Month: May 2021
Aussies are flocking to blazing-fast NBN 250 and 1000 plans Vin Diesel standing on a car
The NBN’s fastest speed tiers have seen an explosion in popularity this year, with the number of users on a plan above 100Mbps jumping from 0.3% in December 2020 to 6.9% in March 2021. The figures come from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) latest NBN Wholesale Market Indicators…
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Mio, a social commerce startup focused on smaller cities and rural areas in Vietnam, raises $1M seed
Vietnam has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, but many major platforms still focus on large cities. This means people in smaller cities or rural areas need to deal with longer wait times for deliveries. Social commerce company Mio is taking advantage of that gap by building…
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Xiaomi’s Mi Power Bank Boost Pro on open sale from today Mi Power Bank Boost Pro
Xiaomi had recently launched the Mi Power Bank Boost Pro in India. However, it was introduced on the crowdfunding platform that allows Xiaomi to test waters and once the company is happy with the response that the product gets, it finally gets rolled out for the general public. The early…
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Microsoft and Google products hacked to launch cyberattacks Hacker Typing
Just as business users have turned to cloud computing services and online collaboration software to do their jobs, so too have cybercriminals according to new research from Proofpoint. In recent months, the cybersecurity firm has observed a massive uptick in threat actors abusing Microsoft and Google’s infrastructure to host and…
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s accessibility features try to make a hectic game easier to play
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart brings alternate realities to the beloved PlayStation franchise on June 11th, and along with leveraging the PlayStation 5’s SSD, Insomniac Games announced new accessibility features on Thursday that build on the studio’s recent work and address the limited options presented in the earlier PS4 Ratchet…
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Telemedicine startups are positioning themselves for a post-pandemic world
Telemedicine, in its original form of the phone call, has been around for decades. For people in remote or rural areas without easy access to in-person care, consulting a doctor over the phone has often been the go-to approach. But for a large swath of the world used to taking…
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