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Day: August 6, 2020
Uber picks up Autocab to push into places its own app doesn’t go
Uber has bought UK based Autocab, which sells SaaS to the taxi and private hire vehicle industry, with the aim of expanding the utility of its own platform by linking users who open its app in places where it doesn’t offer trips to local providers […]
Betting Against the House
Betting Against the House. The COVID-19 pandemic raises questions about how our society recognizes and mitigates systemic risks. What does this …
Bitmain Delays Bitcoin Miner Shipments by Three Months as Co-Founders Battle On
The escalating internal power struggle at Bitmain is starting to have a more serious impact on its business and customers. The Beijing-based bitcoin … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Samsung Unpacked 2020: Z Fold2, Note 20 Ultra, Galaxy Watch3, Buds Live
What’s new then? The Note 20 Ultra and Note 20 are boxier phones like the Note 10 from 2019, have matte glass backs (the bronze color is especially nice), and surprisingly, smaller battery capacities (4,500 mAh and 4,300 mAh, respectively) than the S20 range. They’re […]
Three has launched half price Samsung Note 20 Ultra deals making it the top choice Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra deals
Clearly, Three is wasting no time with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra deals, jumping in with a big promotion straight out the gate. Three will charge you half the price for your first six months of its unlimited data contract. That means […]
Twitter locked the Trump campaign out of its account for sharing COVID-19 misinformation
Twitter took action against the official Trump campaign Twitter account Wednesday, freezing @TeamTrump’s ability to tweet until it removed a video in which the president made misleading claims about the coronavirus. In the video clip, taken from a Wednesday morning Fox News interview, President Trump […]
Former high-stakes poker player from Mission missing in Nevada
Brad Booth (center) sitting at a poker table with musician Steve Aoki (right) and Olympic swimmer Michael phelps. Facebook photo.
Dance, Sing, or Show Your Thing
Perhaps, this is not quite the right time for a gathering, but if you keep it small and host it outside, my favorite party is called “Dance, Sing, or Show Your …
Cheap, Easy Deepfakes Are Getting Closer to the Real Thing
There are many photos of Tom Hanks, but none like the images of the leading everyman shown at the Black Hat computer security conference Wednesday: They were made by machine-learning algorithms, not a camera. Philip Tully, a data scientist at security company FireEye, generated the […]