Month: May 2020
Go read this BuzzFeed News story about GrubHub’s controversial phone ordering fees
GrubHub has come under intense scrutiny of late for what critics and some restaurant owners say are exploitative fees made only worse during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a revealing BuzzFeed News story has shed light on another controversial yet longtime practice around phone ordering. The company, which also owns the…
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Panasonic resumes work at Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory, but not in New York
Panasonic has resumed its work making battery cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada, the company tells The Verge. But Panasonic will not return to work at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this weekend as planned. Mark Shima, president of Panasonic Solar North America (PSNA), has told employees…
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Valve opens up ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ level editing tools to the community
The debut of Half-Life: Alyx has already added more than a million new VR users to Steam, and now comes the next step: mods. The game’s latest update brings beta support for the Steam Workshop so users can add their own levels, textures, animations a… Source
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Microsoft’s Surface Duo may not have great battery life
Microsoft’s Surface Duo is meant to be a showcase for its unique, dual-screen design, so it may be a bit more forgivable that its specs don’t include the latest and greatest components or anything all that’s impressive by way of battery life and storage. According to Windows Central, the phone…
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Quasi-unhackable VPN technology comes to market but you can’t buy it
ADVA has announced that it will play a key role in a unique research initiative with the aim of extending post-quantum security to VPN networks. The Quantum-Secure VPN Modules and Operation Modes (QuaSiModO) project will utilize the company’s ADVA FSP 150 with ConnectGuard Ethernet encryption to test new quantum-resistant algorithms…
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The US government is getting ready to sue Google for monopolizing online ads
The Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust charges against Google in the coming months, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The reporting is consistent with earlier statements by Attorney General William Barr, who said he expected a decision…
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