Photo by ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM Weeks before Virginia’s gubernatorial election, the campaign for Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe is reaching out to an unexpected constituency: Taylor Swift fans. On Tuesday, the McAulliffe campaign launched a series of Facebook, Instagram, and Google search ads highlighting his opponent Glenn Youngkin’s role in the controversial purchase of Taylor
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snapchat rolls out a new “Run for Office” in-app tool to encourage young adults to run for local office, including a portal with 75K+ curated upcoming elections — Snapchat is rolling out a new ‘Run for Office’ in-app tool to encourage young adults to run for local office.
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple is commemorating its co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs’ death with a new short film and a personal statement from the visionary tech executive’s family. Jobs passed away 10 years ago on October 5th, 2011, after a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer. The short film — which has currently taken over Apple’s
Read MorePhoto By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Congress will hear new concerns about child safety on the world’s largest social network Continue reading…
Read MoreThe Yakuza series is beloved for its uncanny ability to bounce between absurd humor, deep pathos, and brutal violence and making it seem like the most natural thing in the world. Lost Judgment, the sequel to 2019’s detective-focused spinoff Judgment, marks a rare misstep in that regard. In many ways it’s much improved on its
Read MoreGartner forecasts that global public cloud end-user spending will grow 23% in 2021. With the continuous increase in cloud computing, security is more important than ever. In Amazon Web Services (AWS), there’s a shared security responsibility between AWS and the customer (you). Each AWS environment and service has different functions, and they also have different security
Read MoreThe Center for Internet Security (CIS) has released three new CIS Hardened Images. CIS built two of these new hardened virtual machines (VMs) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Graviton2 processors: CIS Hardened Images for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 and Amazon Linux 2. The third hardened VM for Microsoft Windows 2019 STIG is available on the AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: Leaked court doc shows US investigators secretly used a “keyword warrant” to order Google to provide data on anyone searching a victim’s name and personal info — The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally unsealed court document shows.
Read MoreDestiny 2 is finally arriving on Xbox Game Pass for PC later this month. While the looter shooter has been available on the Xbox console side of Xbox Game Pass for more than a year, PC players have been patiently waiting for it to be included on Xbox Game Pass for PC. Microsoft is now
Read MoreJust less than 25% of the internet’s busiest websites – including Dropbox, Netflix, and WordPress.com – served or proxied NGNIX in July 2021, according to Netcraft. But, how can organizations harden this popular open-source web server and their virtual machine (VM) images? The answer is CIS NGINX Hardened Images. At the Center for Internet Security (CIS), we
Read MoreWhat does your cloud configuration look like? In many organizations, moving workloads to the cloud creates a more elastic technology infrastructure. That’s why a hybrid cloud environment is a popular solution. It requires orchestration between two types of platforms: On-premises, private cloud: Computing services offered to select users over the internet or a private internal
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is starting to roll out a new Xbox web store that integrates Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud), wish lists, and more. The new Xbox web store includes buttons to add games to wish lists, quick access to redeem codes, and full Xbox Cloud Gaming integration. If you’re an
Read MoreThe final new fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was revealed as Sora from Kingdom Hearts. But the event, hosted by game director Masahiro Sakurai, culminated in some arguably bigger news. The three mainline Kingdom Hearts games are coming to the Nintendo Switch. This includes Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix, Kingdom Hearts
Read MoreAx Sharma / Sonatype Blog: Apache pushes a fix for an actively exploited flaw affecting a specific version of its web server; currently over 112K servers are vulnerable — Yesterday, I reported that Apache Airflow servers that belonged to dozens of popular tech firms had not been patched.
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Insurance infrastructure startup Sure raises $100M Series C at a $550M valuation to help companies launch insurance products with its APIs — Sure, an insurance infrastructure startup, announced today that it has closed on $100 million in Series C funding at a $550 million valuation.
Read MoreIt’s a total polygon overload! What you need to know Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fighting game with online multiplayer elements. Each available character will receive its own amiibo figure. The Minecraft and ARMS amiibo are coming in spring of 2022. Fans of amiibo and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be pleased to hear
Read MoreWhat do you do when you stumble across a website posting real-time earthquake data? Well, if you’re [Craig Lindley] you write some code to format it nicely onto a display, put it in a box, and watch it whilst making dinner. [Craig] started off with coding in Forth on the ESP32, using ESP32Forth, but admits
Read More“Apple now offers coding resources for learners from kindergarten to college, and challenges them to design amazing apps that are inclusive and accessible to users.” What you need to know Apple has announced new learning resources for elementary school. The company has unveiled new activity guides and an Everyone Can Code Early Learners course. Apple
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is finally acknowledging that IGTV, its first big push into video, didn’t pan out. Today, the company is rebranding IGTV as “Instagram TV,” and it’s getting rid of the exclusive IGTV video format. Videos posted to the main Instagram feed can now run up to 60 minutes
Read MoreA simple and clean way to play on the Nintendo Switch. What you need to know Sora from Kingdom Hearts is the final fighter being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Additionally, the Kingdom Hearts games are coming to Nintendo Switch. Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 HD, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom
Read MoreAndroid offers so much flexibility as an operating system. Each and every OEM takes the platform in its own direction, adding key features to make Android unique. OnePlus is one of the best examples of this, and it’s found a way to offer one of the best Google experiences you can buy. Whether it’s the
Read MoreFinish the year strong by being more productive for less. What you need to know Kiwi is offering a deep discount on business subscriptions for its Gmail and G Suite desktop app. Kiwi, a popular Mac app that brings Gmail and G Suite to the desktop, has slashed the price it’s charging for the business
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority One of the most familiar gestures on Android is the simple swipe down from the top of the screen to view the notification shade and quick-toggle options. This has been copied by everyone from Apple and Microsoft over the years. This gesture was followed by another similar gesture, allowing
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Read MoreNathan Ingraham / Engadget: Microsoft Surface Go 3 review: elegant hardware, bright and responsive display, and extremely portable, but no performance gains and average battery life — Microsoft has been trying to straddle two different worlds with the Surface Go. When it launched in late 2018 …
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