Ankush Das / It’s FOSS News: Firefox for Desktop lost ~46M MAUs, dropping from ~244M MAUs in Dec. 2018 to ~198M MAUs in July 2021, as users moved to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers — Mozilla’s Firefox is losing users big time since 2018, why are users moving away from it? Is this something to be
Read MoreThere are so many to choose from, so let CNET help you choose the best laptop. Best laptop 2021: 15 best laptops we recommend in 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are plenty of designs for table-top 3D printers, engravers, and general CNC machines out there. However, if you wanna build big things and build them fast, sometimes you need a machine that can handle bigger jobs. This gigantic 1x1x1 m 5-axis CNC machine from [Brian Brocken] absolutely fits the bill. The build relies on
Read MoreBloomberg: Despite claims of diversity and inclusion, Asian Americans in Silicon Valley still face racism and are least likely to break into leadership positions — Tech companies love to crow about diversity and inclusion. Workers see a racist “bait and switch.” — Silicon Valley executives sometimes seem … Despite claims of diversity and inclusion, Asian
Read MoreMark Feffer / HCM Technology Report: PE firm Clearlake Capital to acquire and take private Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and talent management software company, for ~$5.2B — Cornerstone OnDemand said it will be acquired by the private equity firm Clearlake Capital. Under the terms of their agreement … PE firm Clearlake Capital to acquire
Read MoreResearching a piece on vacuum tubes, we stumbled on something unexpected from Electro-Harmonix, best known for guitar amplifiers and audio tube manufacture. In a break from their core business, they plan to tap energy from the magnetosphere. This came as something of a surprise to their guitarist customers who were no doubt expecting a fancy
Read MoreFred Pennic / HIT Consultant: Toronto-based Smile CDR, which offers software for health and clinical data interoperability, raises $20M Series A led by 30 North Group and UPMC Enterprises — What You Should Know: — Smile CDR Inc. (Smile CDR), a Toronto-based health data storage and integration company … Toronto-based Smile CDR, which offers software
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Retain.ai, a service that gives enterprises a view of customer engagement across teams, processes, and apps, raises $23M Series A led by Emergence Capital — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Retain.ai, a platform that gives enterprises … Retain.ai, a service that gives enterprises
Read MoreSean O’Neill / Skift: Siemens says that it has agreed to buy Netherlands-based Sqills, a cloud-based software suite for rail transport operators worldwide, for ~$650M — Sqills has won more contracts from railway operators to upgrade their inventory, booking, and ticketing software than any other tech vendor in recent years. Siemens says that it has
Read MoreGenerally, using a gun to turn your lights off is dangerous and expensive, but for the [DuctTape Mechanic], it’s just how he does things. Video also after the break. To be fair, he uses a salvaged Nintendo Zapper, not a firearm, and replaces the guts with an RF transmitter. We are shocked that he chose
Read MoreReuters: China sues Tencent, claiming WeChat’s “youth mode” does not comply with the country’s laws protecting minors — Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a Tencent (0700.HK) subsidiary on Friday, saying the “youth mode” on the company’s popular social … China sues Tencent, claiming WeChat's "youth mode" does not comply with the country's
Read More{$inline_image} A 3D printer is a wonderful invention, but it needs maintenance like every machine that runs for long hours. [Rob Ward] had a well-used Robox 3D printer that was in need of some repairs, but getting the necessary replacement parts shipped to Australia was cost-prohibitive. Rather than see a beloved printer be scrapped as
Read MoreAlex Stamos / @alexstamos: [Thread] Apple’s child safety protections announcement hurt the effort to find a policy balance on safety and privacy aspects of e2e encrypted comms products — The chatter around Apple’s recent announcement of new child safety protections is rather frustrating, as the amplification/knowledge ratio seems rather high on this one. Apple’s docs:
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google plans another campus in Silicon Valley which will include a new center for some of its hardware products, CNBC reported. Google has been buying up land in northern San Jose, California, spending more than $389 million on what preliminary plans show will include a research and development
Read MoreWe fired up models from Nexgrill, Weber, Napoleon, KitchenAid, Char-Griller and more to find out which charcoal grill is king of the cookout. Best charcoal grills for 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKarl Bode / VICE: Experts say the $65B broadband bill Congress is finalizing has many good aspects, but won’t fix the high prices that result from broadband monopolization — Experts say there’s some very good things in the broadband infrastructure proposal, but it won’t truly fix what ails the broken sector. Experts say the B
Read MoreWhether you know them as samara seeds, maple seeds, or helicopter seeds, most of us know the seeds that spin down to the ground on one or two blades. They have been served as the inspiration for several robotic autorotating gliders, and researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) can now also
Read MoreWill the mid-credits scene tie into DCEU’s future, like the Peacemaker TV series coming to HBO Max? The Suicide Squad post-credits scene explained (spoilers!) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Robert Reiners/Getty Images Riot Games announced Saturday that the final two matches of the League of Legends US Championship Series (LCS), which are slated for later this month, will no longer be held with fans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, “due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the United
Read MoreBlackline CEO Marc Huffman took the hot seat for the very first time in the middle of a pandemic. Baptism of fire: How to survive the first six months as a new tech CEO Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreApple Privacy Letter: More than 4,000 organizations and individuals sign an open letter asking Apple to halt the implementation of its proposed content monitoring technology — Security & Privacy Experts, Cryptographers, Researchers, Professors, Legal Experts and Apple Consumers Decry Apple’s Planned Move … More than 4,000 organizations and individuals sign an open letter asking Apple
Read MoreAn unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1985 sold for $2 million | Rally An anonymous buyer paid $2 million for a never-opened copy of Super Mario Bros., according to collectibles site Rally. First reported by the New York Times, the sale price of the 1985 game broke a record that was set less than
Read MoreThe platform said it recently updated its guidelines to “make exceptions for videos of school board or town hall meetings, where the intention isn’t to promote misinformation.” YouTube yanked public meeting videos over covid misinformation. Now it’s backtracking. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image} If you have ever read anything about the history of UNIX, you may remember that its early development was influenced by an older operating system. MULTICS was developed in the 1960s by MIT and General Electric as a commercial operating system, and had been the system which UNIX writers [Thompson] and [Ritchie] had used.
Read MoreIf you have ever read anything about the history of UNIX, you may remember that its early development was influenced by an older operating system. MULTICS was developed in the 1960s by MIT and General Electric as a commercial operating system, and had been the system which UNIX writers [Thompson] and [Ritchie] had used. It
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