Why not waste it on some not-very-good Magic Leap techno-goggles? The day has finally arrived! After years of delays and endless over-hyping, Magic Leap has launched its augmented-reality goggles.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Caroline O’Donovan, reporting for BuzzFeed News: To convince workers to join the unstable and unreliable world of freelance work, startups and platforms often promise freedom and flexibility. But on the digital freelance platform Upwork, company software tracks hundreds of freelancers while they work by saving screenshots, measuring the frequency of their clicks and keystrokes, and…

With the Oscars planning a new category, we salute the genre flicks, effects extravaganzas and other movies you wouldn’t expect to have scooped up an award. …read more Source:: CNet

Surprise! But there’s a good chance you still may not be able to buy it. Here’s everything you need to know. …read more Source:: CNet

Larger cable providers once again take a beating for perceived value — even when it comes to bundled plans. ConsumerReports: Unhappy with your pay-TV company? You’re not alone. Dissatisfaction with the perceived value of pay-TV service was once again high among the 176,000 members who participated in Consumer Reports’ latest telecommunications survey. When we asked…

Let’s hope some parts of it make their way to the US. …read more Source:: CNet

Special guest Scott Stein shares his impressions of the augmented-reality headset. …read more Source:: CNet

Way back when, if you wanted lights on your bike, you’d head off to the local bicycle store and purchase yourself a bottle dynamo. This would consist of a magneto that was attached to a bracket on the back of the bike and would rotate by rubbing against the rear tire, generating power for the…

Rather than eliminating bugs, the idea is to add large numbers of non-exploitable bugs to software as decoys to waste cyber-criminals’ time. …read more Source:: Threatpost

So no, he didn’t just wake up and decide to take the company private yesterday. …read more Source:: CNet