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In an interview, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales backed the principle of Net neutrality, but added that enabling poor people to access the Internet is equally important. Wales also defended Wikipedia Zero, a project that aims to provide select services f… Continue reading Net Neutrality Is Complicated: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
Tesla’s mammoth 13-acre battery making Gigafactory isn’t due to begin production on lithium ion cells until next year, but according to a report on Fortune, the factory’s grand opening is to be held on July 29. According to a report on Bloomberg, as of… Continue reading Tesla To Hold Gigafactory Grand Opening on July 29
At the ongoing Computex trade show in China, Asus unveiled the ZenBook 3 laptop. The ZenBook 3’s chassis measures 11.9mm while the whole body weighs 910g. At the event, the company’s executive said that ZenBook 3 is better than both MacBook Air and the… Continue reading ASUS’ ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook
David Gilbert, reporting for IBTimes: Michell Espinoza, a 32-year-old computer programmer, was arrested for attempted money-laundering in 2014 when he sold $1,500 worth of bitcoin to undercover FBI agents who said they were going to use them to buy sto… Continue reading Miami Money-Laundering Case May Define Whether Bitcoin Is Really Money
It’s almost unbelievable today that BlackBerry ruled the smartphone market once. The Canadian company’s handset, however, started to lose relevance when Apple launched the iPhone in 2007. At the time, BlackBerry said that nobody would purchase an iPhon… Continue reading Avoiding BlackBerry’s Fate: How Apple Could End Up In a Similar Position
An anonymous reader writes: Google Chrome is going to stop people from accidentally deleting everything they’ve been doing. A future version of the app will stop the backspace button from also functioning as a “back” button. The change has already been… Continue reading Google Chrome To Disallow Backspace As a ‘Back’ Button
An anonymous reader writes: A TechCrunch article, citing a report on Influence Central, states that the average age for a child getting their smartphone is now 10.3 years. The report adds that 64% of kids have access to the Internet via their own lapto… Continue reading The Average Age For a Child Getting Their First Smartphone Is Now 10.3 Years
FiveThirtyEight has an interesting article today which accuses men of sabotaging the online reviews of TV shows aimed at women. The publication cites an example of “Sex and the City”, a show which apparently won plenty of awards and ran for many years … Continue reading Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women
It’s official: the Google Play Store is coming to Chrome OS. The company announced on Thursday that it is bringing more than 1.5 million Android apps to Chromebooks. Google adds that zero efforts are required from developers’ end for their Android apps… Continue reading Google Play Store and Over a Million Android Apps Coming To Chromebooks
At its developer conference on Wednesday, Google announced Allo, a chatbot-enabled messaging app. The app offers a range of interesting features such as the ability to quickly doodle on an image and get prompt responses. Additionally, it is the “first … Continue reading Don’t Use Google Allo