Recently, I visited the Facebook Headquarters in London to learn about the process of developing and maintaining its mobile Facebook app. Much more goes on here than you probably realize: some of Facebook’s apps are handled here in their entirety, like WhatsApp for desktop and the business-oriented Workplace app. The offices […]
We’re looking for Xbox Insiders interested in joining our Alpha Skip-Ahead ring! The Alpha Skip-Ahead ring currently has the latest 2004 OS build (2004.190918-1920), which is one of the next major releases expected to come to Xbox One. Typically, this ring’s builds may not come to GA (general availability) for […]
A 22-year-old man who claimed to be the spokesman for a hacker group called the “Turkish Crime Family” has pleaded guilty in London to trying to blackmail Apple, reports Bloomberg. In March 2017, Kerem Albayrak claimed to have access to several million iCloud accounts and demanded that Apple pay $75,000 […]
Intel has introduced the first member of its RealSense LiDAR family of depth cameras, the RealSense LiDAR L515. The sensor is primarily designed for indoor use, with Intel optimizing their to capture typical indoor ranges with a small, high accuarcy device. Intel’s RealSense LiDAR L515 comes equipped with a 1920×1080@30Hz […]
Bungie has created a new weeklong holiday in Destiny 2, and it’s all about riding the lightning. And subclass buffs. Starting April 9, “Arc Week” will implement a number of permanent buffs for several lightning-based sub-classes and branches. For Titans, The Way of the Juggernaut subclass sees a much-needed power […]
Tim Cook visited Ireland today to collect an award from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for Apple’s 40 years of investment in the country. Apple’s CEO also met with Irish musician Hozier and Dublin-based game studio WarDucks. In 2016, the European Commission found that Apple received illegal state aid from Ireland and […]
A report today from Motherboard highlights several email apps that sell anonymized or pseudonymised data collected from users’ inboxes, including Edison Mail, Cleanfox, and Slice, adding that many users are unaware of this practice. An excerpt from the report: The popular Edison email app, which is in the top 100 […]
