Intel Supports FTC in Qualcomm Antitrust Appeal
Intel filed a brief supporting the Federal Trade Commission and in opposition to Qualcomm’s appeal of a judgement finding it violated antitrust laws. In a blog post on the company’s site, Intel’s general counsel Steven Rodgers outlined the Intel’s position: “Qualcomm would have you believe that its position in the market today — as the […]
Bing showing a streamlined recipe carousel in search results
Users can still filter rich results according to time and nutrition. Bing appears to be testing or introducing a new way to show rich results on desktop. For queries that may relate to recipes, Bing is displaying a carousel that features just three recipes initially. It allows users to filter results by total time and […]
Twitter Backtracks on Plans to Purge Inactive Accounts
Twitter made headlines with plans to purge inactive accounts in an effort to free up usernames. Now, according to a report in Time, Twitter is backpedaling following an outcry from users. As the social media platform has grown, more recent users have had to choose longer, sometimes convoluted usernames. Meanwhile, some short, lucrative usernames have […]
MediaTek and Intel Partner to Bring 5G to PCs
While 5G is just beginning to roll out and is only supported by a handful of phones, MediaTek and Intel have announced a partnership to bring the new technology to PCs. 5G promises to be a revolutionary upgrade to the wireless experience, offering speeds measured in gigabits per second rather than megabits. Latency is also […]
Google Ads conversion reporting bug (mostly) fixed
Four reports remain impacted. Google Ads engineers have been working to fix conversion reporting since a bug caused conversions to be overreported for in the AdWords API, Google Ads API beta and Google Ads scripts. Status update. As of Sunday, conversion reporting has been fixed except in the Search Query Performance, Geo Performance, Keywordless Query, […]
eBay Selling StubHub to Rival viagogo For $4.05 Billion
eBay has announced that viagogo has agreed to purchase StubHub for $4.05 billion in cash. eBay purchased StubHub for $310 million in 2007. StubHub claims to be “the world’s most trusted ticket marketplace spanning 44 countries.” It’s business partners include “the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, WWE, NCAA, Matchroom Boxing, plus Paciolan, Tessitura and Roundabout […]
OnePlus Reports Second Data Breach in Two Years
OnePlus is reporting the second breach of customer data in as many years. A member of the security team informed customers of the breach on the company’s support forums. According to the statement, some “users’ order information was accessed by an unauthorized party. We can confirm that all payment information, passwords and accounts are safe, […]
Microsoft Hires Attorney General Eric Holder To Audit AnyVision
NBC News is reporting that Microsoft has hired Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate AnyVision, an Israeli-based facial recognition firm the company invested in. AnyVision creates facial recognition software in use by the Israeli military at border crossings. The software is used to log the faces of Palestinians entering Israel. However, according to NBC News, the software […]
An Unlikely Casualty of the 5G Revolution: Weather Forecasting
Science journal Nature is reporting that accurate weather forecasting may be an unintentional casualty of 5G deployment. At the heart of the issue is the frequencies that have been approved for use in 5G networks, specifically frequencies around 23.8 GHz. Evidently, “water vapour in the atmosphere naturally produces a weak signal at this frequency, which […]
Nokia Defends Its 5G Position: ‘We Don’t Have a 5G Problem’
Nokia has faced criticism that it is falling behind competitors Huawei and Ericsson in the 5G market. In an interview with Reuters, Nokia’s software business head Bhaskar Gorti, defended the Finnish company. “I don’t think we have a 5G problem,” Gorti told Reuters in the interview. In spite of that optimism, Nokia does indeed appear […]