AMD is preparing a monstrous 64-core/128-thread Threadripper CPU for launch in Q4 2019. “AMD’s largest HEDT processor right now is the W2990X which tops out at 32-cores,” reports Wccftech. “This is nothing to sneeze at and is already the highest core HEDT part around but because the world can’t get enough of these yummy cores, […]
Catalyst is Apple’s framework that enables developers to easily bring existing iOS apps to the Mac, while SwiftUI is a new, Swift-based technology that makes it easy for developers to create one app that runs on all of Apple’s platforms. Jason Snell from Macworld highlights the slow, invisible transition of these new technologies. From the […]
Credit scores have a long history of prejudice. “Most changes in how credit scores are calculated over the years — including the shift from human assessment to computer calculations, and most recently to artificial intelligence — have come out of a desire to make the scores more equitable, but credit companies have failed to remove […]
Sales of LG’s new 5G smartphone looked uncertain this week after the firm said it was unable to narrow differences with Qualcomm to renew a chip license deal that is due to expire this month. From a report: In a U.S. court filing late on Tuesday, the South Korean firm opposed Qualcomm’s efforts to put […]
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols from ZDNet argues that “the expensive and abusive pharmaceutical industry needs to open up to improve everyone’s health.” An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: Now, I know little about creating and testing drugs. Here’s what I do know: Open source and data produces better results than proprietary methods. In […]
Huawei is reportedly displaying advertisements on the lock screen of its smartphones, seemingly without warning or any sort of announcement. Huawei says that it’s doing no such thing. “The ads are not initiated by Huawei. We encourage individuals to check app settings, or follow publicly available directions on how to remove lock screen ads,” Huawei […]
The data market has become the engine of the internet, and privacy policies we agree to but don’t fully understand help fuel it. From a report: To see exactly how inscrutable they have become, I analyzed the length and readability of privacy policies from nearly 150 popular websites and apps. Facebook’s privacy policy, for example, […]
Game Builder is a new video game from Google that allows you to create simple Minecraft-style games for yourself and others to play through. “The game lets you drag and drop characters and scenery into an empty sandbox to construct your world, then use preset commands to string together how things interact,” reports The Verge. […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Seattle Times: A lawsuit filed in Seattle alleges Amazon is recording children who use its Alexa devices without their consent, in violation of laws governing recordings in at least eight states, including Washington. “Alexa routinely records and voiceprints millions of children without their consent or the consent […]
A little-known cryptocurrency spiked more than 60% after Google gave the project a surprise shout-out in an equally-unexpected blog post on how to use Ethereum and Google Cloud to build hybrid blockchain applications. From a report: That cryptocurrency, Chainlink (LINK), enjoyed a parabolic swing that launched its price as high as $2.00 on Binance. Just […]