Dirt 5’s 120Hz mode is why Xbox Series X is so exciting
Dirt 5 unlocks 120Hz gaming on Xbox Series X, and you can see it in action right here. Codemasters built the game to take advantage of mod...
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Shenzhen is giving local residents 10M yuan worth of China's new sovereign digital currency through a lottery, to test and promote the digital yuan (South China Morning Post)
South China Morning Post : Shenzhen is giving local residents 10M yuan worth of China's new sovereign digital currency through a lott...
Read dispatchRapper Logic drops $220k on rare Pokemon card - CNET
In his defense, it was for a totally sweet first-edition Charizard. You know the one. from CNET News https://ift.tt/3nJGloi via A.I .Kung...
Read dispatchAI Can Help Diagnose Some Illnesses—if Your Country Is Rich
Algorithms for detecting eye diseases are mostly trained on patients in the US, Europe, and China. This can make the tools ineffective for o...
Read dispatchWill iPhone 12 have Touch ID so we can unlock our phones with masks on? Probably not - CNET
The button made an appearance on the new iPad Air, making it easier to unlock the device without removing a mask for Face Unlock. from CNE...
Read dispatchSNL mocks Mike Pence debate fly with buzzy Jeff Goldblum homage - CNET
Jim Carrey's Joe Biden jumps into a teleporter and well, you know the rest. from CNET News https://ift.tt/3nD6apI via A.I .Kung Fu
Read dispatchElection result delays mean “the system is working” says cybersecurity chief
With an unprecedented number of Americans voting by mail this year, it may take longer than normal for results to come in this Election Day—...
Read dispatchA look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the language for tackling large-scale numerical problems (Lee Phillips/Ars Technica)
Lee Phillips / Ars Technica : A look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the l...
Read dispatchHomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with t...
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Saturday, October 10, 2020
On The Haunting of Bly Manor set: This is how you build a haunted house - CNET
Bly Manor's set designer Patricio Farrell talks about making a spooky structure from scratch. from CNET News https://ift.tt/3nO3dTA v...
Read dispatchTuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from China's third-party Android stores (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Tuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from Ch...
Read dispatchFlow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale (Mathew Di Salvo/Decrypt)
Mathew Di Salvo / Decrypt : Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a...
Read dispatchAirkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures (Igor Bosilkovski/Forbes)
Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes : Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding ...
Read dispatchDigital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT (Laura Lovett/MobiHealthNews)
Laura Lovett / MobiHealthNews : Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT — The startu...
Read dispatchWe may know what iPhone 12 will look like: All the design clues, from colors to sizes - CNET
A refreshed design, attractive new color and bigger sizes -- the iPhone 12 is almost here. from CNET News https://ift.tt/2SM4MDb via A.I ...
Read dispatchOnapsis, which provides cybersecurity and compliance services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, raises $55M Series D, bringing its total raised to $117M (Eduard Kovacs/SecurityWeek)
Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek : Onapsis, which provides cybersecurity and compliance services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, raises $55M...
Read dispatchUS Cyber Command says it has temporarily disrupted the Trickbot botnet, an army of 1M+ hijacked computers run by Russian-speaking criminals, ahead of elections (Ellen Nakashima/Washington Post)
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post : US Cyber Command says it has temporarily disrupted the Trickbot botnet, an army of 1M+ hijacked compu...
Read dispatchAn FBI "Fly Team" was sent to "exploit" Portland protesters' phones to map left-wing protest networks, as suggested by emails sourced by public records request (Mattathias Schwartz/The New York Review ...)
Mattathias Schwartz / The New York Review of Books : An FBI “Fly Team” was sent to “exploit” Portland protesters' phones to map left-...
Read dispatchAmazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge : Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in...
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Friday, October 9, 2020
Alibaba's stock jumped 42% this year, giving it a market value above $800B, as the pandemic accelerates China's rapid embrace of online commerce (Chong Koh Ping/Wall Street Journal)
Chong Koh Ping / Wall Street Journal : Alibaba's stock jumped 42% this year, giving it a market value above $800B, as the pandemic ac...
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