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A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

A year ago this week, The Verge published our first story about the virus. It was January 21. The first case had arrived in the US. We’d only heard of about 300 cases reported in China and six deaths. We still knew there was a chance it could get bad. “It’s bringing back SARS flashbacks… Read more

SpaceX is sparring with a Texas oil company to drill for natural gas

SpaceX is locked in a legal fight with a Texas oil company for a plot of land it wants to use to drill for natural gas, according to public records. The 806-acre site in southern Texas sits near SpaceX’s Starship facilities, a sprawling testing ground for its methane-fueled Raptor rocket engine. Tim George, an attorney… Read more

FTC fines three ticket scalping companies for illegally using bots

The Federal Trade Commission issued multimillion-dollar fines against three bot-powered ticket scalping operations. The FTC says these organizations bought over 150,000 event tickets over the past four years, nabbing them with automated tools that evaded online purchasing limits. After reselling these tickets for an estimated $26.1 million, they’ve been accused of breaking a 2016 anti-bot… Read more

PSA: Wonder Woman 1984 will leave HBO Max on January 24th

If you haven’t found time to watch Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max — and you still want to see what all the fuss is about — there are only a couple more days to do so. Wonder Woman 1984 will leave HBO Max on Sunday, January 24th. This was always part of the plan…. Read more

LG Rollable’s fate still undecided, may be canceled even if LG keeps its mobile division

LG wowed the virtual crowds at CES 2021 with a short demo of its Rollable phone and the days after brought news of a September launch target. However, there is now rising uncertainty as to whether the prototype will be converted to a mass market device. The Korea Herald reports that detailed launch plans for… Read more

Intel closes its fifth record year in a row: turnover soars to 77.9 billion

Intel closed on 2020 with record turnover of 77, $ 9 billion. The fourth quarter exceeded expectations at a crucial time for the company’s future: in mid-February, CEO Bob Swan will hand over the helm to Pat Gelsinger. by Manolo De Agostini published 22 January 2021 , at 08: 01 in the Market channel Intel… Read more

Fireworks ban: should the calm, dust-free New Year's turn stay?

On New Year’s Day 2021 Berlin offered an unusual picture for residents who have been living in the capital for some time. In many neighborhoods – with the exception of problem areas – the streets were as clean as they were leaky. The tons of fireworks and firecrackers rubbish that the city cleaning department usually… Read more

Nida-Rümelin: Germans accept location with the Corona warning app

The Munich philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin has underpinned his appeal to collect user location data via the Corona Warning App (CWA). Such tracking on smartphones would be the easiest way to be able to trace infection chains more easily in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, he said on Thursday in an online debate in the… Read more

IT security: Berlin transport companies want to be unimportant

The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) are in a clinch with the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). It is disputed whether the BVG is a critical infrastructure (Kritis) for local passenger transport within the meaning of the BSI and IT Security Act. If so, reporting and certification requirements apply. In addition, the public company would have… Read more

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its division that provides internet from floating balloons, according to a post on the blog of Alphabet’s X moonshot division. “The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” Astro Teller, who leads X, wrote in the blog. “In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down… Read more

VPN patent dispute probably costs Apple more than 1.1 billion US dollars

After more than a decade, the patent dispute between Virnet X and Apple could be nearing its conclusion: A US court has now denied Apple’s motion for a new trial and has confirmed the latest jury verdict that Apple is another payment of license fees in Amount of over 500 million US dollars (VirnetX vs…. Read more

Mobile networks: the federal government and the industry rely on Open RAN

The federal government is promoting the further development of the open mobile communications standard Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) as part of the Corona economic stimulus package decided last summer with around 2 billion euros. According to media reports, the funding is now to be distributed by four ministries. Accordingly, the research ministry 635… Read more

Opera buys YoYo Games and creates gaming division

The game development platform GameMaker and the gaming browser Opera GX will form the cornerstones of Opera’s new gaming division in the future. GameMaker’s own script language (GML) can be used to develop 2D games for all common consoles, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux and HTML5. According to YoyYo Games, the development platform is aimed… Read more

Fortnite developer turns its attention to animated films with Gilgamesh

Fortnite creator Epic Games is turning its attention to film. Deadline reports that Epic will lend its Unreal Engine tech to animation studio Hook Up, as well as firms DuermeVela and FilmSharks, as an investment in upcoming film Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is inspired by the mythological hero of the same name and follows its titular character… Read more

iPhone 12 Pro, skyrocketing question: Apple transfers production to the detriment of the mini

Apparently Apple is selling more models Pro che mini, compared to the company’s initial forecasts. Consequently, the production of the more expensive models is increasing to the detriment of the cheaper ones. by Nino Grasso published 21 January 2021 , at 17: 01 in the Apple channel Apple iPhone According to new rumors obtained from… Read more