Day: October 27, 2019

Weird Halloween horror films and TV shows you may have overlooked – CNET

Vengeful witches, killer cults, evil dolls and tentacled sea creatures. Watch these unusual scary films and TV shows, streaming now, to get your spook on. …read more Source:: CNet


New AI Tool Knows Whether You’re Nervous Or Confused

Long-time Slashdot reader Ammalgam shares a blog post from Unirobotica.com about a new and more accurate facial recognition technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories: Fujitsu wanted a way to better track emotions, even as other companies are already using emotion tool to recognize facial expressions. Microsoft, for example, is one such company, but its AI tool…


Top tips for surviving a power blackout

With Californian power companies putting together plans that could see millions of people without power, here are some tech tips to help you cope with what could be the state’s largest and longest deliberate blackout. …read more Source:: ZDNet


New in Java 13: Text Blocks

The October issue of Oracle’s Java magazine includes an article reminding us that Java 13 includes a long-awaited new features: text blocks. With text blocks, Java 13 is making it easier for you to work with multiline string literals. You no longer need to escape the special characters in string literals or use concatenation operators…


How to watch World Series Game 5 between the Astros and Nationals live without cable – CNET

You don’t need a cable subscription to stream the Fall Classic tonight on Fox. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook pulls false political ad about Sen. Graham – CNET

Move shows that falsehood exemption doesn’t apply to political groups. …read more Source:: CNet


TV deal: TCL’s 55-inch 2018 6-Series drops to insane new low of $400 at Best Buy – CNET

Best Buy has chopped $100 off the 2018 version of the highly regarded 6-Series through the weekend. …read more Source:: CNet


Walmart’s Early Access sale is live: Black Friday-style deals on iPads, Apple Watch, Xbox and more – CNET

Plus: The Ninja Coffee Bar system drops to $99 — its lowest price ever. …read more Source:: CNet


The World’s First Banner Ad Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

An anonymous reader shares a web site remembering October 27, 1994 as “the day that Wired Magazine flipped the switch on its first website, hotwired.com, starting a revolution in web content and advertising that still reverberates today.” This site is dedicated to showing off one of the ads that ran on that site. No, it…


Pixel 4 and Pixelbook Go reviews, Galaxy Tab S6, Android RCS (MobileTechRoundup show #485)

The Google Pixel 4 and Pixelbook Go review embargos lifted last week so we offered up more thoughts on using both of these phones. A Galaxy Tab S6 arrived for my testing while Kevin shares a workaround for RCS on Android. …read more Source:: ZDNet