Author: Tech Support

GoFundMe has banned fundraisers for traveling to political events "where there's risk of violence by the attendees", following the violence at the Capitol (Brianna Sacks/BuzzFeed News)

Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News: GoFundMe has banned fundraisers for traveling to political events “where there’s risk of violence by the attendees”, following the violence at the Capitol  —  As Trump supporters continue to plan rallies in Washington, DC, before and during Joe Biden’s inauguration, GoFundMe … GoFundMe has banned fundraisers for traveling to political

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13 Quibi Shows Worth Watching on Roku

Quibi was the largest backed streaming service you never heard of (or maybe never cared about) in 2019. The hopeful streaming rival featured over 75 new programs starring some A-list celebrities, including Anna Kendrick in Dummy, Kevin Hart and John Travolta in Die Hart, and Laurence Fishburne in #FreeRayshawn, which… Read more… 13 Quibi Shows

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AMD unveils its Ryzen 5000 Series, 8-core x86 chips for gaming laptops and thin-and-light notebooks coming in February, and third-gen Epyc server chips (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: AMD unveils its Ryzen 5000 Series, 8-core x86 chips for gaming laptops and thin-and-light notebooks coming in February, and third-gen Epyc server chips  —  Advanced Micro Devices showed off some impressive Ryzen 5000 mobile processors today and teased the performance of its 3rd Gen Epyc server chips. AMD unveils its Ryzen

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Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter ban ‘problematic’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes Twitter‘s ban of US President Donald Trump is “problematic” because rules around free speech should be set by lawmakers rather than tech firms, her spokesman said on Monday. Spokesperson Steffen Seibert agreed with Twitter‘s decision to flag Trump’s tweets, as social network operators have to prevent their platforms from being “poisoned by hatred,

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Cockroach Labs, which develops the cloud-native SQL database CockroachDB, raises $160M Series E at a $2B valuation led by Altimeter Capital (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Cockroach Labs, which develops the cloud-native SQL database CockroachDB, raises $160M Series E at a $2B valuation led by Altimeter Capital  —  Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, have been on a fundraising roll for the last couple of years.  Today the company announced a $160 million Series E on a fat

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Memo: following its Trump ban, Facebook has told employees to avoid wearing company-branded apparel in public as it might put staff at risk (Alex Heath/The Information)

Alex Heath / The Information: Memo: following its Trump ban, Facebook has told employees to avoid wearing company-branded apparel in public as it might put staff at risk  —  Facebook on Monday told employees to avoid wearing or carrying company-branded clothing and other items in public following the company’s suspension … Memo: following its Trump

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