The absolute final vote on the incredibly controversial Copyright Reform was held today, with 19 EU member states voting in favor of making it EU law. Despite the Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Finland, and Sweden voting against the Copyright Reform — and Estonia, Belgium, and Slovenia abstaining — it’ll now be mandatory for all EU
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! It’s almost Easter everyone! That means one thing: rolling back a boulder and revealing some spicy deals. And, boy, do we have an offer for you: three Amazon Echo Dots for only $70! Whether you already have an Echo
Read MoreCiting a rarely used ‘war exemption,’ insurers say they aren’t responsible for the 2017 NotPetya attack. Big Companies Thought Insurance Covered a Cyberattack. They May Be Wrong. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNorth Korea might be posturing to attack Southeast Area’s growing cryptocurrency sector, and experts say it demands international response to reduce the threat. British defense think-tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has warned countries like Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam could soon become targets of state-sponsored hackers intent on skirting international economic sanctions, CNBC reports. “North Korean networks
Read MoreWelcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Here’s Hard Fork’s selection of last weekend’s top stories: 1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have cobbled together to launch a private blockchain and quasi-cryptocurrency called “Learning
Read MoreChina has its eyes set on making self-driving cars mainstream. In order to boost its position as a leader in this sector, the country is building a 100 km long highway with dedicated lanes for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles (AVs). According to a report by FutureCar, this freeway will connect Beijing and the Xiongan New Area
Read MoreReuters: ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allegedly suffered software theft at its US subsidiary by former employees linked to Chinese government — AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch ASML said on Thursday it had been the victim of corporate espionage in 2015 involving employees … ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allegedly suffered software theft at
Read MoreThat’s more than four times the percentage the company was seeing two years before, in Q4 2016. Kaspersky: 70 percent of attacks now target Office vulnerabilities Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOver the past few years, artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI has been hard at work training its bots to play a range of games like Chess, Go, and more complex ones like Dota 2. It’s gotten awfully good at all of them, and if you’ve got MOBA chops, you can now test your skills against
Read MoreIs this the redemption of Brandon Stark? Spoilers within. Bran Stark is Game of Thrones season 8's meme lord – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreErnesto / TorrentFreak: Twitter has “withheld” a tweet published by TorrentFreak, at the request of Starz, pointing to a news story on recent major leaks of unreleased TV shows — A few days ago we reported on several major leaks of unreleased TV-shows. This included several episodes from the Starz original show “American Gods”. Twitter
Read MoreThe race to become the Netflix of video games is heating up. Apple reportedly investing 0 million on its game subscription service – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe final season of Game of Thrones kicked off with a bang on Sunday night. And hooooo boy, we’re ready to break it down for you. Spoilers ahead! Game of Thrones season 8 premiere recap: Winterfell is here (and so are the reunions) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThree YouTube live streams are bringing the 2019 festival to you, without the crowds. Watch Sunday's Coachella live stream of Ariana Grande – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Sources: over half of HQ Trivia’s staff signed a petition to depose CEO Rus Yusupov, who then fired some calling for the change, which led to plummeting morale — This week’s banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.
Read MoreAudi’s concept electric car combines a surprisingly large cabin, self-driving technology and even VR technology to create a high-tech rush hour refuge. Audi AI:Me concept is an autonomous city car of the future – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom the compact dimension to the VR-powered cabin tech, the AI:Me concept is designed around the idea of urban autonomous driving. AI:Me concept is Audi's autonomous, electric answer to rush hour traffic – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreWe now know more about the gigantic “periodic density structures” that emerge from the sun every 90 minutes. Blobs 500 times the size of Earth are being burped from the sun – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a long, cold wait till next Sunday, so start hunting through the teaser for spoilers. Watch Game of Thrones episode 2 trailer now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreManish Singh / VentureBeat: Irvine-based startup Mavenlink raises $48M Series E for its cloud-based project management service bringing the total raised to $111.5M — Big bucks continue to flow into startups that are building and selling productivity and management services. Enterprise collaboration startup Mavenlink … Irvine-based startup Mavenlink raises M Series E for its cloud-based
Read MoreLee’s posthumous cameo in Avengers: Endgame will be his final one for the MCU. Avengers: Endgame will mark Stan Lee's last Marvel movie cameo – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNo spoilers, but how did these fans get access to the Iron Throne? Game of Thrones season 8 premiere leaked on DirecTV Now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBrad Sams / Thurrott: Leaked images suggest a disc-free, digital-only Xbox One S will arrive May 8 for €229, alongside a program for trading in disc-based games for digital versions — This shouldn’t come as a major surprise since I wrote about this back in November, but Microsoft’s on the cusp of releasing … Leaked
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: When DEA got a warrant for LogMeIn to divulge a user’s passwords, LastPass’ encryption scheme meant it couldn’t produce them, but other customer info was given — The government makes very few demands for data from password managers, but when it does it expects a lot, including login information, Forbes has
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: Tinder’s Q1 revenue across Play Store and App Store grew by 42% YoY to $260.7M, passing Netflix to become the top-grossing, non-game app globally — For the first time in years, Netflix is no longer the top grossing, non-game mobile app. Instead, that title now goes to dating app
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