Month: August 2020
Palantir’s S-1 filing says people use its services because ‘their technical infrastructure has failed them’
Data-mining firm Palantir has filed its prospectus to take the company public, and its S-1 confirms leaked information that showed the company has not turned a profit since its founding in 2003. Palantir plans to debut with a direct listing rather than selling shares in an initial public offering. It’s…
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Apple apologizes to WordPress after dispute over in-app purchases null
Apple has now apologized to WordPress following a dispute between the two companies over in-app purchases in WordPress’ iOS app. The popular CMS provides a free app for its users on the App Store which doesn’t offer any in-app purchases though WordPress also uses the app to promote its paid…
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Facebook will hold a virtual Oculus Connect expo on September 16 null
Facebook has announced a date for its annual Oculus Connect conference, but this year’s event will be different… and not in the way you’d expect. The big change, explained in a post on Facebook’s technical blog, is that the company has changed the event’s name to Facebook Connect, which will…
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Arturia’s MicoFreak gets a vocoder mode and limited-edition makeover
When Arturia announced the MicroFreak in January of 2019 I said “there's nothing stopping Arturia from adding more oscillators down the road through firmware updates.” And the company has not disappointed. This past January it added a noise oscillato… Source
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Global smartphone shipments tanked by 20.4 percent due to the pandemic
A new report from Gartner says global smartphone sales dropped 20.4 percent to 295 million in Q2 2020. And as you might have guessed, the coronavirus pandemic played a significant role. "Travel restrictions, retail closures and more prudent spending… Source
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Alphabet’s Verily begins offering stop-loss health insurance
Verily, Alphabet’s healthcare business, is overseeing a new subsidiary that will offer stop-loss insurance to employers. Coefficient Insurance Company is backed by insurance megacorp Swiss Re, and relies on data analytics to predict and reduce risk.S… Source
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