Loot boxes in games are gambling and should be banned for kids, say UK MPs
UK MPs have called for the government to regulate the games industry’s use of loot boxes under current gambling legislation — urging a blanket ban on...
Major US ISPs Refuse to Discuss Repeat Infringer Policies
Every single week, Internet users in the United States take to Reddit and other discussion forums seeking advice about copyright infringement notices. Whether the claims against...
Tide Protocol uses blockchain to improve password security by 14 million percent
In May 2019, Tide.org announced it would give a Bitcoin to anyone who could hack into their decentralized blockchain database of usernames and passwords. They were even...
David Berman of Silver Jews Remembered
“All my favorite singers couldn’t sing,” David Berman crooned. Berman—along with other indie greats also gone too young: the sublime, alcoholic Jason Molina of the Magnolia...
Zyl raises $1.1 million to resurface old memories from your photos
French startup Zyl has raised $1 million (€1 million) in a round led by OneRagtime. The company has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to...
Flutter v1.9 is live: Support for iOS 13, new widgets, & more
Google’s open source mobile app development framework Flutter welcomes a new stable release. Version 1.9.1 was introduced at Google Developer Days China in a keynote on September...
IBM brings Cloud Foundry and Red Hat OpenShift together
At the Cloud Foundry Summit in The Hague, IBM today showcased its Cloud Foundry Enterprise Environment on Red Hat’s OpenShift container platform. For the longest time,...
Akeneo raises $46 million for its product information management service
French startup Akeneo has raised a $46 million Series C round led by Summit Partners, with existing investors Alven, Partech, Salesforce Ventures and Stephan Dietrich also...
Epson’s New Short Throw Laser Projector Includes a Special Screen To Bounce Away Overhead Lighting
Projectors can be a cheaper and far more convenient way to put a gigantic 100+ inch TV in your living room. But to get an image...
Scaling Agile & Lean with SAFe 4.6
With the success of agile on a project level, organizations are now exploring ways to implement agile at an enterprise-wide level. Scaled Agile Framework, commonly abbreviated...
