Bike sharing has taken a turn in the U.S., following trends in China. The new mode is “dockless,” where companies distribute bikes around a city or campus to be rented per trip instead of dispensing them from one station. The bikes are tracked via GPS, and can be located by users, paid for and unlocked using their smartphones. Best of all, whenever riders are done with one of… Read More
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What did movie critics make of the first Star Wars? As the sci-fi franchise turns 40, we revisit the reviews.
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A group of security researchers present the most systematic analysis yet showing Russian hackers mix fakes in with their hacked revelations. The post Russian Hackers Are Using ‘Tainted’ Leaks To Sow Disinformation appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired
Atlantic.Net, the Florida-based hosting provider, today announced that its users can now use Windows Server Containers on its platform to bring their existing Windows workloads into the cloud.
While many of the larger cloud providers like AWS and Google also offer support for Windows containers on their virtual machines and dedicated container platforms, Atlantic.Net’s more direct… Read More
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Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology have developed a new internet protocol to help emergency responders communicate without disruption when it’s most vital to do so.
The post Researchers create high-speed internet lane for when disaster strikes appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Service will sync calls and texts to your number across different phone carriers, smartwatches and computers.
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Rackspace announced today it was purchasing TriCore, giving it an enterprise applications management play to go along with its cloud management services. The announcement comes just one day after the company announced it was bringing a new CEO onboard, make it a busy week for the firm. The companies did not share the terms of the deal, but Rackspace called it the largest acquisition in… Read More
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Formerly called Beam, Microsoft’s upgraded streaming service claims to be faster than YouTube and Twitch.
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With 10 cores and 20 threads all running at 4.5GHz when boosted, Intel’s upcoming Skylake-X i9 7900X could be a monstrously powerful CPU, upping the ante when it comes to AMD’s impending Ryzen competition.
The post Intel’s 10-core Skylake X CPU to normalize a sky-high clock speed appeared first on Digital Trends.
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To give kids an equal shot at the American Dream, they need access to the internet. This nonprofit thinks that’s not a partisan issue. The post No Matter What Washington Does, One Nonprofit Is Closing the Digital Divide appeared first on WIRED.
Source: Wired