The Fascinating Dance Between Twitter and Musk
Let’s talk about why Elon Musk likely got the offer of a board seat from Twitter, why he probably turned it down, and what will happen to his “hostile takeover”…
US-Led Seizure of RaidForums May Defy Lasting Effect on Security
The massive takedown of RaidForums might have little real impact against the large volume of hackers operating worldwide, since many of Raid’s members could flock to alternative platforms. The post…
Forrester Pegs B2B Fraud, Cyber Insurance Complacency as Top Threats in 2022
Forrester also called out the work-from-anywhere trend as a major threat in 2022. It explained that an anywhere-work model presents an opportunity to create new kinds of sensitive data. The…
PC Shipments Decline, Revenues Rise During Q1 2022
Despite the first decline in PC shipments since 2020, computer revenues increased 15% during Q1 of 2022. Desktop computers performed strongly, with shipments increasing 13% during the period. The post…
US Tech Market Leadership at a Crossroads
At one time, the U.S. dominated industries like oil and gas, consumer electronics, automobiles, and trains. Except for Apple clawing back some of one of those markets, control and leadership…
Gamifying EdTech Launches Learning to Loftier Levels
Gamification places game-design elements such as gaining trophies, progressing to new levels, or gaining virtual currencies, into a non-traditional gaming context. This is aspect of app-based education technology and provides…
Crypto Firms Offered Insurance To Cover Cloud Crashes
Nothing strikes fear into a cryptocurrency trader like being forcibly disconnected from the cloud. Technology downtime insurance provider Parametrix would like to make traders less fearful by offering cloud downtime…
Wing Picks DFW for First Commercial Drone Deliveries in Major US Metro Area
Delivery drones will be buzzing the Texas skies beginning Thursday, April 7. Wing, which is operated by Google’s parent company Alphabet, will launch the first commercial drone delivery service in…
Nasuni Founder Andres Rodriguez: Object Storage Offers More Cloud Benefits, Lower Cost
Cloud storage provider Nasuni recently announced a $60 million equity investment by new investor Sixth Street Growth. This is the fourth round of financing for Nasuni over the last five…
Intel Releases Arc, Now We Have a Three-Horse Race
Up until last week, for discrete graphics you had a choice of two vendors: AMD which was the leader in value, and Nvidia which tended to lead in absolute performance.…
