Note: The Spencer tiara should NOT look like a Burger King crown. …read more Source:: CNet

YouTube claims to be the world’s biggest jukebox — and now it wants to wring more ad dollars from the platform’s music fans. From a report: The video giant is launching 15-second audio ads, the first format designed to reach YouTube users who listen to music or podcasts ambiently (i.e., in the background). YouTube also…

Kipp Bradford wrapped up his keynote talk at the Hackaday Remoticon with a small piece of advice: don’t built bridges in the middle of the ocean. The point is that a bridge must connect two pieces of land to be useful and if technology isn’t useful to humanity, does it matter at all? In reality…

Downtime infuriates customers – guess they’ll have to just swallow it Nest is down – again.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Apple’s noise-canceling earbuds are sweet, but there are cheaper options if you’re not able to swing the $250 price tag. …read more Source:: CNet

An Arianespace Vega rocket didn’t make it to orbit, adding to one of the worst years for launch attempts in half a century. …read more Source:: CNet

Jeff Bezos has named 16 environmental organizations that will get the first chunk of his $10 billion fund for climate action. From a report: Collectively, they’ll get $791 million from the richest man on Earth, although Bezos did not specify how much would go to each group. “I’ve spent the past several months learning from…

So make sure you’ve updated since July, fandroids A crafty person could have slurped every single cookie from a Firefox-using Android device by tricking a user to look at a specially crafted HTML file.… …read more Source:: Register

His travel special, Conan Without Borders, will continue. …read more Source:: CNet

Google has released today version 87 of its Chrome browser, a release that comes with a security fix for the NAT Slipstream attack technique and a broader deprecation of the FTP protocol. From a report: Todays’ release is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and iOS. Users can update to the new version…