If you thought people loved the iPhone’s headphone jack, it has nothing on how fervent people are about the Lightning port. Reacting to continued reports that the 2021 (or possibly 2022 iPhone) will ship without a Lightning port, the majority of readers who got in touch with me to share their thoughts thought it was… Continue reading ‘No iPhone Lightning port would mean binning thousands of dollars of accessories’
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Best generator in 2021
With the ever-present risk of power loss from weather disasters and other problems, and the need to keep your critical power demands running, you might be considering buying a whole-house generator or standby generator for your home. Understanding the available features and assessing your power needs will help you buy the right size emergency home… Continue reading Best generator in 2021
Google customizes Workspace for frontline workers
A few months after rebranding G Suite as Workspace, Google is introducing a version of the productivity portfolio aimed at frontline workers. Google is also adding a series of new features to Workspace aimed at workers splitting time between home and the office. The new Google Workspace Frontline will launch in the coming weeks. It… Continue reading Google customizes Workspace for frontline workers
Scallops, vaccines and Tesla: The wild world of blockchain and cryptocurrency
This week, Tesla announced it purchased $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The company even hinted that customers might soon have the option to pay for their cars with Bitcoin. Welcome to 2021, where nothing makes sense anymore. Tesla’s desire to legitimize both cryptocurrency and blockchain with its Bitcoin investment has brought these technologies into… Continue reading Scallops, vaccines and Tesla: The wild world of blockchain and cryptocurrency
Robots are clawing their way into our future
From its roots as a convention where manufacturers met with dealers to secure orders, CES primarily features products that companies have on a firm shipping schedule. But the show also has its share of tantalizing teases. Some of these are products on the precipice of availability such as the NEC LaVie mini (which seems to… Continue reading Robots are clawing their way into our future
IBM and ExxonMobil are building quantum algorithms to solve this giant optimization problem
Research teams from energy giant ExxonMobil and IBM have been working together to find quantum solutions to one of the most complex problems of our time: managing the tens of thousands of merchant ships crossing the oceans every day to deliver the goods that we use every day. The scientists lifted the lid on… Continue reading IBM and ExxonMobil are building quantum algorithms to solve this giant optimization problem
Indo-Pacific tech sector ‘ripe for investment’ and cyber defence cooperation: Research
The Indo-Pacific region’s tech sector is “ripe for investment”, according to Trisha Ray, an associate fellow with the Observer Research Foundation’s Technology and Media Initiative. “Rare earths, which go into all our devices, computers, electric vehicles, and so on, alternatives to untrusted 5G vendors, even basic infrastructure investment in fibreisation of networks, all of these… Continue reading Indo-Pacific tech sector ‘ripe for investment’ and cyber defence cooperation: Research
Akamai tops Q4 expectations, announces reorganization and new CTO
Akamai reported better-than-expected fourth quarter financial results after the bell on Tuesday. The cloud services provider delivered fourth quarter net income of $113 million, or 68 cents a share, on revenue of $846 million, up 10% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings for the quarter came to $1.33 a share. Wall Street was looking for… Continue reading Akamai tops Q4 expectations, announces reorganization and new CTO
Shopify’s online checkout service Shop Pay to integrate with Facebook, Instagram
Shopify announced Tuesday that it’s expanding its online checkout service Shop Pay to merchants selling on Facebook and Instagram. The e-commerce platform provider said the move marks the first time Shop Pay will expand beyond Shopify merchant stores. Shopify released its one-tap checkout system under the name Shopify Pay in 2017 with an aim to… Continue reading Shopify’s online checkout service Shop Pay to integrate with Facebook, Instagram
The Rust programming language just took a huge step forwards
Programming language Rust now has the backing of the Rust Foundation, an independent organization that will steward the language’s future as more developers begin using it. Rust, hatched at Mozilla as a safer alternative to C and C++, has quickly become one of the most favored languages for system development, even though it’s not widely… Continue reading The Rust programming language just took a huge step forwards