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October 20, 2020

Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure and debuts Azure Space, a set of products for the space-related cloud market (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet connectivity on Azure and debuts Azure Space, a set of products for the space-related cloud market — Microsoft is using its ‘Amazon is your competitor’ playbook to try to win over more satellite partners and customers. Microsoft partners with SpaceX for satellite-powered internet

October 20, 2020

Handshake, a diversity-focused LinkedIn for college students, raises $80M Series D led by GGV, source says at a $550M-$600M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Handshake, a diversity-focused LinkedIn for college students, raises $80M Series D led by GGV, source says at a $550M-$600M valuation — College graduates this year (and perhaps in the near-term) have been looking for work in what is one of the most challenging job markets in a decade due … Handshake,

October 20, 2020

All the new AI-powered features Adobe announced for its creative suite

Adobe is holding its virtual conference, Max, today, and it has announced a ton of updates to its products, from Photoshop to Illustrator and Premier Pro to Fresco. A lot of these features such as Sky Replacement in Photoshopped are powered by Adobe’s Sensei AI technology. So, here’s the round-up of some of the coolest AI-powered features

October 20, 2020

Wear a Mask at the Drive-Thru

Even if you aren’t going out to eat at restaurants right now, you are probably ordering takeout and/or going through the occasional drive-thru and, when you do that, you almost certainly come into contact with at least one person—the one whose job it is to physically hand you your food. That person would appreciate if…

Microsoft launches Azure Space initiative; partners with SpaceX

Microsoft is using its ‘Amazon is your competitor’ playbook to try to win over more satellite partners and customers. It’s also launching a new Azure in a shipping container offering called Azure Modular Datacenter. Microsoft launches Azure Space initiative; partners with SpaceX Source: ZDNet Microsoft

October 20, 2020

Adobe brings Illustrator to iPad and Fresco to iPhone

Adobe announced a bunch of updates to its suite of creative apps at its MAX virtual event today. As a part of that, the company is bringing its drawing app Fresco to iPhone and design app Illustrator to iPad. The company says Fresco for iPhone will have all features of the iPad app but with

Photoshop gets scarily powerful AI tools that may leave you questioning what's real

PhotoShop has been given a tasty menu of AI-powered tools and other treats in an update that you take for a spin today. Photoshop gets scarily powerful AI tools that may leave you questioning what's real Source: Tech Radar Software

Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake

This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake Source: NASA

October 20, 2020

The US government plans to file antitrust charges against Google today

Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Attorney General William Bar has filed suit against Google for illegal monopolization of the search and ad markets, kicking off one of the largest antitrust cases in US history. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the case will focus on search and search-focused advertising, rather than the

October 20, 2020

Apple will remove app that made it easy to play Stadia on iOS

Image: Google An app that offered a simple way to get Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service running on iOS is being removed from the App Store, its developer says. Stadium creator Zachary Knox announced the news in the app’s Discord server. “I have some bad news,” Knox wrote, “But before I get to that: if

U.S. to Accuse Google of Protecting Illegal Monopoly

A victory for the government could remake one of America’s most recognizable companies and the internet economy that it has helped define. U.S. to Accuse Google of Protecting Illegal Monopoly Source: NY Times Tech

Microsoft Teams: These new features are heading your way

Microsoft Teams is to gain better background noise suppression plus Windows 10 native notifications. Microsoft Teams: These new features are heading your way Source: ZDNet Microsoft

October 20, 2020

Sources: DOJ will file an antitrust suit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search-advertising (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: DOJ will file an antitrust suit Tuesday alleging that Google engaged in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search and search-advertising — Lawsuit follows lengthy investigation and seeks to break company’s grip over search traffic — The Justice Department will file … Sources: DOJ will file an antitrust suit Tuesday alleging

Department of Justice will charge Google with multiple violations of federal antitrust law today

The lawsuit, expected Tuesday, is set to kick off a legal war between Washington and Silicon Valley, one that could have vast implications not only for Google but the entirety of the tech industry. Department of Justice will charge Google with multiple violations of federal antitrust law today Source: Washington Post Tech

October 20, 2020

Lumio’s light-filled speaker is meant to be cracked open

The Teno speaker by Lumio | Image: Lumio Lumio, the maker of the Lito book-shaped folding light, is following up with another clever design object: a discrete speaker called the Teno. At first glance, the speaker, in either “Arctic White” or “Lava Black,” looks like a small stone bowl with a crack running across it.

October 20, 2020

Here’s why cargo bikes make more sense than vans for inner city deliveries

As traffic volumes increase in our city centers, partly fueled by deliveries from a COVID boosted e-commerce sector, organizations are looking for a silver bullet for urban logistics. But has it been sitting right here under our noses all this time? We think it has. Back on 31st December 2019, Jos Sluijsmans, Founder-Director of the International

October 20, 2020

GravityRAT malware, known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows PCs to detect virtual machines or sandboxes, now also targets Android and macOS devices (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: GravityRAT malware, known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows PCs to detect virtual machines or sandboxes, now also targets Android and macOS devices — GravityRAT, a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers to detect virtual machines or sandboxes … GravityRAT malware, known for checking the

October 20, 2020

DxOMark debuts a new way to rate phone displays

Last year, French company DxOMark launched a new score for audio on phones. This year, the site is launching a score for phone displays based on various factors such as readability, color, and motion. DxOMark says it derives this score through more than 400 subjective and objective tests. The company measures scores in six different fields: readability,

October 20, 2020

The ultimate guide to getting hired as a Python programmer

The tech industry is growing like never before. Every now and then, we see new software products released in the market. So, no matter whether you’re a beginner or an experienced Python developer, there are always opportunities waiting for you. The only requirement is that you have to convince the employer to use your skills

Programming language Python is a big hit for machine learning. But now it needs to change

Despite its popularity, Python could become limited to data science alone on its current trajectory, say two experts. Programming language Python is a big hit for machine learning. But now it needs to change Source: ZDNet Microsoft

The best Windows 10 antivirus might surprise you

According to one assessment, the best antivirus solution for Windows 10 is the one that comes pre-installed. The best Windows 10 antivirus might surprise you Source: Tech Radar Software

October 20, 2020

Forget ‘users’ and focus on the 7 steps to make your organization ‘memberful’

With the birth of the world wide web came digital design and the introduction of the phrase “user experience.” It would mean many things to many people but broadly it’s used to describe what someone learns, sees, and feels when interacting with web content. As a digital designer, I have become obsessed with this user

Thinking about Creating a Raspberry Pi Replacement?

If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at creating a Raspberry Pi-like board for yourself, you should check out [Jay Carlson’s] review of 10 different Linux-capable SoCs. Back in the 1960s, a computer was multiple refrigerator-sized boxes with thousands of interconnections and building one from scratch was only a dream for most people. Then

Microsoft Edge bug is the cause of rogue Office web app installations

Microsoft isn’t experimenting with stealth installs of Progressive Web Apps for Office, you’ll be glad to hear. Microsoft Edge bug is the cause of rogue Office web app installations Source: Tech Radar Software

October 20, 2020

Facebook’s new AI model translates 100 languages — without going through English first

Facebook has open-sourced an AI model that can translate between any pair of 100 languages without first translating them to English as an intermediary step. The system, called M2M-100, is currently only a research project, but could eventually be used to translate posts for Facebook users, nearly two-thirds of whom use a language other than English. “For

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