Month: February 2020
Cloud computing spending breaks all records in 2019
Organizations worldwide spent a record $107bn on cloud computing infrastructure services last year according to a new report from Canalys. Spending on cloud computing infrastructure services was up by 37 percent compared to the previous year and a third of this year’s spending went to Amazon’s cloud computing division, AWS.…
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Sundance VR and AR got extremely weird in 2020
The Sundance Film Festival’s experimental New Frontier show has gotten so big and elaborate that it’s becoming its own miniature festival — which means making hard trade-offs about what to see. So I missed some exciting-sounding projects in 2020. Sorry, Chomsky vs. Chomsky: First Encounter, the Noam Chomsky-powered AI. It’s…
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Unpacking Uber’s new profitability promise
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Yesterday Uber reported its Q4 2019 financial performance. Today, following the news, shares of the ride-hailing giant are up over 9%, pushing Uber’s stock above $40 per share. While Uber’s…
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These true wireless earbuds are cheaper than the AirPods – and longer lasting, too
The Apple AirPods may be popular, but they don’t offer the best battery life in the world – and they’re pretty pricey to boot. SoundMagic’s latest true wireless earbuds, the TWS50, could prove a compelling AirPods alternative, with a longer battery life and a cheaper price, coming in at $89.99…
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Go read this fascinating NYT report on the response to the first US coronavirus case
The spread of contagious diseases is an exceedingly complex phenomenon influenced by everything from the science behind a virus, the sociology that governs how it spreads, the pubic policy that dictates the medical and political response, and the transportation measures taken to blunt exposure. Oftentimes, it’s boiled down to a…
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Netflix has removed nine titles, including Night of the Living Dead, to comply with government requests
Since Netflix was founded almost 25 years ago, the company has removed nine titles from its service around the world in compliance with government requests, including Night of the Living Dead in Germany and Full Metal Jacket in Vietnam. Netflix laid out the nine takedowns it’s received from various companies…
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