From CNET: Lyft went from Uber's smaller and less-familiar rival to solid competitor in the US last year.
Growing at a rapid rate, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company provided passengers with 375.5 million trips in 2017. The increase marked a 130 percent rise in the number of rides from...
From PC Mag: Patches and upgrades are normally pretty predictable —or, at least, most companies can give a decent estimate for when services might come back online after a routine upgrade cycle. Kraken, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, was stuck in upgrade Hell for much, much longer than it...
From The Verge: Intel is running into problems protecting its chips from the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that became public last week. The company has been warning customers of three specific flaws in a recent firmware update and recommending that customers hold off installing the...
From CNET: The Office of the US Trade Representative has blacklisted Alibaba's popular online shopping platform again this year over its problem with fake goods. And Alibaba is not happy.
The Chinese e-commerce titan published a point-by-point rebuttal in response to the US Trade Representative's...
In a race car, there are two things that require a high level of protection: The driver and the fuel cell. For one, the chassis of a race car should be strong enough to handle crashes and collisions to prevent as much damage as possible to the driver. However, when protecting the fuel cell, the placement needs to be carefully considered in the design. In addition, the fuel cell itself should be strong enough to handle forces from all the...
From The Verge: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has penned an open letter to the rest of the technology industry, addressing concerns over the two major CPU security flaws. Intel has been issuing cleverly-worded statements, and altering its guidance on performance issues related to security fixes, but the...
From PC Mag: Microsoft is partnering with encrypted communications app Signal on a new end-to-end encrypted messaging feature called Private Conversations.
In a short blog post, Microsoft announced that Private Conversations are now in preview for Skype Insiders. Skype users will be able to have...
From CNET: A new Samsung C-Lab project called S-Ray lets you to listen to your devices without disturbing others by beaming sound straight into your ears.
The company says the technology could be used with a number of different devices including a Bluetooth speaker, a phone cover and a personal...
From PC World: NZXT makes motherboards now.
That’s the news—but saying “NZXT makes motherboards now” is perhaps the greatest understatement of 2018. (Hey, we’re only ten days in so far.) At CES this week, NZXT announced it’s done what’s almost impossible: Made a motherboard that looks good.
It’s...
From PC Mag: If you own a TiVo, you'll soon be able to control it through your Amazon Echo or Google Home. TiVo just announced Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility with its DVRs, enabling menu navigation and control with hands-free voice commands.
The Google Assistant, meanwhile, is also headed...
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