Day: October 7, 2020

Amazon announces price cuts on GPU instances in AWS Sagemaker

AWS also announced Wednesday that it’s launching an interactive cloud training series for the first time ever on its Twitch streaming platform. …read more Source:: ZDNet


2021 Ford Bronco Overland concept digs into off-road accessories – Roadshow

Ford graced the Bronco Super Celebration East with the latest concept meant to highlight all the possibilities accessories provide the SUV. …read more Source:: CNet


Google’s Chrome 86: Critical Payments Bug, Password Checker Among Security Notables

Google is rolling out 35 security fixes, and a new password feature, in Chrome 86 versions for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS users. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Marvel Cinematic Universe phase 4: The full list of release dates – CNET

Here’s where Black Widow, Spider-Man, Thor, Doctor Strange and the Disney Plus shows currently stand in the viewing calendar. …read more Source:: CNet


Wisepay ‘outage’ was actually the school meal payments biz trying to stop an intruder from stealing customer card details

We pulled entire website to halt attack, says spokesman UK cashless school payments firm Wisepay has pulled its website offline after spotting someone malicious trying to spoof its card payment page.… …read more Source:: Register


Verizon, Cisco partner on 5G edge services for entertainment industry

The companies will integrate Verizon’s 5G network and edge interfaces with products from Cisco’s sports and entertainment portfolio. …read more Source:: ZDNet


House Democrats Tackle Big Tech ‘Monopolies’

The House Judiciary Committee says Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are monopolies — but its new plan to rein in their power won’t change anything overnight. Instead, Democratic lawmakers propose to rewrite American antitrust law in order to restructure the U.S.’s most successful and powerful industry over time. From a report: The report is a…


Apple Health app now consolidates patients’ medical records in UK, Canada – CNET

The feature, already available in the US, lets Apple users collect health data from multiple providers and store it on their iPhones. …read more Source:: CNet


Independent poll says 68% of Americans support facial recognition

Independent polling firm Schoen Cooperman Research recently conducted a nationwide poll on Americans’ views of facial recognition technology. The survey of 1,000 adults found that most Americans support the use of facial recognition across a wide range of applications with 75% supporting facial recognition technology at airports. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


SpaceX breaks run of scrubs with Starlink launch: Darth Musk finds your lack of faith in on-time launches… disturbing

Also: James Webb Space Telescope shaken but not stirred, and Cygnus brings relief to the ISS In brief The weekend started badly for rocket fanciers as SpaceX failed yet again to launch a GPS III satellite for the US Space Force. The mission has been subject to repeated delays, and the company opted to press…