Month: February 2021
Turns out that Florida water treatment facility left the doors wide open for hackers
By now, you’ve probably heard the theoretically scary story of how hackers managed to infiltrate the computer systems at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida and remotely control the chemical levels — but it turns out that description gives the hackers far, far too much credit. The reality? The…
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Apple Watch ECG monitoring one step closer to approval in Australia Apple Watch ECG
It’s been a long time coming but the Apple Watch’s irregular heart rhythm notifications have finally been approved for use Down Under by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), as first reported by EFTM. This feature allows a user’s heart rate to be monitored in the background and a push notification…
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Bumble prices IPO at $43 per share
This afternoon Bumble priced its IPO at $43 per share, ahead its raised IPO range of $37 to $39 per share. After filing to go public in mid-January, and offered up its first price range on February 2nd. That range, $28 to $30 per share wound up coming up short.…
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Arturia’s flagship PolyBrute synth is shipping now
Arturia’s $2,899 PolyBrute isn’t for the faint of heart. But it’s definitely gotten the synth nerd world all worked up. And with good reason: Its six analog voices, three LFOs, dual filters, digital effects, unique Morphée and ribbon controllers make… Source
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WordPress now powers 40% of the world’s websites WordPress logo
The world’s most popular CMS continues to grow and new data from W3Techs has revealed that 40 percent of the web or two out of every five websites now use WordPress. While there are plenty of WordPress alternatives including Shopify and Squarespace, WordPress is still in a league of its…
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Daily Crunch: Facebook tests a News Feed with less politics
Facebook tries to get less political, Oracle’s TikTok acquisition may not be happening and Twitter says Donald Trump is banned forever. This is your Daily Crunch for February 10, 2021. The big story: Facebook tests a News Feed with less politics Facebook announced today that it’s testing changes to the…
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