Empire State Development announced the launch of the Smart Cities Innovation Partnership program in collaboration with the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA). The program will designate up to five smart cities to connect with technology companies and academic experts throughout New York state, using emerging technologies to improve government services and resident quality of life. Empire State…
As the COVID-19 global pandemic has turned us all into hermit crabs, amusing ourselves has become more important than ever. So, because I’m kinda bored and I want to see what people have created, let’s check out the coronavirus-related playlists on Spotify and see what kinds of songs are on them. My Spotify playlists have…
Microsoft today issued a new security advisory warning billions of Windows users of two new critical, unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities that could let hackers remotely take complete control over targeted computers. According to Microsoft, both unpatched flaws are being used in limited, targeted attacks and impact all supported versions of the Windows operating system—including Windows 10,…
The click latency of this mouse is pretty bad, but it had to be tested with a PS/2 to USB converter adapter, so some latency might be attributed to that. The results might be lower without an adapter, but we can’t confirm. Nevertheless, this mouse shouldn’t be used for gaming, but you might not notice…
With people hunkering down in their homes and businesses closing across the country, more than a few people are bummed that they have to stay inside just as the weather is warming up. REI is one such company that has temporarily closed the doors of its retail locations nationwide, but to soften the blow a…
Realme has started seeding its monthly update for the Realme 3 and 3i smartphones. The patch is 147MB big and carries the build number RMX1821EX_11.A.26. It brings the March 2020 security patch and squashes a couple of bugs for both phones. More importantly, it adds support for VoWiFi in India to users using Airtel and…
Private industrial 5G will be at the heart of manufacturing production from 2021, Siemens has said, as the industrial giant continues to move ahead with test networks at its electronics works in Amberg and automotive centre in Nuremburg, both in Germany. Both deployments use Siemens’ own privately-held spectrum in the 3.7-3.8GHz band, made available by…
As coronavirus cases in Israel surge past 1,200, researchers in the country are predicting where it will spread next analyzing responses to questionnaires with AI. After members of the public report their condition, algorithms evaluate their answers to connect symptoms to locations. The results are then displayed on a map showing the clusters of infection…
For the first time ever, the Apache Pulsar PMC team is publishing a user survey report. The 2020 Apache Pulsar User Survey Report reveals Pulsar’s accelerating rate of global adoption, details how organizations are leveraging Pulsar to build real-time streaming applications, and highlights key features on Pulsar’s product roadmap. Apache Pulsar is a cloud-native, distributed…
The click latency of this mouse is pretty bad, but it had to be tested with a PS/2 to USB converter adapter, so some latency might be attributed to that. The results might be lower without an adapter, but we can’t confirm. Nevertheless, this mouse shouldn’t be used for gaming, but you might not notice…
