[ad_1] After weeks of threats, the president delivered an ultimatum to TikTok and its owner ByteDance: sell the app’s US operations to an American company or it would be banned. He gave the company little more than a month — until Sept. 15 — to find a buyer and figure out how to disentangle itself […]
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White House issues ‘SPD-5’ cybersecurity policy for space
[ad_1] The Trump administration’s latest Space Policy Directive, SPD-5, details policies the government believes the country’s public and private space agencies should adopt to protect their systems from hacking threats. Some of the best practices the document recommends include that operators encrypt data they receive from their craft. They should also install physical measures to […]
Teenage Engineering’s next product is probably a Bluetooth speaker
[ad_1] When Teenage Engineering started teasing it was working on a “magic apparatus,” people got understandably excited. After all, this is the company that has released some of the most offbeat but capable synths (and IKEA products) in the last couple of years, and it said it had been working on this device for the past […]
Riot Games adds to its world of virtual influencers who promote ‘League of Legends’
[ad_1] “Seraphine” first appeared on social media in late June, posting selfies to Instagram and tweeting about her desire to “share music and hopefully connect with people.” By August she was releasing songs to a Soundcloud account. But Seraphine isn’t a typical social media personality — for one thing, she’s an animated character. For another, […]
After 27 years, ‘Doom’ and ‘Doom 2’ get widescreen support
[ad_1] Speaking of mods, there’s now official support for DeHackEd, a tool people have been using for years to modify the games. Another tweak adds an optional crosshair. According to id, enabling the feature can help some players who experience motion sickness when playing the games. There’s also a new timer next to the minimap […]
Harvard created a wool-like 3D-printable material that can shape shift
[ad_1] It’s made using keratin extracted from recycled wool. Keratin is a fibrous protein that’s found in hair, which, of course, has a habit of returning to its natural form. The researchers shaped a single chain of keratin into a spring-like structure. They twisted two of those together and used many such “coiled coils” to […]
Some Facebook users will soon see Instagram Stories
[ad_1] View Instagram story directly from Facebook. Hm..new? @MattNavarra pic.twitter.com/FtIBw0uMVz — Audrey 電商人妻® (@ec_wife) September 4, 2020 With the change, Instagram users can choose to make their Stories viewable to their followers on Facebook as well. The company notes that it requires both sides to opt-in and link their Facebook and Instagram accounts together. “People […]
This week’s best deals: $300 off the Razer Blade 15 and more
[ad_1] Buy Blade 15 laptop (4K) at Best Buy – $1,999 Buy Blade 15 laptop (4K) at Razer – $1,999 Apple AirPods Pro Billy Steele / Engadget The AirPods Pro are still $220, or $30 off their normal price. This is the lowest price we’ve seen, making it a good opportunity to grab Apple’s top-of-the-line […]
FCC estimates it’ll cost carriers $1.8 billion to replace Huawei, ZTE hardware
[ad_1] Many carriers that serve rural areas use relatively inexpensive ZTE and Huawei equipment. After the FCC started collecting data about that in February, more than 50 carriers have told the agency they or their subsidiaries have tech from those companies in their networks. However, it might be prohibitively expensive for them to tear all […]
Google Magenta’s Lo-Fi Player is an AI-based virtual music studio
[ad_1] Lo-Fi Player, a new project out of Google Magenta, wants to help people play around with music creation — no experience necessary. Lo-Fi Player is a pixelated, 2D virtual room that runs in a web browser. It lets you mix lo-fi hip hop tracks by clicking on different objects in the room, and it […]