Month: December 2020
Oracle is headed to Texas now, too
Austinites, watch out; another tech company is headed into town. Just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed during an interview that he has moved to Texas, and less than two weeks after HP Enterprises, a spin-out of one of the iconic Silicon Valley company Hewlett-Packard, announced that it is…
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You can now use Google Assistant features with more wired headphones
While many new wireless headphones and earbuds are already equipped with support for virtual assistants, Google has extended that convenience to more users of wired headphones. As 9to5Google points out, it’s now possible to quickly access Google Assistant features on an Android phone using 3.5mm and USB-C headphones that were…
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Tech giants form Modern Computing Alliance to do…something Modern Computing Alliance
The world’s tech giants have banded together to form a new consortium aimed at addressing the biggest IT challenges facing companies today across the full technology stack from silicon to cloud. In addition to Google, Dell and Intel, the founding members of the Modern Computing Alliance also include Box, Citrix,…
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Go read this story about schools buying FBI-grade phone-hacking tech
If you were worried about sending your kids back to school after the pandemic ends (or if you are a kid worrying about going back to school), I’m afraid this Gizmodo article is not going to help. Tom McKay and Dhruv Mehrotra have done a fantastic job reporting about how…
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Watch the first six minutes of Tenet now, from home, on YouTube
Christopher Nolan recently went on a very public tirade about the importance of movies, including his, being seen on the big screen — but if anyone’s interested in watching Tenet’s opening prologue, they can do so now on YouTube. Warner Bros. has posted the film’s first six minutes on YouTube…
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Data breach hoax used to hijack cryptocurrency wallets Cryptocurrencies
Cybercriminals have launched a new phishing campaign targeting Ledger wallet users that uses fake data breach notifications to steal their cryptocurrency. Ledger makes physical cryptocurrency wallets that allow users to store, manage and sell cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The funds stored in the company’s wallets are secured using a 24-word…
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