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Day: November 12, 2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 purported specifications leak on the web
Just a day after it was revealed that Qualcomm was prepping to release its next-generation Snapdragon 865 chipset at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2019, key specifications of the said chip have leaked. Snapdragon 865 chip is the successor to the SD 855 and SD […]
Google Is Slurping Up Health Data—and It Looks Totally Legal
Last week, when Google gobbled up Fitbit in a $2.1 billion acquisition, the talk was mostly about what the company would do with all that wrist-jingling and power-walking data. It’s no secret that Google’s parent Alphabet—along with fellow giants Apple and Facebook—is on an aggressive […]
KDKA Investigates: Some See Fun, Others See Danger With Sports Gambling Coming To Pittsburgh
The firewall that once stood between pro sports and gambling has come down and sports betting in Pennsylvania has become an inferno.
Smartphone maker Realme is taking India and other emerging markets by storm
As Xiaomi widens its smartphone lead over Samsung in India, a new competitor is increasingly posing a challenge. Realme, a one-and-half-year-old smartphone vendor that spun out of Oppo, commanded 14.3% of the world’s second largest smartphone market in the quarter that ended in September, research […]
Amazon Black Friday 2019: Here Are The Best New Deals
Amazon's Black Friday deals are official and the store is pumping new deals … TOP NEW DEAL – Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case (Latest … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Arkansas officer suspended for dancing naked at nightclub
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV/CNN) – An off-duty Arkansas police officer was caught on camera at a nightclub last month, but his dance moves weren't the …
Gambling, sport and young people
Young people watch a lot of sport and they are being bombarded constantly by the message that gambling is cool and chic. It isn't, and it is reaching …
Google Stadia’s 12-game launch lineup is surprisingly weak
Despite Google Stadia being vaunted as the future of gaming – a future in which you don’t need expensive consoles or regular PC upgrades to stay at the forefront of video game technology – the streaming game platform’s newly-announced launch lineup is a surprisingly weak […]
A16Z-backed Shift.org announces veterans hiring pipeline partnership with Better.com
While across much of Asia, November 11th is either “singles day” (a $38 billion Alibaba extravaganza this year) or Pepero Day (named because 11/11 looks like a bunch of chocolate dessert sticks), here in the United States and parts of Europe, November 11th also marks […]