Month: May 2020
Linux on Windows 10 gets major computing boost
Running Linux on Windows 10 is about to get a whole lot easier as Microsoft is making a number of improvements to its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) including GUI app support and GPU hardware acceleration. Later this month, the software giant will add a full Linux kernel to Windows…
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Samsung made a Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition for the military
Samsung has a hardened version of the Galaxy S20, but don’t reach for your credit card — it’s not what you were expecting, and you probably can’t get one The company has introduced a Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition that, as the name suggests, is designed… Source
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Crypto Startup School: How to scale companies using crypto
Zoran Basich Contributor Zoran Basich is the crypto editor for Andreessen Horowitz. More posts by this contributor Crypto Startup School: A new type of computer drives waves of innovation Editor’s note: Andreessen Horowitz’s Crypto Startup School brought together 45 participants from around the U.S. and overseas in a seven-week course…
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Palantir picks up more COVID-19 contracts, this time with the VA
Palantir, the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel, is already an active tech player in the scrum for federal contracts, but it’s playing a new and increasingly prominent role in providing the government with software tools to address the COVID-19 crisis. This month, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded…
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Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle iPhone photos
Nick Bryner, a high school senior in Los Angeles, spent hours completing his AP English Literature and Composition test last week. But when he snapped a photo of a written answer with his iPhone and attempted to upload it to the testing portal, it stopped responding. The website got stuck…
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Volvo’s new cars now top out at 112MPH to limit speeding accidents
Volvo has followed through on its promise to limit the top speed of its upcoming cars to 180 kilometers per hour (112 miles per hour). Little more than a year ago, the company said it would introduce the cap in an attempt to limit speeding-related in… Source
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