Month: March 2021
Instagram and WhatsApp hit by outage
Instagram and WhatsApp experienced an apparent outage on Friday. It began around 1:40 pm ET and lasted for more than half an hour. WhatsApp was unable to connect to the server, and messages were not being delivered. It’s not clear if the issue also affected Facebook Messenger, which last year…
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Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features
John S. Kim Contributor John S. Kim is CEO of Sendbird, makers of a customizable chat and messaging API service for mobile and web applications. Social+ companies are upping the stakes for everyone by giving consumers multiple benefits at once: products that serve a purpose but also meet our need…
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Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers
Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition after finding multiple cases where drivers…
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Gotham Knights is delayed until 2022
Gotham Knights, the upcoming title by Warner Bros. Games Montreal, has been delayed into 2022, the company announced today. In a statement posted on Twitter, the development team explains that it wants to give the game “more time to deliver the best possible experience for players.” While not directly stated,…
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Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020
There is a prevailing notion that while the cloud infrastructure market is growing fast, the vast majority of workloads remain on premises. While that could be true, new research from Synergy Research Group found that cloud infrastructure spending surpassed on-prem spending for the first time in 2020 — and did…
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RTX 3060, RTX 3070, RX 6700 XT available through Newegg Shuffle AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
The latest Newegg Shuffle is now live, keeping the Shuffle streak going this week, with today’s offerings for March 19, 1pm to 4pm EDT, featuring midrange graphics cards like the RTX 3060, RTX 3070, and RX 6700 XT – though they aren’t the cheapest ones available. Starting with the RTX…
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