Epic Games has purchased Kamu—a security firm based in Helsinki whose ‘Easy Anti-Cheat’ provides players with a “holistic anti–cheat service”. Per the company website, Kamu serves over 100 million PC players around the world and has worked with Epic on Fortnite for the past several months. According to gamesindustry.biz, Epic’s Tim Sweeney strives to make Fortnite: […]
Sir Richard Branson has said that Virgin Galactic is “weeks” away from its first trip into space. “We should be in space within weeks, not months. And then we will be in space with myself in months and not years,” the firm’s founder and chief executive told CNBC. He said the firm would be taking people […]
After the backlash over its participation in projects like Project Maven and Dragonfly, Google will no longer pursue a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract. “While we are working to support the US government with our cloud in many areas, we are not bidding on the JEDI contract because first, we couldn’t be assured that it […]
Google today has began to fully disclose info on the security problem it first discovered in March. One of the APIs that helps people share their account profiles with others through Google+ was inadvertently left open for apps to access. Google says about 438 apps had the ability to access user data, including name, email […]
The State of California has passed new legislation that will require hardware makers to provide a unique password for each and every device made or sold in the state. The “Information Privacy: Connected Devices” bill was approved by the legislature and will become law on January 1, 2020. It prevents devices from shipping with default […]
Google announced today in a blog post that it is shutting down its social network Google+ for consumers. After The Wall Street Journal reported a massive data breach, the company finally admitted that Google+ never received the broad adoption or engagement with users that it had hoped for — according to a blog post, 90 […]
Lime has launched the first e-scooter sharing pilot in Canada, giving residents in Waterloo, Ontario a chance to see what this two-wheeled transport option is all about. It’s not available across the entire city users will have to be content with putting around a 6.5km (4mi) route between Waterloo Park and the David Johnston Research […]
The WiFi Alliance today announced WiFi 6, a new name and release for the wireless networking standard that the Alliance hopes will clarify which devices can work together to offer the best experience. WiFi 6 is based on the 802.11ax spec. Devices that are designated as WiFi 6 will support all WiFi technology up to 802.11ax. The […]
The FCC is stripping power away from state and local governments in order to facilitate the installment of 5G infrastructure. This week the agency moved forward on an earlier proposal that sets limits on fees municipalities can charge for cell site applications, as well as the timeframe in which those applications need to be approved. Carriers must […]
Apple has won a reversal in a court case worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals tossed a decision that awarded the University of Wisconsin’s patent licensing business $234 million in damages. The original decision found Apple guilty of violating patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). […]
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