Last October marked 20 years of the iPod. It’s a remarkable run in the cutthroat, always-iterating world of consumer electronics. And while it’s undoubtedly true that life hasn’t been particularly fruitful for the music player in a product lineup that includes various iPhones and iPads, the beloved music player has Read more…
Investors are divided about whether technology companies are set for a deep retrenchment or if growth is simply slowing from pandemic highs. The technology industry, which powered the U.S. economy during the pandemic and grew at tremendous scale during a decade of ultralow interest rates, is confronting one of the Read more…
A UCLA assistant professor of Information Studies just published a short history of software engineering in Logic magazine — titled “Agile and the Long Crisis of Software.” It begins by describing Agile’s history as “a long-running wrestling match between what managers want software development to be and what it really Read more…
After Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, “VPNs have been downloaded in Russia by the hundreds of thousands a day,” reports the Washington Post, “a massive surge in demand that represents a direct challenge to President Vladimir Putin and his attempt to seal Russians off from the wider world. “By Read more…
“Employee monitoring software became the new normal during COVID-19…” writes Australia’s public broadcaster ABC, “logging keystrokes and mouse movement, capturing screenshots, tracking location, and even activating webcams and microphones.” And now “It seems workers are stuck with it…. Surveys of employers in white-collar industries show that even returned office workers Read more…
SFGATE reports on the alarming rise of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services that are being heavily marketed by influencers and brands on TikTok and Instagram. “Gen Z, in particular, has fallen in love with the short-term loans, spending 925% more now through point-of-sale services than in January 2020,” notes the Read more…
A bug in Google Docs is causing it to crash when a series of words are typed into a document opened with the online word processor. BleepingComputer reports: It’s official — Google Docs crashes at the sight of “And. And. And. And. And.” when the “Show grammar suggestion” is turned Read more…