Month: December 2021
Merry Christmas! Santander Claus made a $176 million payment mistake
Some tens of thousands of people woke up on Christmas Day to doubled wages and a higher-than-expected bank balance after Santander did an oopsie, depositing £130 million ($176 million) into accounts held by its UK customers. Santander would now like the money back, please. The deposit mishap was the result…
Read MoreAmazon has been overtaken by three ecommerce rivals you’ve never heard of
Audio player loading… Although Amazon continues to hold the top spot in the ecommerce market in the US, foreign competitors have now surpassed the company when it comes to app installs on the global stage. According to new data from Apptopia’s real-time data intelligence platform, the ecommerce giant came in…
Read MoreJanuary Aussie streaming calendar: the best movies and TV to watch this month
Audio player loading… With so many movies and TV shows to stream across a variety of Australian streaming services, which includes the likes of Netflix, Stan, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Binge, Apple TV Plus and more, it can be tough to cut through all the noise to find the best stuff to watch…
Read MoreCES 2022 will end a day early as an additional Covid safety protocol
Audio player loading… The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced on December 31 that it will be shortening CES 2022 by one day as an additional Covid safety protocol, ending the show on January 7, 2022, rather than January 8. “As the world’s most influential technology event, CES is steadfast in…
Read MoreThe tech industry’s accessibility report card for 2021
In spite of all the advancements we’ve seen in tech, the industry as a whole has consistently neglected people with disabilities. There have been some improvements, including video call apps like FaceTime, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and more adding better support for sign language interpreters and closed captioning. And,…
Read MoreWe now know just how rapid Samsung’s new PCIe 5.0 SSD will be
Audio player loading… Ahead of CES 2022, former tech journalist and now Intel employee Ryan Shrout has given us an idea of just how fast Samsung’s new PCIe 5.0 SSD will be when it releases next year. In a post on Twitter, Shrout explained that while he was going to…
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