Having issues with Comcast this morning? You’re very much not alone. Right around 10 am Pacific, we started seeing reports from both coasts that the Internet had suddenly slowed to a halt. Certain sites would load just fine, but the vast majority (from Reddit to Facebook to TechCrunch) simply timed out. A bit more digging suggested that many people reporting issues were on… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The former FBI director goes public on Twitter as he begins to promote his new book.
Source: CNET
Plus: Acura prices the 2018 RLX, and 2018 Jeep Wrangler mpg figures revealed early.
Source: CNET
Broadcom confirmed this morning that it would offer to acquire Qualcomm in one of the largest tech deals of all time, and one that would consolidate two storied semiconductor companies into a single unit as the chip world has begun a course shift in the past year. But it’s as much a story of a potential consolidation of fabless semiconductor giants as it is one of the performances of… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
With the development of a brand-new alloy that can exist as a liquid metal at room temperature, engineers at the Carnegie Mellon University have managed to create a new kind of liquid metal transistor.
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Source: Digital trends
The iPhone X is already showing strong consumer adoption, according to a new report from Localytics out today, despite the fact that long shipping delays for pre-orders mean many customers have yet to receive their devices. That said, iPhone X managed to grab 0.93 percent of the overall market share for iPhones after the first weekend of sales, the firm found. To be clear, this data… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Bootstrapping Barcelona-based visual commerce startup Photoslurp has taken its first external funding: Announcing €750,000 (~$870k) in pre-Series A financing, led by Spanish VC Inveready Technology Investment Group, with participation from Bankinter VC, Caixa Capital Risc and ICF. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Window 7 is suddenly the most popular operating system among all Steam users after Windows 10 dominated for an age. The reason may well be that Chinese PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players are flocking to the platform.
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Source: Digital trends
Despite its best intentions, the franchise’s prequel is business as usual. Thankfully, business is good.
Source: Wired
Comcast recently met with Pai’s staff to try to prevent individual states from setting their own net neutrality rules, for fear that states might try to stop ISPs from “blocking, throttling, or discriminating against online content.”
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Source: Digital trends