In 2020, Tesla was supposed to give us 1 million self-driving taxis and the new Roadster. We have neither, but to rub salt into the wound, the Roadster just got pushed back, again. The Tesla Roadster was the company’s first vehicle. It was a sort of mutant offspring from high-performance electric vehicle startup AC Propulsion
Read MoreSecurity companies need to be unified in their response, says Microsoft. SolarWinds attack is not an outlier, but a moment of reckoning for security industry, says Microsoft exec Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDocuSign study finds signing agreements digitally has become the norm for the vast majority of office workers. eSignatures saw a huge rise in 2020 as pandemic forces business changes Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreKroger is introducing smart shopping carts as a way to encourage social distancing. Smart shopping carts on the rise as stores adapt to pandemic era Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA new cloud security study from Netwrix states that 54 percent of enterprises that use cloud for data storage reported security incidents in 2020. I assume these were all minor ones, seeing that few reached the news cycle, as major problems are prone to do. My guess is that most enterprises only disclose about 10 percent of
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is planning to offer newsletter tools for independent journalists and writers, The New York Times reports. These are thought to include features for helping writers build a following using the social network, curate their email lists, and manage their paid subscriptions. Although work on the project is
Read MoreFor many startups across the UK, Brexit has been like trying to put together new IKEA furniture with random pieces missing and blank pages in the instruction booklet. With freshly published trade negotiations being test-driven for the first time and the UK’s own new national regulations in several key areas still yet to be decided,
Read MoreAnd plenty more questions too. WandaVision episode 4 recap: Marvel show gives us the answers we want – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA covert online push to sway telecommunications policy in favor of the Chinese company may presage a new twist in social manipulation. Inside a Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA Massachusetts man who goes by ‘Roaring Kitty’ on social media helped fuel the frenzy around GameStop. His $53,000 investment in the company briefly reached $48 million in value. The ‘Roaring Kitty’ Rally: How a Reddit User and His Friends Roiled the Markets Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The latest version of Signal for both iOS (5.3.1) and Android (5.3.7) brings a number of new additions to the increasingly popular encrypted messaging app. These include mainstream features like chat wallpapers, animated stickers, and an “About” section in your profile. The iOS app now handles
Read MoreThe mystery has spurred countless conspiracy theories, but we may finally have the answer. Unsolved mystery of Russia's missing hikers may have finally been cracked – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSilicon Valley techies and Wall Street titans have bought homes and moved businesses there in the pandemic, coaxed by an eager mayor. Join Us in Miami! Love, Masters of the Universe Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreHidden from sight, under the UK’s roads, buildings, and parks, lie about one million kilometers of pipes. Maintaining and repairing these pipes require about 1.5 million road excavations a year, which causes either full or partial road closures. These works are noisy, dirty and cause a lot of inconveniences. They also cost around £5.5 billion
Read MoreGameStop. It’s everywhere: your family members have messaged you about this, the world’s richest man has tweeted memes about this, and there’s also a sea shanty about it. I don’t blame you if you feel left out of the conversation. However, this piece is not a long-form explainer to explain every character arc in this story. But
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi Pico is the latest product in the Raspberry Pi range, and it marks a departure from their previous small Linux-capable boards. The little microcontroller board will surely do well in the Pi Foundation’s core markets, but its RP2040 chip must have something special as a commercial component to avoid being simply another
Read MoreThese are the best movies, series and new releases on Aha, Eros Now, Amazon Prime Video Netflix and other OTT platforms in India. 5 crackling offerings for your weekend viewing on Indian OTT platforms Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreSamsung’s pulled the Galaxy S21 away from the Ultra and closer to the Galaxy 20 FE. Definitely a wise move. Review: Samsung's Galaxy S21 is the no-brainer upgrade phone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNew York Times: Robinhood says it raised an emergency infusion of over $1B from its existing investors, facing an onslaught of demands on its cash amid the stock market frenzy — The no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such
Read MoreWe wouldn’t be where we are today without Mrs. Coldiron’s middle school typing class. Even though she may have wanted to, she never did use negative reinforcement to improve our typing speed or technique. We unruly teenagers might have learned to type a lot faster if those IBM Selectrics had been wired up for discipline
Read MoreHow Dogecoin became one of the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies. Dogecoin: The joke cryptocurrency that somehow became real – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such as GameStop. Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises Billion From Its Investors Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhatsApp has now said UPI transaction history won’t be shared with Facebook, even though the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy said that data from business interactions will be shared with the parent company. WhatsApp has some clarifications on its Payments Privacy Policy now Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreI wouldn’t be surprised if right now, in an office in China, a bunch of Xiaomi employees are jumping up and down and yelling, “Suck it Apple!” The company just revealed that it has invented a device that wirelessly charges your devices over the air. What Xiaomi has claimed to achieve is long-distance wireless charging. The company
Read MoreTyson refused to play roles that were demeaning to Black women: “I wait for roles — first, to be written for a woman, then, to be written for a Black woman.” Oprah, Viola Davis, Ava DuVernay, Barack Obama and more pay tribute. Trailblazing actress Cicely Tyson dies at 96 – CNET Source: CNet
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