald's considers selling part of digital startup
NASA picks California-based Astra Space to launch TROPICS mission
Facebook launches TikTok-like app for creating, sharing raps
Facebook Brings Another TikTok-Like App Specifically for Creating Raps
Friday, February 26, 2021
How Anduril and other startups are building military ready, self-piloted drones, away from Silicon Valley, where such projects have become politically untenable (Cade Metz/New York Times)
How Anduril and other startups are building military ready, self-piloted drones, away from Silicon Valley, where such projects have become politically untenable — While much has been made of tech's unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry's decades-long ties to the military.
Some schools and organizations are abandoning exam monitoring software made by Proctorio amid a barrage of complaints from students over privacy (Todd Feathers/VICE)
Some schools and organizations are abandoning exam monitoring software made by Proctorio amid a barrage of complaints from students over privacy — Proctorio has cashed in on remote learning since the start of the pandemic. Now, some schools are abandoning the company's controversial software.
Facebook to Pay $650 Million in US Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
Britain to Offer Fast-Track Visas to Bolster Fintech Companies After Brexit
New Social Media Rules Could Threaten Free Expression in India, Say Critics
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the "solarwinds123" password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server (CNN)
In a hearing with US lawmakers, ex-SolarWinds CEO blamed an intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak discovered in 2019 that had exposed a SolarWinds server — FireEye CEO on how the SolarWinds hack was discovered — Washington (CNN)Current and former top executives …
Genealogy tracker MyHeritage releases Deep Nostalgia, a Live Photo-like feature for old photos, which uses AI to show subjects prepping for their portrait (Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo)
Genealogy tracker MyHeritage releases Deep Nostalgia, a Live Photo-like feature for old photos, which uses AI to show subjects prepping for their portrait — It's hard to feel connected to someone who's gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI …
Investigation Into Apple's Payment System in Netherlands Nears Decision
Public docs show that ICE used private database run by Thomson Reuters with 400M+ names, addresses, and utility service records to pursue immigration violations (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)
Public docs show that ICE used private database run by Thomson Reuters with 400M+ names, addresses, and utility service records to pursue immigration violations — Government agencies increasingly are accessing private information they are not authorized to compile on their own
Bill Gates on why he doesn’t use an iPhone
Sources: Biden admin plans to allow a Trump-era rule in March enabling Commerce Dept. to ban tech business transactions with China it feels are security threats (John D. McKinnon/Wall Street Journal)
Sources: Biden admin plans to allow a Trump-era rule in March enabling Commerce Dept. to ban tech business transactions with China it feels are security threats — Biden administration plans to let the Trump-era rule on technology purchases and deals take effect, despite U.S. business objections about its scope
Sources: Robinhood is planning to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as next month (Bloomberg)
Sources: Robinhood is planning to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as next month — Robinhood Markets Inc., the trading platform behind the boom-and-bust swing in GameStop Corp.'s shares, plans to file confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as March, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sources detail Google's troubles with game development as the company couldn't stomach the complicated creative process amid Stadia's poor streaming numbers (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Wired)
Sources detail Google's troubles with game development as the company couldn't stomach the complicated creative process amid Stadia's poor streaming numbers — The tech giant hired 150 game developers for Stadia Games and Entertainment, only to lay them all off. Sources say it never gave the studios a chance.
Sources: SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, is preparing for an IPO that could value it at $10B+ (Bloomberg)
Sources: SentinelOne, which develops AI-based endpoint security for all devices and services in a network, is preparing for an IPO that could value it at $10B+ — - SentinelOne is interviewing banks and might list this year — Company could seek a valuation of more than $10 billion
Google is sharing data about distortions in light waves passing through its undersea cables with seismologists to help them detect earthquakes (Justine Calma/The Verge)
Google is sharing data about distortions in light waves passing through its undersea cables with seismologists to help them detect earthquakes — That data could one day warn people about tsunamis — The web of undersea cables that transmit data around the world could one day be used …
On January 31, the EC will question Meta, X, Snap, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn on their plans to counter disinformation ahead of elections in Germany (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg : On January 31, the EC will question Meta, X, Snap, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn on their plans to counter d...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...
