Day: October 10, 2018

AT&T sets up 5G test zone for Magic Leap’s HQ – CNET

The AR headset maker will be able to test apps and devices on a 5G network. …read more Source:: CNet


See Hurricane Michael storm hunters fly straight into its eye – CNET

Air Force pilots share a grim inside look at the monster storm threatening Florida’s Gulf Coast. …read more Source:: CNet


Essential developing phone that’ll use AI to send texts and emails for you, says report – CNET

From the co-creator of Android comes a phone that’ll respond for you, according to report. …read more Source:: CNet


Tiny USB microphones reveal surprise about how bees behave – CNET

Turns out a solar eclipse can have an unexpected effect on the little buzzers. “It was like ‘lights out’ at summer camp.” …read more Source:: CNet


Phew! Digital ad revenues to save Amazon’s business model – analyst

Finally, Jeff Bezos can sleep easy on his cash pillow Canalys Channels Forum 2018 The billions of dollars in ad revenue that Amazon is turning over each quarter will bankroll the capital expenditure of new data centre builds at AWS for years to come, sustaining the business model.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


AT&T plans HBO-based streaming service bundled with Turner, Warner Bros shows and movies – CNET

No word on how much it’ll cost. (HBO Now already costs $15 a month.) …read more Source:: CNet


BBC Had To Replace Live Broadcasts With Recorded Material on its TV News Channels For an Hour Today Because of a Technical Glitch

The BBC had to replace live broadcasts with recorded material on its TV news channels for about an hour on Wednesday following a technical glitch. BBC News reports: The News at Six was also presented from the BBC’s Millbank studio instead of its usual home of New Broadcasting House. The issue affected OpenMedia, a new…


WhatsApp fixes video call bug that could have let hackers in, says report – CNET

The company has released a fix for iOS and Android users. …read more Source:: CNet


More Than One Third of Music Consumers Still Pirate Music

More than one-third of global music listeners are still pirating music, according to a new report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). From a report: While the massive rise in legal streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal was thought to have stemmed illegal consumption, 38% of listeners continue to…


The 555 and How It Got That Way

There’s a certain minimum set of stuff the typical Hackaday reader is likely to have within arm’s reach any time he or she is in the shop. Soldering station? Probably. Oscilloscope? Maybe. Multimeter? Quite likely. But there’s one thing so basic, something without which countless numbers of projects would be much more difficult to complete,…