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- Microsoft pledges Malaysian Azure region after winning government cloud gig Complete with availability zones, coming real soon now after it turns local kids onto the cloud Microsoft has announced a new Azure region in Malaysia.…
- Far-right internet haven Parler to be allowed back onto Apple's App Store with added content moderation Social network for web outcasts can be downloaded again from next week for iThings, we're told Parler is set to return to Apple's App Store next week after the social network agreed to moderate hate speech on its platform.…
- Lock up your Peloton smart treadmills, watchdog warns families, following one death, numerous injuries Trendy exercise gear 'poses serious risks to children', says CPSC America's Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has urged owners of the hi-tech Peloton Tread+ treadmill to use caution after a child was killed by one of the machines last month.…
- Who knew Uncle Sam had strike teams for SolarWinds, Exchange flaws? Well, anyway, they are disbanded Lessons learned and mission accomplished, apparently The US government's response groups for dealing with recent SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities have reached the end of the road.…
- 'There was no one driving that vehicle': Texas cops suspect Autopilot involved after two men killed in Tesla crash Model S took corner at high speed, left road, and smashed into a tree Updated Authorities are investigating a Tesla crash in Texas in which two men were killed this weekend. The authorities are probing whether the vehicle was operating in its Autopilot mode with neither occupant in control.…
- WordPress core contributor proposes treating Google FLoC as a security vulnerability Let's opt every WordPress site out of FLoC. Nice idea, but security update? Really? A proposal by a WordPress core contributor to treat Google's FLoC ad tech as a security vulnerability, and therefore backport an automatic opt-out to previous WordPress versions, shows the depth of community opposition to the technology.…
- Brit Salesforce exec Gavin Patterson becomes transfer target for controversial European Super League Ex-BT boss is familiar with the football lifestyle – being paid millions for doing very little Gavin Patterson, former boss of BT, is in the frame to lead a proposed European football league at the centre of a storm of criticism.…
- Won't somebody please think of the children!!! UK to mount fresh assault on end-to-end encryption in Facebook Change the record, nobody's fooled by this now UK Home Secretary Priti Patel will badmouth Facebook's use of end-to-end encryption on Monday evening as she links the security technology with paedophilia, terrorism, organised crime, and so on.…
- Your data warehouse’s future is balanced on the edge – whether you know it or not Looking for the way ahead? Follow the Yellowbrick Summit Promo The cloud is changing, and how you think about data needs to change too.…
- UK digital secretary Oliver Dowden starts national security probe into proposed Arm-Nvidia merger Share price immediately dips for GPU-maker The proposed sale of Arm to Nvidia looks a bit more tenuous today after UK digital secretary Oliver Dowden issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN) indicating he may intervene in the sale on national security grounds.…
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- Best CPUs for Gaming: April 2021 Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give you our pick of some of the best processors available, supplying data from our reviews. Our Best CPUs for Gaming guide targets most of the common system-build price points that typically pair a beefy graphics card with a…
- AI Funding Spree: +$300m for Groq, +$676m for SambaNova The growth of AI has seen a resurgence in venture capital funding for silicon start-ups. Designing AI silicon for machine learning, both for training and inference, has become hot property in Silicon Valley, especially as machine learning compute and memory requirements are coalesced into tangible targets for this silicon to go after. A number of…
BBC News - Technology
- Facebook creates Clubhouse clone Live Audio Rooms Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says the social media platform will introduce audio elements.
- Will NFTs change how we buy our homes? “Tokenisation” could change how many people can own a property and speed up transactions.
- Are Apple and others' tech launches a better watch because of Covid? The pandemic has forced firms to unveil new products via virtual events, rather than live on stage.
- 5G: Rural areas to be allowed taller and wider masts The masts will improve coverage and internet speeds in the English countryside, the government says.
- Could electric tattoos be the next step in body art? Researchers are experimenting with thin, flexible circuits that can be transferred to the skin.
- Two men killed in Tesla car crash 'without driver' in seat One victim was found in the front passenger seat and the other was in the back after the accident in Texas.
- Bank of England to consider digital money plan The Bank and the Treasury set up a taskforce to examine how a central bank digital currency would work.
- Priti Patel: Facebook encryption plan ‘must not hamper child protection’ The Home Secretary criticises Facebook's privacy plan for its apps in a speech on child protection.
- UK government intervenes in Nvidia takeover of chip designer Arm The government is to examine Nvidia's planned purchase of the UK firm on national security grounds.
- Huawei denies spying accusation in the Netherlands A 2010 report claims the Chinese company once had "unlimited access" to phone calls made in the country.
Tom's Hardware
Digg Top Stories
- The Most Disturbing Part Of The Latest Tesla Crash Tesla owners keep doing the same dangerous thing.
- Comedian Comes Up With Affectionate Nickname For People Who Are Half Jewish, Half Italian We've never thought of it before, but this is brilliant.
- This Unreleased Game Nearly Broke The Game Boy Advance Was Radium too good to be true?
- Here's A Great Hack If You Are Too Tired Of Taking Notes On Your Computer If you're not in the mood to take notes during a lecture, here's a clever hack you can try on your MacBook.
- The 10 Best Cities For First-Time Homebuyers In 2021 A housing inventory shortage has sent home prices soaring. Boasting four of the top 10 best cities for first-time homeowners, the Midwest beckons prospective buyers.
- Why Do Online Scams Mostly Target Straight People? From Nigerian princes looking for a trustworthy person to hold their funds to strangers proposing relationships and sex, online scammers' personas most often target the opposite sex. Why?
- A Visit To The NJ Deli Worth $100 Million What makes Hometown International's valuation so strange is what the company does, which is operate a single deli in Paulsboro that is open for 32 hours a week.
- Elon Musk's Fortune Falls Nearly $6 Billion After Tesla Crash Leaves Two Dead Tesla shares fell on Monday after a crash over the weekend involving one of its vehicles raised scrutiny over the company's Autopilot feature.
- Traveler Captures What Riding The Sleeper Train In Japan On A Heavy Snow Day Is Like The experience of riding a sleeper train in first class in Japan seems kind of magical.
- I Regained My Smell After COVID, But Now Can't Stand My Fiancé's Scent It's lessening my attraction to him.
WSJ - Technology
- Maxine Roils the Chauvin Waters The trial judge says her comments could lead to a successful appeal.
- The Battle Over an Alzheimer's Treatment Biogen’s promising drug is caught in the FDA’s political and bureaucratic limbo.
- John Kerry's Climate Kowtow How much will Biden trade away in exchange for empty promises?
- The Stealthy 'Healthy Ports' Plan Beware green mandates that coerce truckers into the Teamsters.
- An American Epidemic of 'Covid Mania' The problem isn’t only the overreaction to the virus but the diminution of every other problem.
- ExxonMobil's Plan to Capture Carbon How to create new jobs by the thousands while ameliorating climate change.
- God Is in the Punch Line If Chesterton’s right about humor, laughter can be sanctifying.
- Tokyo Flexes Its Talons Suga was hawkish on China, but the soft-power U.S.-Japan alliance needs work.
- Joe Biden, 'Union Guy' The president’s labor agenda is the same one he brought to Washington in 1973.
- How Liberals Explain the Decision to Leave California Now what can they say about Oregon?
Engadget
- Elon Musk: Data recovered 'so far' shows Autopilot not enabled in Houston crash Tesla 'technoking' Elon Musk said that so far, data logs show a Model S that hit a tree in Texas this weekend did not have Autopilot enabled.
- ACLU and 70 other organizations ask DHS to stop using Clearview AI More than 70 advocacy groups have called on the Department of Homeland Security to stop using Clearview AI's facial recognition software.
- Jalen Suggs announces he's going pro with an NFT With Suggs now heading to the NBA draft and expected to land somewhere among the top three picks, he’s auctioning off a commemorative NFT celebrating his semi-finals buzzer beater.
- Toyota's first electric vehicle will hit the road in 2022 Toyota announced today it plans to sell around 70 different electric cars globally by the end of 2025, including 15 new fully electric models.
- Facebook and Spotify will team up on 'Project Boombox' Facebook and Spotify will team up on new music features that will allow people to listen to music while they use the Facebook app.
- Facebook will remove calls for violence in preparation for Derek Chauvin verdict As cities and communities across the US anxiously wait for a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, Facebook says it's "doing what we can" to prepare.
- EA announces 'Apex Legends Mobile,' with regional betas starting this month It's completely separate from the PC and console versions of 'Apex Legends.'
- Facebook introduces new audio features to compete with Clubhouse Facebook will test several new audio features, including audio-only “rooms” for live chats, as well as “soundbites,” for sharing short voice messages, and a new podcasting feature.
- Nextdoor will display 'anti-racism notification' if it notices discriminatory language Nextdoor has introduced "anti-racism notifications" to prevent discriminatory language.
- Sony reverses decision to close PS3 and Vita game stores this summer 'It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here.'
Washington Post - Technology
- Parler’s revamped app will be allowed back on Apple’s App Store Parler was booted from the App Store after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
- During the pandemic, viewers have turned to content creators for mental health support Streamers have been a source of companionship and entertainment in the pandemic. But they aren’t trained therapists.
- Union alleges Amazon pressured workers as it seeks to set aside warehouse vote The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union accused Amazon of intimidating staff to persuade them to reject unionization at an Alabama warehouse.
- NASA flies a helicopter on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet Scientists say the successful test could eventually help the space agency more quickly roam across Mars as it looks for signs of ancient life.
- California lawsuit against Chinese tech giant raises a thorny question: Can the plaintiffs remain anonymous? The plaintiffs are a mix of U.S. and Chinese citizens living in California, who filed the suit anonymously because they fear Chinese authorities will seek to punish them or their family members.
- The union’s defeat at Amazon is shaking up the labor movement and exposing a rift between organizers The labor movement is working to regroup, with emotions high after a veteran organizer wrote a sharp critique of the union’s tactics in Alabama.
Wired
- Facebook Announces Live Audio Rooms, Its Clubhouse Clone Clubhouse is the latest startup to get cloned by Facebook, as the social media giant announces a suite of new audio features. Who will use them?
- A Firmware Issue Threatens to Make PS4 Games Unplayable Without a fix to older PlayStations, it’s only a matter of time before older games are rendered obsolete.
- Union Says Amazon Violated Labor Law in the Alabama Election Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty.
- Let Lonely Mountains: Downhill Take Your Breath Away Unspoiled wilderness meets high-speed thrills in a meditative mountain biking game that's still picking up new fans.
- Hackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity Like crafty genies, AIs will grant our wishes, and then hack them, exploiting our social, political, and economic systems like never before.
- Crush the Dance Floor With These Colorful Retro Beat Machines The Polish company Polyend has collaborated with a trio of electronic music artists to infuse its audio creation hardware with blasts of color.
- Nations Need Ambassadors to Big Tech Governments see that companies have country-like powers, but they can’t figure out how to deal with their un-country-like structures. Diplomats could help.
- NASA Lands Ingenuity, the First-Ever Mars Helicopter The copter safely whirled its way up and back down, demonstrating the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
- Want to Get Along With Robots? Pretend They’re Animals Robotics ethicist Kate Darling surveys our history with animals—in work, war, and companionship—to show how we might develop similar relationships with robots.
- How to Watch Tomorrow’s Apple Event The company is expected to unveil some new hardware Tuesday. Here’s how to stream the big show.
The Tech Report
NYT - Technology
- Watch Video of NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity's First Flight The brief test of the experimental vehicle called Ingenuity shows how explorers can study the red planet from the sky as well as the ground.
- Can Tech Make the Roads Safer? We know the dangers of surveillance, but people are dying. Maybe we need more cameras on the roads.
- Facebook, Preparing for Chauvin Verdict, Will Limit Posts That Might Incite Violence The company said it planned to limit posts that contain misinformation and hate speech related to the trial to keep them from spilling over into real-world harm.
- With ‘Knives Out’ Deal, Netflix Signals It’s in the Franchise Business The streaming gold rush of 2017-18, when Netflix scooped up big-name television creators, now seems to have migrated to the film world.
- 2 Killed in Driverless Tesla Car Crash, Officials Say “No one was driving the vehicle” when the car crashed and burst into flames, killing two men, a constable said.
- The Oscars Are a Week Away, but How Many Will Watch? TV ratings for awards shows have been in free fall, especially during the pandemic, and Hollywood doesn’t want the viewing public to toss its premier showcase into the entertainment dustbin.
Reuters - Technology