Google’s decided to step away from its self-made tablets and focus instead on the laptop form. From a report: To be clear, Google hadn’t actually announced any tablet-specific products this year; the last such item that made its way to the market was the Pixel Slate in 2018. But, as I learned today, the company…

VIPs from NASA, Pixar and elsewhere take to the stage to fire up women and push for equality in the tech sector. …read more Source:: CNet

Google has reportedly ditched two smaller tablets it was working on. …read more Source:: CNet

Two days after patching the first zero-day, Mozilla fixes a second one, used in the same attacks as the first. …read more Source:: ZDNet

In a letter, Apple voices concerns about how tariffs on iPhones could impact the company — while at the same time helping rivals like Huawei. …read more Source:: CNet

The long-anticipated Harry Potter video game is out now in the US, and we aren’t disappointed. …read more Source:: CNet

Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, brought up many questions that need to be answered prior to it becoming a reality. …read more Source:: ZDNet

One of our most powerful tools to fight biological obliteration is CRISPR, a burgeoning gene-editing technology that acts like a molecular blade, slicing DNA apart and allowing us to add and subtract genes at will. It’s now being used to combat invasive species, destroy antibiotic-resistance bacteria and, controversially, edit the genes of human embryos. From…

An anonymous reader shares a report: Out of habit, Nancy Carter, a retired federal employee, turned to Google for help one August evening. She ended the night wishing she hadn’t. Ms. Carter had pulled into her Falls Church, Va., driveway and saw the garage door was stuck. The 67-year-old searched Google and found the listing…

More like ‘SHIRK’ amirite Messaging outfit Slack has finally done the deed and gone public with an initial valuation of about $16bn.… …read more Source:: TheRegister