Here’s a breakdown of how the saga of the controversial Chinese telecom giant and phone maker has unfolded. Huawei ban: Full timeline as it reveals Mate 30 lineup in Munich – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMove over, Google and Apple. Consumers want and deserve another option that is free from your undue influence. How Amazon and Microsoft could build the world’s biggest app store Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJust when you thought Bitcoin scammers couldn’t stoop any lower, they’ve now taken to impersonating Buckingham Palace. The fraudsters have reportedly sent letters requesting donations to save the UK economy – because people would totally fall for that, right? The letters, dated September 16, claim this is the second time the Queen has reached out to
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Amboss, a knowledge platform for medical professionals, raises €30M Series B led by Partech’s growth fund — Amboss, the Berlin-based ‘medtech’ startup that originally offered a learning app for students but has since pivoted to a knowledge platform for medical professionals … Berlin-based Amboss, a knowledge platform for medical professionals,
Read MoreUpcoming events include the 2019 C.C.U.M.C. Annual Conference, Educause Annual Conference 2019, Spaces4Learning Summit, and A.C.M. S.I.G.U.C.C.S. Annual Conference. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Sept. 30, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreReuters: Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, had a revenue of $7B-$8.4B in H1 2019, and posted a profit in June after operating at a loss in H1 2019 — BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok and one of the world’s most valuable unicorns … Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, had
Read MoreTailor and create compliance rules with this AWS Config tutorial Source: Search Compliance
Read MoreHow PCI DSS compliance milestones can be a GDPR measuring stick Source: Search Compliance
Read MoreWith the barely believable Mi Mix Alpha and its wraparound display dominating attention last week, you could have been forgiven for not noticing the other phone Xiaomi announced at its event, the Mi 9 Pro 5G. Xiaomi has released a lot of phones that look and feel very similar this year, and frankly it’s getting
Read MoreNintendo has announced a new Brain Age game, bringing the brain-training series to the Switch for the first time. The phenomenally popular Brain Age games for Nintendo DS starred Japanese neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima and featured various simple puzzles designed to help keep your brain active. Also sudoku. The latest entry has only been confirmed
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Pasteur used to say: Talk to a stranger on a bus! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 29
Read MoreGood morning Forkers, you know what time it is. It’s Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you can’t afford to miss. Check it out. 1. The Ukrainian government is allegedly preparing plans to legalize cryptocurrency in the country, The Block reports. The move is being pushed by the
Read MoreAbrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Domino’s Pizza is asking the Supreme Court to review a site accessibility lawsuit, amid a lack of Justice Department accessibility regulations and enforcement — This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. Domino's Pizza is asking the Supreme Court to review
Read MoreAfter introducing $3 per month mobile-only plan in India, Netflix is experimenting with a new strategy to lure more subscribers – free episodes for non-registered users. The streaming company is offering to show the first episode of its new series, Bard of Blood, for free even if you’re not a Netflix subscriber. The company said
Read MoreSubscribe to our monthly Byte Me newsletter NOW! Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 Since we last spoke, Anouk was made the first-ever queen of editorial, Cara’s edgy football club won their division (and she scored a bajillion goals), and Gigi’s mum won a big tech award, so that bodes well for
Read MoreWe have no idea what a playing card press is, nor do we care. All we know is that after watching [Chris] from Clickspring make his playing card press, we want it. Digging a little deeper, [Chris] offered to make this card press for [Chris Ramsay], a magician who specializes in cardistry, or the art
Read MoreChina is already home to extensive facial recognition technology, using it to identify criminals, monitor students’ attention, and even let citizens purchase train tickets. Now, in an attempt to enrich its surveillance arsenal, reseachers from the country have developed a 500 megapixel facial recognition camera capable of capturing “thousands of faces at a stadium in perfect
Read MoreLast Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company’s ambitious Starship spacecraft – designed to (eventually) take humans to Mars – might reach Earth’s orbit within the next six months. Currently, the company is working on engine designs. It has tested a single raptor engine with a prototype vehicle called Starhopper this year. Now, it’s
Read MoreGerry Smith / Bloomberg: WaPo’s Arc CMS, run by ~250 staff, is now used across ~600 sites, up from ~100 last year, including Tribune Publishing, now adds BP as first non-media customer — – Post says Arc revenue will rival subscriptions and advertising — Jeff Bezos has helped the Post recruit and retain engineers WaPo's
Read MoreWhile it might look like a disrobed flash drive or RTL-SDR dongle, the USB Armory Mk II is actually a full-fledged open hardware computer built into the ubiquitous USB “stick” format. But more than just that, it’s optimized for security research and boasts a list of features that are sure to get the attention of
Read MorePie Face is a game that does pretty much what you’d expect from the title. Players sit in front of a spring loaded arm, taking turns to twist a crank. Eventually, one unlucky player will release the arm and be splattered with whipped cream to the enjoyment of the group. [Harrison] wasn’t one to leave
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at how tech firms and government keep failing to curb the sharing of child sexual abuse images, long after the PROTECT our Children Act was passed in ’08 — Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. A look at how tech firms and
Read MoreThink different about your laptop options. Best MacBook Pro alternatives for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm. SONAR.Bitpaymer!g1 Source: Symantec lastest threats
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