Month: June 2020
Superhuman’s email app is overhyped and overpriced
Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now, with the invite-only app considered one of the most exclusive services in the tech industry. That’s impressive, for an email app. It’s even more impressive for an email app that merely accesses your existing Gmail account and costs $30 per…
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OnePlus Z teased repeatedly on Twitter as a cheap phone with a new name OnePlus 8
Update: just hours after we posted this story originally, OnePlus itself confirmed its new affordable phone is a real thing. We don’t know much about it yet, but there are a few key details. Click on that hyperlink to go to our story on it. We’ve been hearing numerous rumors…
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ARM-based supercomputer tops speed rankings for the first time null
A Japanese machine has snatched the crown of world’s fastest supercomputer, displacing incumbent leader IBM Summit. Built upon ARM processors, Fujitsu’s Fugaku supercomputer now leads the Top500 rankings, which scores machines based on their performance against the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark. Fugaku achieved an HPL score of 415.5 petaflops…
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iOS 14 lets you tap the back of your iPhone to launch apps and a whole lot more
Yesterday at WWDC, Apple announced iOS 14, the latest version of its iPhone operating system. But, as is often the case with Apple, there were many features that didn’t get mentioned on stage. One of these is “Back Tap” — a new accessibility feature that lets you double tap or…
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Visa issues a billion tokens in the fight against online fraudsters Visa
Visa has announced that it has issued its 1 billionth token as part of a continued push to make payments more secure. The Visa Token Service (VTS) replaces a cardholder’s 16-digit Visa account number with a secure token, designed to protect the underlying card number from fraudsters. With the huge…
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Broadband bill in Indian households to come down – here’s why Wi-Fi router on wooden table
Even as broadband usage at homes reach a new high, the Indian government is mulling a plan to cut license fee on fixed-line broadband services to households. According to multiple news reports the government has asked certain ministries to share their views on the proposal, which will then go to…
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