Monthly Archives: September 2022

Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. But turn to the enterprise, and there appears to be a very lucrative opportunity that’s well into finding traction. Today, one of the early movers in building solutions for…

QNAP NAS customers told to update now to protect against attack

QNAP customers are again being warned of DeadBolt ransomware attacks against NAS drives, which this time is affecting photo storage management tools. This isn’t the first time that QNAP customers have had the security of their data threatened. Several attacks have been launched throughout 2022 focusing on varying zero-day vulnerabilities. In a security notice on…

A $30 million Instagram-famous superyacht in the Caribbean has installed Elon Musk’s Starlink internet

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet was deployed on Motor yacht Loon superyacht. Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images/Motor Yacht Loon A $30 million superyacht has installed SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the news was “cool” in a Twitter post. The captain told Teslarati that Starlink was a game-changer, but didn’t work when crossing the Atlantic….

How to know if you automatically qualify for Biden’s student-loan forgiveness

President Joe Biden AP Photo/Evan Vucci Biden announced up to $20,000 in student-loan forgiveness in August. The majority of borrowers will have to apply for relief, while eight million should automatically qualify. Here’s how the Education Department will determine that automatic relief. One-time student-loan forgiveness could be hitting millions of borrowers accounts by the end…

I moved from Missouri to Italy and started my own business. Here’s how I became citizen and set up my new venture.

Jennifer Sontag now helps other people wanting to claim citizenship and relocate from the US. Jennifer Sontag Jennifer Sontag was an empty nester living in the Midwest who was bored at work and needed a change. She applied for Italian citizenship, and once it was granted she moved to Italy. Here’s how she started her…

Europe’s energy crisis could escalate if governments don’t cover $1.5 trillion in margin calls, Norwegian energy firm says

(Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Europe’s energy crisis could worsen if governments don’t cover $1.5 trillion in margin calls, a Norwegian energy exec told Bloomberg. Energy trading on the continent could stop entirely as capital shifts to guaranteeing trades amid volatile prices.  “Liquidity support is going to be needed,” Helge…