Month: August 2020
Former Google exec Anthony Levandowski sentenced to 18 months for stealing self-driving car secrets
Controversial engineer Anthony Levandowski, who worked for the Google division that would become Waymo before founding trucking company Otto and selling it to Uber, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for trade secret theft during his various stints in the self-driving industry. His sentencing closes the book on…
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Apple sponsors a three-year UCLA study on depression and anxiety
With help from Apple, UCLA is launching a new three-year study to understand how factors like sleep and physical activity can impact depression and anxiety symptoms. The study will start this week with a pilot that will involve 150 participants drawn… Source
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Linux 5.8 released, features Thunderbolt 4.0 support and improved security null
Linux’s creator Linus Torvalds has released a new version of the Linux kernel following seven release candidates. While he did consider creating an eighth release candidate for Linux 5.8 last week, on Sunday Torvalds decided “it’s not just worth waiting another week when there aren’t any big looming worries around”.…
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Disney is launching a new Star-branded streaming service internationally
Disney plans to launch a new general entertainment streaming platform overseas in 2021 under the Star brand name, CEO Bob Chapek announced today. Chapek didn’t give too many details about the platform, including in which countries Star would launch or pricing, but he noted that it would include content from…
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Activision Blizzard reports a record quarter amid growing wage dispute
Activision Blizzard reported another quarter of record-setting financial results, with each of its core franchises delivering better-than-expected returns, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch and Candy Crush. Activision… Source
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Google flags several major zero-day security threats null
New research from Google’s Project Zero security team has revealed that 11 zero-day vulnerabilities have been actively exploited in the wild during the first half of this year. The search giant’s security researchers began tracking zero-day vulnerabilities in an internal spreadsheet beginning in 2014. However, in May of last year,…
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