Day: November 2, 2018

New Amazon Day shipping option lets you pick the day you get deliveries – CNET

The online retailer creates a program to offer more shipping choices and predictability. …read more Source:: CNet


Eight Player GameCube Adapter is Ready for Smash

With the release of Smash Ultimate fast approaching for the Nintendo Switch, [Patrick Hess] wanted to get ahead of the game and make sure his squad had the equipment they’d need. Namely, support for the GameCube controllers that serious Smash Bros players demand. But it wasn’t enough to have one or two of them hooked…


World of Warcraft Classic launches next summer – CNET

The original Azeroth will return in 2019, but there’s a demo launching this week. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook Allowed Advertisers To Target Users Interested in ‘White Genocide’

Multiple readers have shared a report: Apparently fueled by anti-Semitism and the bogus narrative that outside forces are scheming to exterminate the white race, Robert Bowers murdered 11 Jewish congregants as they gathered inside their Pittsburgh synagogue, federal prosecutors allege. But despite long-running international efforts to debunk the idea of a “white genocide,” Facebook was…


Gab expected to be back online this weekend – CNET

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting shined a harsh spotlight on the fringe social network. …read more Source:: CNet


Snapchat adds filters, polling locations to help get out the vote – CNET

You can also watch live coverage of election night on Snapchat. …read more Source:: CNet


These Are The 100 Finalists In The Hackaday Prize

The Hackaday Prize is the greatest hardware competition on the planet. It’s the Academy Awards of Open Hardware, and over the last few years we’ve been doing it, we’ve seen literally tens of projects that have gone from an idea to a prototype to a finished project to a saleable product. It’s the greatest success…


NITTF Releases New Model for Insider Threat Program

The Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework is intended to help government agencies strengthen their programs. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Transformers-like robot shifts shape at will to tackle challenges – CNET

This robot scopes out its environment and autonomously decides what it needs to do to get the job done. …read more Source:: CNet


In memorandum: See you in Valhalla, Skype Classic. Version 8 can never replace you

Microsoft hammers the final nail into 7’s coffin It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Skype Classic née 7, which tottered into the sunset on 1 November 2018.… …read more Source:: TheRegister