Day: February 24, 2020

Cisco unveils SecureX cloud platform for improved security visibility

Cisco’s new platform aims to give businesses better visibility across their security portfolio via analytics and workflow automation. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Katherine Johnson, NASA legend and ‘Hidden Figure,’ dies at 101 – CNET

The brilliant research mathematician helped change the face of NASA. …read more Source:: CNet


Elon Musk talks Tesla Cybertruck, issues more feature details – Roadshow

And when it comes to its looks, Musk says the production truck will look “slightly better.” …read more Source:: CNet


Red Hat slips through Platform 16 to OpenStack wizarding world, says customers still want to run their own cloud

With public cloud vendors now offering on-prem, why OpenStack? Cost and avoiding lock-in – Red Hat Interview OpenStack allows you to say “I am the Jeff Bezos of my cloud,” Red Hat’s Sean Cohen, senior manager product management, told The Reg at the launch of OpenStack’s Platform 16, its enterprise cloud platform, which has just…


Save 30% on the PowerPic 5×7-inch picture frame with integrated Qi charger – CNET

What, you mean your framed photo of the dog doesn’t also charge your phone? Plus: This ingenious 10-inch Lenovo tablet is on sale for $90. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft reveals Xbox Series X specs – CNET

It has a lot of power and will play four generations of Xbox games. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft Reveals More Xbox Series X Specs

Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console, text, on Monday morning, confirming specifications on what the company calls its “superior balance of power and speed” for its new hardware. From a report: The next-gen Xbox, Microsoft said, will be four times as powerful as the original Xbox One. The Xbox Series X “next-generation custom…


Don’t worry, IT contractors. New UK chancellor says HMRC will be gentle pushing IR35 rules

But critics advise to take that with a ‘pinch of salt’ The UK’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has promised that HMRC will not be “heavy-handed” in pushing its IR35 tax reforms.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Sony quietly launches its new flagship: Xperia 1 II is first Xperia with 5G

Sony reveals successor to last year’s Xperia 1 with 5G, more memory, storage, and improved audio features. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Drug Dealer Loses $58M in Bitcoin After Landlord Accidentally Throws Codes Out

An anonymous reader shares a report: Between 2011 and 2012, 49-year-old Clifton Collins bought 6,000 Bitcoin using money he earned from growing and selling weed, reports The Irish Times. At the time, the cryptocurrency’s price varied between $4 and $6. Today it stands at over $9,700. But Collins isn’t enjoying any euphoria for the windfall…