Month: February 2020
BlaBlaCar’s revenue grew by 71% in 2019
French startup BlaBlaCar is sharing some metrics today. In 2019, the company’s revenue grew by 71% compared to 2018. The big difference between 2019 and 2018 is that BlaBlaCar diversified its activity by offering bus rides as well as bus ticketing in some markets. BlaBlaCar is still mostly known for…
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Nintendo says the coronavirus is delaying Switch production
Nintendo has informed consumers in its home market of Japan that production and shipments of the Switch console and accessories will experience delays due to the effect of the new coronavirus. The Animal Crossing-themed variant of the Switch, which was only announced last week, has had its preorder availability pushed…
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Juul Employees Say “Morale Is At An All-Time Low” After Its Worst Year Ever
SAN FRANCISCO — Christmas was just around the corner. But on the morning of Dec. 12, Juul employees were feeling less than festive for the final staff meeting of the year. Weeks after hundreds of their colleagues had been laid off, the remaining staff gathered to hear from their new…
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One in three NHS computers still running Windows 7
Despite the government’s target of upgrading all PCs and laptops to Windows 10 by January of this year, close to half a million NHS computers are still running Windows 7. Windows 7 reached its End of Life last month and the outdated operating system will no longer receive security fixes…
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Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World
tech A map obtained via public record request shows that the controversial facial recognition startup has expanded, or plans to expand, to 22 countries. Posted on February 5, 2020, at 6:09 p.m. ET Obtained by BuzzFeed News As legal pressures and US lawmaker scrutiny mounts, Clearview AI, the facial recognition…
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Romney’s Vote To Remove Trump From Office Sparked Rumors About The “White Horse Prophecy”
Handout / Senate Television via Getty Imag Minutes after Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he would vote to convict President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial, Twitter users began wondering if this was Romney’s “white horse” moment. It wasn’t — and it’s far from clear whether the…
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