No One Knows What TikTok Is
This week, US lawmakers began a new push to ban TikTok. At the heart of it is a lot of confusion about what the app is and what it means.
Read MoreThis week, US lawmakers began a new push to ban TikTok. At the heart of it is a lot of confusion about what the app is and what it means.
Read MoreMcGinn has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the medtech and pharma sectors and is currently the CEO of Mergon Group. Read more: IBEC’s medtech group appoints Padhraic McGinn as chair
Read MoreMacworld Has your iPhone slowed down and stopped acting the way you expect? Is your calendar suddenly full of spam appointments? Have you heard about the latest security hole in iOS? Or did you see a social media post indicating that your data isn’t safe? If you answered yes to any of those questions you
Read MoreCurt Anyroad in silver. | Image: Ampler Ampler — one of our favorite European e-bike makers — is back with a 2024 model refresh that includes a new all-road variant of the sporty Curt. The Curt Anyroad is available with either a high- or low-step frame, the latter being easier to step through when sitting
Read MoreYour pets can already eat a chewable tablet for tick prevention. Now, a pill that paralyzes and kills ticks has shown positive results in a small human trial.
Read MoreRyan Weeks / Bloomberg: In one of the most notable developments under its new CEO Richard Teng, Binance spun out Binance Labs, its $10B venture capital arm, earlier this year — – Investment arm is now independent from the trading platform — Industry is monitoring for changes at Binance under CEO Teng
Read MoreOn the surface, the default iOS Calculator app seems very simple. But, there are a few tricks up the Calculator app’s sleeve. The iOS Calculator app isn’t as simple as it lets on. The Calculator app is one of the most basic default apps available on the iPhone. However, the app having infamously never found
Read MoreReddit said the new ad format will help advertisers create ‘in-depth conversation’ with users and boost engagement, while the platform’s IPO looms closer. Read more: Reddit reveals free-form ads as it prepares for IPO
Read MoreAstropad’s Rock Paper Pencil is a textured screen protector and a replacement Apple Pencil tip that should be part of every artist’s toolbox. Astropad’s Rock Paper Pencil The iPad is a fantastic tool for creative people, especially since the Apple Pencil was released. While we believe Apple did a great job, there is still room
Read MoreMacworld Now that Apple has updated its hugely popular MacBook Air range with a new M3-powered model, there’s one question: is the new model a no-brainer purchase or should you look at picking up the cheaper M2 Air? We compare the two to see where your money would be best spent. Apple 13-inch MacBook Air
Read MoreDaniele Lepido / Bloomberg: Vodafone sells its Italian business to Switzerland’s Swisscom for €8B in cash and plans a €4B stock buyback; Swisscom will merge Vodafone Italia with Fastweb — – Vodafone also announced plans for a €4 billion share buyback — Della Valle says sale is ‘final step’ in European reshaping
Read MoreCredit: Max Streaming service Max is offering a 40% discount on one-year subscriptions. That means you can get a one-year plan for as low as $69.99. Subscribing to the major streaming services is an expensive endeavor, but some platforms offer a yearly subscription at a slight discount. Now, it turns out that Max is offering
Read MoreFalco, the open-source, cloud-native, runtime security tool, recently graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s incubation program. That means it’s considered stable and ready for use in production environments, including Azure. It joins many of the key components of a cloud-native platform including Helm, Envoy, etcd, KEDA, and Cloud Events. I recently had a conversation
Read MorePublic cloud providers are often loathed for charging data transfer or “egress fees” for removing data from a specific cloud provider. If you move data out of a cloud provider, there’s a cost; for instance, you move inventory data from an inventory system residing in a public cloud provider to a supply chain system on
Read MoreMacworld Adobe added the option to mark fields that can be filled out with text, boxes that can be checked, and other helpers for form completion at least a decade ago–so long ago, it’s hard to find out when. But many organizations that offer downloadable forms on their websites haven’t gotten the message. The group
Read MoreGoogle has been heavily focused on AI over the past year and this will likely continue for 2024, but the company has also had blunders in this field. Read more: Google I/O 2024 is taking place on 14 May
Read MoreLinda Thomas-Greenfield said the US-led resolution, if adopted, would be the ‘first-ever standalone effort’ at the UN to establish global consensus on AI. Read more: US pushes for global AI regulations at UN general assembly
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: China quietly asks EV makers like BYD and Geely to sharply increase their purchases from local chipmakers, to reduce reliance on Western imports — – Directive could hurt Nvidia, NXP and other EV chip suppliers — Order is a response to US efforts to curb Chinese chip tech
Read MoreOne key selling point of an iPhone is its camera. iPhones’ camera specifications are great, and they are capable of capturing DSLR-type images. However, iPhone users occasionally face the problem of low storage space. Since the pictures you capture using your iPhone camera can be up to 2-5MB, they can quickly eat up the storage
Read MoreMacworld A second screen is incredibly handy, but unfortunately, they’re not designed for easy portability. However, if you’ve ever wanted to bring more screen real estate to and from the office or a cafe to work remotely, you can do so with this portable display monitor, on sale for only $144.97 (reg. $169) through March 17.
Read MoreIt might not count as “DC to daylight,” but an electromechanical attenuator that covers up to 70 GHz is pretty close, and getting a guided tour of its insides is quite a treat. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this one comes to us from [Shahriar] at “The Signal Path,” where high-end gear most of us never get a
Read MoreNostra is continuing its plan to buy up various companies to support its growing tech stack, as it moves into the ‘essential’ printing services sector. Read more: Nostra marks Xerox printing partner as 10th acquisition
Read MoreWired: A deep dive into Reddit’s history and the power of its 60K+ unpaid moderators, based on interviews with 60+ current and former mods, employees, and contractors — An army of more than 60,000 unpaid moderators has unprecedented power over Reddit. The company’s future hinges on whether they can coexist with Wall Street’s expectations.
Read MoreWhen you start a conversation on Instagram, it functions much like it does on most other social media platforms. You can swiftly write and send messages, discuss interesting content such as the AI image trend found on Instagram, and more. However, it’s easy to make a misstep. Grammatical errors can occur as easily as poor
Read MoreKongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead of fighting it. Metropolises all over the world are following suit.
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