It’s never nice to critique somebody’s body in their social media post, nor to tell them they’re doing an exercise wrong (even if you really think you’re right). For men, negative comments like these are an occasional annoyance. For many women, they’re constant. So let’s talk about what you can do about them. Read more…
Read MoreCEO Satya Nadella said digital transformation and cloud demand drove results for Microsoft. Indeed, Azure revenue growth was up 50% in the second quarter. Microsoft's Q2 Azure posts revenue growth of 50%, commercial cloud run rate at .8 billion Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft posted the second quarter of its 2021 financial results today, reporting revenue of $43.1 billion and a net income of $15.5 billion. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 33 percent. We saw some impressive growth for Surface, Xbox, and cloud-related services in Microsoft’s previous quarter, and it’s very much
Read MoreMicrosoft: Microsoft Earnings Release FY21 Q2 — Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 26, 2021 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: Microsoft Earnings Release FY21 Q2 (Microsoft) Source: Tech Meme
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Google has released the latest version of Chrome OS, with a few new features for Chromebook owners to try out. If you’re a Chromebook owner, your device should have the newest version now or very shortly. First off, your Chromebook can now function as a smart display (like
Read MoreWe know what you’re thinking. It’s a bad power supply, of course it was capacitors to blame. But even if we all intuitively know at this point that bad caps are almost always the culprit when a PSU gives up the ghost, it’s not always easy to figure out which one is to blame. Which
Read MoreIf you or someone you know has an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), you may want to avoid using an iPhone 12. According to a recent study in the Heart Rhythm Journal, the iPhone 12 and its accessories can interfere with an ICD’s behavior, and even stop it from working. Read more… Keep Your iPhone 12
Read MoreTuesday’s Best Deals | Kinja Deals Read more… The 10 Best Deals of January 26, 2021 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Three weeks after Google promised it would add Apple’s mandatory app privacy labels “as soon as this week,” none of the company’s main apps have the labels, including Gmail, search, Photos, Docs, and YouTube. There have been some questions about whether Google is purposefully not updating its apps
Read MoreThe blaze that killed the former Zappos chief executive may have been caused by “carelessness or even an intentional act,” Connecticut fire and police officials said. Tony Hsieh’s Last Night: An Argument, Drugs, a Locked Door and Sudden Fire Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreImage: Apple Apple has officially released iOS 14.4 and a matching update for its HomePod mini speaker, adding the long-promised ultra-wideband (UWB) handoff feature that will allow newer iPhones to more seamlessly transfer music, calls, and podcasts between the two devices. While both the original HomePod and the HomePod mini have supported handing off music
Read MoreEllen Huet / Bloomberg: A look at content moderation on Clubhouse, where discussions have included homophobia, anti-Semitism, harassment, and the like, as media increases its scrutiny — When Clubhouse, a private social app, debuted in March of last year, it was hard for most people to score an invitation. A look at content moderation on
Read MoreOne day we’re all going to die. Science and technology can put it off for awhile, but the march of time stops for no human. Sadly, most of us will be forgotten. It’s a bleak prognosis but that’s how things have always been. And that’s unlikely to change, despite the best efforts of the AI
Read MoreThis home theater projector brings incredible detail but only mediocre contrast and brightness. BenQ's HT3550i 4K projector is ready for its close-up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt looks a lot like the Engelberg Tourer concept. 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander teases its future redesign – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook News today rolled out across the UK, and the social network marked the launch by revealing new details on how algorithms power the feature. In a blog post, Facebook said the ranking system isn’t comprised of a single algorithm. Instead, it uses multiple layers of machine learning models to predict what a user wants to see.
Read MoreIt’s time to stop giving out your real phone number around the web. If you can avoid it, don’t link your phone number to your various online accounts, because if (or when) those services are breached—as just happened to Facebook and, almost, TikTok—your number will hanging out in the open for anyone to mess with.
Read MoreIt’s currently set at 100 seconds to midnight. Will 2021 be better, worse or the same? We’ll find out on Wednesday. Tomorrow we find out if the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSweet (and spicy) treats that won’t break your budget. The most delicious Valentine's Day food gifts under – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: Twitter announces it is opening up its full tweet archive to academic researchers for free and ups the monthly tweet volume cap for approved applicants to 10M — To help researchers better study online discourse and platform trends — Twitter on Tuesday announced a significant shift … Twitter announces it
Read MoreLucas Matney / TechCrunch: Google announces it is shutting down internal development of Tilt Brush VR and is open sourcing it, a month after shutting down Poly, a 3D object library — As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most
Read MoreIt’s the quickest way to suck the joy out of buying a cute new top: You peel off the long sticker labeled with the size of the garment, and it leaves behind a relentlessly sticky residue that attracts lint and dust. Next thing you know, there’s a discolored rectangle in the middle of your brand
Read MoreEven if you aren’t an electronics person, you probably have a working knowledge of circuit breakers. When the lights go out, you find the circuit breaker and flip it back to the on position. Most people understand, too, that the breaker will trip if you overload the circuit with too many things plugged in or
Read MoreUnity College in Maine, which frames itself as “America’s Environmental College,” has opened up debate about whether small institutions really need to have flagship campuses to survive. Small Maine College Asks: Do We Need a Main Campus? Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreSean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: Chris DeRusha, an ex-Obama staffer and Biden campaign’s CISO, announces he has been appointed as the US CISO, responsible for coordinating cybersecurity policy — The former top cybersecurity official on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign said late Monday that he is now in charge of helping protect … Chris DeRusha, an ex-Obama
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