Day: September 20, 2020

Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus face off for Emmy milestone glory – CNET

No streaming service has won a major Emmy in its first year. Tonight, two will try. Victory means a boost in the streaming wars. But leaving empty-handed? The stakes are highest for Apple. …read more Source:: CNet


What TikTok’s big deal means for cloud, e-commerce: TikTok Global created with Oracle, Walmart owning 20%

Oracle and Walmart team up on TikTok’s US operations with an IPO within a year. Oracle lands its cloud customer in TikTok and Walmart eyes e-commerce. …read more Source:: ZDNet


US Teens Are Being Paid to Spread Disinformation on Social Media

The Washington Post covered “a sprawling yet secretive campaign that experts say evades the guardrails put in place by social media companies to limit online disinformation of the sort used by Russia” during America’s last presidential campaign in 2016. According to four people with knowledge of the effort, “Teenagers, some of them minors, are being…


iPhone 12, AirTags and all the other Apple products we’re still waiting for – CNET

There’s still at least one more big Apple event happening this year, so plenty of time for new products. …read more Source:: CNet


TI and Cadence Make PSpice Free

We like simulation software. Texas Instruments long offered TINA, but recently they’ve joined with Cadence to make OrCAD PSpice available for free with some restrictions. You’ve probably heard of PSpice — it’s widely used in academia and industry, but is usually quite costly. You can see a promotional overview video below. The program requires registration…


Concerned about foldable phones’ durability? Here’s how Motorola tests the Razr hinge – CNET

Exclusive: The company shows us that you can fold the upcoming, updated Razr 100 times a day for five years. …read more Source:: CNet


A Budget Testing Rig For Low-Volume Production

It’s not unheard of for those who tinker in the land of electronics to suddenly find themselves with a project on their hands and potential customers clamoring at the door. Of course, the road to shipping a product is a long one, and requires a unique set of skills quite distinct from those required to…


iPhone 12 should steal iPad Air’s new Touch ID, which is perfect for COVID-19 times – CNET

The button makes it easier to unlock a device without removing a mask or typing in a passcode — and raises questions about whether it will also appear in the upcoming iPhone 12. …read more Source:: CNet


Newly-Released Trove of Recordings from the 1980s Includes Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak

“Steve Jobs is now known for revolutionizing just about every part of the tech world, but back in 1988, he was perhaps best known for getting fired,” remembers SFGate: In his first product reveal since his dismissal from Apple in 1985, Jobs unveiled a new project called NeXT at a meeting of the Boston Computer…


The Apple One subscription bundle’s best feature is actually the iCloud storage – CNET

Commentary: The oft-ignored iCloud storage took center stage and may be the reason people will give the Apple One bundle a shot. …read more Source:: CNet