Category Archives: Tech News

France says Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group breached several French entities running the Centreon IT monitoring software in a three year operation (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: France says Russia-linked Sandworm hacking group breached several French entities running [...]

16
Feb
Sources: Microsoft has begun testing a web-based version of its xCloud game streaming service, which would let users game via browser, including on iOS devices (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sources: Microsoft has begun testing a web-based version of its [...]

15
Feb
In letter to employees, Bezos says his transition is not a retirement and he'll use his time to focus on the Day 1 Fund, Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, and WaPo (aboutamazon.com)

aboutamazon.com: In letter to employees, Bezos says his transition is not a retirement and he’ll [...]

14
Feb
A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that lets users sell their tweets as non-fungible tokens in exchange for Ethereum (Scott Chipolina/Decrypt)

Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that [...]

13
Feb
Judge rules Facebook must supply records to RI's public employee pension fund, which is investigating whether FB overpaid the FTC to legally protect Zuckerberg (Bloomberg Law)

Bloomberg Law: Judge rules Facebook must supply records to RI’s public employee pension fund, which [...]

12
Feb
Interview with Rob Monster, CEO of Epik, on serving sites like Gab, why his company severed ties with 8chan and The Daily Stormer, Parler shutdown, and more (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

Bobby Allyn / NPR: Interview with Rob Monster, CEO of Epik, on serving sites like [...]

11
Feb
ISPs submit report to the FCC claiming Starlink will hit a capacity shortfall in 2028 and ask the FCC to reconsider awarding rural broadband funding to SpaceX (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: ISPs submit report to the FCC claiming Starlink will hit [...]

10
Feb
After decades of the West dominating tech standards, China is trying to rewrite the norms and rules underpinning cutting-edge tech from 5G to AI (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: After decades of the West dominating tech standards, China is trying to [...]

09
Feb
Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger downloads fell from Dec. 2020 (Julia Chan/Sensor Tower Blog)

Julia Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led [...]

08
Feb
Profile of BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes, who remains at large after the CFTC filed a suit against BitMEX for allegedly running an unregistered trading platform (Adam Ciralsky/Vanity Fair)

Understanding the five major aspects of HRM  —  Employees are not just part of your [...]

07
Feb