Monthly Archives: September 2022

What the CHIPS and Science Act means for the future of the semiconductor industry

Simon Butler Contributor Share on Twitter Simon Butler was founder and CEO of Methodics Inc, acquired by Perforce in 2020. He is currently the general manager of Perforce’s Methodics Business unit. This year is proving to be momentous for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. During a global chip shortage and record inflation, U.S. President Biden signed into…

Remofirst raises $14.1M to make it cheaper and easier for businesses to hire remote workers globally

Remote work has never been as accepted, or mainstream, as it is today. Yet some businesses hesitate to explore the option of hiring people in other countries because the prospect can be daunting and costly. Nurasyl Serik and Volodymyr Fedoriv started Remofirst in 2021 to open up that option to more businesses with a SaaS…

Steadybit wants developers involved in chaos engineering before production

Chaos engineering was originally developed at large companies to help them pressure test systems in production. Over time, startups and open source projects have made it more accessible, but for the most part it is still in the realm of SREs (site reliability engineers) testing production systems. Steadybit, a German startup wants to put it…

UK trumpets roaming caps for travellers to Norway, Iceland and – maybe one day – Liechtenstein

U.K. residents travelling to Norway or Iceland will soon have their mobile roaming fees capped, representing part of a recent trade agreement between the countries. The U.K. signed a free trade agreement last July with Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, a triumvirate of markets notable for the fact that they are not members of the European…

M. Night Shyamalan is back with thrilling ‘Knock at the Cabin’ trailer

Trips to secluded cabins in picturesque woods are the worst family vacation. And M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin is guaranteed to support that argument.  Based on Paul Tremblay’s bestselling novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, Shyamalan’s adaptation sees Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter, Frozen) and Ben Aldridge (Fleabag), go on a family…