From The Verge: In a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was asked to explain why a Google image search for “idiot” turned up pictures of Donald Trump — and whether that was a case of intentional bias.
The question came from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), who was trying to...
From PC Mag: Google is speeding up its plans to shut down the consumer version of Google+ following the discovery of a second user data leak.
On Monday, the Web giant revealed it recently discovered a new bug, which may have exposed the personal information of 52.5 million Google+ users. Affecting...
From CNET: After declining in 2018, smartphone shipments could see some modest growth in 2019, according to a report from IDC out Tuesday.
In 2019, smartphone shipments could rise 2.6 percent and eventually hit about 1.57 billion units by 2022.
That growth could be attributed to a shift toward...
From CNET: The iPhone may have hit a roadblock in China as Apple continues its legal fight with Qualcomm.
A Chinese court has ordered that four of Apple's Chinese subsidiaries must immediately stop the "importation, sale and offers for sale in China of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7...
From Tom's Hardware: Look at that dual-channel RAM set-up of yours. Are there two extra DIMM slots waiting to be filled? How sad. With RAM prices as they are, those slots might not be filled anytime soon—unless you go with Corsair's alternative: the Vengeance RGB Pro Light Enhancement Kit, a $40...
From The Verge: Following hot on the heels of today’s Honor View 20 tease, Samsung has announced a phone of its own that’ll make use of its new Infinity-O display. The Samsung A8s features a distinctive “hole-punch” design for the phone’s selfie camera located at the top left of the display...
From Tech Crunch: Verizon today announced 10,400 employees are taking buyouts to leave the company. That’s about 7 percent of the company’s worldwide workforce. This is part of an effort to trim the telecom giant’s workforce ahead of its push toward 5G.
I still have a job. Everyone at TechCrunch...
From Forbes: Evan Williams, who helped invent Twitter more than a decade ago and briefly served as its CEO, has unloaded nearly half of his Twitter stake since April, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commision show. Because he is required to pay taxes on his capital gains every time...
In the past six months or so, I have been monitoring the local classified ads intensely in my search for a third generation Acura TL. In my quest to search for this rather affectionately nicknamed "Japanese E39", my search criteria is easier described than achieved: The deal must be so good that I would regret not buying it. Finally, one fateful Sunday afternoon after church, I found what I have been looking for: A blue 2008 Acura TL with just...
Today is the release date of Nintendo's latest game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. I have always been a big fan of the series ever since the original Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64. However, it was really Melee that I played a lot of, as my friend had a Gamecube. Whenever I went to his house, we would do whatever we need to get done followed by hours of Smash. To me, I love this series because of the fact it merges so many characters from...
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