Day: August 29, 2019

Hulu’s updated Live TV Guide available now on Apple TV, Roku and web – CNET

See what’s coming up and record programming in advance. …read more Source:: CNet


Shape-shifting ‘roboats’ could arrange themselves into bridges – CNET

Researchers in Amsterdam are working on an autonomous boat fleet they hope to see assemble itself into various floating structures. …read more Source:: CNet


Range-topping Porsche Taycan’s overboost function will push power past 700 hp – Roadshow

The power boost is brief, but still mighty impressive. …read more Source:: CNet


Elon Musk says AI will make jobs irrelevant – CNET

Get a job writing AI software, he recommends. Until AI takes that over, too. …read more Source:: CNet


Jack Ma, Once Proponent of 12-Hour Workdays, Now Foresees 12-Hour Workweeks

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alibaba founder Jack Ma discussed Mars and artificial intelligence in their first joint appearance on Thursday. From a report: The duo chatted for over half an hour about their vision of how technology, especially artificial intelligence, will shape the future. “I’m always amazed by your vision of technology, I’m not…


FIN6 Switches Up PoS Tactics to Target E-Commerce

The group is using the More_eggs JScript backdoor to anchor its attack. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Microsoft Vendors Win a $7.6 Billion Deal for Pentagon Software

Vendors led by General Dynamics were awarded a contract for as much as $7.6 billion to provide Microsoft office software for the Pentagon, the Defense Department and General Services Administration said. From a report: While the Microsoft 360 productivity software is cloud-based, the contract isn’t related to the hotly disputed “JEDI” cloud project that the…


Apple blinks on iPhone repairs, touts parts program for independent tech mechanics… sort of

Planned obsolescence and big profits be damned, we’re going to let you fix your kit On Thursday, Apple introduced a program that will allow independent computer repair shops access to the same resources available to Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASP), a significant policy shift that could help level a market the company has been deterring…


ExFAT is on its way to the Linux kernel

There are many technical problems to be solved before this popular, formerly proprietary file system can be in the shipping open-source Linux code. …read more Source:: ZDNet


US senators call on Amazon to investigate its unsafe inventory – CNET

The request follows an investigative story from The Wall Street Journal that highlighted thousands of questionable products on the site. …read more Source:: CNet