July 7, 2020 Fraunhofer’s new H.266 codec promises to cut the cost of streaming 4K video in half Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, the electrical engineering and computer science division of the esteemed German research…
July 7, 2020 Facebook boycott organizers call Mark Zuckerberg meeting ‘a disappointment’ Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge After months of escalating pressure, leaders from the #StopHateForProfit boycott campaign met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
July 7, 2020 ARM wants to transfer its IoT divisions to Softbank so it can focus on chips ARM plans to transfer two of its internet of things (IoT) businesses to Softbank (via TechCrunch). If the company's board of directors approves the…
July 7, 2020 Ad boycott leaders say meeting with Zuckerberg was ‘a disappointment’ Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook officials met with the leaders of the groups behind the growing advertiser boycott of the company. It…
July 7, 2020 Alphabet’s Internet-Beaming Loon Balloons Now Providing Service in Kenya Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has deployed a fleet of internet-delivering, high-altitude balloons in Kenya, an initiative that the company’s CEO said will…
July 7, 2020 Founders need stewards, not masters Often investors look at what founders have sacrificed, or are willing to sacrifice, and they just accept it without another thought.Read More via VentureBeat…
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July 7, 2020 Do Your Homework Before Buying a UV Disinfecting Gadget It’s likely that in the past few weeks or months, you’ve come across an ad for a UV disinfecting gadget. It makes sense! There’s…
July 7, 2020 The Movement for Black Lives and Environmentalists Are Finding Common Ground The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and the environmental movement have not always walked side by side. However, that tide is slowly shifting. This…
July 7, 2020 Everything you need to know about the coronavirus Illustration by Ana Kova Public health experts around the globe are scrambling to understand, track, and contain a new virus that appeared in Wuhan,…