It has been commonly said in Western culture, there are two topics to always avoid if you want to have any friends: Religion and politics. I have to say it is rather unfortunate -- or fortunate, depending on how you look at it -- that both of these are my favorite topics. I will let you wonder if I have any friends left at all after all these years, but I think the reason why they end up being taboo topics is because both deeply relate to our...
University is back in full swing for me, meaning my first set of papers and assignments are due early this month. With all the extra work coming in, I rely like everyone on what my preferences are when it comes to studying, reading, or just some good old fashioned procrastination. I sometimes feel my study habits are fairly inverted compared to the usual, since I enjoy a noisy environment when I am reading or studying. With reading, I require...
From InfoWorld: Apple plans to start assembling the iPhone in Bangalore by end April under a contract manufacturing arrangement with Taiwan’s Wistron.
The move by the company comes even as it awaits approval from the federal government for some of its proposals for lowering the import duties on...
From PC World: Over the next five years, the company behind Snapchat will pay Google at least US$2 billion in cloud bills.
On Thursday, Snap revealed in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it signed a five-year contract to pay Google at least $400 million a year for cloud...
From CNET: It's official: Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is going public.
First, the basics of the IPO. The company is said to be valued at $20 billion to $25 billion, and is looking to raise $3 billion in the offering. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SNAP...
From InfoWorld: Code-hosting site GitLab has suffered an outage after sustaining a "serious" incident on Tuesday with one of its databases that has required emergency maintenance.
The company today said it lost six hours of database data, including issues, merge requests, users, comments, and...
From PC World: Hewlett Packard Enterprise has acquired Niara, a startup that uses machine learning and big data analytics on enterprise packet streams and log streams to detect and protect customers from advanced cyberattacks that have penetrated perimeter defenses.
The financial terms of the deal...
From CNET: If you have a Barnes & Noble Nook 7 tablet, you might want to get on this straight away. The company has issued a recall notice for the power adapter that ships with the tablet.
Although the company doesn't specify the reason on its website, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is a...
From PC World: During CES 2017, we told you how EVGA plans to take over your PC in 2017. Today, the company made strides towards that goal with the debut of its first closed-loop all-in-one liquid CPU coolers.
Both the EVGA CLC 120 ($90 on Amazon) and the EVGA CLC 280 ($130 on Amazon) offer the...
From InfoWorld: Google is open-sourcing its Chrome browser on the Apple iOS platform, after making changes enabling the code to be part of Google’s Chromium browser project.
The code will be moved to the open source Chromium repository, which lets developers build their own Chrome-like browsers. It...
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