Day: May 22, 2020

Microsoft Solitaire Turns 30 Years Old Today and Still Has 35 Million Monthly Players

Microsoft’s Solitaire game is turning 30 years old today. Microsoft is celebrating the occasion with a world record attempt of the most games of Microsoft Solitaire completed in one day. From a report: 35 million people still play Solitaire monthly, according to Microsoft, with more than 100 million hands played daily around the world. Microsoft…


Microsoft drops a little surprise thank-you gift for sitting through Build: The source for GW-BASIC

Take a trip down memory lane back to when every byte mattered Build 2020 Microsoft delighted retro fans by closing its Build conference with an open-sourcing of 1983’s GW-BASIC.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Antarctica’s weird green snow set to spread due to climate change – CNET

It’s not grass growing along the Antarctic Peninsula. The culprits are a lot smaller. …read more Source:: CNet


Radio’s Sordid History Of Being Blamed For Everything

In the surreal world of a pandemic lockdown, we are surrounded by news stories that defy satire. The idea that 5G cellular networks are to blame for the COVID-19 outbreak and a myriad other ills has the more paranoid corners of social media abuzz with concerned citizens leaping upon random pieces of street furniture as…


See a wild underwater ‘benthic tornado’ whirl across the sea floor – CNET

Well that was unexpected. …read more Source:: CNet


25 million user records leak online from popular math app Mathway

The Mathway user data has been previously on sale on the dark web, hacker forums, and Telegram channels for the past two weeks. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Amazon’s Audible Goes Beyond Books To Chase Spotify in Podcasts

In recent months, Audible, the audiobook service owned by Amazon.com, has been meeting with talent agencies and producers to discuss acquiring potential new podcast projects — or, in the terminology that Audible prefers, “Audible Originals.” From a report: Audible is offering anywhere from a few hundred thousand dollars to a few million dollars per show,…


X-Chair X2 hands-on: I upgraded to a fancy office chair and I’ll never go back

It turns out, there’s something to be said about more comfortable office furniture. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Former Salesforce Execs Launch Data Protection Startup

Cloud-based API service stores and manages sensitive consumer data with a zero-trust, database-as-a service approach. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Social Distancing Is Not Enough

We will need a comprehensive strategy to reduce the sort of interactions that can lead to more infections. The Atlantic: COVID-19 has mounted a sustained attack on public life, especially indoor life. Many of the largest super-spreader events took place inside — at a church in South Korea, an auditorium in France, a conference in…