{$inline_image} If you ever watched Dr. Who, you probably know that the TARDIS looked like a police call box on the outside, but was very large on the inside. When asked, the Doctor had some explanation of how something can look small when it is far away and large when it is close up, which
Read MoreIf you ever watched Dr. Who, you probably know that the TARDIS looked like a police call box on the outside, but was very large on the inside. When asked, the Doctor had some explanation of how something can look small when it is far away and large when it is close up, which never
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Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Government-backed hackers based in North Korea are targeting individual security researchers through a number of means including a “novel social engineering method,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group is reporting. The campaign has reportedly been ongoing for several months, and worryingly appears to exploit unpatched Windows 10 and Chrome vulnerabilities.
Read MoreLaurens Cerulus / Politico: Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Vodafone, and Orange pledge to prioritize the development of Open RAN tech to help smaller equipment makers enter the 5G market — Equipment makers Ericsson and Nokia face new competitors and political pressure to open up. — PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica, Vodafone,
Read MoreThe new Open Web Docs initiative includes Google, Microsoft, along with Samsung, Mozilla, W3C, and others. Tech giants come together to form Open Web Docs initiative Source: Tech Radar Software
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. Uber is set to expand its Uber Green service across
Read MoreWe now live in a Zoom world. Since founding the now-iconic video-conferencing company in 2011, Eric Yuan has elevated Zoom to one of the most successful SaaS businesses in recent history. With 400,000 paying customers, $600+ million in quarterly revenue, and a market cap north of $100 billion, Zoom is ubiquitous in post-pandemic 2020. But
Read MoreCompanies inspired by the cryptocurrency are creating social networks, storing online content and hosting websites without any central authority. They Found a Way to Limit Big Tech’s Power: Using the Design of Bitcoin Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDesigners and tech start-ups are working to improve sustainability and interrupt the path to the landfill. Fashion Trends Are Often Recycled. Now More Clothing Can Be, Too. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDeplatforming President Trump showed that the First Amendment is broken — but not in the way his supporters think. Why Is Big Tech Policing Free Speech? Because the Government Isn’t Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUS giant wants to boost its NCR-as-a-service strategy and get a better foothold in the area of payments. NCR to purchase Cardtronics in a bid to boost its payments strategy Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreIf ever there was a sign that the times are changing, it’s this: the world’s biggest diesel engine factory is winding down production of combustion motors as it pivots to making electric motors. Electric motor production at the Peugeot Citroen PSA plant in Tremery, France, is expected to double this year to 180,000 units. By
Read MoreThe exoplanet WASP-107b may be as large as Jupiter, but this super-puff planet only contains one-tenth as much mass as the king of our Solar System. The density of this world is lower than what astronomers thought possible. The discovery of this bizarre exoplanet — sometimes called a cotton candy planet — provides astronomers with a unique
Read MoreSometimes, standard hardware won’t do when it comes to the differently abled. [Ben Krasnow] found himself recently working on a project for a musician who doesn’t have the use of his legs, and thus needed to create a new interface to replace a standard expression pedal. [Ben] is a big fan of the build first
Read MoreThe app has helped fuel democracy movements in Iran and Belarus but now faces scrutiny as extremists and conspiracy theorists flock to it amid crackdowns by Facebook and Twitter on disinformation. Telegram, Pro-Democracy Tool, Struggles Over New Fans From Far Right Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden has vowed to replace the nation’s government vehicles with an American-made electrically powered fleet, CNBC reports. The commitment came as part of the “Buy American” executive order, which is designed, as its name suggests, to stimulate government procurement of US-made products. America’s switch to electric vehicles won’t happen overnight though. It’ll
Read MoreMatthew Keys / The Desk: Survey: the average American household spent $47 a month on streaming in 2020, up from $34 a month in 2019; 81% of US households used Netflix at the end of 2020 — The average American household dropped more money on streaming television services in 2020 compared to the previous year
Read MoreTechnology journalist Casey Newton has a worrying revelation in the latest issue of his Platformer newsletter: amidst rapid growth, Signal is reportedly not ready for all the ways it could be misused. The messaging app presently runs as a non-profit, and is funded by donations from users and a $50 million loan from WhatsApp co-founder
Read MoreCeleste was one of the most acclaimed games of 2018, but what you may not have known is that the tightly designed platformer was an expanded version of a smaller project developed in four days at a game jam. Maddy Thorson and Noel Berry created the original Celeste for the Pico-8 platform, and now that
Read MoreIf engineering choices a hundred years ago had been only slightly different, we could have ended up in a world full of steam engines rather than internal combustion engines. For now, though, steam engines are limited to a few niche applications and, of course, models built by enthusiasts. This one for example is built entirely
Read MoreSupport for other Wacom products is in the works, too. One by Wacom pen tablet the first to work with Chromebooks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlaphia Zoyab / Rest of World: Twitter and Facebook have done little to stop the spread of anti-Muslim messages from Indian politicians, amplifying incendiary voices in pursuit of profit — If Twitter and Facebook are willing to deplatform a sitting U.S. president, why haven’t Indian politicians faced any consequences? Twitter and Facebook have done little
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