Month: December 2020
Anova’s $600 Countertop Oven Is a Steam-Powered Dream
Move over, air fryers. The use of steam is an exciting and approachable new direction for the home kitchen, and this oven is pointing the way. Source
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Google Docs, Meet, Gmail and more will soon abandon Internet Explorer Internet Explorer
In the summer, Microsoft revealed it would kill off defunct web browser Internet Explorer (IE), with plans for a phased termination brought to a close by mid-2021. In light of the announcement, Google has now confirmed that its Workspace product suite – which includes the likes of Gmail, Docs, Sheets,…
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25 Face Masks We Actually Like to Wear
Here are the WIRED staff’s favorite face coverings for running, walking the dog, going to work, or looking stylish. Source
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Microsoft Teams may have downplayed a disastrous security issue Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has been accused of downplaying the severity of a security issue found in its collaboration platform Teams, which was remedied quietly back in October. According to a report from security engineer Oskars Vegeris, the company failed to warn users of the problem and neither did it seek Common Vulnerabilities…
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Google quietly acquires Dataform, the UK startup helping businesses manage data warehouses
Dataform, a startup in the U.K. that was building what it dubbed an “operating system” for data warehouses, has been quietly acquired by Google’s Google Cloud division. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed, although I understand this is mostly an acqui-hire, albeit one where the founders — both ex-Googlers…
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Shell Energy is ‘preferred bidder’ for Office broadband takeover Post Office
Shell’s home energy and broadband division has emerged as the preferred bidder for the Post Office’s telecoms business. Sky and TalkTalk has also been touted as potential suitors, but according to Sky News, the oil and gas giant is now in exclusive talks over a transaction that could be worth…
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