Google has joined the $2 trillion club, becoming only the third US company to cross the threshold, thanks to a surge in its stock price. Apple was the first company to cross $2 trillion in valuation, in August 2020, followed Read More
Microsoft Ending OneDrive Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
Microsoft has announced it is ending support for OneDrive on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage service. Each Microsoft 365 accounts comes with 1 TB of storage, making it a popular option for many users. The Read More
Air Traffic Concerns Delay Verizon and AT&T 5G, T-Mobile Unaffected
Concerns over possible interference between mid-band 5G and aviation altimeters has caused Verizon and AT&T to delay their 5G deployment. Verizon and AT&T recently spent billions to acquire mid-band spectrum, specifically the C-Band, in the 3.7 to 3.98 GHz range. The spectrum Read More
Full Self-Driving Bug Leads to Recall of 11,704 Teslas
Tesla is recalling 11,704 vehicles over its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, adding to the company’s ongoing problems rolling out autonomous vehicles. Tesla has been struggling to make FSD live up to the hype. There have been a number of accidents, and Read More
Satya Nadella: Companies Shouldn’t Be Dogmatic About In-Office vs Remote
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has spoken again about the ongoing workplace transformation, saying companies should not be dogmatic. In an interview with Harvard Business Review, Nadella said there are two factors at work in the workplace. One is the trend around Read More
How Heat Maps Can Be Useful To Your Business
The purpose of a heat map is to measure the density of data in a particular area. To differentiate different levels of density, heat maps employ various colors. In general, red and orange are utilized for higher densities and blue Read More
Google agrees to start paying for news content
Germany, Australia and Brazil are the first three countries, with more coming. European news publishers and governments have been trying to get Google to pay them to license content for years. There have been legal and legislative fights and tortured battles Read More
Google search quality guidelines update expand YMYL category, defines lowest quality content and more
One year later, Google has refreshed the search quality raters guidelines. A year ago Google updated the company’s search quality raters guidelines, and today, it has been updated once more – this time to expand on the YMYL category, it clarified what constitutes Read More
Android SMS Malware Using Fake COVID-19 Notifications to Spread
A dangerous Android SMS malware has been using fake COVID-19 notifications to spread in the US and Canada. Security firm Cloudmark has issued a report on the new malware, dubbed TangleBot. The malware is particularly dangerous, as it allows the attackers a Read More
New York Times: ‘Stop Paying for a VPN’
Writing for the New York Times, Brian X. Chen makes the case that it’s time to stop paying for VPNs. Virtual private networks (VPN) are popular tools people use to protect their privacy online. Theoretically, a VPN masks a person’s activity Read More