[ad_1] The company has special plans for Bellevue, where it plans to bring an estimated 6,500 jobs over the next few years. Amazon is planning on relocating its entire worldwide operations team from Seattle to Bellevue over the next few years. In addition to the new Bellevue tower, Amazon has secured half a dozen leases […]
Category: Internet
US Cyber Command warns of nation-state hackers exploiting Outlook
[ad_1] ZDNet noted that a known Iran-backed hacking team, APT33, had used the same vulnerability in December to install back doors on servers and promptly push the flaw to Outlook users. Chronicle Security’s Brandon Levene also found that Cyber Command’s code samples appeared related to APT33’s disk-wiping Shamoon malware. Symantec had also warned of increased […]
Epic will cover refunds for unhappy ‘Shenmue 3’ backers
[ad_1] If you do pick the PC version, you’ll have the option of getting a Steam key on top of the EGS release. You should see a similar approach for other titles going forward. Tim Sweeney has promised that Epic will either ensure refunds for crowdfunded games that go EGS-exclusive or “coordinate” with people at […]
Lime expands scooter reservations to the US
[ad_1] Do be prepared to pay, though. Lime notes that the rate to reserve a scooter is the same as the per-minute rate for riding, so it could cost you a tidy sum if you’re determined to finish your moccaccino before setting off. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. It could discourage people […]
Instagram’s latest Stories sticker is a direct link to group chats
[ad_1] Instagram is introducing a new feature that will let users start private group messages around specific Stories. The company announced the change on Twitter today. Users will soon be able to add a “join chat” sticker to their Stories. If followers tap the sticker, they’ll be added to a private group chat — though […]
Apple says it isn’t micromanaging shows for its streaming service
[ad_1] Cue also downplayed claims that Apple was shying away from mature content. He pointed out that the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon project, The Morning Show, had issues, language and other aspects that were “definitely not appropriate” to watch with a child. The statements suggest that Apple isn’t micromanaging shows once they’re underway, although […]
Facebook reduces sensational health claims in your News Feed
[ad_1] The strategy is much like the one Facebook uses to curb clickbait. The social network looks for common phrases in these bogus health posts and uses those to predict the likelihood that a post is leading people astray. If there’s a close fit, that post is less likely to show up in your News […]
Google pushes for an official web crawler standard
[ad_1] While the Robots Exclusion Protocol has been around for a quarter of a century, it was only an unofficial standard — and that has created problems with teams interpreting the format differently. One might handle an edge case differently than another. Google’s initiative, which includes submitting its approach to the Internet Engineering Task Force, […]
Spotify ends direct music uploads for indie artists
[ad_1] Spotify will stop accepting new songs through the upload program at the end of July, and those who’ve already released material will need to find new providers beyond that point. It’s not shocking that Spotify would close the initiative. It was theoretically more convenient, but there wasn’t much point unless a musician was content […]
Five ‘Star Trek’ movies come to Amazon Prime on July 31st
[ad_1] There’s more Star Trek available for streaming — although it might not be on the service you were expecting to use. Amazon is adding five pre-Abrams Star Trek movies to Prime Video in the US on July 31st. Two of them come from the cast of the original series (Star Trek IV: The Voyage […]