Day: October 9, 2021

Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3: Start time, how to watch, everything to know – CNET

Fury and Wilder face off for the third time today. …read more Source:: CNet


Should US Tax Collectors Get Reports From Banks About All Accounts Over $600?

An anonymous reader tipped us off to a proposed new U.S. policy which would require banks, credit unions and other financial companies to submit reports on most of their accounts to the tax-collectors at America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The reports “would break down the numbers to include physical-cash transactions per account, any transactions with…


Top Saturday deals: Sennheiser CX earbuds, AirPods Pro, up to 70% off PS5 games and more – CNET

Here are some of our favorite deals to take advantage of this weekend. …read more Source:: CNet


New Data: Tech Companies Expand Hiring From ‘Tech Hubs’ to ‘All Over The Place’

“Just two years ago the metropolitan areas that serve as the nation’s technology hubs seemed to be sucking tech jobs away from other parts of the country,” remembers business writer Peter Coy in the New York Times. “A Brookings Institution report in December 2019 noted that just five cities — Boston, San Diego, San Francisco,…


Drive High-Impedance Headphones With This Stylish USB DAC

For anyone with an interest in building audio projects, it’s likely that an early project will be a headphone amplifier. They’re relatively easy to build from transistors, ICs, or tubes, and it’s possible to build one to a decent quality without being an electronic engineering genius. It’s not often though that we see one as…


Star Trek: Discovery season 4 trailer unveiled at New York Comic Con – CNET

The season is set to hit Paramount Plus in the US on Nov. 18. …read more Source:: CNet


US Flight Traffic Controllers Complain Military Tests Interfered with GPS Signals

IEEE Spectrum reports that air traffic controllers for America’s Federal Aviation Administration “were confused and frustrated by an increase in military tests that interfered with GPS signals for civilian aircraft, public records show.” The incidents happened for controllers supervising flights over Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, according to their report (shared by Slashdot reader schwit1):…


No Time to Die: All your burning questions answered (big spoilers) – CNET

This is Daniel Craig’s Bond finale. Let’s dive into the classic 007 Easter eggs, Greek mythology and explosive moments of No Time to Die. …read more Source:: CNet


Former Employees Allege Most of Ozy’s 26M Newsletter Subscribers Were Purchased, Borrowed, or Kept Against Their Will

Eight days ago Ozy announced it was shutting down after reports that the news site bought traffic, overstated its cable deals, and at one point even had its Chief Operating Officer impersonate a YouTube executive during a phone call with investors. Then four days ago, Ozy’s CEO said he planned to relaunch the company’s newsletters…


Clearview CEO doubles down, claims biz has now scraped over ten billion social media selfies for surveillance

Plus: DeepMind makes its first profit… by selling to its stablemates In brief Clearview AI says it has scraped more than 10 billion photographs from people’s public social media accounts for its controversial facial-recognition tool.… …read more Source:: TheRegister