Here is news of the “next generation of videoconferencing” that “turns your boring Zoom call into a Weekend Update-style TV show”
Good news:
You can buy a 100 TB SSD drive.
Hold, please:
For $40,000*
*that is $400/TB for those keeping score.
You may find this hard to believe, but “Frontier Communications misled thousands of customers about the prices it charges and about the speeds its broadband network can provide”, at least that’s what the Washington State Attorney General says:
Reports are in that cryptocurrency exchange “Coinbase Inc has started plans for a stock market listing that could come as early as this year”
Let’s see how well this works out for them:
In news from Never Ever Land, here is a post that says the “Co-founder of an Indian alternative to TikTok says his firm will never accept Chinese investments”
According to reports, “some popular home security cameras could allow would-be burglars to work out when you’ve left the building”
But wait, there’s more:
“just by looking at data uploaded by the camera and without monitoring the video footage itself.”
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In today’s police agency data breach news:
Reports are in that last week he authorities in Germany “seized a computer server that hosted leaked files from scores of police agencies taken in a Houston data breach last month.”
Here is a post that says “electronics manufacturers consider “boycotting” China”
Let’s see how well that works out for them:
“Villagers in remote regions of Kenya’s Rift Valley” can now get high speed internet spam along with the rest of us as there are now Loon balloons available for them “offering the world’s first commercial high-speed internet using balloons”
Sort of news:
“Cheap phones often have tradeoffs”
Hold, please:
“More pre-installed malware has been found in budget US smartphones”
The folks at IBM would like you to give them “your unused computing power to help cure coronavirus and cancer”
Here is a post that says you should “check your router now – it could be a huge Linux security risk”
Everybody panic?
Guess what happened to their number of users when “struggling streaming video platform” Quibi “after their free trials expired”
How could they ever have seen that coming?
Here is a report on a report that “alleges deep co-operation between Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and US military”
Reports are in that “setting up a private satellite Wi-Fi network is now cheaper and easier than ever”
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Make sure that you are wearing your tinfoil hat, this report says that Google, Amazon “and other tech companies” are going to “funnel at least US$25 million to websites spreading misinformation about COVID-19 this year””
Here is news of a new video codec that “halves streaming times”
This report says that the US government is ““looking at” the possibility of banning a range of Chinese apps” because reasons:
Peel back the layers of mystery, here is news on how to “onionize your website”
This fraud scam involving Office 365 has had its status downgraded from “clever ruse” to “neutered”
This post takes a look at the history and background of password security:
Earlier reports of people not buying PCs anymore were off “3-11% in Q2 2020”
Attention online gamers:
You can now check out “a phenomenal look at the underbelly of Valve video game development” if you have a spare $10:
Here is a report that says work-from-home “digital marketers and tech workers are more productive”
Hold, please:
“and burned out”
Bill Nye [the science guy] has made a TicTok video ‘to urge everyone to wear masks” because of course he has:
Reports are in that the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission is “investigating whether TikTok violated rules on child privacy”
A company that “makes $1.8 billion in UK, but pays just $8m in tax” is:
- using creative accounting
- Apple
- all of the above
The director of Control-Finance at “a UK-based cryptocurrency investment company” has gone missing.
Co-incidentally “$147 million worth of its users’ Bitcoin went missing” also:
The co-founder of this “decentralized storage and compute platform” is saying that “Bitcoin’s level of security isn’t necessary for most blockchain use cases”
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