Category: technology
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"Computer Keyboard" by BigOakFlickr is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Cloudflare outage causes major sites to go down
CTO admits technical issue caused cascading failure across internet Some of the world’s favorite digital destinations went down for a while this morning, but it wasn’t their fault. Apparently a bug with a major underlying service that provides a variety of technical offerings for companies big and small called Cloudflare began a patch to a…
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Google in two days scored helpful ruling in anti-trust suit, lost jury trial in smartphone snooping case
Alphabet – the parent company of Google and other products under the brand – got some help from a District Court ruling in one anti-trust suit, but didn’t get the same help from a Jury in another class action that will see the company have to pay out about $4 per smartphone user. But they…
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BOT THOUGHTS: AI Tools that can tackle projects for free
Artificial Intelligence. It can be a tool for the masses to make all kinds of ideas possible that weren’t before, or it could be the downfall for the masses as managers look for ways to cut costs and employees by replacing a human with a “thinking machine.” But is the hype real? Or is it…
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"Computer Keyboard" by BigOakFlickr is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Tech Tips: Windows 10 support will end later this year, what options are available
The writing is on the wall for all those small business office computers that have been hanging around for a while as Microsoft will be ending Windows 10 support for new updates in October. The operating system that brought Microsoft back from a brink after a disastrous run with Windows 8 for around a decade…
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SEARCH FOR ‘MONOPOLY’: Google vs. US returns to court
Does Google have a monopoly on the search and advertising market? That’s a question coming before the court again on Friday, May 30 when attorneys for the United States and Alphabet go before the bench in the latest round in the legal fight over alleged monopolistic practices carried out by the search giant. Closing arguments…