Month: July 2022
Elon Musk’s quest to repopulate the Earth
Elon Musk’s pinned tweet is from May. It’s a chart from The Wall Street Journal showing that the US fertility rate has been below the “replacement level” since the 1970s. “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,” was Musk’s contribution to the tweet. He’s been…
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Cybersecurity watchdog asks lawyers for help in the fight against ransomware
Audio player loading… Whether or not to pay a ransomware demand has long been an ongoing conundrum for organizations worldwide, and the UK government has decisively told solicitors to advise their clients not to pay up. A joint letter from the Information Commissioner Officer (ICO) and the National Cybersecurity Center…
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M2 MacBook Air pre-orders are already slipping past 3 weeks
Audio player loading… Apple’s M2 MacBook Air is now up for pre-order, and we’d previously predicted a rush to buy the new laptop – and that has seemingly proved to be the case. Indeed, with pre-orders having only been open for a couple of hours, we’re seeing some of the…
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AWS now lets you access your very own M1 Mac Mini in the cloud
Audio player loading… Amazon Web Sevices’s (AWS) latest addition to its Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (opens in new tab) (EC2) service will now let users rent and run an M1 Mac Mini in the cloud. First rolled out in 2006, EC2 allows users to run virtual machines in AWS’s cloud,…
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7 new movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and more this weekend (July 8)
Audio player loading… It’s been a mega few weeks for streaming services. In the past month alone, we’ve been treated to new seasons of Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, The Boys and Peaky Blinders (if you’re in the US, at least), shows that returned in tandem with the arrival of…
Read MoreWhat is a verified Twitter account and how to get one
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter — or any social media, really — you’re likely familiar with the blue checkmark. These badges indicate verified accounts. According to Twitter, a verified account is any account of public interest that’s been authenticated by the company itself. Basically, it’s Twitter’s way of…
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