Lots of new devices at CES, but are they keeping secrets...More gadgets that do more things on the ri
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| January 14 · Issue #463 · View online |
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Lots of new devices at CES, but are they keeping secrets…More gadgets that do more things on the rise…..New LG smartphone rolls up…Verizon wants to play more games with you…..What’s next with Apple….Bird gets Boinged in court when it tried to sensor…..What would a life without trucks be like…SpaceX cuts jobs mostly in L.A….Old routers present new opportunities for hackers….Samsung wants to fold up your phone…Government shutdown has a two sided model for Uber and Lyft……Hotels become more like workspaces…those stories and more are all here in today’s COMUNICANO!!!
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At CES, tech's biggest trade show, privacy was the buzzword
Privacy, a topic that had mostly been an afterthought in the tech industry, was the buzzword at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.
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The Rise of the Swiss Army Gadget
From mirrors with speakers to picture frame wireless chargers, we’re deep into the age of multi-function devices.
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LG is experimenting with rollable smartphones
LG just introduced the first rollable television. The company says it could use the same tech to make rollable smartphones a reality.
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Hands-on: Here’s what TiVo’s Android TV platform looks like, how it uses the operator tier
Ahead of CES 2019, TiVo was one of the latest big names to be in talks for work with Android TV.
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Leaks reveal cloud-based 'Verizon Gaming' service
Verizon probably isn’t the first name that’ll come to mind when you think of video games, but the carrier apparently has big gaming plans for the future.
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So what can Apple do next?
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Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that's so stupid, it's a whole new kind of wrong
Last month, I published a post discussing the mountains of abandoned Bird Scooters piling up in city impound lots, and the rise of $30 Chinese conversion kits that let you buy a scooter at auction, swap out the motherboard, and turn it into a personal scooter, untethered from the Bird company.
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Amtrak works to modernize, speed up trains in busiest U.S. rail corridor
Amtrak is gearing up to introduce new high-speed Acela trains as it plans to spend billions of dollars in upgrades on the busiest U.S. rail corridor.
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Grocery stores, hospitals, gas stations would suffer without truckers
Practically every store you interact with wouldn’t function if truckers were to stop working.
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World's longest aircraft retires to make way for production models
The world’s longest aircraft has been sidelined… although that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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SpaceX cutting 10 percent of its staff to become a leaner company
“We must part ways with some talented and hardworking members of our team.”
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Hawthorne headquarters of SpaceX to be hit hard by layoffs
Some 577 positions will be cut at the South Bay complex, where Elon Musk’s rocket company has its executive offices and a factory.
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Foldable phones are the future no one asked for
The reviews aren’t promising and the demand is unclear. Is this really the future?
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Your old router is an absolute goldmine for troublesome hackers
In the last three years, cyberattacks against insecure routers have rocketed. Last year there were 35 families of threat and the number is only set to increase
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People Can't Stop Talking About This Sneaky Airpods Live Listen Hack, and Its Creepy Uses
I feel like everyone’s mom or grandma when I say “technology is WILD for the kids these days” — but it’s true! Seems like every single day
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Federal employees turning to Uber, Lyft to make ends meet
The hunt for second jobs comes as the partial government shutdown enters its 21st day.
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Transportation experts see Uber and Lyft as the future. But rural communities still don’t use them.
Experts believe that a subscription model to ride-hailing will eventually replace car ownership. But rural communities haven’t embraced ride-hailing apps yet.
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At Hotels, Space That’s Like the Office, ‘but Cooler’
Business travelers have been encouraged to use their hotel lobbies to work, but the distractions were too great. WeWork-style spaces are inspiring new co-working areas.
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He went to Waffle House to sober up. Workers dumped food on him and posted the humiliating video to Instagram.
The 24/7 breakfast chain says that the two employees responsible have been fired.
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Building a wall around the cloud: Why China will soon be a very important cloud computing market
Cloud computing was invented by American tech companies. By the end of the next decade, it might be the domain of Chinese tech companies.
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