Each new generation of kids comes up with their own slang, which can sound slightly ridiculous and often confusing to the previous generation. In recent years, I’ve had to learn what “yeet” means and what the hell a “VSCO girl” is. I know that when you think someone is the imposter in Among Us, it’s
Read MoreMy very first post appeared on ZDNet 15 years ago this week. To mark the occasion, I fired up the Wayback Machine and traveled back in time to February 2006. It was a different world. 15 years at ZDNet: What a long, strange trip it's been Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft is launching a new feature that will make it easier for users to set permissions around the files stored in Teams. Microsoft Teams is making sharing files a whole lot easier Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreAccording to reports and a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, electric vehicle maker Tesla has bought a shit tonne of Bitcoin, and might even accept the perennial cryptocurrency as payment for its cars at some point in the future. The SEC filing, made earlier today, disclosed that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin,
Read MoreTesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin according to an SEC filing. This news has caused Bitcoin’s value to rise over 10%. At the time of writing, bitcoin’s price was over $42,000. In the filing, the company said that it may acquire and hold digital assets from time to time or long-term: In January 2021, we
Read MoreWe are hardly in the second month of the year, and we’re already seeing phone makers fling their flagship devices into the market. Last month, Samsung released its Galaxy S21 series. Now, Xiaomi has thrown its hat in the ring with the new Mi 11. The new model sports a 108-megapixel camera and 6.81-inch AMOLED
Read MoreA big 120Hz display, the fastest processor on the market and a redesigned camera bump. Nope, I’m not describing the Galaxy S21, but Xiaomi’s brand new Mi 11. Xiaomi's Mi 11 flagship comes with a 55W charger in the box – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. The UK government has pledged £20 million (US$27.4
Read MoreThe victims include high-profile academics, activists and business leaders, and government officials in the United States and Europe. Researchers find more victims of one of Iran’s oldest hacking groups Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreImage: Dave2D Leaked images of the unannounced OnePlus 9 Pro suggest the flagship smartphone will include a Hasselblad-branded camera array. The images shared in a recent Dave Lee YouTube video show four cameras on the rear of the phone. These include wide-angle, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses, the latter of which appears to offer up to
Read MoreThere are a lot of ways to tell time, but pretty much all of them involve some sort of sequential scale — the hands sweeping across the face of an analog clock comes to mind, as does the incremental changes of a digital clock. Clocks are predictable by their very nature, and therefore somewhat boring.
Read MoreMicrosoft has officially launched its password Autofill solution, making it available across operating systems. Microsoft brings Autofill password manager to iOS Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreIn this image from 2018, NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps trains in a U.S. spacesuit at the Johnson Space Center. Jeanette Epps: Astronaut and Aerospace Engineer Source: NASA
Read MoreProject ‘Sun Valley’ is coming later in 2021, and plentiful leaks are giving us a good idea of how it might shape up. Windows 10’s new look leaks again Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreNothing gets the Yanks riled up quite like when another country is doing something better than they are. General Motors played into that trope with its latest commercial by showing of how much better Norway is at doing EVs than the US is. It comes across more as a call to arms for the US
Read MoreImproper use of basic offerings is hurting the project and its ecosystem, LibreOffice developers say. LibreOffice urges businesses to switch to Enterprise edition Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The PC industry response to Apple’s new M1 chips has been rather quiet, until now. Intel is hitting back at Apple’s new M1 MacBooks with some benchmarks of its own, after early reviews showed impressive performance and battery life from Apple’s ARM-based chips. In benchmarks published by Tom’s
Read MoreGoogle steps up its game on open-source security. Google: Our new tool makes open-source security bugs easier to spot Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWhat will your worklife be like years from now? Today’s work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate. The future of work: Coming sooner than you think Source: Security
Read MorePhoto by Maja Hitij/Getty Images Elon Musk is putting up $100 million as part of a new X Prize Foundation competition focused on carbon removal technology. The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. Fifteen teams will be selected for the competition within 18 months.
Read MoreKevin / kwokchain: How Figma, which bet on collaborative product design, and Canva, which focuses on helping non-designers excel in marketing design, are succeeding against Adobe — How Figma and Canva are taking on Adobe—and winning — In 2010, Photoshop was ubiquitous. How Figma, which bet on collaborative product design, and Canva, which focuses on
Read MoreDigital banks offer modern convenience but consumers are still keen to secure sign-up benefits and good rates, survey finds. Over half of consumers considering a move to digital banks Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreAnnual car sales are unlikely to reach pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon. In fact, experts say that the rate of recovery is forecasted to be a result of a slowdown in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, with electric vehicles gaining a positive trajectory during the pandemic recovery period and beyond. According to a recent Deloitte study, EVs
Read MoreMicrosoft has once again released a series of Windows 10 Updates that appear to be causing problems for some users. Microsoft is still struggling with broken Windows 10 updates Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreHow times have changed since the Apollo era. Within the space of a few days, two space missions from China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), respectively, are set to reach Mars. The UAE’s Hope mission will go into orbit around Mars on February 9. The next day, the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission – an orbiter
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