The companies’ small-van market share has become a problem for European regulators, and without concessions, the merger could face a four-month investigation. …read more Source:: CNet

The COVID-19 crisis hit most tech companies hard, but it buried Sandbox VR. From a report: “We went from a relatively healthy business,” CEO Steve Zhao said, “to zero revenue.” Sandbox was operating 10 VR centers in North America and Asia that allowed groups of customers to step into virtual worlds. Every one had to…

I needed a temperature controller module recently, so off I went to Banggood to order one. As one does I found myself browsing, one thing led to another, and I bought a micrometer screw gauge. While micrometers are pretty expensive devices, reflecting their high precision engineering and construction, this micrometer cost me only about £8,…

The electric carmaker had a very good May, as did Chinese car sales in general. …read more Source:: CNet

With dozens of digital contact tracing apps already rolled out worldwide, and many more on the way, how many people need to use them for the system to work? One number has come up over and over again: 60%. From a report: That’s the percentage of the population that many public health authorities documented by…

‘PHP is not very exciting and there is not much to it’ = the secret of success? Feature On 8th June 1995 programmer Rasmus Lerdorf announced the birth of “Personal Home Page Tools (PHP Tools)”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Sportier looks seem like a no-brainer, and the compact car should get a set of summer tires standard. …read more Source:: CNet

In a scathing indictment of Facebook’s content moderation strategy, a new study identifies the company’s decision to outsource such work as a key reason its efforts are failing. From a report: The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights released a report today that calls on Facebook to end the outsourcing practice and commit…

The CEO’s response shows how Amazon, and many in corporate America, have decided to take a vocal position on Black Lives Matter. …read more Source:: CNet

The release of a PoC for the Windows flaw known as “SMBGhost” could set off cyberattack waves, CISA warned. …read more Source:: Threatpost