From CNET: Facebook didn't get a new name as widely expected, but the social network did unveil a new reporting structure. On Monday, the social media giant said it would begin reporting results as two businesses: its core family of social networking apps and its Facebook Reality Labs, which houses...
From The Verge: Amazon has two new programs that integrate Alexa into hospitals and senior living communities, the company announced today. They’re run through Alexa Smart Properties, which allows organizations to control a centralized Alexa system.
“Early on in the pandemic, hospitals and senior...
From PC Mag: The suspected Russian hackers behind last year’s SolarWinds breach have re-emerged to target dozens of companies across the global IT supply chain, according to Microsoft
The hacking group, dubbed Nobelium or Cozy Bear, is trying to attack resellers and technology providers that help...
From CNET: The critical spotlight on Facebook intensified this weekend, as several major media outlets published new reports based on the cache of internal company documents leaked by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen.
On Saturday, both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal published...
I spent a day test driving some cars with colleague Jonathan Kwan during one of my days off. This included a Tesla Model 3 Performance. To say it was fast would be a bit of an understatement, especially when you first put your foot on the accelerator. I know this is well documented for electric cars, but it was not tangible until I sat in the car and felt my whole body pull back while I was going forward. The sensation of it was really such a...
The other day, I drove to the University of Calgary to pick up my friend. It has been quite a while since the last time I visited my alma mater. The thing is, I would love to visit my old research lab and talk to my professor from time to time if there was no pandemic consideration. For me, doing research in a university environment was a lot of fun. Yes, being a graduate student means a lot of work. I still remember at the first day of my...
From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is announcing the Ripjaws S5 series, an all-new low-profile, high-performance DDR5 memory kit designed for the latest DDR5-enabled platform. Each Ripjaws S5 is created with hand-screened high performance memory ICs that have...
From The Verge: Even though someone managed to secure early purchases of a couple of Core i9-12900K CPUs, we still didn’t have detailed information about Intel’s upcoming line of Alder Lake chips. Now, a sale page has popped up on Micro Center, suggesting the chips will be available for $669.99 when...
From PC Mag:Our smart devices are listening. Whether it's personally identifiable information, location data, voice recordings, or shopping habits, our smart assistants know far more than we realize.
A survey on smart assistant usage conducted by Reviews.org showed that 56% of respondents are...
From CNET: Effective Jan. 1, Google is decreasing the service fee it collects from subscription-based apps in the Play Store from 30% to 15%, the company announced Thursday via its blog for Android developers. The new rate will be effective for all apps on day one, the announcement reads -- that's a...
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