Month: February 2022
How the World Wildlife Fund tried — and failed — to create an eco-friendly NFT
Within a few days last week, the World Wildlife Fund hyped up and then quietly canceled plans to raise money for conservation efforts by minting its own NFTs. The UK chapter of WWF unleashed a firestorm on itself by releasing “Tokens for Nature depicting 13 endangered species. The tokens look…
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Intel to invest $1bn in RISC-V processors and other chip innovations
Audio player loading… Intel has launched a new $1 billion investment fund in support of semiconductor companies working on open source RISC-V processors and other chip innovations. The company says it will look to support both early-stage startups and established companies building disruptive technologies for the foundry industry. The focus…
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Love Them or Hate Them, Folding Phones Are Sticking Around
Dismissed as gimmicks at first, gadgets with flexible screens are starting to feel truly mature. Source
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Google Chrome’s new Journeys feature helps you find that tab you just lost
Audio player loading… Google Chrome’s latest feature, Journeys, is here to help lead you back from your web meanderings to where it all began. Journey’s will take items in your search and browsing history and group them by subject, like travel, place names, or even topics like Covid-19. “When you…
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Puma suffers data breach caused by Kronos ransomware attack
Audio player loading… The impact of last year’s Kronos ransomware attack is still being felt, with sports equipment company Puma now confirming it has suffered a related breach. As reported by Bleeping Computer, Kronos filed a breach notification with several attorney generals’ offices earlier this month, which states that the…
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Ferrari is Qualcomm’s latest partner to build smarter cars
Qualcomm has announced its latest automotive partner: none other than Ferrari, with whom it’ll be entering into a “strategic technology collaboration” that will (eventually) see Qualcomm’s automative technology make its way into future Ferrari cars. As part of the deal, Ferarri plans to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis suite in…
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