Month: February 2020
Dell sells RSA cybersecurity arm in billion-dollar deal
Dell Technologies is selling its cybersecurity arm RSA Security LLC to a consortium of private equity firms in a deal worth upwards of $2 billion. The syndicate is led by Palo Alto-based private equity firm Symphony Technology Group, and includes Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners. RSA provides…
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Steam cross-save is a game-changer for the Switch
Apologies in advance for the unpopular statement, but I could never get into The Witcher 3. I bought it on PC when it came out nearly five years ago, and while it’s obviously beautiful and filled with great characters, something about the combat never really clicked with me and I…
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Coinbase becomes a Visa Principal Member to double down on debit card
Cryptocurrency company has been working with Paysafe to issue the Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card that works with your Coinbase account balance. The company is now a Visa Principal Member, which should help Coinbase rely less on Paysafe and control a bigger chunk of the card payment stack. Coinbase…
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Facebook’s proposed regulations are just things it’s already doing
Over the weekend, a familiar debate broke out over a Facebook policy decision. The company announced that ads made by influencers, on behalf of politicians, would be allowed on the platform so long as they were labeled as ads. The company will not, however, put those ads in its Ads…
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Mozilla launches Android app for Firefox Private Network VPN – here’s how to try it
We’ve known about Mozilla’s VPN service for a little while now, and now the company has released an Android app for beta testing. Mozilla has already released a browser extension for Firefox that provides free access to the service in the US, but apps for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux…
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Asus admits ROG Strix RX 5700 GPU cooling problems – and blames AMD
Asus has modified its ROG Strix Radeon RX 5700 range of graphics cards – changing the cooler mounting pressure to achieve more favorable temperatures – and has warned owners of existing models that their thermal performance may not be up to scratch. And the GPU manufacturer is laying the blame…
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