Month: April 2020
CloudFlare launches free DNS service for Windows and macOS, gets slammed for blocking key sites
CloudFlare has launched a new family-friendly version of its DNS service called 1.1.1.1 for Families which can be used to block malware and prevent children from seeing adult content online. By configuring their devices or gateways to use the DNS resolver 1.1.1.2, users can protect themselves from malware-serving websites. Parents…
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You can now buy AWS’ $99 DeepComposer keyboard
AWS today announced that its DeepComposer keyboard is now available for purchase. And no, DeepComposer isn’t a mechanical keyboard for hackers but a small MIDI keyboard for working with the AWS DeepComposer service that uses AI to create songs based on your input. First announced at AWS re:Invent 2019, the…
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SoundCloud now lets artists add a direct donation button to their page
SoundCloud has introduced a new donation button artists can add to their profile to help offset the financial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative provides an additional way for fans to directly support acts on SoundCloud as live concerts and festivals are indefinitely postponed in many portions of the…
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Amazon executives privately insulted a warehouse worker, then attacked him on Twitter
After firing Chris Smalls, who helped organize a warehouse worker strike at Amazon’s Staten Island, New York facility over novel coronavirus safety, Amazon executives publicly attacked him on Twitter. Now we might know why. Leaked meeting notes obtained by Vice News lay out a plan for executives to smear Smalls…
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White House says it is ordering more companies to make ventilators
With national the stockpile’s inventory of life-saving healthcare equipment getting dangerously close to zero, President Trump on Thursday signaled that he will leverage a key national security provision to order additional companies to produce ventilators. Trump’s reluctance to employ the law known as the Defense Production Act (DPA) has puzzled…
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The space in between: The stratosphere
Tess Hatch Contributor Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space, in the meantime she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in frontier tech. More posts by this contributor The evolving airspace ecosystem Space is open for business We have airplanes and drones in our airspace and satellites…
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