Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews
The game was put back into closed beta in July — Amazon has officially canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.
A look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the language for tackling large-scale numerical problems
Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work. — I've been running into a lot of happy and excited scientists lately. Tweets: @swmckay , @rickasaurus , @ju...
Judge refuses to reinstate Epic's Fortnite on the App Store but grants an injunction that keeps Apple from retaliating against the Unreal Engine
at least based on the current record on the two claims being considered for the preliminary injunction. “Too many unknowns remain,” she writes. https://twitter.com/... Mike Futter / @futterish : Looks...
Global PC shipments grew 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020 to 79.2M units, breaking a 10-year record; Acer grew 15% while Apple grew 13.2%
Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 22 February 2020 — Recently released Canalys data shows …
Tuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from China's third-party Android stores
- Service required registration with mobile phone numbers — An app backed by Chinese cybersecurity giant 360 Security Technology Inc …
Onapsis, which provides cybersecurity and compliance services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, raises $55M Series D, bringing its total raised to $117M
Onapsis, a Boston-based company that provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for mission-critical applications …
HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server
Thousands of calls were spilling from an unprotected server. — Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown. Tweets: @zackwhittaker , @somilbtrivedi , @lorakolodny , @zack...
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures
Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth …
A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise
As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people. Tweets: @crecenteb , @peterguest , @ghoshworld , and @anupkaphle ...
Black LinkedIn is emerging as a professional analog to Black Twitter since the pandemic and George Floyd's killing, with disagreements about moderation arising
Conversations on race and racism are increasingly happening on LinkedIn. Tweets: Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / @mukhtaryare : LinkedIn's tone has long reflected corporate America: staid, monolithic, white. Now...
Datavant, which lets healthcare organizations connect their data while protecting patient privacy, raises $40M Series B, bringing its total raised to $83M
Datavant, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of solutions for life sciences and healthcare organizations to connect their data …
As deepfakes make their way into broadcast-quality productions, filmmakers and artists are facing new questions like how to cast the right actors for a deepfake
In 2019, two multimedia artists, Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund, set about to pursue a provocative idea. Tweets: @_karenhao Tweets: Karen Hao / @_karenhao : Now that deepfakes are being used in ...
US Cyber Command says it has temporarily disrupted the Trickbot botnet, an army of 1M+ hijacked computers run by Russian-speaking criminals, ahead of elections
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Apple will offer free AirPods to iPhone 11 buyers who shop from its new online store in India, as part of a promotion for the Diwali festival
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Researchers prove an efficient algorithm for finding approximate solutions to the traveling salesperson problem slightly beats the long-standing record holder
After 44 years, there's finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem. Tweets: @andreasateth and @gunvantsr Tweets: Andreas Wallraff / @...
Mailers masquerading as progressive voter guides and endorsing Proposition 22, the initiative backed by Uber and Lyft, are showing up in California mailboxes
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Interview with Maulik Majmudar, Amazon Halo's principal medical officer, on the fitness band, its controversial body fat and emotional tone features, and more
Amazon Halo's Principal Medical Officer Dr. Maulik Majmudar says he hears your concerns about the company's newly unveiled Halo device — but not in a creepy way. Tweets: @bindzbrain and @chrisarvinsf ...
Avail Medsystems, which develops telemedicine software to let surgical teams in operating rooms collaborate with remote medical experts, raises $100M Series B
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Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale
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The Wikipedia page of a Bollywood star has become an internet battleground as editors dispute if it should reflect conspiracy theories about his cause of death
Stephen Harrison / Slate : Tweets: @nowme_datta and @harrisonstephen Tweets: Naomi Datta / @nowme_datta : This is a great piece. How Wikipedia was not spared by SSR conspiracy theories. And how edits...
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.