Month: July 2020
Australian government sues Google for misleading consumers in data collection
The Australian government has filed its second lawsuit against Google in less than a year over privacy concerns, this time alleging the tech giant misled Australian consumers in an attempt to gather information for targeted ads. The Australian Compet… Source
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Suikoden follow-up Eiyuden Chronicle successfully funded on Kickstarter
It didn’t take long for the long-awaited successor to Suikoden to get funded on Kickstarter. Today, just a few hours after the crowdfunding campaign launched, Eiyuden Chronicle managed to surpass its funding goal of $500,000. The game is being helmed by a new studio called Rabbit & Bear, founded by…
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Intel’s next desktop processors could keep single-core crown from AMD after all Intel
Intel Comet Lake-S processors have only been out for a couple of months at this point, but the next-generation Rocket Lake leaks and rumors just keep piling up. The latest of which comes courtesy of known hardware leaker @_rogame, who reiterates the 5GHz boost clocks we reported on earlier, but…
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Moms in Tech Facebook group splintering over allegations of racism
A Facebook group for mothers in the tech industry is disintegrating after members say they were blocked or silenced for posting about anti-racism and white fragility. The group, Moms in Tech, was started in 2017 by Linda Xiong, a product manager at Facebook. Today, it has over 15,000 members. While…
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India bans mobile apps cloning banned Chinese services null
After announcing a ban on 59 Chinese apps at the end of June, the Indian government has now banned an additional 47 apps from China from being used in the country. As reported by India Today, the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned 47 apps that were…
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Garmin admits ransomware outage, expects normal service ‘in a few days’ Garmin
As we’ve seen Garmin down for a few days, the outage finally has a reason, with Garmin admitting ransomware is to blame. Garmin has issued a press statement about the huge outage, and while it didn’t go as far as confirming a ransom was demanded for the release of its…
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