The US government is to invest $1 billion into a dozen new research and development (R&D) institutes to stimulate the economy with homegrown artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information science (QIS), 5G communications, and other emerging technologies. The mission is to drive technological improvements in healthcare, communications, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and security. The White House, together…
Ubisoft today had its second Forward presentation, in which it revealed more details about its upcoming games they didn’t have time for in between the news about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Far Cry 6 last time. Here are the major reveals you need to know about. Just as a side note, Ubisoft‘s virtual conference comes at a particularly difficult time for…
Cybercriminals successfully plundered another digital cryptocurrency exchange. European cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase this week disclosed a massive breach of its network by an unknown group of hackers who stole cryptocurrencies worth 5.4 million dollars. Eterbase, which has now entered maintenance mode until the security issue is resolved, described itself as Europe’s Premier Digital Asset Exchange. Based…
Verizon has partnered with the NFL to offer live viewing parties and AR replay features during the season which kicks off today. Like everything this year, football will be very different courtesy of COVID-19. The draft was held virtually for the first time. Between August 30th and September 5th, there were 44,510 tests administered to…
The Mpow X3 Truly Wireless are budget in-ears with an ANC feature. These comfortable and stable headphones have a neutral sound profile that's well-suited for a variety of audio content. Their battery life lasts over five hours and if you need a top-up, their carrying case has over three additional charges to keep you going.…
The latest Ubisoft Forward livestream unveiled several new announcements and updates to current Ubisoft games. Prior to the stream, Ubisoft released a four-minute video in which CEO Yves Guillemot apologized for recent sexual harassment and racism issues at the studio. Here’s all the news to come out of Ubisoft Forward so far. Ubisoft Forward Pre-Show…
Realme announced the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro in last week. The vanilla 7 only went on its first sale today and is now getting its first software update. The new firmware, sporting version number RMX2151_11_A.43, bumps up the Android security patch level on the Realme 7 to August 5, 2020 and brings in…
Italy-based core network vendor and private network pioneer Athonet has released its open 5G core network on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enable mobile carriers, radio vendors, and enterprises to deploy and experiment with working private 5G networks just by connecting radio equipment to the internet. It does away with the need to manually setup…
TikTok has admitted to censoring LGBTQ hashtags in some countries as part of its efforts to “localize” content moderation. Following a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, which highlighted a list of hashtags “shadow-banned” in Bosnia, Jordan, and Russia, TikTok has insisted it was merely complying with local laws — and not actively targeting…
IT help desks everywhere are having to adjust to the ‘new normal’ of supporting mainly remote workers. This is a major shift away from visiting desks across the office and helping ones with traditional IT support processes. Many reasons end-users may contact the helpdesk. However, password related issues are arguably the most common. Since the…
