by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 29, 2020 | [Tech News], BBC Technology
“The update to the risk threshold is expected to increase the number of people asked to self-isolate by the app, having been in close contact with someone who tested positive,” Gaby Appleton blogged.
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 29, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
The US has suffered, and broken up, telecom monopolies in the past. AT&T had a government-sanctioned monopoly for much of the 20th century, until it was broken up in 1984. The 1996 Telecom Act included rules for phone providers aimed at encouraging competition,...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], The Verge
In the week leading up to Election Day, The Verge is running a series of editorials about what we’re voting for — not candidates but the ideas that move us to engage with the electoral process in the first place. On the night of March 11th, 2020, I sat in my Brooklyn...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], TechCrunch
There’s a new company that’s sitting on top of some of the fastest growing consumer-facing businesses in the world — liquor and marijuana delivery — and its name is Pacific Consolidated Holdings Group. The investment firms and executive teams behind the Los...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
A good smartphone now will have about 500 pixels per inch (PPI) on its screen. Even the best phones we could find clock in at just over 800 PPI. But Stanford researchers have a way to make displays with more than 10,000 pixels per inch using technology borrowed from...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 28, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In September, Azerbaijan and Armenia renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in the Caucasus mountains. By then, an information warfare campaign over the region had been underway for several months.The campaign was identified using artificial...
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