Ferrari NV, already an automaking icon in the real world, is now looking to bolster its brand also in the metaverse. The Italian maker of luxury cars has set up a department focusing on digital services that’s exploring opportunities arising from the space that blends virtual reality, gaming and social Read more…
Ransomware is driving developer interest in cybersecurity while the Internet of Things and games development has spurred more interest in 35-year-old programming language C++, according to O’Reilly Media’s 2021 learning platform analysis. However, it could the case that developers are looking at some newer languages to give them the edge. Read more…
Google will finally start rolling out the Gmail redesign it first showed off last year. The company is calling the interface in the update the “integrated view” because the goal is to integrate Google’s latest messaging service, Google Chat (a Slack competitor and the successor to Hangouts) and Google Meet Read more…
Block Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey criticized Meta Platforms’ failed cryptocurrency project, Diem, saying the company’s time would have been better spent focused on advancing Bitcoin. Dorsey said Tuesday that Meta’s approach to Diem, a proposed cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra that came to an unceremonious end this week, wasn’t Read more…
Germany is planning to bolster its semiconductor industry after the government thwarted the takeover of a local supplier, raising questions about the country’s technology strategy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s administration is working on programs to invest in the chip sector, which the government considers central to Germany’s energy shift, according to Read more…
According to Chinese news outlet Sina, BOE has made breakthroughs in monitor technology and has built the world’s first 500 Hz gaming monitor. The monitor features a 27-inch, Full HD panel equipped with a high-mobility oxide backplane which is how BOE achieved the blisteringly high refresh rate, with a response Read more…
BlackBerry is adding another sad chapter to the downfall of its smartphone business. Today the company announced a sale of its prized patent portfolio for $600 million. The buyer is “Catapult IP Innovations Inc.,” a new company BlackBerry describes as “a special purpose vehicle formed to acquire the BlackBerry patent Read more…