Open-source, decentralized social network Mastodon has been benefiting from the chaotic Twitter takeover by Elon Musk. In addition to seeing a record number of downloads for the Mastodon mobile app this past weekend, the non-profit company today announced a new milestone. In a post on Twitter — where Mastodon has been successfully marketing its app…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the price of money once again yesterday. Investors expected the move, but shares dove after the Fed declined to tell investors that it intends to slow the pace at which it raises interest rates in the future, as some had hoped. While shares of many U.S. companies fell in the…
A cybercriminal group has compromised a media content provider to deploy malware on the websites of hundreds of news outlets in the U.S., according to cybersecurity company Proofpoint. The threat actors, tracked by Proofpoint as “TA569,” compromised the media organization to spread SocGholish, a custom malware active since at least 2018. The media company in…
A new company from one of the original creators of the open source Node-RED project is setting out to make it easier for companies to bridge the gap between incompatible IoT ecosystems at scale. Node-RED, for the uninitiated, is a low-code, visual programming tool developed inside IBM for connecting APIs, hardware, and related assets that…
Guru Hariharan Contributor Share on Twitter Guru Hariharan is CEO and founder of CommerceIQ, an e-commerce management company. For consumers, the holiday season means indulging in gifts, family traditions and festive celebrations. But for retail businesses, it’s the most critical time of the year. We’re seeing a gathering storm of economic conditions — inflation, inventory…
At long last, DALL-E 2, OpenAI’s image-generating AI system, is available as an API, meaning developers can build the system into their apps, websites and services. In a blog post today, OpenAI announced that any developer can start tapping the power of DALL-E 2 — which more than three million people are now using to…
Director Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway is a portrait of a friendship between two troubled individuals who find comfort in each other, and the trailer out today gives a small glimpse into their relationship. Lynsey (Jennifer Lawrence) is an injured solder who has just returned home to New Orleans. She struggles to readjust to her life and…
If you’re desperate to see a total lunar eclipse, don’t miss the one on November 8. Otherwise you’ll have to wait a long time — as in: So long there will have been two Avatar movie releases and a presidential inauguration by the time there’s another one in March of 2025. Trouble is: Not everyone…
If you’ve ever played a mobile game and thought “this would be better with a mouse and keyboard,” Google’s got great news for you. As of Wednesday, Android users in the U.S. can download and play a selection of Android games on Windows PCs, per a Google blog post. The feature (which is still in…
The trailer for Netflix’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is here and, omg I think I need a lie down after watching it. Oh, and did we mention it stars theee Emma Corrin (The Crown, My Policeman) as the eponymous Lady Constance Chatterley? You’ve probably heard of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the steamy D.H. Lawrence novel, which was…