Month: April 2021
This Company Monitors Prisoners In Xinjiang. It Won An “Innovation” Award At An Event Sponsored By Amazon.
With an Amazon logo behind him and luminaries from Shanghai’s booming venture capital scene in front of him, the executive onstage delivered his pitch. His company, Renwei Electronics, helps authorities in China track prisoners and detainees — alerting guards to their movements and even fitting them with heart rate monitors.…
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Samsung’s latest foldable phone perk is free dessert
Samsung is giving owners of its foldable phones some free dessert. Specifically, an order of “Chef Daniel Boulud’s signature Madeleines and Canelé,” designed by the chef exclusively for Samsung’s Galaxy Z Premier program, which offers Galazy Z Fold and Flip owners free perks in exchange for having bought the luxury-styled…
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Apex Legends Mobile beta launch plans announced – here’s where to play it first Apex Legends Mobile
Apex Legends Mobile has officially been revealed, and it’s launching in beta soon – but only in limited regions, starting with India and the Philippines. There’s no word on other regions like the US and UK just yet. As expected, the game has been adapted for mobile and “specially designed…
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Windows 10 update patches up a frightful security hole Lock on Laptop Screen
Microsoft has finally fixed a vulnerability in Windows 10 that could potentially enable threat actors to crash the operating system simply by opening a specially crafted folder. According to reports, Microsoft initially patched the bug in Windows Insider builds in February, before pushing it to all Windows 10 users last…
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Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to post something racist
Nextdoor is introducing a new anti-racism notification, which asks users to reconsider posting content if the app thinks it may be offensive. As with its previous Kindness Reminder, if a user tries to post something with words or phrases Nextdoor thinks may be objectionable, it will give them the option…
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UiPath raises IPO range, still targets lower valuation than final private round
Robotic process automation unicorn UiPath is set to go public this week, concentrating our focus on its value. The well-known company was last valued on the private markets at $35 billion in February when it closed a $750 million round. Living up to that price as a public company, however,…
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