From ExtremeTech: At this point, Facebook’s fundamentally bankrupt behavior isn’t a contested point — just an established fact. That viewpoint, cynical as it may sound, was fundamentally confirmed by the release of 250 pages worth of emails from the UK Parliament, which collectively demonstrate that...

From CNET: Need to stock up on snacks before a flight? In the future, you may be able to pop into an Amazon Go store at the airport.

Amazon is looking to bring its cashierless store concept to airports in an effort to attract travelers in a hurry, according to Reuters. The e-commerce giant is...

From AnandTech: Toshiba on Thursday said that its latest and largest hard drives for high-end desktops and NASes will be available later this month in the US. The new N300 and X300-series HDDs will offer not only increased capacities, but also provide improved performance.

Available in 12 TB and 14...

From The Verge: Yesterday, Walmart announced its plans to buy Art.com, a specialty e-retailer of art, posters, and wall decor. Art.com will continue to operate as a standalone site, and its products will be available on other recently acquired Walmart sites like Jet.com and Hayneedle.com. The deal...

From ExtremeTech: In the wake of Intel’s 10nm delay(s), it makes sense to wonder what this means for the company’s 7nm node. We’ve seen reports that Intel has canceled its 10nm node altogether, with strong pushback from the company on those rumors. At the same time, it’s true that there’s typically...

From EETimes: Researchers from Belgium have won $1.05 million funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic endeavor led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his partner Priscilla Chan, to develop a new chip to study the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease.

The funding, part of a...

From QNAP Press Release: QNAP Systems, Inc. today released the new TVS-x72XT NAS series, powered by 8th Gen Intel Core processors with both 10GBASE-T and Thunderbolt 3 high-bandwidth connectivity for tackling heavy workloads and smoothly transferring, displaying and editing 4K videos in real-time...

From Tech Crunch: A string of Chinese stocks fell hard on Thursday after the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver deepened concerns over US-China trade tensions.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong was off 2.76 percent as of...

From AnandTech: Seagate on Monday disclosed that it had begun testing the industry’s first HAMR hard drive intended for evetualy commercial release. With a capacity of 16 TB, the HDD is being used primarily for internal tests to prepare for its high-volume launch and deployment in actual datacenters...

From PC World: A year ago, Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 845, the brains behind flagship smartphones like the Google Pixel 3, the U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus phones, and others. Now, Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon 855 promises those platforms even more enhancements...