The iPhone maker went after Google over privacy, the same way it confronted Facebook this week. …read more Source:: CNet

$4,500 per pair gets you crazy-looking stands under normal-looking speakers. …read more Source:: CNet

The ba-dum sound isn’t going anywhere. …read more Source:: CNet

Here comes Ahuja again… BOING! …and he’s out of there SpaceX supremo Elon Musk has announced that the company is about to fire up the latest iteration of the engine destined for its huge boosters.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Before the LA Rams and New England Patriots tackle Super Bowl 53, make a snap decision to tune in to some gridiron greats. …read more Source:: CNet

It is a capital improvement project the size of the entire planet, replacing one wireless architecture created this century with another one that aims to lower energy consumption and maintenance costs. It’s also a huge gamble on the future of transmission technology, doubling down on consumers’ willingness to upgrade. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Catch up on your Hackaday with this week’s podcast. Mike and Elliot riff on the Bluepill (ST32F103 boards), blackest of black paints, hand-crafted sorting machines, a 3D printer bed leveling system that abuses some 2512 resistors, how cyborgs are going mainstream, and the need for more evidence around airport drone sightings. Stream or download Episode…

A new website exposes the extent to which Apple cooperates with Chinese government internet censorship, blocking access to Western news sources, information about human rights and religious freedoms, and privacy-enhancing apps that would circumvent the country’s pervasive online surveillance regime. The Intercept: The new site, AppleCensorship.com , allows users to check which apps are not…

The ad will air right before halftime. …read more Source:: CNet

In all its glowy goodness. …read more Source:: CNet