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A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise — As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people.
Tweets: @crecenteb, @peterguest, @ghoshworld, and @anupkaphle
| Canalys: |
Global PC shipments grew 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020 to 79.2M units, breaking a 10-year record; Acer grew 15% while Apple grew 13.2% — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 22 February 2020 — Recently released Canalys data shows …
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| Lee Phillips / Ars Technica: |
A look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the language for tackling large-scale numerical problems — Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work. — I've been running into a lot of happy and excited scientists lately.
Tweets: @swmckay, @rickasaurus, @juliacomputing, @_lazappi_, @dff, @gvwilson, @j_perkel, and @matvil
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server — Thousands of calls were spilling from an unprotected server. — Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown.
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @somilbtrivedi, @lorakolodny, @campuscodi, and @zackwhittaker
| Erica Klarreich / Quanta Magazine: |
Researchers prove an efficient algorithm for finding approximate solutions to the traveling salesperson problem slightly beats the long-standing record holder — After 44 years, there's finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem.
Tweets: @andreasateth and @gunvantsr
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
As deepfakes make their way into broadcast-quality productions, filmmakers and artists are facing new questions like how to cast the right actors for a deepfake — In 2019, two multimedia artists, Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund, set about to pursue a provocative idea.| Bloomberg: |
Tuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from China's third-party Android stores — - Service required registration with mobile phone numbers — An app backed by Chinese cybersecurity giant 360 Security Technology Inc …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, South China Morning Post, and Slashdot
Tweets: @__songgao__, @generalsmarch, and @lichtspektrum
| Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes: |
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures — Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth …
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Airkit, Pulse 2.0, and SiliconANGLE
| Mathew Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale — The creators of CryptoKitties are creating a new place to store crypto collectibles. — In brief — Flow, a blockchain built for the entertainment industry, has raised $18 million in a public token sale.
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The CoinList Blog and CoinDesk
| Times of India: |
Apple will offer free AirPods to iPhone 11 buyers who shop from its new online store in India, as part of a promotion for the Diwali festival — If you are planning to buy an iPhone 11 during this festive season then you may get into a dilemma regarding which offer to opt for.
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt and AppleInsider
| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Onapsis, which provides cybersecurity and compliance services for SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, raises $55M Series D, bringing its total raised to $117M — Onapsis, a Boston-based company that provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for mission-critical applications … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews — The game was put back into closed beta in July — Amazon has officially canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.Sponsor Posts
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