While across much of Asia, November 11th is either “singles day” (a $38 billion Alibaba extravaganza this year) or Pepero Day (named because 11/11 looks like a bunch of chocolate dessert sticks), here in the United States and parts of Europe, November 11th also marks the end of World War I and the commemoration of…
Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico and Index), has raised a new $400 million fund to continue backing European tech startups at Series A. Dealroom recently released a report that pegged Balderton as the most active Series A investor in Europe (between 2014-2018),…
Sarah, “the world’s smartest chimp,” died in July 2019, just before her 60th birthday. For the majority of her life, she served as a research subject, providing scientists with a window into the thoughts of homo sapiens’ nearest living relative. Illustration (by T. W. Wood) of a chimpanzee, disappointed and sulky, from Charles Darwin’s The…
The specific type of TCP attack used in the recent spate of DDoS efforts were TCP SYN-ACK reflection attacks.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
When Disney+ launches on November 12 at 12:01 a.m. PT, it will be packed with good stuff. There will be (almost) all of Disney’s animated movies. There will be the first episode of The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV show. There will be original content from National Geographic, the entire Pixar library, Disney’s…
One difficult aspect of being an accountant, or a businessperson of any kind, is not knowing whether a client is going to pay a debt owed for goods or services rendered and, if so, when?
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
The Skullcandy Sesh is yet another pair of wireless earphones for those on a budget. It has a truly wireless design that sits completely in your ears similar to the AirPods but unlike Apple’s alternative, it costs just $60 and also has water and dust resistance. Like most truly wireless earbuds, the Skullcandy Sesh come…
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s comments during an interview with Axios — and his subsequent apology — have done more than hand the company’s critics more ammunition in the renewed #boycottUber campaign. (Although, mission accomplished on that front.) They also expose a weakness that if left uncorrected threatens to bring back the toxic culture Khosrowshahi promised…
The latest research out of Facebook sets machine learning models to tasks that, to us, seem rather ordinary — but for a computer are still monstrously difficult. These projects aim to anonymize faces, improvise hand movements and — perhaps hardest of all — give credible fashion advice. The research here was presented recently at the…
Game launches these days are frequently the very worst time to play them. Plagued by bugs, server issues, balance problems and a lack of content, many “games as a service” titles are best consumed after a month or two. Not so with Hideo Kojima’s long-awaited Death Stranding, which, if you’re going to play at all……
