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NASA finds Mars water ice deposits astronauts could reach with a shovel
Nielsen's SuperData Research: Oculus Quest sales are helping to boost the whole VR hardware industry, with users spending $2.1B on hardware in 2019, up 31% YoY
Iranian president says the country's intranet will be expanded so "people will not need foreign networks", which may be a harbinger for more internet censorship
Facebook says its AI bot achieved high scores playing Hanabi, a card game requiring teamwork, showing how AI can work with other bots or people to reach a goal
Qualcomm unveils 5G-compatible Snapdragon XR2 to power standalone headsets, says it is working with Niantic Labs to develop a reference design for smart glasses
Ransomware devastated cities this year. Officials hope to prevent a repeat in 2020
In bid against Apple, Pablo Escobar’s brother launches $350 foldable phone – CNET
TikTok accused of secretly gathering user data and sending it to China
Qualcomm debuts a new in-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor with a much larger input area, after mixed results from its last attempt found in the Galaxy S10
For over a year, Ring let police access a heat map of installed Ring video doorbells that let users zoom in very close to street level; it was removed in July
States make their case to block T-Mobile-Sprint merger – The lawsuit attempting to block the $26.5 billion merger goes to court in Manhattan on Dec. 9.
Unauthorized Uber drivers, including convicted felons with fake IDs, have surfaced in cities beyond London, including San Francisco, Houston, and Boston
Irish government spends $1M on printer too big to fit in building
AMD Threadripper 3990X's 64 cores promise monster rendering
Facebook built a now discontinued internal app, report says between 2015 and 2016, that let employees identify colleagues and friends via facial recognition
Uber will reportedly audio-record rides for safety
Sensor Tower: TikTok has passed 1.5B downloads worldwide on the App Store and Google Play, with 614M downloads in 2019 so far, up 6% YoY
Elizabeth Warren accuses Facebook of ‘corruption’ over Kavanaugh event
Facial Recognition is nationally unregulated in the US, so activists are deploying Amazon Rekognition in the halls of Congress today.
Facial recognition surveillance would require warrant under bipartisan bill
How Motorola created the foldable-screen Razr and why it claims it solved the problems faced by Samsung's Galaxy Fold, by focusing on a hinge design
Phil Schiller says kids with Chromebooks are "not going to succeed" because Apple makes "cutting-edge learning tools" and Chromebooks are only good for testing
Microsoft to employ California’s digital privacy law nationwide – The law gives consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal data.
Google’s medical data project spurs HHS inquiry, report says
Facebook bug has camera activated while people are using the app
Disney Plus’ launch marred by complaints of service failures, login problems
Exoskeleton helps paralyzed US veteran cross NYC Marathon finish line
Amazon to open a new brand of grocery store in California next year, different from Whole Foods; job listings describe it as "Amazon's first grocery store"
Techmeme · 1 month ago
SpaceX hits two new milestones with latest Starlink launch
Apple Card issuer investigated after viral tweet
AT&T calls T-Mobile’s first responder and education pledges ‘marketing stunts’
Facebook issues an apology after an anonymous Medium post alleged an ongoing culture of racism at Facebook against black, Latinx, and female Asian employees
Facebook co-founder: Allowing false political ads skirts ‘responsibility to democracy’
Tesla Model 3 is now the most efficient electric car sold
For faster quantum computing, Microsoft builds a better qubit
If its Sprint merger goes through, T-Mobile says it will offer free 5G to first responders for a decade and free broadband to 10M households with children
Ford Mustang Lithium is all electric and all powerful with 900-plus horsepower
Digital authoritarianism is on the rise around the world, report warns
Edward Snowden says Facebook, Amazon and Google engage in ‘abuse’
Reddit · 1 month ago