Anansi in African folktale is a trickster and god of stories, usually taking physical form of a spider. Anansi’s adventures through oral tradition have adapted to the situation of people telling those stories, everything ranging from unseasonable weather to living a life in slavery. How might Anansi adapt to the twenty-first century? [odd_jayy] imagined the…

How loud you listen to music depends on the circumstances, but there are ways that you can minimize the long-term effects on your hearing. …read more Source:: CNet

Magnepan breaks the affordable sound quality barrier with its LRS speakers, which are hand-build in Minnesota. …read more Source:: CNet

As to how the breach happened, the company is so far keeping details tightly rolled up. …read more Source:: Threatpost

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Florida Power & Light has joined the race to build the world’s largest solar battery storage system, announcing plans for its massive Manatee Energy Storage Center. The utility plans to build a 409 MW/900 MWh battery, to be powered by an existing FPL solar plant in Manatee…

The Polar Vantage V is an excellent multi-sport GPS watch that is made better by the Polar Flow platform and coaching provided after data is collected and analyzed. Wrist-based power is new to the watch and hopefully future updates will expand its usefulness, but there is still plenty to love right now. …read more Source::…

We learn about those ASMR videos that make people feel all tingly, get tips on dog-proofing the car and talk about how Apple’s big services push is all about the iPhone. …read more Source:: CNet

CEO Jon Von Tetzchner also calls for privacy regulation to block companies from tracking us online and explains why his company doesn’t block ads on the web. …read more Source:: CNet

See how Apple’s new 2018 iPhones compare with last year’s iPhone X, spec by spec. …read more Source:: CNet

Tech company, transform thyself. The people that push digital transformation are under just as much pressure to make things happen within their own domains. …read more Source:: ZDNet