Move over Bill Gates, it’s time for Jeff Bezos to get a little more time in the spotlight of conspiracy theorists. On Tuesday, Amazon announced the rollout of its new Amazon One devices that use a customer’s palm for identification and payment at physical retail stores. The devices are already […]
Month: September 2020
Trump to Shut off TikTok, WeChat to New U.S. Users on Sunday | Top News
By David Shepardson, Echo Wang and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat. The bans, announced […]
T-Mobile offers first responders up to 25% off Samsung 5G phones
First responder agencies can get discounts on Samsung phones through T-Mobile. Angela Lang/CNET State and local agencies that offer first responders free unlimited talk, text and data through T-Mobile’s Connecting Heroes program can get up to 25% off Samsung 5G phones for a limited time, the carrier said Friday. That […]
Report: Oracle’s proposed TikTok deal includes search for backdoors
TikTok and Oracle are having to convince the Trump administration their proposed deal will keep data secure. A source told Axios one condition of the deal is that Oracle will have to audit TikTok’s source code to make sure there aren’t any security backdoors. TikTok’s source code and particularly its […]
New study tracks COVID-19’s effects on small tech firms
A new study by the UO’s Lauren Lanahan seeks to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small high-tech firms and track the challenges and opportunities they face as the crisis continues to unfold. “The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced substantial disruptions to the U.S. and global economies, and in […]
Uniswap Token Goes Live, Now Available On Coinbase Pro
KEY POINTS Uniswap released UNI, its governance token, Thursday All historical Uniswap users received at least 400 tokens Those who provided liquidity received more tokens Uniswap, a decentralized Ethereum trading platform, launched its governance token UNI on Thursday and announced that all its users could now claim 400 UNI (a […]
Amazon sinks cash into EV startup Rivian as part of Climate Pledge
Amazon delivery vans, courtesy of Rivian, coming soon. Amazon This past June, Amazon announced a $2 billion investment as its first step on the road toward becoming a net-zero carbon company by 2040. On Thursday, the online retail giant and technology company revealed the first group of companies that will […]
Comcast shut off Internet to hundreds, saying they were illegally connected
Comcast says that a broadband reseller illegally sold Comcast Internet service in residential buildings in the Denver area and has terminated the connections to those buildings. As reported by Denver7 this week, the shutoff affected hundreds of people who live in buildings serviced by AlphaWiFi, “which installs and services Internet […]
WeChat decision by U.S. Commerce expected by Sept. 20
In a court filing Wednesday, the Trump administration underscored the complexity of cutting ties with WeChat, a ubiquitous app in China that is also used by many Chinese speakers in the United States, some of whom filed a lawsuit trying to block the government from taking action against the app. […]
What to expect at Apple’s September 15 ‘Time Flies’ event
Apple’s annual special event is only days away on September 15. Here’s what you can expect to be announced during the presentation, alongside the “Apple Watch Series 6″ Apple confirmed it would be holding its usual special event on September 15, continuing its annual tradition for one more year. While […]
Amazon, Apple, and Google’s open-source smart home standard is on track for a 2021 launch
Project Connected Home over IP — the ambitious attempt to bring together Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance with a unified, open-source smart home platform — has just posted its latest update on the project. The group has announced (in the first major update since the standard was revealed) […]
Apple’s next big launch event will take place on September 15th
That threw the usual timetable into disarray and led to a handful of off-the-mark guesses, which are unavoidable even now. Persistent rumors have suggested that the iPhone 12 series won’t actually be unveiled until some time in October, so it’s possible this event could exclusively be about devices like the […]
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds, Earbuds 500: Everything We Know
The true wireless earbuds category has been exploding in recent months. We’re not just talking about the sheer number of models available — which now number in the hundreds, if not the thousands — but also what these personal audio products are capable of doing. Apple, Sony, Jabra, Sennheiser, and […]
America’s Federal Robot Subsidy Hurts Workers
A tax subsidy for automation would overturn an assumption made by economists since at least the 1930s. The assumption is that technology, in order to displace human labor, must perform a workplace task more efficiently than a human. If tax policy penalizes the employment of human labor relative to the deployment […]
Judge Warns Julian Assange to Shut Up After Shouts of ‘Nonsense’ at Extradition Hearing
LONDON—In a few weeks or months, Judge Vanessa Baraitser will rule on whether Julian Assange can be taken to the United States to face a string of serious espionage charges, so it’s probably a good idea for him to stay in her good graces. But on Tuesday, the second day […]
Tech chills spill into Asia, as shares sink across region
A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months. Koji Sasahara AP Asian shares declined on Wednesday after a sell-off of […]
Chef to be acquired for $220M by Progress in ‘next chapter’ for Seattle automation tech company
Chef CEO Barry Crist. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Updated below with details from interview with Chef CEO Barry Crist. Business application platform Progress will acquire Seattle-based automation technology company Chef for $220 million in cash under a deal announced Tuesday. It’s a major turn of events for a […]
Trump is angry that Twitter won’t remove a crudely edited ‘Moscow Mitch’ meme poking fun at McConnell
© Provided by Business Insider Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In a tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump pressured Twitter to remove a meme poking fun at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meme, shared by a user with less than 200 followers, depicts McConnell’s face photoshopped onto a Soviet Union […]
The highest paid tech jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
Business Insider analyzed the tech jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area that pay the highest salaries. The Bay Area is the hub of the tech industry, and it’s where many of the world’s most prominent tech companies, like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Netflix, were founded, creating an ultra-competitive market […]
An article for the new Luddites
If you’re looking for some new technology, DealExtreme has you covered. But if you want to know what the alternatives are, look no further than Suomiarvostelut, the best review website in Finland! Some of you might have read that and thought that this is just the new generation becoming too […]