Netflix is cracking down on the widespread practice of password sharing. The company is prompting people who don't live in the same household to pay an extra fee for the privilege. The move comes just a few weeks after Netflix announced its latest price hike.
Robert Iger is backing a startup that celebrities and others are using to create avatars for the much-hyped metaverse, taking a board seat with Los Angeles-based Genies Inc. He is also an investor in the business, one of five fledgling tech companies he’s recently backed.
Rumors had it that the new iPad Air wouldn't get the expected A15 Bionic processor. Instead, it would get an M1 chip, the same chip found in the Mac and iPad Pro. The M1 is the real upgrade of note, and it makes the Air one of the most future-proof iPads you can buy.
Amazon launches a new 3D role-playing game to help people solve real-world cloud problems. The game is designed to build cloud computing skills and prepare people for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. Amazon continues to invest hundreds of millions in providing free cloud computing training.
MLK Visiting Professor S. Craig Watkins is working to build AI models that deal with systemic inequality more effectively. Watkins is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and the founding director of the Institute for Media Innovation. He is researching the impacts of media and data-based systems on human behavior.
Medical imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in health care. These studies are used to gain information about certain symptoms a patient has or a condition they are being treated for. They often have incidental findings unrelated to the original indication for the study. Nationwide, hospitals and health systems spend an estimated $43 million annually to settle lawsuits for missed follow-up on lung findings alone.
EU regulators are looking to hammer out laws for web-enabled vehicles as they look to launch a consultation on in-vehicle data which may lead to legislation later this year. Many companies view data as the gold of the new wired world as it is more akin to air or water.
A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group is planning to attack Russian infrastructure to strike back at Moscow over its invasion. The group has already defaced Russian government and bank websites, replacing content with violent images from the war, and plans to help Ukraine's military hunt down Russian units.
British chip designer Arm is planning to cut up to 1,000 jobs, or 15% of its workforce. The move comes just weeks after its $40 billion deal with U.S. chip giant Nvidia collapsed. Arm licenses its “architecture” to hundreds of companies around the world.
The European Commission said Tuesday that it has approved the deal without conditions. tors conclude deal wouldn’t significantly harm competition in Europe. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has until March 15 to deliver a verdict on the deal. The commission said the deal wouldn't significantly reduce competition in part because the two companies don't significantly overlap in content production and that MGM content ‘cannot be considered as must-have’
Intel will invest $36 billion in chip production and research across Europe. The company will build a new chip-making complex in Germany. The new facility will be one of the biggest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities on the Continent.