Commentary: I love the comic but barely tolerated Zack Snyder’s movie. Please don’t let me down, HBO. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes Popular Mechanics: An assistant professor from the University of New South Wales Sydney in Australia has developed a new method for multiplying giant numbers together that’s more efficient than the “long multiplication” so many are taught at an early age. “More technically, we have proved a 1971 conjecture of Schönhage and…

What are you doing for Halloween this year? Just gonna set the candy bowl out on the porch and call it good? That’s a risky one, ’cause if one group of mischievous preteens cleans you out, you might get TP’d by the next one. Best to keep Halloween a tad on the scary side and…

Apple’s latest iPhone 11 has new features and costs $100 more than last year’s iPhone XR. But it might not be worth buying. …read more Source:: CNet

For the third time, someone who vandalized a Tesla discovered that the car’s “Sentry Mode” had filmed them — and after the video went viral online, decided to turn themselves in. An anonymous reader quotes Electrek: The 20-year-old said that he was frustrated after a car cut him off and he thought the Model 3…

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“Facebook is facing a lot of pushback for Libra, its proposed cryptocurrency, but that’s not stopping the social media giant from forging ahead,” reports the Motley Fool: Earlier this week, it announced the 21 founding members of its digital token project at the signing of the Libra Association charter in Switzerland. The founding members include…

It’s Google’s turn to take the phone spotlight, and the Pixel 4 has improved cameras and a new design. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes TechCrunch: Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information. TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing…

For many of us, it’s difficult to imagine a world without Maker Faire. The flagship events in California and New York have served as a celebration of the creative spirit for a decade, giving hackers and makers a rare chance to show off their creations to a live audience numbering into the hundreds of thousands….