Month: July 2020
Google’s business model ‘is the problem,’ David Cicilline says
During Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) tore into Google CEO Sundar Pichai over the company’s dominance in search and its use of data to monitor would-be competitors. “It is Google’s business model that is the problem,” Cicilline said, alleging a pattern of anti-competitive behavior that allowed Google…
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These countries have the most exposed databases online database
Leaving a database exposed online without a password can be extremely damaging for both businesses and their customers. Despite this risk, a new report from NordPass has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing more than 10bn entries filled with data such as emails, passwords and phone numbers. To…
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Snap’s first diversity report says only 4 percent of the company identifies as Black
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, released its first diversity report today after years of resisting pressure to make those statistics public. The report details the minimal growth the 3,195-person company has made in regards to hiring people of color and women. Black and African American people only represent 4.1 percent…
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Sony plans to test its prototype Vision-S electric car on public roads
Sony surprised many people at CES when it unveiled a prototype electric car. It suggested at the time it didn’t intend for the Vision-S to be used on public roads, but fast forward six months and it might actually be bringing the car to the streets a… Source
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2 leak shows off hole-punch cameras and a bigger external display
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 2 has just gotten its biggest leak yet, showing off the revamped design for the company’s flagship foldable successor, which it’s expected to announce at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event on August 5th alongside the Galaxy Note 20, via MySmartPrice. The new renders show off…
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Microsoft Teams might be about to make you more productive Microsoft 365 Tasks
Microsoft hopes to give workers a productivity boost with the rollout of its new Tasks app in Microsoft Teams which combines Microsoft Planner and Microsoft To Do to form a cohesive task management experience. Back in April, the software giant revealed in an entry to its Microsoft 365 roadmap that…
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