Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
Enlarge (credit: Amazon) Amazon Sidewalk. The new wireless mesh service will share a small slice of…
So, you want to democratize venture capital
A venture capitalist once told me candidly that whenever you see the phrase “democratization” in tech…
GM, Palantir-backed Wejo to go public via SPAC
Wejo, the connected vehicle data startup backed by GM and Palantir, plans to go public through…
The bipartisan consensus on broadband is a mirage
There’s a tense fight in Washington between Republicans and Democrats over President Biden’s infrastructure plan, from…
The most detailed dark-matter map of our universe is weirdly smooth
The DES is an effort to image as many galaxies as possible as a proxy for…
How to accelerate the world into the 5G era
Demand for 5G smartphones is reaching an all-time high In 2021, consumers and institutions alike are…
Covert channel in Apple’s M1 is mostly harmless, but it sure is interesting
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Hector Martin said. The channel can bridge processes running as different users and…
India is grappling with covid grief
“I haven’t seen anything on this scale of pandemic grief ever,” says Shah Alam Khan, an…
SolarWinds hackers are back with a new mass campaign, Microsoft says
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) USAID, a US government agency that administers civilian foreign aid and development…
Gillmor Gang: Nothing Was Delivered
[embedded content] Somehow it’s Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday this week. Some of you may not think…
Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (credit:…
Farmer Boy Builds on Tradition While Preparing for the Future by Replatforming to BigCommerce
For over 30 years, Farmer Boy has been one of the leading companies in the agricultural…
A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrong
Lemonade, the fast-growing, machine learning-powered insurance app, put out a real lemon of a Twitter thread…
Driving digital transformation for medical tech companies
Medical technology and pharmaceutical companies are transitioning beyond biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and equipment to provide comprehensive…
Who wins Instagram giveaways? An investigation.
In 1851, the inventor and entrepreneur Benjamin T. Babbitt began traveling around the United States in…