Popular chat service Discord experienced issues today due to network problems at Cloudflare and a wider internet issue. The app was inaccessible for its millions of users, and even Discord’s website and status pages were struggling. Discord’s problems could be traced to an outage at Cloudflare, a content delivery network. Cloudflare started experiencing issues at
Read MoreSens. Warner and Hawley have a new effort. The Technology 202: A bipartisan pair of senators want companies to put a price on your data Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCan’t wait for Spider-Man: Far From Home to hit theaters on July 5? Get your summer spidey-fix this week with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Wednesday), the highly acclaimed animated feature from 2018. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and critics loved it. I, of course, have not seen it and… Read
Read MoreThe cryptocurrency markets are on fire and major financial institution ING has taken notice, going as far as predicting the latest bull run could negatively impact the value of the US dollar. “Strong commodity (and cryptocurrency) prices, plus sharply falling US dollar hedging costs should keep the dollar on the soft side this week,” warned ING‘s global head of
Read MoreIt’ll reportedly have a pair of 9-inch screens and come out in early 2020. Microsoft may have foldable Surface that runs Android apps in works – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRosie Spinks / Skift: Major European cities including Paris and Berlin ask the EU to help establish “strong legal obligations” compelling Airbnb to comply with local regulations — Ten European cities have asked the European Union not to grant vacation rental giant Airbnb “carte blanche” in the region. Major European cities including Paris and Berlin
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi foundation today announced the launch of its latest model – the Raspberry Pi 4. This pocket-sized computer isn’t an iterative improvement on previous devices, but rather a radical re-imagining that sees the company transcend its spiritual homeland, the education market. My colleague Ivan Mehta covered the announcement earlier today, but here’s the Cliff
Read MoreBitcoin’s price continues to rally surpassing the $11,000 mark over the weekend for the first time in 15 months. At the time of writing, Bitcoin‘s price had decreased by approximately 1.15 percent, with each coin being worth $10,873.04, according to Coinmarketcap. Bitcoin’s rise in value comes after Facebook announced the launch of Libra its contentious ‘cryptocurrency.’ In
Read MoreIf you’ve been following gadget news for a while, Meizu may well have been the first Chinese smartphone maker you ever heard of. The company started out making audio players but pivoted to smartphones with the Windows CE-based M8, which both shamelessly aped the iPhone and beat it to market by a couple of months.
Read MoreUpcoming events include the 2019 A.A.E.E.B.L. Annual Meeting, SANSFIRE 2019, and the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of June 24, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreExcel ability is one of the most requested tech skills needed from a prospective employee. So get and stay hireable with instruction like The A to Z Microsoft Excel Certification Training Bundle. It’s on sale now at a very attractive $39, all thanks to a new $10 price drop from TNW Deals. Excel knowledge can
Read MoreApple’s newest Mac Pro with its distinctive machined grille continues to excite interest, but until now there has been one question on the lips of nobody. It’s acquired the moniker “Cheese grater”, but can it grate cheese? [Winston Moy] set out to test its effectiveness in the kitchen with a piece of Pecorino Romano, a
Read MoreJasper Jolly / The Guardian: Trainline, a European online bus and train ticketing service, closes up 17% on its first day of trading at ~£2B valuation, after raising £110M in its London IPO — Shares rose by as much as 18% after float bucked the recent trend of weak stock market debuts Trainline, a European
Read MoreThe talks come after President Donald Trump’s executive order last month, which effectively banned companies such as Huawei. US reportedly mulls requiring domestic 5G equipment to be made outside China – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the cut-throat world of software, it is winner takes all. And on mobile, Google won it, according to Bill Gates. Bill Gates: My biggest mistake? Not making Android Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft has been working on a secret new dual-screen Surface device for months now. While the company has experimenting with smaller pocketable devices, it looks like Microsoft is settling on a slightly larger Surface device that could debut early next year. IHS Markit, a market research firm, now claims that Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface will have
Read MoreRoadshow says goodbye to the People’s Car by adding a few final touches to some of the last Beetles to roll off the assembly line. Bye-bye Bug: Lending a hand with the Volkswagen Beetle's final assembly – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates has been reflecting on his time at the company when crucial decisions were made over its mobile operating system. During a recent interview at Village Global, a venture capital firm, Gates revealed his “greatest mistake ever” was Microsoft missing the Android opportunity: “In the software world, particularly for platforms, these are
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the fourth version of its miniature budget computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 keeps the same form-factor and $35 starting price of its predecessor, but it has improved specs across the board. It now comes with up to 4GB of RAM (four times that of any previous Pi), a faster
Read MoreLizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Stewart Butterfield wanted to return money to investors after his startup Glitch failed, but Accel refused, which led to its 24% stake in Slack at its IPO — Stewart Butterfield wanted to quit and give the money back to investors. They wouldn’t let him. — Stewart Butterfield loved the game, but
Read MoreYou could be forgiven for thinking that laser cutters and engravers are purely two dimensional affairs. After all, when compared to something like your average desktop 3D printer, most don’t have much in the way of a Z axis: the head moves around at a fixed height over the workpiece. It’s not as if they
Read MoreIt’s a new week, which means only one thing: it’s time for Hard Fork’s roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over the weekend. Let’s get to it. 1. Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a new type of cryptocurrency mining botnet. The malware targets Android devices by exploiting a debug port normally used
Read MoreIf you’ve been holding out for a powerful new MacBook, you may want to wait just a bit longer. According to IHS Markit’s Emerging PC Market Tracker report published in Forbes, Apple will introduce a brand new 16-inch MacBook Pro later this year. “We foresee that Apple will release a new product [at the] Sep’19 Apple
Read MoreGoogle’s Android is facing a tough battle against malware apps, and there seems no end in sight. According to new research, Google’s Play Store is riddled with thousands of possible malware-ridden counterfeit apps and games. The two year study, conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Data61,
Read MoreQuartz: US Bureau of Labor Statistics: the number of self-reported full-time taxi drivers, including drivers for Uber and Lyft, nearly tripled in the past ten years — Uber and Lyft radically changed the landscape for the taxi industry, and in cities like New York contributed to the collapse … US Bureau of Labor Statistics: the
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