It happens to pretty much everyone who gets into keyboards. No commercial keyboard can meet all your needs, so you start building them. Use them a while, find problems, build a new keyboard to address them. Pretty soon you think you have enough user experience to design the perfect keeb — the be-all, end-all magnum…

AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, Chief Executive John Stankey said in an interview on Tuesday. From a report: The consideration, which has not been previously disclosed, underscores AT&T’s commitment to the advertising business as the U.S. phone carrier reviews its portfolio to…

Unless the Orange One steps in to save the day. Fancy that! The US Department of Commerce has threatened to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned social media platforms Tiktok and Wechat from app stores this weekend.… …read more Source:: Register

The Department of Commerce announced prohibitions on transactions relating to mobile applications (apps) WeChat and TikTok to safeguard the national security of the United States. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine

While the Justice Department hasn’t launched an investigation, it has started inquiring about the claims, according to the report. …read more Source:: CNet

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the Open Courts Act — legislation to overhaul PACER, the federal courts’ system for accessing public documents. The proposal would guarantee free public access to judicial documents, ending the current practice of charging 10 cents per page for many documents — as well as search results. From…

All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet An airliner that appeared to crash into the North Sea earlier this week in fact landed safely. Yet multiple flight tracker websites showed it spiralling into the ocean. Experts have explained to The Register what really happened.… …read more Source:: El Reg probes…

This US-based store offers a wide variety of options for kids and adults. Plus: Add a digital antenna to your TV for $15. …read more Source:: CNet

The Trump administration’s decision comes after weeks of drama over a potential acquisition of TikTok by a US company. …read more Source:: CNet

A team of engineers built an AI system based on a Raspberry Pi to automate recycling. …read more Source:: ZDNet