Browsing Tag: Gadgets

A few months ago, Bumble announced that it would be adding business networking features to its dating app. Now it's here, and it's called Bizz. It launches in the US, UK, Germany, France and Canada today.

Bumble's claim to fame in the crowded dating…
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Original Post: Dating app Bumble launches Bizz for professional networking

Last year, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) allowed a Russian defense agency to analyze the source code of a cybersecurity software used by the Pentagon, Reuters reports. The software, a product called ArcSight, is an important piece of cyber defense…
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Original Post: HP Enterprise let Russia review the Pentagon's security software

Ring may be best known for its video doorbells, but they've been branching out into a fully fledged home security solution. Today, Ring announced the Ring Protect, a DIY security system that brings together all of the company's products in one seamle…
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Original Post: Ring launches its own DIY home security system

Back in 2014, CERN released the data from its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments onto an online portal called the Open Data portal. It was an unprecedented move, making data from the LHC's experiments available to those who don't have access to…
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Original Post: Open data from the Large Hadron Collider sparks new discovery

Following extensive testing earlier this year, China has now deployed its quantum communications work in the form of the first ever quantum-safe video call. The call, between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, marks…
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Original Post: Scientists made the first 'unhackable' quantum video call

Uber's lead for Northern Europe, Jo Bertram, is leaving the company. The move comes less than two weeks after London's transport regulator, TfL, announced its decision to revoke Uber's private hire operator licence in the city. Should the decision be…
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Original Post: Uber loses Europe chief amid London license denial

Fresh off a successful IPO, Roku is keen to keep the momentum going. And what better way to do that than to launch a set of new devices, packed with a bunch of free (ad-supported) channels. The company tends to refresh its line-up in the fall, and th…
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Original Post: Roku made a 4K streaming stick

Google is relaxing its rules on subscription news stories in a bid to thaw increasingly frosty relationships with prominent media giants. Previously, under Google's "first click free" policy, publishers such as The Financial Times and The Wall Street…
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Original Post: Google to stop penalizing paywalled news in search results

Greece, a country with a lot of debt and an angry taxi lobby, is the latest to ponder anti-ride-sharing legislation. The country reportedly plans to force ride-sharing firms like Uber and Taxibeat to ink three-year contracts with licensed drivers, ef…
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Original Post: Greece wants to force Uber into hiring full-time taxi drivers

Facebook is handing over evidence of 3,000 Russia-linked advertisements to congressional investigators today, following weeks of pressure from Congress to reveal details about its advertising system. The ads in question — which ran between June 2015…
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Original Post: Facebook hands over Russia-linked ads to Congress