Month: February 2021
Instagram announces tougher consequences for hate speech in direct messages
Instagram is toughening its stance on hate speech in direct messages. The company announced today that it’ll start disabling the accounts of people who repeatedly send hateful messages. First-time offenders won’t be able to send messages for an undefined period of time, but if they send hateful messages again, their…
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Your budget Intel motherboard might not be compatible with Intel 11th-gen processors cpu view
Intel has officially confirmed that its upcoming 11th-generation Rocket Lake-S processors won’t be compatible with the entry-level H410 or B460 chipsets. In an updated support page spied by VideoCardz, Intel reveals that while its 400-series chipsets will receive BIOS updates to support the new Rocket Lake processors, motherboards based on…
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How will investors value MetroMile and Oscar Health?
Last night, MetroMile and SPAC INSU Acquisition Corp. II completed their combination, putting the per-mile auto insurance startup up for regular trading today for the first time. In the wake of last year’s debuts by neoinsurance companies Lemonade and Root, it’s not surprising to see others test the public markets.…
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Alexa can share songs to your friends’ Echo devices
Ever heard a catchy song on your smart speaker and wanted to share it right away? You can act on that impulse if you have an Echo. Amazon is rolling out a music sharing feature that lets you share songs with Alexa contacts using Echo devices or the A… Source
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Sen. Ron Wyden proposes $500 million to fix US unemployment systems
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) put out a new bill Wednesday that would overhaul the US’s crumbling unemployment benefits systems. Over the last year, outdated state unemployment systems have kept jobless Americans from accessing the increased benefits approved by the federal government to curb the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Cisco confident ‘hybrid’ workforce will drive demand for networking kit Cisco
Cisco reported better than expected Q2 results, with the performance of its business divisions reflecting changing workplace trends during the coronavirus pandemic. Overall revenues remained static at $12 billion, but product revenue fell by 1% to $8.6 billion as sales of networking infrastructure, such as switches and business routers, fell…
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