Big tech events like MWC are often exciting because we get to see a glimpse of how the upcoming phones would be. It gives us an idea of what can be expected from phones, unless something unique is kept in store to surprise us. At […]
Day: March 9, 2018
SFGATE: Fog blankets the Bay Area ahead ahead of steady rains
Fog blankets the Bay Area ahead ahead of steady rains Published on March 09, 2018 at 04:11PM by By Sophie Haigney Dense fog has descended on the Bay area, bringing visibility to about a quarter mile in some locations and slowing traffic. “We’re looking at […]
Router-Hacking “Slingshot” Spy Operation Compromised More Than 100 Targets
Routers, both the big corporate kind and the small one gathering dust in the corner of your home, have long made an attractive target for hackers. They’re always on and connected, often full of unpatched security vulnerabilities, and offer a convenient chokepoint for eavesdropping on […]
YC-backed Playbook wants students to make plans online, hang out offline
Social planning apps have yet to take the world by storm. A handful of these apps tried and failed years ago, and even Swarm decided to ditch that methodology and focus on location logging. But a new Y Combinator-backed company seems to be picking up […]
Weekly wrap-up: Nor’easter snarls travel, yields widespread power cuts; Aftershocks rattle Papua …
Recent aftershocks were strong enough to produce more damage, the USGS said. Tropical Cyclone Hola, churning in the South Pacific Ocean, battered parts of Vanuatu and New Caledonia this week, before taking aim on New Zealand. Meanwhile, a storm set to bring flooding rainfall to […]
Lyft will test its autonomous cars in a former military base
It’s unclear when trials will begin, but the vehicles it’s putting to the test at Gomentum Station will come straight from its Level 5 Engineering Center in Palo Alto. Lyft’s self-driving tactic involves teaming up with various automakers and tech giants. Level 5’s engineers, hardware […]
Ofcom plans new rural coverage obligations for 700MHz spectrum
Ofcom has detailed plans to improve existing mobile networks in the UK with new coverage obligations and how it will assist the rollout of next generation 5G services with more spectrum and support. In December 2014, all four major operators committed to invest a combined […]
Magic Leap gets $461M more, Travis goes VC, and HQ Trivia scales up
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had a corking set of news to get through, so we rounded up the usual gang (Matthew Lynley, Katie Roof, and myself), and brought in Eric […]
Want Animoji, but Not the iPhone X? Try These Apps Instead
We’re calling it: animated emoji are officially a “thing.” Now that Apple’s iPhone X has Animoji, Samsung’s Galaxy S9 has AR Emoji, and ASUS’s ZenFone 5 has ZeniMoji, the way to show off your status as a fancyphone owner is by sending all your friends […]
Kevin’s Week in Tech: Is Silicon Valley Really Over? by KEVIN ROOSE
By KEVIN ROOSE In this week’s tech newsletter, Kevin Roose discusses whether Silicon Valley investors will act on their envy for Midwest living. Published: March 9, 2018 at 01:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2p2AHQB via IFTTT