GitHub ‘Sponsors’ Now Lets Users Back Open Source Projects
Last year, Microsoft paid $7.5 billion to buy GitHub, the online home of thousands of open source software projects that power apps and sites ranging
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Mobile app to warn gropers, get help proves popular in Japan
A smartphone app developed by Japanese police is being widely downloaded by women trying to protect themselves from gropers on packed rush-hour trains. The “Digi
$10M XPRIZE for software that teaches illiterate to read
A California company founded by game-developer parents who wanted to help their special-needs son is sharing a $10 million XPRIZE award with a London-based educational
8 days after cyberattack, Baltimore’s network still hobbled
More than a week after a cyberattack hobbled Baltimore’s computer network, city officials said Wednesday they can’t predict when its overall system will be up
Supreme Court allows lawsuit over iPhone apps
Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include
The Latest: Google’s AI assistant becoming even more helpful
The Latest on Google conference in California (all times local): 10:35 a.m. Google says its artificial intelligence assistant will get a series of updates this
Microsoft offers software tools to secure elections
Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and more transparent with open-source software. Two of the three top U.S elections
British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware
A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 has pleaded guilty in Wisconsin federal court to developing malware to steal
2 Zooms soared after the IPO: Did you buy the wrong one?
One IPO, two stocks zooming higher. Investors on Thursday pounced on their first chance to buy shares of Zoom Video Communications, the video-conferencing company that
Google: Android users get browser, search options in EU case
Google said Thursday it will start giving European Union smartphone users a choice of browsers and search apps on its Android operating system, in changes
Ethiopian Airlines Pilots Reportedly Followed Emergency Procedures Laid Out By Boeing
SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters) ― Boeing anti-stall software on a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet re-engaged as many as four times after the crew initially turned it off
Is a Boeing 737 Max 8 Safe? How the FAA Tested the MCAS.
Only after the Lion Air crash did Boeing put out an advisory about the software. My colleague James Fallows has noted that American pilots have
Google paid former exec $35 million after harassment claim
Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation,
Saudi app criticized for feature to control women's travel
A Saudi government app is being criticized for a feature that lets men grant or deny a woman permission to travel Source link
HTC Blockchain Smartphone will Build the Future of Internet
Mar 01, 2019 at 18:31 // News The HTC Exodus 1 blockchain tech and crypto phone could play an important part in building the next