World Of Hyatt Selling Points For 25% Off (Last Chance)
500+One Mile at a Time / 2h
A few weeks back, World of Hyatt launched its current promotion on purchased points . This could potentially be a great deal, especially in conjunction with the current 15-25% rebate on award redemptions , plus the easy ways to earn World of Hyatt Globalist status in 2021. If you’ve been considering this promotion but haven’t yet made a purchase, this is your last chance to do so, as the promotio
The Morning After: Boston Dynamics' dancing robots are back
100+Engadget / 1h
Today, we’ve got stories on Apple’s “ultra” security measures, someone squeezing entire movies on floppy disks and a deep dive on the ways we might connect, without touch, in a post-pandemic world. But for this opening salvo, let’s home in on a family of dancing robots . Watch the Atlas robot and the entire Boston Dynamics family, including the dog-like Spot and box-stacking Handle , dance to “Do
What Is “Binning” for Computer Components?
41How-To Geek / 2h
You might not realize it, but every time you purchase a new desktop CPU, you also get a ticket for a giveaway called the “silicon lottery.” Two CPUs of the same model can perform differently when pushed to their limits thanks to something called “CPU binning.” Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Chase Targeted Spending Bonuses: Are You Eligible?
87One Mile at a Time / 4min
Credit card issuers have been offering all kinds of additional perks and bonuses on spending in order to keep cardmembers engaged in these difficult times. For the past several months, Chase has been offering limited time spending bonuses on select cards. That trend is continuing, as Chase has just rolled out the first 2021 spending bonuses for cards. Chase’s new card spending bonuses Chase is of
UK internet use doubles in 2020 due to pandemic
BBC News - Technology / 11min
Openreach said the rise was driven by live sport, gaming and working from home.
Los Angeles to offer vaccine record on iPhones
44BBC News - Technology / 11min
Los Angeles County will offer a digital record of vaccinations in the Apple Wallet app on iPhones.
Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switch reviews
Ars Technica / 16min
Enlarge / Our $24 drone. You can see the missing propeller on the right. (credit: Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica) Like thousands of other parents, I decided to get my kids a cheap drone for Christmas. I spent $24 for a plastic flying machine with rudimentary collision-avoidance capabilities. A plastic cage mostly kept small fingers away from the four propellers. The kids were delighted for the fir
Modeling the bizarre remnants of a supernova
22Engadget / 17min
When stars of a certain large size and energy run out of fuel, the result is a supernova explosion that can be spotted with the naked eye just once in a lifetime. Some leave behind a relatively spherical supernova remnant . However, others expand within dense clouds of gas and dust, so the leftover shells can become wildly distorted. Astronomers from the INAF-Palermo Astronomical Observatory mode
Chase First Quarter Spending Bonuses Coming To Most Co-Brand Cards
View from the Wing / 26min
Chase has spending bonus offers that appear to be available for January – March on all of its non-Southwest co-brands. These offers haven’t been promoted yet, and not all of the links appear to be allowing registration yet, so it’s possible something could be on offer for Southwest as well (or one or more of these may ultimately not be promoted). Continue reading ...
The Most Common iOS 14 Problems and How to Fix Them
Gizmodo / 26min
Every new version of iOS comes with a bunch of bugs and issues, some bigger than others, and iOS 14 is no different. Apple will iron out many of these problems with subsequent software updates, but it’s useful to know whether the issues you’re seeing on your own phone are known bugs in iOS 14—and to learn about some… Read more...
How to Turn off or Restart Your Playstation 5
How-To Geek / 27min
The PlayStation 5’s (PS5) user interface places the power options within a hidden menu, making them somewhat difficult to find. We’ll explain how to find the options, so you can easily turn your console off, put it into Rest Mode, restart it, or turn the system on again as needed. Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
10 most exciting US theme park attractions coming in 2021
The Points Guy / 31min
2020 was supposed to be a great year for new theme park attractions. And sure, the year started with the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway opened just in the nick of time in March out in Florida. But like with almost everything else, 2020 was not kind to theme parks. The COVID-19 pandemic not only slowed the construction of many theme park att
2020: A credit card year in review
The Points Guy / 31min
I think it’s safe to say that 2020 was filled with surprises — from new card launches to major refreshes to tightened approval criteria and just about everything in between. With 2021 just around the corner, let’s take a look back at the past year and all the credit card shake-ups that defined the industry in 2020. Want more from TPG? Sign up for our daily newsletter! American Express hits the gr
Ubisoft+ would be a great addition to Xbox Games Pass, but will it happen?
32TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 46min
EA Play joined Xbox Games Pass Ultimate in 2020 and rumors suggest that Ubisoft+ might do the same.
Apple pulled an app that promoted potentially COVID-unsafe parties
26Engadget / 47min
Apple has pulled an iOS app called Vybe Together that promoted private parties in New York City and elsewhere during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Verge has reported. The app quickly gained notoriety yesterday following critical tweets by New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz and others. Its account was also banned on TikTok. Some terrible people built a whole app for finding and promoting COVID-uns
Why The First Boeing 737 MAX Flight Back In Service Was The Most American Airlines Flight Ever
View from the Wing / 55min
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading ...
How to Make Calls from Windows 10 Using an Android Phone
How-To Geek / 55min
If your computer runs Windows 10 and you also have an Android phone, you should probably be using Microsoft’s Your Phone app. You can do a lot with it, including making and receiving phone calls on your PC. Let’s do it! Read This Article on How-To Geek ›
Calculated Properties in PowerShell Functions
How-To Geek / 55min
Many times a returned property from an object in PowerShell may not be ideally named, or the value is not quite in the necessary format. For those instances, PowerShell has the calculated properties construct. This useful feature allows for modifying the returned value easily during select operations and quickly and easily return what’s needed in the pipelined output. In practice, what does this
Which Streaming Gadget Should You Buy: Roku, Fire TV, or Chromecast?
How-To Geek / 55min
At this point, the set top box market has settled on three major choices—or rather, two major choices and a dark horse. For most consumers who want something besides their smart TV’s built-in interface, or who are shopping for a new TV and want a widely supported UI baked in, you’ve got a choice between Roku, Fire TV, and Chromecast. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
NASA heliophysics missions get the green light
SlashGear / 56min
NASA has confirmed the approval of two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system driving space weather near Earth. The mission includes the Extreme Ultraviolent High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope Epsilon Mission, or EUVST. The other mission is the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer or EZIE. The goal of the missions are to help scientists better understanding the Sun and Earth …
New Samsung TVs will calibrate HDR10+ movies in response to ambient light
F. Mode Samsung QLED HDR•
28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
New Samsung TVs are taking a lesson from Dolby Vision IQ, with an HDR10+ Adaptive feature to calibrate in response to ambient light.
Buy The Adria Airways Brand For ~$12K
27One Mile at a Time / 1h
If you’ve ever wanted to buy an airline at a price you may be able to afford, this is your chance. Okay, not an actual airline, but the name of an airline… an airline that’s no longer in business. Former Slovenian flag carrier and Star Alliance member Adria Airways liquidated in September 2019 . The airline had been struggling for years, and the situation was so dire even before the coronavirus p
Protecting great apes from the unknown effects of COVID-19
Ars Technica / 1h
Humans can transmit many diseases to chimps, orangutans and their kin. People who study and care for the creatures are taking lockdown-style measures to limit the risk. (credit: UMN.edu ) Wildlife veterinarian Stephen Ngulu starts his typical working day watching from a distance as the chimpanzees under his care eat their breakfast. He keeps an eye out for runny noses, coughing or other hints of
A rugged off-roader called the Bremach Taos is coming to America
SlashGear / 1h
A rugged Russian-built off-road vehicle called the UAZ Patriot has been tackling the terrain in Siberia and other rugged and remote areas for years. A version of that vehicle will be coming to the United States for the 2022 model year from a company called Bremach. It’s called the Bremach Taos. The Bremach Taos is a rugged body-on-frame four-door SUV. … Continue reading
How My Record Player Helped Me Feel the Music
69Wired / 1h
If streaming can’t cure your stay-at-home blues, a spinning platter just might do the trick.
30 Years Since the Human Genome Project Began, What’s Next?
100+Wired / 1h
Eric Green, head of the nation’s top genomics research institute, looks back on how far the field has come and shares his bold vision for the future.
Apple suffers a loss in lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulators
100+Engadget / 1h
Apple sued security start-up Corellium last year, accusing it of violating copyright law for offering researchers access to “virtual” iPhones that can help them find bugs in iOS products. Now, a federal judge in Florida has tossed Apple’s copyright complaint, giving Corellium a major victory in its legal battle against the tech giant. Apple also accused Corellium of violating the Digital Millenni
How Daniel Mertzlufft helped jumpstart the Ratatouille musical
Mashable / 1h
“Ratatouille: the TikTok Musical” is a TikTok sensation. Now it’s going to be a live show . Daniel Mertzlufft helped make it all possible. But first, let’s get this out of the way. Despite his iconic line, “Remy the Ratatouille!,” in “ Ode to Remy ,” Remy is NOT a ratatouille. Remy is a rat, and he is the star of Ratatouille . Now, back to how this all started. How "Ratatouille: The Musical" was
Cool portable Nintendo N64 is about the size of a retro game cartridge
SlashGear / 2h
Game consoles today play games that are either downloaded from the Internet or on discs. Gamers who’ve been around long enough to remember when consoles like the Nintendo N64 were the top-of-the-line gaming consoles will recall plugging cartridges into the console to play. A YouTuber going by the name GmanModz has created a customized portable N64 that puts controls, screen, … Continue reading
New Apple patent could let you change every letter on your keyboard
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Customizable keys could come to future MacBooks to help with gaming, language changes and accessibility.
Drive-in everything: How COVID made car culture cool again
20Mashable / 2h
It was the drive-thru flu shot that did it for me. In years past, getting the seasonal jab was kind of a hassle: Head to our local medical center, risk hitting traffic on the way, find parking, walk in, find the right floor, check in, wait around on plastic chairs near coughing patients for the shot that should help keep us healthy. Time indoors: half an hour minimum. This year, thanks to COVID-1
Researchers believe dark matter could be composed of primordial black holes
SlashGear / 2h
Researchers from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe have been conducting a study of black holes that could’ve formed in the early universe. These so-called primordial black holes are believed to have formed before stars and galaxies were born. Primordial black holes could account for all or part of dark matter and be responsible for … Continue reading
Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic
200+BBC News - Technology / 2h
US platform Vybe Together advertised "gatherings every weekend" to its thousands of users.
Snap to the future: the 12 most exciting cameras of 2021
32TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Cameras have had an eventful year, but what treats will 2021 bring? Here are the ones we're really looking forward to shooting with.
A new musical Twitter meme is here to fill the gap between Christmas and New Year
28Mashable / 2h
Sometimes the best kind of memes are the ones that make little to no sense. A few days ago, in that strange void-like space between Christmas and New Year, podcaster Josh Fitz took to Twitter to ask a simple question — and more importantly, a question that could only really have one answer. My straits? Dire — Josh Fitz (@JoshF618) December 27, 2020 Fitz's initial tweet received a couple of hundre
Alaska Airlines to Ban 'Emotional Support' Animals Starting January 11
44Gizmodo / 2h
Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will no longer allow passengers to bring emotional support animals on its aircraft for any reservations made after January 11. The airline is the first to ban emotional support animals following new guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation about what kind of… Read more...
Researchers from Japan are creating wooden satellites
Popular Mechanics / 2h
The post appeared first on Popular Mechanics .
How to practice gratitude after a grim and hellish year
Mashable / 2h
It might not seem like there's much to feel grateful for as we transition into 2021. The pandemic destabilized virtually everything we treasure and may have taken for granted. COVID-19 put our health, jobs, and lives in peril. And common ways to relieve stress, like socializing with friends at home or eating out at a restaurant with loved ones, can spell illness or even death. Yet, people flocked
You don't have to celebrate New Year's Eve this year
Mashable / 2h
We made it. It's finally the end of an awful year. Typically, the world collectively celebrates a staggered New Year's Eve with the clock striking midnight in each time zone and copious amounts of alcohol, impressive fireworks displays, and a substantial spread of cheeses and meats. We watch tourists in diapers and branded purple hats piss themselves for the chance to see an unimpressive ball "dr
Mira Nair's 'A Suitable Boy' is a visual feast set in post-colonial India
Mashable / 2h
A lot of books are becoming TV shows lately, but the 2020 adaptation of A Suitable Boy is nothing short of momentous. Based on Vikram Seth's 1993 novel of the same name, BBC's six-episode adaptation took years to bring to the screen with director Mira Nair and at the helm. And the result is nothing short of mesmerizing . A Suitable Boy makes its way to the U.S. on the heels of high praise in inte
10 video games we can't wait to play in 2021
Mashable / 2h
The hell-year of 2020 actually did have one shimmery silver lining: great games. We might have been stuck inside coping with the stress and worry of a global pandemic, but at least we had welcome diversions with great new video games dropping almost every month. And now that 2020's almost in the rearview, it's time to start thinking about what's next. What is next, you ask? More great games. The
Quadriplegic feeds himself using brain signals and advanced prosthetics
SlashGear / 2h
A quadriplegic man named Robert Chmielewski was recently able to feed himself by manipulating a pair of advanced prosthetic arms using signals from his brain. Researchers say the accomplishment marks a step towards restoring function and independence for those impacted by illness or injury, resulting in partial or total loss of the use of all four limbs and torso. To … Continue reading
The 2020 Good Tech Awards
100+NYT > Technology / 3h
This year, technology firms big and small stepped up to help with the Covid-19 pandemic and other thorny challenges.
Xiaomi's new phones won't come with chargers
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Xiaomi confirmed they will not be including a charger in the new Mi 11 box
If you make videos and have a Mac, you need this software
32Mashable / 3h
Apple computers — MacBook and iMac — are arguably some of the best available on the market. They’re often the top choice for artistic types, designers, illustrators, and other creatives. Macs have also become a preference for professional video editors because of their price-performance ratio, retina display, and powerful RAM that’s up to the task of video editing. In fact, there’s very little ro
Save over $30 on this quirky Scandivanian heater and hand warming gadget
24Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Stay warm with a Värme Portable Air Heater for $67.99 with the code HOLIDAY20, as of Dec. 30. Even with fluffy socks, a sweater, and a weighted blanket , it can be tough to stay cozy in the winter. But you can quickly transform those frigid rooms in your home into toasty dens of zen — and warm up your icicle fingers in the process — with one of these Värme Portable Heaters . The Nordic Hyg
This $39 data science bootcamp will give you invaluable skills for 2021
33Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Further your career with the 2021 Business Intelligence and Data Science Super Bundle for $39.99, a 96% savings as of Dec. 30. If you're looking for a sign that studying up on data science is worth your time, you don't have to look far. Data science is booming — that's a fact LinkedIn's 2020 Emerging Jobs Report listed the Data Scientist as the third-highest emerging job with 37% annual gr
The best-selling lifetime subscription to Babbel is over half off to ring in the new year
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Make your New Year's resolution to learn a new language. A Babbel lifetime subscription can help you learn up to 14 languages, and it's on sale for $179 as of Dec. 30. It’s easy to fall into the same old stagnant routine — especially when you’re stuck at home with nowhere to go and nobody to see. But rather than allowing yourself to double down on bad habits and boredom, now’s a great time
Skip the Powerbeats Pro and snag these $50 earbuds for all your 2021 workouts
28Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Power through your next workout with a pair of TREBLAB X3 Pro earbuds for $51.19 with the code HOLIDAY20 at checkout, as of Dec. 30. The science is clear: working out while listening to music improves both your performance and your recovery . Whether your favorite music to run or lift weights to is Metallica, the Weeknd, or Taylor Swift (no judgment here), you’re going to push yourself har
Future MacBooks might have little displays on each key
84Mashable / 4h
Keyboards have come a long way in the past couple of years; Apple's best laptops now have a built-in fingerprint scanner and the programmable Touch Bar. But what if every single key on the MacBook keyboard was also a little display? This might actually happen in the future Patently Apple has unearthed an Apple patent which describes a "reconfigurable keyboard," where every key has an "associated
Interpol issues COVID-19 cyberthreat warning
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Interpol warned that specific attacks and attempts to undermine users, using COVID-19 as a cover, are increasing
Take the power of Galaxy Note20 to the next level, with Galaxy Ecosystem
28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Redefine the rules of work and play
Tech 2020: Our biggest stories and what happened next
100+BBC News - Technology / 4h
The most read BBC tech story of each month of the year, and how they panned out.
Budget Galaxy Z Flip phone could rock a mid-range chipset
28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 4h
Samsung is looking to bring an affordable variant of the Galaxy Z Flip foldable phone without a flagship chipset and 5G connectivity.
Amazon eyes launching its computer science education program in India
100+TechCrunch / 5h
Amazon is planning to extend its computer science program Future Engineer to India, demonstrating its growing interest in the education space in the world’s second largest internet market. In a job recruitment post, the company said that initial research for Amazon Future Engineer , through which it aims to bring computer science education to underserved and underrepresented children and young ad
Boeing 737 Max returns to the skies in the US
American Boeing 737 Max US•
100+BBC News - Technology / 5h
The plane was grounded in March 2019 after two separate deadly crashes within five months.
Is the Ant Group shake-up a sign of things to come?
100+BBC News - Technology / 5h
The wind has changed for China's financial technology giants who now face increased scrutiny.
2020 in wearables: Apple Watch 6, Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 and more
65TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 5h
2020 has been a big year for wearable tech, and here's our roundup of what happened.
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Realme V15 could be a new mid-range smartphone with 50W fast charging
40TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
Realme is gearing up to launch more powerful mid-range smartphones in 2021. Codenamed Realme Koi, the device could be the next device in the V series.
Year in review: Edtech attracted dollars and controversy in 2020
30TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
The sudden lockdown following the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in educators and students getting together on virtual platforms, a trend that brought in more than $2.2 billion to this still nascent industry.
Samsung Galaxy A31 just got a price cut in India
28TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 6h
Samsung Galaxy A31 which launched in India earlier this year just got a price cut. The new price brings the smartphone down under the 20,000 mark.
NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather
100+Engadget / 6h
NASA will take part in two heliophysics missions that could give us the data needed to better understand solar winds and explosions, or space weather as a whole. The agency has officially announced its participation in the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope Epsilon Mission (EUVST) and the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) program. They were two of the three space
LG Will Unveil Its First 8K QNED Mini LED TV Line at CES in 2021
100+How-To Geek / 6h
LG is already known for its impressive OLED TVs, and now it’s adding multiple new models to its LCD TV line. The models use Mini LED technology, which LG has dubbed QNED. We’ll get our first real look at the new QNED line at LG’s virtual CES event in January of 2021. Read This Article on Review Geek ›
EA's Excellent 'Star Wars: Squadrons' Game Is on Sale for 40% Off
How-To Geek / 6h
For a while, EA had a bad rap for expensive games filled with endless microtransactions. Then along came Star Wars: Squadrons, an inexpensive space fighter game with zero microtransactions. If you buy the PC version, you’d even get VR included; no extra purchase necessary. What could be better? A 40% off sale bringing the price from an already reasonable $40 to $23.99. Read This Article on Review
RentPath drops acquisition deal with CoStar after FTC antitrust lawsuit
100+TechCrunch / 7h
RentPath , owner of property listing sites including Rent.com and Apartment Guide, said today it has cancelled its agreement to be acquired by CoStar Group after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the sale. CoStar, a commercial real estate data and analytics provider that also operates listing sites like Apartments.com and ApartmentFinder.com, agreed in February to buy RentPath for $588 m
Jio and Mediatek bring the biggest online gaming tournament - Gaming Masters
33TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 7h
The registration for the tournament will go on till January 9. There is no registration or participation fee and it is open for all Jio and non-Jio users.
Google Cloud Print goes offline on Friday
21SlashGear / 7h
Another Google product will be biting the device right at the turn of the year. Granted, there are indeed some products and services that are long overdue their retirement, it’s still somewhat notable when Google adds another body to its notorious graveyard. This time, it will be Google Cloud Print that will be signing off after the last day of … Continue reading
Snapchat boss: US faces ‘century of competition’
100+BBC News - Technology / 7h
The billionaire founder of messaging app Snapchat also said he was "happy" to pay more taxes.
Google is selling the Home Max smart speaker again, for now
52Engadget / 8h
Despite Google’s Home Max being officially retired and pulled from sale a couple of weeks ago , the Google Store is once again offering the speaker for sale. While flashing a message saying the device is sold out and prompting customers to try out a pair of the new Nest Audio devices instead, it will still let you check out a Charcoal-colored Home Max speaker for $179. Buy Google Home Max at Goog
This useful app helps you make better real-time trading decisions
24Mashable / 8h
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Currency HeatwaveX Financial Tool is on sale for £36.81 as of Dec. 30, saving you 95% on list price. If you're a currency trader (or want to be), then you know reaction time is everything. You need to be ready to act on a moment's notice. That means you need to keep a close eye on constantly changing exchange rates in order to be successful. And Currency Heat
Raspberry Pi VCR plays full-length movies on a single floppy disk
30SlashGear / 9h
There have been a lot of retro projects and products over the years, especially on crowdfunding platforms, that try to bring the past forward to the present. A few of those let you actually relive that past as it was back then, but even fewer actually let you use technologies and objects long gone. That is one of the things … Continue reading
Samsung HDR10+ Adaptive feature will take into account ambient light
SlashGear / 10h
Pixel count, although an important spec, isn’t the only factor that will determine a picture’s or video’s quality. Other elements come into play but color and brightness are two of the most important ones. After inundating the market and consumers with 2K, 4K, and now 8K marketing, TV makers have started focusing on HDR and brightness/contrast as key marketing points. … Continue reading
Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive takes your room's lighting into account
100+Engadget / 10h
Last year one of our Best of CES awards went to Dolby Vision IQ . It expanded on the display spec that already tweaked HDR output to look its best from scene-to-scene by taking into account the lighting conditions. That way content can look the way it was supposed to look when mastered, even if the room a TV is sitting in means making the picture a little brighter or dimmer to get there. Now Sams
Galaxy S21+ leaked hands-on photos confirm the flat face
SlashGear / 10h
The Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ will come out flat, though it remains to be seen if that will actually be a good thing or not. After years of using curved edge screens as a design hallmark of its Galaxy S series, Samsung has suddenly taken a step back to offer once again flatter options. We’ve already seen renders of … Continue reading
Vivo X60 and X60 Pro flaunt ZEISS optics, Funtouch OS successor
Vivo X60 Pro Exynos 1080•
SlashGear / 11h
Vivo has definitely been rising in the global smartphone market, in no small part thanks to some of its rather bold new features. The Vivo X50 Pro, for example, brought the world’s first phone camera gimbal system and, despite the lukewarm reception, is returning this month to a slightly smaller degree. That said, the Vivo X60’s claim to fame won’t … Continue reading
New York licenses GMO Internet to issue the first JPY-pegged stablecoin
100+TechCrunch / 11h
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved Tokyo-based GMO Internet to launch GYEN, the first stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen. GMO Internet, an internet conglomerate that offers a large array of services, including domain hosting, online advertising and what it claims is the world’s largest foreign exchange trading platform, will set up GMO-Z.com Trust Company (GMO T
Daily Crunch: Judge dismisses Apple copyright claims against Corellium
100+TechCrunch / 11h
Apple faces a major setback in one of its legal fights, VMware sues a former executive and Google tests a new short-form video feature. This is your Daily Crunch for December 29, 2020. The big story: Judge dismisses Apple copyright claims against Corellium Apple filed a lawsuit last year against Corellium, a company that allows security researchers to create virtualized iOS devices in the browser
Apple patent reveals a keyboard that can change its display
21SlashGear / 11h
Computer keyboards haven’t really changed that much over the decades. Some keys have grown additional functions and the Fn and Ctrl keys on laptops keep switching places but that standard set of keys and their arrangements are pretty much set in stone. That makes it difficult and even wasteful to have different keyboard layouts and different languages, as different models … Continue reading
Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Reportedly Paid Women and People of Color Like Shit
36Gizmodo / 12h
The cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase consistently paid women and people of color less than other employees performing similar jobs, new data from the New York Times has found, exposing a glaring pay gap that’s large even by the tech industry’s miserable standards. Read more...
Apple loss in Corellium copyright lawsuit could have repercussions
SlashGear / 12h
It’s often the case that big companies suing very small ones go under the radar. It is even more often the case that those small companies often lose or settle the matter out of court, sometimes causing the business to fold completely. That’s why it almost comes as a shock that Apple lost this round against security startup Corellium. More … Continue reading
Tesla uses three free months of 'Full Self-Driving' to push year-end sales
45Engadget / 12h
The “ Full Self-Driving ” system that Tesla sells as a $10,000 option isn’t available in subscription form yet, but the car company is already using that idea to boost sales. Reported earlier by Electrek and confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk , “All Tesla cars delivered in the final three days of the year will get three months of the Full Self-Driving option for free.” Absolutely. We will release
The Lasso of Truth Is Wonder Woman 1984's Real Star
100+Gizmodo / 12h
In Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984 , princess Diana of Themyscira whips out a bevy of new, magical tricks to aid in her fight to save the world. She does battle with both Max Lord and Cheetah, two villains meant to embody all wanton greed and consumption that defined the decade . Though both her foes are armed in their… Read more...
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