Image of Wonder Boys Summer 2021Some of the more than 100 Arkansas Tech football players who participated in voluntary summer workouts pose for a photo outside the Hull Physical Education Building following one of their training sessions. Legendary basketball coach John Wooden observed that the true test of a man’s […]
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Tech news: Airbnb to block some Halloween bookings
Airbnb wants no tricksters this Halloween. The online marketplace for short-term home rentals will block some users from booking one- or two-night weekend stays during Halloween, which falls on a Sunday this year. Airbnb says the ban will help “prevent and deter unauthorized and large parties.” Airbnb says renters “without […]
Tech Weapons We Need To Combat Global Warming
Whenever a war like Afghanistan ends, a financial problem drives a country into the next war. The companies that build the weapons take a massive revenue hit because a country at peace doesn’t consume much ordinance. But this time, thanks to climate change, there is effectively another conflict doing far […]
House Panel Seeks Records From Tech Companies in Riot Probe | Chicago News
FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump riot outside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo /John Minchillo, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol issued sweeping document requests on Friday to social media companies, expanding […]
Some Taliban websites go offline amid broader tech crackdown
Five websites operated by the Taliban went offline Friday, as many tech companies move to limit the group’s digital reach following their takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. The websites were central to how the group relayed messages to people inside and outside Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to exert […]
Hologram Secured $65M, Klover Raised $60M, and More Chicago Tech News
photo: hologram With no shortage of local tech innovation on the horizon, learn how these Windy City companies are changing the game for their respective industries after raising new funding last week. This is the Built In Chicago weekly refresh. Hologram raised $65M. The company develops SIM cards for IoT-connected devices, […]
Cart.com Raised $98M, Cloudflare Expands, and More Austin Tech News
photo: cart.com A number of industries are experiencing growth, and these companies are poised to follow suit. With their fresh rounds of venture funding, find out what these Austin tech companies are working on. This is the Built In Austin weekly refresh. Cloudflare expands its Austin footprint. Operating in the […]
Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance
Colombia-based call center workers who provide outsourced customer service to some of the nation’s largest companies are being pressured to sign a contract that lets their employer install cameras in their homes to monitor work performance, an NBC News investigation has found. Six workers based in Colombia for Teleperformance, one […]
In Russia’s Far East, tech pioneers dream of innovation hub on ‘Cyborg Island’
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — To see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the mainland to Russky Island. It’s here — a beachhead on the Pacific Rim — that the Kremlin hopes […]
China Denounces Online Videogames. It Could Boost Big Tech Stocks.
Text size Roblox’s avatar lineup. Courtesy Roblox Videogame stocks’ pain could be Big Tech’s gain. Another potential crackdown on Chinese tech companies may push investors back to the relative safety of large U.S. technology stocks such as Alphabet (ticker: GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT), according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. Worry […]
Why Don’t Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? | by Matthew Dean | Jul, 2021
Staying in a role builds valuable, company-specific domain knowledge. Leaving often results in a pay day. When news broke that breakout star Regé-Jean Page was leaving Bridgerton after only one season, my initial reaction was that of shock and heartbreak. I couldn’t fathom why Netflix and The Duke of Hastings […]
Flex Your Power. Own Your Tech.
Before advanced computer graphics, a collection of clumsy pixels would represent ideas far more complex than technology could capture on its own. With a little imagination, crude blocks on a screen could transform into steel titans and unknown worlds. It’s that spirit of creativity and vision that we celebrate each […]
Biden, FTC: You have the right to repair your tech. Why that’s good news for people who break their phones
Right to repair just might change the way we all look at products we break. Here’s what you need to know. Josh Miller/CNET We’ve all been there: That moment where you drop your smartphone, your stomach starts turning as you watch it cartwheel towards the floor. It bounces a couple […]
Kaseya, the tech firm hit by ransomware, gets the key to unlock its customers’ data.
Daily Business Briefing July 22, 2021Updated July 23, 2021, 7:04 p.m. ET July 23, 2021, 7:04 p.m. ET The headquarters of the information technology firm Kaseya in Miami.Credit…Kaseya, via Reuters Kaseya, the Miami-based company at the center of a ransomware attack on hundreds of businesses over the Fourth of July […]