America’s Office of Management and Budget was aiming to to save $2.7 billion in technology costs by the end of the year — but amid a sizeable shortfall, agencies are looking at adopting more cloud contracts instead. Bean-counters have been trying to get the government to cut down for years on investing in new servers […]
Read moreElon Musk has registered the domain name “Pravduh.com” days after fiercely criticizing the media and saying he would build start a website to rate the “core truth” and “credibility” of articles and reporters. It is another move suggesting the CEO of electric car maker Tesla may be moving forward on such a project. Musk had […]
Read moreSilicon Valley investors are worried that China’s tech sector will eat their lunch. The idea came up at a Bay Area debate earlier this week when Sequoia Capital venture partner Mike Vernal posited that China will soon overtake the US in areas like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. “The Chinese government and the Chinese tech […]
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YouTube Music is best for people who want to listen to music and enjoy music videos. I like that it has all the basics, like the ability to download music offline, search by artists, create playlists and has a visually appealing user interface. I already pay for YouTube Red (soon to be YouTube Premium), because […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump‘s administration is telling Congress it has come to an agreement to boost Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, The New York Times reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. As part of the deal, ZTE would pay a financial penalty, revamp its management and hire American compliance officers, the newspaper reported. The U.S. […]
Read moreA publicity stunt encouraging “crypto enthusiasts” to climb Mount Everest and bury a hard drive holding $50,000 worth of cryptocurrency reportedly indirectly led to a man’s death, the Financial Times said Friday. Ukrainian social network ASKfm, which is planning to raise money through an initial coin offering, or ICO, sponsored four people to climb Everest […]
Read morePolice in Shanghai have busted what they say is gang who duped websites into deleting negative reviews by posing as government censors and media personnel. The gang made 3 million yuan (US$470,000) from the activity before the bust, according to Chinese news site ThePaper.cn. In late 2016, the gang started advertising its services to companies […]
Read moreBlock Chain Gang, Crypto Cowboy, Something Something Blockchain: Based on the names of dozens of new companies registering to set up shop in Wyoming, the state’s effort to lure the latest tech craze appears to be paying off. Proponents say blockchain — the ledger where transactions of digital currencies, like bitcoin, are recorded — could […]
Read moreInstead of framing Apple’s self-driving car ambitions around vehicle design, investors could view Apple‘s new Volkswagen partnership as another investment in the hardware giant’s growing services business, venture capitalist Gene Munster said in a note. Apple is providing software for automaker partner Volkswagen, according to report this week in The New York Times. The report […]
Read moreYou might have noticed that your inbox is suddenly being bombarded by messages from apps and services you haven’t used in years. You’re not alone, that’s my Gmail inbox above. There’s a reason you’re receiving them now: Europe‘s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect Friday, which means companies and services are now alerting you […]
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