Day: January 24, 2020

Fortnite chapter 2 season 2 start date set for Feb. 20 – CNET

It’s 100 days and counting. …read more Source:: CNet


Tesla Cybertruck Lego kit is adorable, may see production – Roadshow

The latest version of this Lego Ideas project includes minifig versions of Elon Musk and Franz von Holzhausen. …read more Source:: CNet


Who’s Afraid of the IRS? Not Facebook.

Speaking of tax evasions, Kiel, in a separate story at ProPublica this week: In March 2008, as Facebook was speeding toward 100 million users and emerging as the next big tech company, it announced an important hire. Sheryl Sandberg was leaving Google to become Facebook’s chief operating officer. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, then 23 years old,…


How to watch Super Bowl 2020: Stream Chiefs vs. 49ers for free without cable

The best way to watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV is by streaming. And the only way to watch the game in 4K HDR is through streaming. There are numerous other ways to watch the big game by streaming, too. …read more Source:: ZDNet


5 Resume Basics for a Budding Cybersecurity Career

You’ll need to add resume tactician to your skill set in order to climb up the next rung on the security job ladder. Here’s how. …read more Source:: DarkReading


This episode of Black Mirror sucks: London cops boast that facial-recog creepycams will be on the streets this year

Here’s what Met top brass told the press this morning In depth London’s Metropolitan Police is to start routinely deploying facial-recognition tech across the English capital despite legal and public opinion challenges, the force declared this morning.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Motorola Razr make little sense for business

The foldable phone market is making a 90-degree turn as the first two devices of 2020 have a portrait clamshell design. The appeal of having a phone/tablet in one is not provided with this design and it makes little sense for business. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Wikipedia Now Has More Than 6 Million Articles in English

Wikipedia has surpassed a notable milestone this week: The English version of the world’s largest online encyclopedia now has more than six million articles. From a report: The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after the website was founded, is a testament of “what humans can do together,” said Ryan Merkley, chief of staff at…


Online Employment Scams on the Rise, Says FBI

Looking to change jobs? Watch out for fraudsters who use legitimate job services, slick websites, and an interview process to convince applicants to part with sensitive personal details. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Rome Wasn’t Built In a Day, But a $30.4B Microsoft Puerto Rico Tax Dodge Was

theodp writes: ProPublica’s Paul KIel has the remarkable tale of the IRS’ 12-years-and-counting audit of Microsoft for a 2005 deal involving a Puerto Rico subsidiary (and related “Legal Entities”) that was deemed worth nothing or a nominal amount on June 30th, 2005 but valued at $30.4 billion just one day later. Seen as an epic…