Day: March 17, 2020

iPhone 9 Plus leaks in iOS 14 code, report says – CNET

The company’s rumored new phones seemingly borrow some features from the iPhone 11. …read more Source:: CNet


Broadcom sues Netflix for its success: You’re stopping us making a fortune from set-top boxes, moans chip designer

Where there’s a hit, there’s a writ Broadcom is suing Netflix for being so successful that people have cut their cable subscriptions and ditched the set-top boxes that make the chip designer a huge profit.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Read Animorphs books for free for kids shapeshifting into rats and cats – CNET

Download the entire series of the popular ’90s YA books about a group of kids who fight aliens by shapeshifting into animals. …read more Source:: CNet


XAML Hot Reload sounds like a gun you need for the 2050 zombie apocalypse – but it’s a Visual Studio 2019 16.5 feature

We peek inside the latest official release of Microsoft’s IDE While the limelight may have been snatched by the arrival of the first preview of .NET 5, its great (and occasionally not so great) grandparent, Visual Studio 2019 16.5 has shuffled out of the shadows.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google Translate Launches Transcribe for Android in 8 Languages

Google Translate today launched Transcribe for Android, a feature that delivers a continual, real-time translation of a conversation. From a report: Transcribe will begin by rolling out support for 8 languages in the coming days: English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. With Transcribe, Translate is now capable of translating classroom or conference…


Coronavirus updates: Stocks up as Trump considers ‘sending checks to Americans immediately’ – CNET

Trump’s 15-day guidelines include avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people, staying home and closing bars and restaurants. Here’s the latest on COVID-19. …read more Source:: CNet


Uber plans to file federal lawsuit against Los Angeles over location data privacy – CNET

The data privacy battle between Uber and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation has been brewing over the last 18 months. …read more Source:: CNet


Intel: our Loihi chips learned to smell hazardous chemicals – CNET

The chips are “neuromorphic,” and mimic the components of brain cells. …read more Source:: CNet


LG’s 2020 OLED TVs ship soon, start at $1,500 and go up to $30,000 – CNET

Just in time for shut-in entertainment, CNET’s favorite high-end TVs include a new 48-inch size and a pair of 8K models. …read more Source:: CNet


Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson leave hospital, are now self-isolating for coronavirus – CNET

“They’re feeling a lot better, so that’s a relief,” their son Chet reports. …read more Source:: CNet