This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next in cybersecurity In the world of cybersecurity, there is always one certainty: more hacks. That is the unavoidable constant in an industry that will spend an estimated $150 billion worldwide this…
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Fun fact from the files of “there’s a job for that”: there are multiple companies that specialize in making fake Moon dirt. Technically, it’s called lunar regolith to help differentiate it from “soil,” which implies the presence of organic material, or from “dirt,” which, for this story, I learned literally just means “anything that makes…
Jarett Sitter / The Verge There’s a decent chance you’ve come across Shudu on Instagram. She’s constantly having cool adventures in New York and Paris, she models for some of the biggest fashion brands on the planet, and she has a huge following on Instagram. Oh, and she’s not real. Or at least, she’s not…
Get a new machine during these Cyber Monday computer deals. Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › It’s Cyber Monday and that means many people are, once again, back staring at their computers for work. Wouldn’t it be nice to have…
Octopuses have complex “camera” eyes, as seen here in a juvenile animal. Nir Friedman If you’ve ever cooked a big holiday meal or tried to learn a complicated piece on the piano, you might’ve wished that you had more than two arms. While humans still lack the number of appendages that cuttlefish, squid, and octopuses…
Stack Commerce We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Today’s workplace looks drastically different than it was three years ago. Most people are no longer restricted within the four corners of their cubicles thanks to the increasing number of companies embracing remote or…
The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Friday to expand its ban on the sale and import of Chinese technology from firms that pose an “unacceptable risk to…
In September, Apple launched the Apple Watch Ultra, which is not only waterproof to 100 meters (330 feet) in depth, but can also be used as a dive computer with the help of a companion app developed by Huish Outdoors. We took it into the deep blue sea to test it out. I’ve been an…
Henry Shapiro Contributor Share on Twitter Henry Shapiro is the co-founder of Reclaim.ai, an intelligent calendar assistant platform used daily by over 14,000 companies. Prior to founding Reclaim, Henry led product and marketing at New Relic. More posts by this contributor 3 lessons we learned after raising $6.3M from 50 investors As a startup founder,…
Oceanic+, developed by Huish Outdoors, made a splash at this year’s Apple Fall Event in September, when Apple pulled a surprise new watch out of its proverbial hat, the Apple Watch Ultra. One of the surprises was that the $800 watch is rated for recreational scuba diving, enabling owners to take it underwater to 40…