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- Standard ML in 2020
- ‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study
- ESP8266 as Open Source Hardware
- Developing a CLI Music Player in C# using Terminal.Gui
- How to arm Caesarean babies with the gut bacteria they need
- A one-line change decreased our build times by 99%
- Single_file_libs: List of single-file C/C++ libraries
- After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine
- Rocketcrab: Party Games for Phones
- Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking tickets (2018)
- The Nature of Lisp (2006)
- I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers
- Supercharging TensorFlow.js with SIMD and multi-threading
- Boswell’s Life of Johnson
- Big Trouble in a Deep Void
- Nearly 12M Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F
- Adobe XD for Visual Studio Code
- Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest
- The RIAA’s attack on YouTube-dl is not a DMCA 512 infringement
- Overview of universal scaler DS.D3663LUA, revitalization of Philips 42-inch TV
- The Cobalt-60 Accident of Ciudad Juarez (2019)
- The power of two random choices
- Interview with David Vélez, founder of Brazil’s Nubank
- Indiana Jones, Rambo, and others ended up in 1980s Czechoslovak text-adventures
- Raptor Maps (YC S16) Is Hiring Sales VP and Director for Climate Tech Software
- Why Do Virtual Meetings Feel So Weird?
- Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
Reddit: Technology
- Zoom Deleted Events Discussing Zoom “Censorship”
- Delete Facebook And You'll Lose All Oculus Games For Good - Don't Permanently Delete Your Faceboo…
- How to Clean Up Your Digital History There are plenty of reasons to declutter your online traces.…
- Facebook demands academics disable tool showing who is being targeted by political ads
- Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US
- Norway successfully cut emissions in 2019. It now aims to halve all emissions by end of next decade
- Samsung, Stanford make a 10,000PPI display that could lead to 'flawless' VR
- Conservatives push to discredit Facebook, Twitter and Google just days before the election
- Apple, Google, and a Deal That Controls the Internet
- Why Canada appears to be one of the top spreaders of Russian disinformation online
- Wind, solar overtake fossil fuels in price, BNEF says
- Why Vanadium Flow Batteries May Be The Future Of Utility-Scale Energy Storage
- Pakistani PM writes to Facebook CEO seeking ban on Islamophobic content
- Hydrogen fuel could revolutionize airlines. Here’s how that could look
- Qualcomm Lost the iPhone 12 mmWave Antenna Module Contract to a Chinese Company
- Plastic made from biomass logs the highest heat resistance on record
- When Does Predictive Technology Become Unethical?
- Australians should be 'more concerned' about connecting phones to Chinese apps
- Lee Kun-hee of Samsung Dies at 78; Built an Electronics Titan
- US signs 5G security deal with Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Kosovo
- Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN
- How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist
- Firefox: The Jewel^WEmbarassment of Open Source
- Bulgaria signs 5G security declaration with U.S
Tech blogs
Techcrunch
- TravelPerk launches an API for COVID-19 restrictions
- Epic’s latest argument in its fight against Apple keeps antitrust issues front and center
- Esports pioneer Dino Ying talks to TechCrunch about the next phase of VSPN
- Tencent leads $100M Series B funding round into China-based esport provider VSPN
- Cloud9 adds the MAJKL Valorant roster to create Cloud9 White as its first women’s esports team
- The US now seems to be pinning all of its hopes on COVID-19 therapies and vaccines
- Reliance says its $3.4B deal with Future Group ‘fully enforceable under Indian law’ despite A…
- Original Content podcast: ‘Lovecraft Country’ is gloriously bonkers
- Week in Review: Snapchat strikes back
- Samsung chairman dies at age 78
Engadget
- LG unveils the first Tone Free wireless earphones with ANC
- Smart fabric can recognize the food you put on the table
- Newly signed law aims to limit the damage from space weather
- Samsung, Stanford make a 10,000PPI display that could lead to 'flawless' VR
- PayPal drops domain registrar Epik over its 'alternative' digital currency
- Freshly is the best option for healthy WFH lunches
- Garmin smartwatches are on sale at all-time low prices at Amazon
- After Math: Quibi keeping it short in every sense of the word
- Samsung's influential chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
- GitHub takes down YouTube video download tools after an RIAA notice
ZDNet
- KashmirBlack botnet behind attacks on CMSs like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, others
- PayPal terminates relationship with domain registrar Epik over ‘alternative’ cryptocurrency
- SAP Q3 2020: Software license revenue plummets, demand weakens as COVID-19 strengthens its grip
- NSW Police readies for major mainframe digital transformation
- Vietnam's cyber risks make it a mixed bag
- TAFE NSW to provide health professionals hands-on blood testing training using VR pilot
- Singapore's worst-ever data breach prompted the nation to bolster its cyber defences
- Australian Takeovers Panel orders 5GN's Webcentral takeover to be pushed back
- Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer
- Four more European nations sign onto US 5G security agreements
Wired Magazine
- How to Shop for Halloween Costumes in This Bizarre Year
- The 15 Best Wireless Headphones for Everyone
- 4 Ways to Sell or Trade In Your Old iPhone
- Scientists Discover the First Room-Temperature Superconductor
- On the Week of the Election, Social Media Must Go Dark
- The Unsinkable Maddie Stone, Google's Bug-Hunting Badass
- How to Clean Up Your Digital History
- I Didn’t Want to Love Zooming on My Facebook Portal—but I Do
- Did a Security Researcher Guess Trump’s Twitter Password?
- The iPhone 12 Finally Gets Magnets Right
VentureBeat
- Cloud9 launches first all-women esports team for Valorant
- Automatic signature verification software threatens to disenfranchise U.S. voters
- Researchers suggest AI can learn common sense from animals
- NFL sacks all comers as video games’ best source of ad impressions
- Microsoft’s PIVOT haptics research might improve how we throw balls in VR
- Our PlayStation 5 is coming, Hideo Kojima’s new game, and more | GamesBeat Decides 169
- Researchers design virtual environment to spur development of helpful home robots
- Can the Department of Justice teach Google how to share?
- How Counterplay Games approached Godfall for PS5 and PC
- Language learning game Drops hits 25 million users
Gizmodo
- Epson's New Portable Laser Projector Doubles As a Streaming Box
- Researchers Create 30-Second Phlegm Test to Detect Covid-19
- Facebook Gears Up for Possible Election Chaos With Tools Designed for 'At-Risk' Countries
- Trump Administration Reportedly Offered Santa Claus Performers Coronavirus Vaccine Quid Pro Quo
- James Gunn Reportedly Had Warner Bros. Agree He Could Kill Whichever The Suicide Squad Characters…
- Washington Scientists Vacuum Murder Hornets Out of First Nest Discovered Stateside
- Cheo Hodari Coker Talks Building an Inclusive Writers' Room for Luke Cage
- Creepshow Gets Animated in Its Upcoming Halloween Special
- Report: No Time to Die Almost Went Streaming Only
- Sunday's Best Deals: Sharp AQUOS 70" Smart TV, Ativafit Exercise Equipment, Gigabyte Gaming Monit…
Techmeme
- Sources: Facebook preps responses to possible post-election unrest, like slowing the spread of vi…
- An overview of tech issues on the ballot in November: the status of gig workers, warrantless phon…
- Users working from home are running into internet usage limits as ISPs reinstate data caps they s…
- Sources: Airbnb's valuation rose 10.4% from the end of Q2 to Sept. 30, and its board has approved…
- Lee Kun-hee, who was chairman and chief executive of Samsung Electronics from 1998 to 2008 and it…
- Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google's Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively e…
- Oculus owners will lose all store purchases and account information if they delete their Facebook…
- Zoom deleted events planned for Oct. 23 on alleged censorship by the company after Zoom canceled …
- Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp c…
- A look at signature verification software deployed to expedite mail-in ballot verification in US,…
The Verge
- Facebook reportedly bracing for US election chaos with tools designed for “at-risk” countries
- New Trailers: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Prom, News of the World, and more
- Chrome OS may finally be getting a dark mode
- PayPal cuts ties with domain registrar Epik over digital currency
- Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
- See inside the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in iFixit’s latest teardown video
- Epic says Apple ‘has no rights to the fruits of Epic’s labor’ in latest filing
- DoorDash partners with California restaurant to build new brick-and-mortar location
- Patreon will remove creator accounts that promote QAnon content
- Italian authorities are investigating deepfake bots on Telegram
TNW
- Norway forced to expand its studded bike tire subsidy as locals go mad for winter cycling
- The iPhone 12 Pro can measure people’s height — here’s how
- Pardon the Intrusion #29: Ransomware gang turns Robin Hood
- Your performance marketing KPIs are obsolete
- How to enable automatic spam call blocking on iPhone
- The ewaste crisis could be avoided if we made batteries cheaper and easier to recycle
- The science of why lockdown barely affected global temperatures
- Avoid work from home burn out with this highly rated meditation app, now over half off
- How Buenos Aires boosted gender equality — by getting women on bikes
- A first look at Mercedes-Benz’ most affordable EV — its escooter
Slashdot
- Facebook Finally Launches Its New Oversight Board for Content Moderation
- CNET: Police Are Using Facial Recognition For Minor Crimes, 'Because They Can'
- America and France Reach New All-Time Highs For COVID-19 Infections
- In World First, 100% of South Australia's Power Supplied By Solar Panels
- NASA's Probe Sampled Too Much From Asteroid Bennu and Now It's Leaking
- Can We Replace YAML With an Easier Markup Language?
- Java Geeks Discuss 'The War for the Browser' and the State of Java Modularization
- 'How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator'
- 'Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet'
- Is X.Org Server Abandonware?
ArsTechnica
- Ford is making new Broncos; mockumentary John Bronco has its ideal pitchman
- Lamborghini’s Huracán Evo RWD is made for maximum fun, not lap times
- The new adaptation of The Witches is almost too much fun
- Besides the “Big One,” closer faults could also shake Portland
- Why is everyone building an electric pickup truck?
- Hackers behind life-threatening attack on chemical-maker are sanctioned
- Google Fi now sells the Pixel 4a on a subscription plan for $9 a month
- Huge COVID study finds remdesivir doesn’t work—FDA grants approval anyway
- T-Mobile screwups caused nationwide outage, but FCC isn’t punishing carrier
- Today is iPhone 12 and iPad Air launch day, but don’t expect speedy shipping
CNET
- → The US government makes its case in court.
- → Kun-Hee Lee has been hospitalized for years, but Samsung didn't specify what caused his death.
- → How the coronavirus pandemic infected the world with lies, why Wi-Fi is a lifeline following…
- → This week's major tech stories include the United States' lawsuit against Google, Quibi shut…
- → The hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee will also focus on how the social networks…
- → A lawsuit alleges Uber used a "constant barrage" of "propaganda," "old-school exploitation" …
- → The company updated its policies to address the promotion of QAnon-related disinformation.
- → California has become ground zero for gig worker status as a major lawsuit and a nearly $200…
- → Halloween is going to look different this year. Between the coronavirus and the CDC's recomm…
- → In today's top stories, the fourth-generation Amazon Echo is garnering praise for its improv…
The Register
- A cautionary tale of virtual floppies and all too real credentials
- QUIC! IETF sets November deadline for last comments on TCP-killer spawned by Google and Cloudflare
- NASA trying to stuff excess baggage into OSIRIS-REx after too-successful asteroid scoop
- Still struggling to support your newly remote workforce? You’re not alone…
- Lee Kun-hee, who transformed Samsung into a global electronics titan, dies at 78
- Pakistan calls on Facebook to extend holocaust denial ban into Islamophobia crackdown
- Linus Torvalds hails ‘historic’ Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact
- JavaScript-based address bar spoofing vulns patched in Safari, Yandex, Opera
- RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music
- If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cer…
Medium: Technology
- The Future of the Mac
- Minecraft Has Outgrown Video Games
- Quit Complaining That iPhones Should Switch to USB-C
- The unwanted touch of the digital era
- Playing the Games We Love is the Best Way to Save Them
- How to Grow a Technological Tree
- The Day Amazon Forgot We’re in a Relationship
- Apple iPad Air is an Excellent, Do Everything Tablet
- Long-awaited congressional investigation highlights big tech ”monopoly”
Vox: Recode
- A Joe Biden fundraiser offers a new clue into how he might regulate Big Tech
- Early voting in 2020 has already exceeded all of 2016’s early votes
- What we know about Iran and the threatening “Proud Boys” emails
- Facebook’s independent oversight board is finally up and running
- The future of the office has been put on hold
- In defense of Quibi
- What the FCC can and can’t do to Section 230
- It’s easier than ever for police to get your phone data
- How your browser can make your online life a little more private
- Why the US government is suing Google
ReadWrite
- Neighborhood Security: Steps to Achieve Community Safety
- Medical Second Opinions Can Save You Anxiety and Money
- Tesvor S6 Laser Navigation 2700Pa Auto-Charging Robot Vacuum: Versatile and Efficient Cleaning
- How to Invest in 5G – The Definitive List of Stocks
- Should You Create a Corporate Wiki for Your Business?
- How to Leverage Marketing Automation to Generate More Leads
- 5 Easy ECommerce SEO Hacks that are Bound to Improve Your Rankings
- What COVID-19 Taught Us About Digital Transformation
- Why the H-1B Visa Freeze Puts the Tech Sector in Jeopardy
- Effective SEO Strategies to Grow Your Website Traffic
Axios Technology
- How the Justice Department could upend the biggest sweetheart deal in America
- Using AI to unlock the genetic secrets of food
- Zuckerberg, Dorsey testifying at Senate Judiciary after election
- Misperceptions may be holding consumers back from buying electric vehicles
- Tech is learning that everything is politics
- The FCC is now ready to fight Section 230
- Appeals court: Uber, Lyft have to make California drivers employees
- Drivers sue Uber over in-app messages promoting ballot measure
- Intel shares drop sharply despite mostly solid earnings report
- Podcast: RIP Quibi (2020-2020)
Quartz: Tech
- It’s become increasingly difficult to tell where apps are from
- The apps and websites offering a window into China
- Can satellite internet break the splinternet?
- Data scientists are trying to make the internet accessible in every language
- The most powerful companies, politicians, and activists fighting for the future of your internet
- Techno-nationalism is shaping the future of your internet
- Facebook and Instagram made missteps on Nigeria’s EndSARS protest while Twitter boosted it
- Across Africa, citizens are resisting attempts to raise tax revenue from rising mobile use
- TikTok is a sleeping e-commerce giant
- Flipkart made its way into more Indian smartphones than Amazon this festive season
MIT Technology Review
- Drug companies shouldn’t play favorites in granting access to experimental covid-19 treatments
- OSIRIS-REx collected too much asteroid material and now some is floating away
- The weirdly specific filters campaigns are using to micro-target you
- How to make a chatbot that isn’t racist or sexist
- Data should enfranchise people, says the Democrats’ head of technology
- It’s time to rethink the legal treatment of robots
- AOC’s Among Us livestream hints at Twitch’s political power
- OSIRIS-REx survived its touchdown on asteroid Bennu—now we wait to see if it got a sample
- The true dangers of AI are closer than we think
- Efforts to undermine the election are too big for Facebook and Twitter to cope with
BGR
- The FDA just approved the first coronavirus drug – but this new medicine might be even better
- Fauci reacts to the scary video that shows how coronavirus spreads without anyone knowing it
- Everything coming and going on Netflix for the week of October 25th
- You won’t believe the results of the first iPhone 12 drop test
- This groundbreaking new coronavirus cure is unlike any other drug we’ve seen so far
- A secret hidden in our DNA could help cure cancer
- 10 deals you don’t want to miss on Sunday: Discounted Purell, Sonos sale, $25 headphones, $40 o…
- This common drug you already have at home might save your life from COVID-19
- Netflix reveals its 10 most-watched original movies of all time
- Dr. Fauci just gave a crucial coronavirus warning that everyone needs to read
Flipboard: Tech
- Global Cleanroom Technologies Market 2020-2025 - Growing Focus on Energy-Efficient Cleanrooms
- How to wash your phone, disinfecting it during coronavirus pandemic
- 'Economist' Failed to Disclose Lucrative Beijing Ties - Washington Free Beacon
- Barcelona’s strategy to attract foreign tech investment, second best in Europe - CityAM
- Don't fear AI. It will lead to long-term job growth.
- SAP goes all in on cloud, scraps mid-term margin goals
- WPP appoints former Baidu executive Ya-Qin Zhang to board
- The Unicorn State Of Mind: It's Not Just About A Company's Evaluation
- 10 Most Anticipated Supercars Of 2021 | HotCars
- The Stealthy F-35 Is Bringing New Capabilities To Help the U.S. Army
Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- Schools Clamored for Seesaw’s App. That Was Good News, and Bad News.
- With Vacation Rentals Empty, European Cities See a Chance to Reclaim Housing
- Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
- Everyone Is Gay on TikTok
- Trump’s Claims About Hunter Biden Send Online Activity Soaring
- U.S. Issues Sanctions on Russian Center Involved in Potentially Deadly Cyberattacks
- What Went Viral This Week
- Fox News Is Covering Hunter Biden Claims More Than 2016 WikiLeaks Emails
- News Quiz: Russia, Google, World Series
- Appeals Court Says Uber and Lyft Must Treat California Drivers as Employees
WSJ: Tech
- Software Maker SAP's Profit and Sales Declined
- Apple's Services Business Could Be Hit in Google Antitrust Battle
- Facebook Prepares Measures in Case of Election Unrest
- Samsung Heir Takes Reins of Tech Giant Stuck in Father's Past
- Americans Working From Home Face Internet Data-Usage Limits
- The Case for a $700 Smartphone
- Quibi Is Hollywood's Biggest Short-Form Failure---but Not Its First
- Some Companies Make Their Websites More Elderly-Friendly
- U.S. Has Authority to Ban TikTok, Government Lawyers Say
- Apps Give Trump, Biden Campaigns Tools to Rally, Track Supporters
Washington Post: Technology
- He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help.
- He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help.
- State, federal antitrust charges against Facebook could come as soon as November, sources say
- State, federal antitrust charges against Facebook could come as soon as November, sources say
- NASA says it collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. Maybe too large.
- NASA says it collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. Maybe too large.
- Senators seek IG probe of border agency’s warrantless use of phone location data
- Guide to navigating social media during the election
- 30 minutes with ‘Little Nightmares II’: Building upon the scares of the original
- 5G is the least compelling thing about the iPhone 12
Guardian: Tech UK
- Apple iPad Air 2020 review: a cheaper iPad Pro for the rest of us
- Instagram row over plus-size model forces change to nudity policy
- How TikTok is proving beauty is more than skin deep
- Early warning: human detectors, drones and the race to control Australia’s extreme blazes
- UK has mounted covert attacks against Russian leadership, says ex-mandarin
- Film-maker Alexandra Pelosi: 'I think phones are more dangerous than guns'
- Facebook moderators forced to work in Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown
- Video-game London in Watch Dogs Legion shows us the darkest timeline
- Quick bye: I watched all of Quibi’s ‘quick bites’ so you never have to
- The Collage Atlas review – a gentle wander in sketchbook dreamscapes
BBC: Tech UK
- The explosive problem of 'zombie' batteries
- How the rAInbow AI chatbot is tackling domestic abuse
- Climate change: Technology no silver bullet, experts tell PM
- Samsung Group titan Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78
- Mario Kart Live: Mixed-reality karts race around the home
- iPhone 12 launch causes NHS Covid-19 app confusion
- Covid: Laptop allocation for deprived pupils cut at some schools
- The man who taught Uber how to say sorry
- Why AI live fact-checked the 2020 US presidential debates
- Rashford's free meal tweets made into Google map
Computing UK
- Solving sprawl: how to deal with the technology boom
- US blacklists Russian research institute over dangerous Triton malware
- Tibco's Information Builders acquisition 'most significant one and the largest in our recent hist…
- How to create a culture of ownership for IT issues
- EU levies sanctions against Russian military intelligence officials over cyber attack
- Russian APT group 'Energetic Bear' attacking state and local networks
- Where next for the mainframe, part 4 - making it happen
- IT services provider Sopra Steria suffers cyber attack
- PayPal to offer cryptocurrency support on its network
- Road to Covid-19 app development was 'bumpy and painful,' says head of NHSX
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