While companies were showcasing the latest technology at CES this year, the FBI was carrying out a sting operation on the world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer.
FBI conducted sting operation on Huawei at CES: report
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Intel Collaborated With the NFL Yet Again to Bring Drones to the Super Bowl Halftime Show
The New England Patriots aren’t the only ones making a return appearance to the Super Bowl tonight. For this year’s halftime show, Intel collaborated with the NFL yet again to bring drones inside of the Mercedes-Benz stadium for a choreographed light show.
The real lesson of Facebook’s Apple dust-up shows why Zuckerberg’s ‘hacker way’ is even more dangerous than we thought
If policymakers needed any more convincing that it’s long past time to rein in Facebook, the company’s dustup this week with Apple provided a bold-faced, highlighted, and gold-starred case in point.
Modern Weather Forecasts Are Stunningly Accurate
As the sun rose on Wednesday, 26 million Americans peered out their windows onto a land chilled to 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. And that’s when the air was still: When the wind picked up, as it did from Chicago to the Dakotas, it could feel like it was 50 below.
Dear web developers: set the font color, too
First of all, thanks for taking time to set the background color for your web pages and form elements. The light grey or is so much more pleasant than the default glaring white color. Though, that might be a problem for some users, especially those with a default dark theme on their systems.
Forget everything you know about 3D printing — the ‘replicator’ is here
They nicknamed it ‘the replicator’ — in homage to the machines in the Star Trek saga that can materialize virtually any inanimate object.
Apple in 2018: The Six Colors report card
It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful lot of time thinking about Apple.
Burger King on Twitter
how do you order a Whopper sandwich for a penny “at” McDonald’s? here’s how. #WhopperDetour https://burgerking.app.
Amazon is hauling cargo in self-driving trucks developed by Embark
Amazon is using self-driving trucks developed by Embark to haul some cargo on the I-10 interstate highway, CNBC has learned.
Robot that thinks for itself from scratch brings forward rise the self-aware machines
The rise of “self-aware” robots has come a major step closer following the invention of a machine capable of thinking for itself from scratch, scientists have said.
Florida Law Would Allow Self-Driving Cars With No Safety Drivers
Two Florida lawmakers are working to loosen up state restrictions on self-driving technology.
Elon Musk said Tesla vehicles will likely drive without human assistance by the end of 2019
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he expects Tesla vehicles to be able to safely drive themselves without human assistance by the end of 2019.
I’ll pay what they’d pay
I wish ad-supported services could look at my average usage (# of pages I’ve viewed, ads I’ve seen, etc), and give me an option to directly pay them the same amount they would have charged the advertisers for my slice of views/clicks/etc.
How NASA Used Art to Shape Our Vision of the Future
With every new discovery, the team’s understanding of these worlds shifts and transforms. Exoplanet 55 Cancri e, Hurt noted, has proven particularly hard to nail down.
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Apple Music subscribers don’t have to buy Wi-Fi to listen on American Airlines
Starting on February 1, if you want to listen to Apple Music on American Airlines, you don’t have to buy Wi-Fi to do so. Apple and American Airlines has announced that Apple Music subscribers can listen to their music on any domestic U.S. flight with Viasat satellite Wi-Fi, free of charge.
Napster A New Killer Internet App
Napster is the greatest thing to happen to mp3’s since . . . well since anything I guess. Someone told me about it a couple weeks ago, so I downloaded their beta, ran it for a few days and I have to say that I’m very impressed.
Google Takes Its First Steps Toward Killing the URL
In September, members of Google’s Chrome security team put forth a radical proposal: Kill off URLs as we know them. The researchers aren’t actually advocating a change to the web’s underlying infrastructure.
Fake America great again
Guess what? I just got hold of some embarrassing video footage of Texas senator Ted Cruz singing and gyrating to Tina Turner. His political enemies will have great fun showing it during the midterms. Donald Trump will call him “Dancin’ Ted.” Okay, I’ll admit it—I created the video myself.
Mikael Thalen on Twitter
I’ve gone down a black hole of the latest DeepFakes and this mashup of Steve Buscemi and Jennifer Lawrence is a sight to behold