Month: December 2020
Apple’s new partnership might help close one of the web’s worst privacy holes Privacy
Engineers from Cloudflare, Apple and Fastly have co-authored a new proposed DNS standard that separates IP addresses from queries to make it harder for internet service providers to know which websites users visit. The new internet protocol, dubbed Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS (ODoH), could help close one of the web’s worst privacy…
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Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ for 2020: A Pair of $549 Headphones
The future of audio is spatial. Source
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Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ for 2020: A $549 Pair of Headphones
The future of audio is spatial. Source
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Facebook Gaming starts Black creator program with guaranteed monthly pay
Today, Facebook Gaming announces a new initiative targeted specifically at Black streamers on the platform: the Black Gaming Creator Program. The company says it plans to invest $5 million a year over the next two years to support the Black gaming creator community. If you’re selected to take part in…
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Former Salesforce chief scientist announces new search engine to take on Google
Richard Socher, former chief scientist at Salesforce, who helped build the Einstein artificial intelligence platform, is taking on a new challenge — and it’s a doozy. Socher wants to fix consumer search and today he announced you.com, a new search engine to take on the mighty Google. “We are building…
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Boeing’s Starliner completes its final landing parachute system test
Having fallen from a height of 35,000 feet and landed safely in the New Mexico desert, Boeing’s Starliner space capsule successfully completed its parachute balloon drop test on Monday, clearing the way for crewed test flights. Unlike SpaceX’s Dragon… Source
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