Day: November 11, 2019

Uber CEO compares pedestrian death to murder of Saudi journalist, saying all should be forgiven

Uber PRs missing the days of Travis Kalanick Opinion Two years ago, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was brought in to help the company recover from a long series of ethical and moral lapses. But based on an interview this week, it seems the company’s culture may be rubbing off on him more than he is…


Google Wants Chrome To Offer Instantaneous and Native App-Like Experiences

An anonymous reader writes: At Chrome Dev Summit in San Francisco today, Google shared its latest vision for the web. First, the company is trying to make loading disappear via instantaneous experiences. The company demoed Web Bundles, a new platform primitive that lets developers distribute their content across any format without a constant connection, and…


Blockbuster Black Friday deals you can bag right now – CNET

All the latest and greatest from Amazon and Best Buy, Mint Mobile and Walmart and more. …read more Source:: CNet


The Ifs Make Learning to Code Child’s Play

Anyone who has done the slightest bit of programming knows about the “Hello, World!” program. It’s the archetypal program that one enters to get a feel for a new language or a new architecture; if you can get a machine to print “Hello, World!” back to you, the rest is just details. But what about…


Google’s Secret ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans

Google is teaming with one of the country’s largest health-care systems on a secret project to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states, WSJ reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter and internal documents. From the report: The initiative, code-named “Project Nightingale,” appears to be the…


Best Staples Black Friday 2019 deals

The best laptop and desktop PC deals Staples is offering for Black Friday 2019. …read more Source:: ZDNet


ThreatList: Data Breaches Batter Stock Prices at Public Companies, For Months

When it comes to bouncing back, long-term impact to share prices from a data breach incident is significant on average for large companies. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Review: Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras As Cheap Microscopes, We Take A Closer Look

Those of us who trawl the world of cheap imported goods will most often stay in our own comfortable zones as we search for new items to amaze and entertain us. We’ll have listings of electronic goods or tools, and so perhaps miss out on the scores of other wonders that can be ours for…


Back-2-school hacking: Kaspersky blames pesky script kiddies for rash of DDoS cyber hooliganism

Educational institutions main target during September spike Kasperksy researchers have blamed pesky schoolkids for the big September spike in denial-of-service attacks.… …read more Source:: Register


YouTube Says it Has ‘No Obligation’ To Host Anyone’s Video

Speaking of YouTube and moderation, the Google-owned video service is rolling out updated terms of service on December 10th, and a new line acts as a reminder that the company doesn’t have to keep any video up that it doesn’t want to. From a report: “YouTube is under no obligation to host or serve content,”…