Apple's system status webpage indicates that the company has resolved an outage affecting iCloud Account and Sign In services
Apple's system status webpage indicates that the company has resolved an outage affecting “iCloud Account and Sign In” services.
Microsoft's patch for a zero-day privilege escalation Windows bug in June did not fix the vulnerability, which could still be exploited with some adjustments
Back in June, Microsoft released a fix for a vulnerability in the Windows operating system that enabled attackers to increase … Source: Google Project Zero .
Kuo: Apple Car's unclear development schedule means it may launch in 2025-2027, while changes in EV/self-driving market may push the launch to 2028
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Apple is targeting 2024 for production of its long-rumored electric vehicle with “next level” …
Facebook critics say a general animosity toward Facebook in Washington may push the Biden administration into taking more proactive measures against the company
Facebook endured a deluge of political scrutiny in Donald Trump's Washington. It's poised to face even worse in the Joe Biden era.
Analysis of the top 1M pages on the web finds that HTTP/2 is now more common than HTTP/1.1; jQuery, Google Analytics were the top JavaScript libraries by usage
We rendered the top 1 million pages on the web, tracking every conceivable performance metric, logging every error, noting every requested URL.
Laptop and desktop manufacturers are still months away from fulfilling outstanding orders as sales see a renaissance; shortages won't ease until 2022
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007 …
David Silver, a principal research scientist at DeepMind, on AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and MuZero, applying reinforcement learning to real world problems, and more
David Silver of DeepMind, who helped create the program that defeated a Go champion, thinks rewards are central to how machines—and humans—acquire knowledge.
From working remotely to benefiting from the new normal, tech companies led the way in pandemic response, but fell behind in stopping COVID-19 misinformation
- Tech companies were the first to cancel events and send workers home because of Covid concerns in early 2020.
Report: Facebook closed Irish subsidiary and moved billions in profits back to US following IRS suit; Irish subsidiary paid $101M in tax on $15B profit in 2018
Facebook Inc. has moved to wind down several Irish holding companies that had allowed it to shift billions of dollars in profit to the country … Source: The Times . Tweets: @cnada , @business , and @b...
2020 has been the beginning of major streaming exclusivity plays, forcing users to pay for four or five services as big studios prioritize their own platforms
End-of-year turnover is always rough, and it's going to get worse — Two of the biggest movies people want to talk about this week … Tweets: @loudmouthjulia , @trengriffin , @freak_leader , @sachgau ...
With 31% market share, MediaTek becomes the biggest smartphone SoC vendor globally in Q3, surpassing Qualcomm, which remains the largest 5G chipset vendor
Ankit Malhotra / Counterpoint Research :
Beijing's frenzied drive to free itself from a reliance on imported chips could prove to be one of the enduring legacies of Trump's trade policies toward China
Beijing's drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted start-ups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out.
Profile of Ray Holt, who in the 1960s jointly developed the F-14 Tomcat's Central Air Data Computer, considered by some to be the first microprocessor
and a reminder that “Indian Ocean, Present Day” was in fact a very long time ago https://twitter.com/... Clive Thompson / @pomeranian99 : Wonderful piece by @sarahfallon in @WIRED about the guys who c...
Mastercard SpendingPulse: US online holiday sales from Oct. 11 to Dec. 24 grew 49% YoY, for a 19.7% share of overall retail sales, up from about 13.4% in 2019
Reuters : Source: Business Wire .
Study: the median valuation for SaaS companies raising their Series C rose by 40% to $210M this year, while their median revenue grew 20%
Valuations soar in Silicon Valley with venture capitalists racing to find next big thing — The surging value of cloud software companies … Tweets: @trengriffin , @outsidadgitator , @julianklymochko ...
2020 political campaigns secured emails with physical security keys from a nonprofit working with Google and Microsoft; source says Biden's campaign used keys
Jordan Novet / CNBC : Tweets: @netik , @codinghorror , and @eladgil Tweets: John Adams / @netik : U2F and FIDO worked to stop email attacks this year. Stop using SMS 2FA. Let's get this in the hands ...
Interview with Microsoft's VP of gaming ecosystem Sarah Bond, a former T-Mobile executive, on lowering entry barriers by selling Xbox as a subscription
Gene Park / Washington Post : Tweets: @launcherwp , @genepark , @genepark , and @htsuka Tweets: Launcher / @launcherwp : What does T-Mobile's turnaround have to do with Xbox's strategy? Glad you aske...
European tech executives and diplomats privately complain US sanctions on Huawei shut them out of the Chinese market while offering exceptions for US companies
Yuan Yang / Financial Times :
Privacy laws in the US had momentum at the beginning of 2020, but the pandemic has focused Congress elsewhere and forced everyone to give up more data online
and will with any article that suggests the reason why we are where we are is the result of a lack of will on the part of consumers—but a good rundown nevertheless. https://www.vox.com/... Evan Greer ...
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.