Author: Tech Support

    • With 3M+ people filing for unemployment benefits last week, US states are seeing their aging tech systems get overwhelmed and experts say it will only get worse (Paris Martineau/Wired)

    Paris Martineau / Wired: With 3M+ people filing for unemployment benefits last week, US states are seeing their aging tech systems get overwhelmed and experts say it will only get worse  —  Laid-off workers struggle to file claims for unemployment benefits; economists say the situation will likely get worse. With 3M+ people filing for unemployment

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    • Tencent is partnering with Huawei to build Tencent's GameMatrix cloud gaming platform, and will explore possibilities in areas such as AI and AR/VR in games (South China Morning Post)

    South China Morning Post: Tencent is partnering with Huawei to build Tencent’s GameMatrix cloud gaming platform, and will explore possibilities in areas such as AI and AR/VR in games  —  Huawei and Tencent will set up a game development lab exploring the use of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud gaming, AI … Tencent is partnering

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    • OneWeb files for bankruptcy after failing to secure new funding amid COVID-19 crisis; sources: OneWeb was in talks to raise ~$2B from SoftBank before the crisis (Financial Times)

    Financial Times: OneWeb files for bankruptcy after failing to secure new funding amid COVID-19 crisis; sources: OneWeb was in talks to raise ~$2B from SoftBank before the crisis  —  Start-up that wanted to beam broadband internet from space had raised $3bn from investors  —  OneWeb, the satellite internet start-up … OneWeb files for bankruptcy after

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    • Russia's FSB has charged 25 people and shut down a network of about 90 websites that the group allegedly operated to circulate stolen credit card data (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

    Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Russia’s FSB has charged 25 people and shut down a network of about 90 websites that the group allegedly operated to circulate stolen credit card data  —  Federal investigators in Russia have charged at least 25 people accused of operating a sprawling international credit card theft ring. Russia's FSB

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    NASA Spinoff Prints Electronics

    NASA says that Electronic Alchemy’s eForge 3D printer is another space program spinoff. The printer looks a lot like a conventional 3D printer but unlike its mundane cousin it can print sensors, lights, and other electronic components. It does that by using one of six or eight different materials. Six of the eight spools each

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    • Postmates couriers are eligible for unemployment benefits, rules New York appeals court

    Image: Postmates New York’s Court of Appeals has reinstated a 2015 decision determining that couriers for on-demand delivery app Postmates should be classified as employees, making them eligible for unemployment insurance at a time when the US is seeing record job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 2015 decision by the state’s Unemployment Insurance

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    Microbatteries On The Grid

    Not everybody has $6500 to toss into a Tesla Powerwall (and that’s a low estimate), but if you want the benefits of battery storage for your house, [Matt]’s modular “microbattery” storage system might be right up your alley. With a build-as-you-go model, virtually any battery can be placed on the grid in order to start

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    Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy

    {$inline_image} Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft says it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition companies following a controversy around its funding of Israeli startup AnyVision, which critics and human rights activists say powered a surveillance program in the West Bank following an NBC News report about the company’s relationship with

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