Month: February 2020
Warcraft III: Reforged isn’t good enough, you say? You can now request a refund
Warcraft III: Reforged has experienced a controversial launch for a number of reasons which we recently discussed in detail, and Blizzard has been listening to its dissatisfied customers – and is now offering a refund on the game as a result. You can request a refund, as Eurogamer spotted, by…
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Indian education startup Byju’s raises $200M from General Atlantic
Indian education startup Byju’s said on Friday that General Atlantic, an existing investor in the startup, has pumped additional money to join the new ongoing financing round. While the startup, which helps students learn concepts from math and science using short videos, did not disclose the size of General Atlantic’s check,…
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Chinese phone makers ‘team up’ to create Google Play rival
A consortium of Chinese smartphone manufacturers hope to challenge Google Play’s dominance on the sale of Android applications with a jointly-developed app platform. According to a report, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are working together on the creation Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA), which will allow developers to upload their…
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Google, Facebook to activate undersea web cable, excluding China and Hong Kong
Google and Facebook have filed to activate the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) between the US, the Philippines and Taiwan. The submarine internet cable network, announced in 2016, was originally billed as the first to connect the US and Hong Kong. However, sections running to Hong Kong and China will…
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The straight line from Google Maps to Clearview AI
Few apps made by a Big Tech company have improved more over the years than Google Maps. When it launched in 2005, it was a moderately better alternative to AOL’s MapQuest. With the rise of smartphones, it became truly essential to the lives of millions — upending incumbents whose entire…
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‘Free’ downloads of Oscar-nominated movies are actually nasty bundles of malware
Security researchers at Kaspersky have found hundreds of sites hosting bundles of malicious software, presented as free downloads of this year’s Oscar-nominated movies. They also discovered a slew of phishing sites that tricked users into entering confidential information and even credit card details, using films including 1917 and Jojo Rabbit…
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