We are somewhat spoiled because electronics today are very reliable compared to even a few decades ago. Most modern electronics obey the bathtub curve. If they don’t fail right away, they won’t fail for a very long time, in all likelihood. However, there are a few cases where that’s not a good enough answer. One…

Chocolate Factory hoping to strike it lucky against Oracle Google has taken the years-long spat with Oracle over its use of Java code in the Android mobile operating system to the US Supreme Court.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The world’s largest beer maker is using low-cost sensors and machine learning to predict when motors at a Fort Collins, Colo. brewery might malfunction. From a report: The Anheuser-Busch InBev SA plant was the first among the company’s 350 beverage-making facilities to test whether wireless sensors that can detect ultrasonic sounds — beyond the grasp…

An updated iPad Mini 5 and two 10-inch models may be on the horizon. …read more Source:: CNet

Sling TV, DirecTV Now, YouTube TV, Hulu, PlayStation Vue, Philo, AT&T Watch TV and Fubo TV are all vying for your cord-cutting dollar. Here’s how the top 100 channels stack up. …read more Source:: CNet

Even Angry Birds’ makers asked why so many refunds were being made Facebook has been accused of not caring if game companies diddled children and their parents out of millions of dollars with in-game purchases, following the unsealing of US court documents.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

It’s cold outside! So grab a copy of the Hackaday Podcast, and catch up on what you missed this week. Highlights include a dip into audio processing with sox and FFMPEG, scripting for Gmail, weaving your own carbon fiber tubes, staring into the sharpest color CRT ever, and unlocking the secrets of cheap 433 MHz…

If you’ve ever harbored doubts about the hygiene of the cooks flipping your burger and frying your fries, you’re definitely not the only one. From a report: Thepaper.cn reports that local authorities in eastern China have tapped artificial intelligence (AI) to clamp down on unsanitary cooks in kitchens — and to reward those who adhere…

The malware targets victims in multiple, sneaky ways as they move around the web. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Series production will start in 2020 to help bolster its onslaught of future EVs. …read more Source:: CNet