For many listeners, the Beats Fit Pro were a better buy than the AirPods Pro: they had all the essential tech from Apple’s best wireless earbuds but they were cheaper, more stylish and fit a lot better too. But now Apple has widened the gap between the AirPods Pro and Beats Fit Pro with the…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has released the first edition of a new set of standards designed to clear the way for a new breed of storage products: CSxes. Short for computational storage devices, CSxes differ from regular SSDs or hard drives in that they handle data processing on-board, minimizing bottlenecks created by the…
Nvidia has teased a ‘GeForce Beyond’ special broadcast which will take place at GTC, and presumably will usher in our first glimpse of next-gen Lovelace graphics cards. Hype is being stoked on Twitter, and invitations sent out to the ‘GeForce Beyond’ reveal which will be streamed on September 20 at 8am PT (11am ET, 4pm…
A highly resourceful Iranian state-backed hacker group uses malicious links to VPN apps sent via SMS texts to inject spyware, a cybersecurity firm reports. Mandiant found evidence that APT42 (advanced persistent threat) has been conducting such attacks against what they described as “the enemies of the Iranian state” since 2015, with the goal of harvesting…
Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan in 2018 for financial misconduct after almost 20 years at Nissan. JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images In a new book, Wall Street Journal reporters Nick Kostov and Sean McLain chronicle the scandalized career of former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. They describe Ghosn’s rise to power and eventual downfall after…
Panoramic aerial view from a drone of the city of Kavala, in Eastern Macedonia, Aegean Sea. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Nikkei Asia analysis found that 41 vessels made ship-to-ship transfers of oil that came from Russia and later arrived to European ports. That’s up from just one such vessel the year prior, per…
Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF has slumped in 2022. David Swanson/Reuters Cathie Wood believes the Fed has gone too far in its bid to tame inflation via interest rate hikes.She argues that the Fed is overly focused on lagging indicators that show inflation, while leading indicators show signs of deflation.“Even the oil price has dropped…
The news: Payment technology provider Shift4 launched SkyTab POS, a suite of restaurant-focused point-of-sale (POS) solutions, per a press release. SkyTab POS was already in use at major stadiums, but it’s now available to all businesses. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., speaks during a news conference with other House Republican members in Washington on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Republicans are demanding Democrats hold a hearing on Biden’s student-loan forgiveness. They argued up to $20,000 in relief per federal borrower cannot happen without Congressional approval. The…
Bob Iger Valerie Macron/Getty Images Bob Iger, the former CEO of Disney, said that the pandemic left a “permanent scar” on the movie business. He thinks that TV can create just as much “cultural impact” as movies in the streaming age. The movie business is in crisis, with a dire lack of releases in theaters…