Category: Internet

SpaceX plans to spin off its Starlink satellite internet business

[ad_1] Company president Gwynne Shotwell has revealed those plans at a meeting with investors, telling them that “Starlink is the right kind of business that we can go ahead and take public.” SpaceX has also confirmed to Quartz that it’s considering a Starlink spinoff in the coming years. SpaceX has deployed almost 300 satellites for […]

Attorney general thinks US should buy controlling stake in Nokia, Ericsson

[ad_1] “There are only two companies that can compete with Huawei right now: Nokia and Ericsson,” Barr said in a speech (as reported by AFP) on China as an economic threat. “Putting our large market and financial muscle behind one or both of these firms would make it a far more formidable competitor and eliminate […]

Twitter doesn’t want to call its users ‘users’ anymore

[ad_1] It’s part of an initiative to make Twitter a happier, cuddlier place to be, with the usual boast that it’s shrunk the number of “unhealthy” tweets on the service. That includes a 27 percent decline in “bystander reports,” on Tweets that violate the company’s code of conduct. Much of that is down to machine-learning […]

IMDb’s free streaming service will have every episode of ‘Lost’

[ad_1] Just when you’ll get to watch depends on the series. Every episode of Ally McBeal will be available on IMDb TV starting April 1st, but you’ll have to hold out until May 1st to be confused by Lost (in sync with the 10th anniversary of the finale). Malcolm in the Middle appears on June […]

HBO Max forms a production unit devoted to streaming movies

[ad_1] You won’t have to wait long to see the fruits of the new production wing’s labor when the first Warner Max movies are due to arrive in 2020. The involved companies haven’t said which one will be first out of the gate. There’s not much mystery to the strategy. Ideally, this lands HBO Max […]

WhatsApp desktop security flaw gave intruders remote access to files

[ad_1] Facebook built WhatsApp on an Electron framework that makes it easier to deliver multi-platform apps based on web technology. As Ars Technica explained, though, Electron isn’t secure if an app is based on an outdated web engine. The flaws affect WhatsApp’s desktop software from version 0.3.9309 and earlier, as well as people who paired […]

Windows 10’s built-in search is down following possible Microsoft outage

[ad_1] Microsoft says it looked into and resolved an issue that was causing access and latency issues “with multiple Microsoft 365 services.” However, it appears some people are still experiencing issues. In either case, we’ve reached out to the company for additional context, and we’ll update this article when we hear back. People over on […]

Spotify is the new heavyweight champ of podcasts

[ad_1] Alongside its Q4 2019 and full-year earnings report this morning, the company announced that it is acquiring The Ringer, a popular sports and culture media company. The Ringer is still relatively new, having only started in 2016. However, its creator, former ESPN writer and commentator Bill Simmons, is well-known to sports fans. Simmons started […]

Spotify is buying The Ringer to boost its sports coverage

[ad_1] Dawn Ostroff, Spotify Chief Content Officer, said that she looks forward “to putting the full power of Spotify behind The Ringer as they drive our global sports strategy.” It looks as if Simmons’ team at The Ringer will be encouraged to keep doing its own thing, in the hope of reaching an even larger […]