reader comments 79 with 48 posters participating Share this story Update, 11/29/20: It’s a very different Thanksgiving weekend here in 2020, but even if tables were smaller and travel non-existent, Ars staff is off for the holiday in order to recharge, take a mental afk break, and maybe stream a movie or five. But five ..
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NurPhoto | Getty Images reader comments 66 with 53 posters participating Share this story The long-awaited Facebook-led digital currency Libra is preparing to launch as early as January, according to three people involved in the initiative, but in an even more limited format than its already downgraded vision. The 27-strong Libra Association said in April ..
Enlarge / Amazon boxes. reader comments 122 with 67 posters participating Share this story In a quarter in which its revenues are expected to surpass $100 billion for the first time, Amazon says it will spend $500m on a one-time Christmas bonus for its front-line employees. The pay bump—which will not be paid until January—comes ..
Enlarge / Comcast Xfinity cable television installation truck parked on a street in front of a suburban home, San Ramon, California, May 17, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images | Smith Collection | Gado reader comments 108 with 78 posters participating Share this story Comcast is raising prices for cable TV and Internet ..
Enlarge / Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, California. Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 159 with 90 posters participating Share this story A grand jury in California’s Santa Clara County has indicted Thomas Moyer, Apple’s head of global security, for bribery. Moyer is accused of offering 200 iPads to the Santa County Sheriff’s office ..
Enlarge / A OneWeb receiver. reader comments 83 with 58 posters participating Share this story The UK has entered the increasingly competitive race to become a global satellite Internet provider after taking control of failed space startup OneWeb with Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal. The low-Earth-orbit-satellite operator emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday ..
Enlarge / A man glowers at an iPhone, just as ad firms are worried iOS users will when they discover how they are being tracked and that they can opt out of it. reader comments 6 with 6 posters participating Share this story Apple’s plan to add a new privacy feature to iOS to limit ..
Enlarge / Facebook’s Menlo Park, California, headquarters as seen in 2017. reader comments 177 with 78 posters participating Share this story Facebook’s software systems get ever better at detecting and blocking hate speech on both the Facebook and Instagram platforms, the company boasted today—but the hardest work still has to be done by people, and ..
Enlarge / Computer chip with Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration. reader comments 164 with 81 posters participating Share this story Researchers have uncovered a massive hacking campaign that’s using sophisticated tools and techniques to compromise the networks of companies around the world. The hackers, most likely from a well-known group that’s funded by the Chinese ..
Enlarge / A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on June 29, 2020. Jason Redmond | Getty Images reader comments 22 with 18 posters participating Share this story The US Federal Aviation Administration issued an order on Wednesday to allow Boeing’s 737 ..
