Author: Bilal

The company is said to have made the payment through a third party. Garmin suffered an outage last month that temporarily took many of the company’s systems and services offline. It later claimed it was the victim of a cyberattack without offering specifics of what caused it. Reports suggested ransomware was involved, and there are some more indications that … Continue reading Garmin reportedly paid millions to resolve its recent ransomware attack Continue Reading →

Snapchat will soon get a little more like Instagram and TikTok. The app is working on an update that will allow users to add music to their snaps, the company revealed.  With the update, users will be able to add songs to their snaps either before or after they begin shooting. The company has already … Continue reading Snapchat targets TikTok by adding music to snaps Continue Reading →

He’ll arrive exclusively on Sony platforms in early 2021. Marvel’s Avengers on Sony platforms will feature an exclusive hero: Spider-Man. Developer Crystal Dynamics said it plans to add the superhero to the PlayStation version of the upcoming game in early 2021. The studio didn’t say whether Spider-Man will make his way to other platforms at a later … Continue reading Spider-Man is coming to the PlayStation version of ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Continue Reading →

Former Ting parent Tucows will also help Dish manage its wireless back-end. Dish is adding another piece to its small but growing wireless business. On Monday, the company announced a deal to acquire the customer base of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Ting Mobile from Tucows. As part of the agreement, the latter will also provide infrastructure … Continue reading Dish buys Ting Mobile to expand its wireless business Continue Reading →

The TV’s visuals and audio are optimized with video games in mind. TCL has collaborated with THX on the next edition of its 6 Series TV with a Certified Game Mode, continuing the company’s recent foray into gaming technology. Both companies say the pairing of TCL’s “superior visuals” and THX’s “world-class” technology make gaming on … Continue reading TCL’s next 6 Series TV has a THX-certified gaming mode Continue Reading →

Companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat that are making vegetable-based meat substitutes have captured the imagination and wallets of consumers, but so far, there’s been no real corollary for the seafood industry. Now, a startup coming from Y Combinator’s  summer cohort, Kuleana, is hoping it can swim in those waters. While new businesses like Wild Type, Finless … Continue reading Y Combinator’s Kuleana is making an animal-free substitute for raw tuna Continue Reading →

ByteDance  is not backing down from its ambitions to become a global technology powerhouse, even as TikTok  loses its largest market (India) and faces insurmountable challenges in the U.S. But some in China are blasting the Beijing-based company as too accommodating and yielding to U.S. demands. ByteDance said it will “remain committed to our vision to become a … Continue reading Chinese internet users brand ByteDance CEO a ‘traitor’ as TikTok seeks US buyer Continue Reading →

Adobe’s work on a technical solution to combat online misinformation at scale, still in its early stages, is taking some big steps toward its lofty goal of becoming an industry standard. The project was first announced last November, and now the team is out with a whitepaper going into the nuts and bolts about how its system, known as … Continue reading Adobe’s plans for an online content attribution standard could have big implications for misinformation Continue Reading →

Historically, podcasts have been focused on appealing to as many listeners as possible. But Artifact, a new YC-backed company launching today, has a different idea. It all started when co-founder and CEO Ross Chanin lost his grandfather. He found himself wishing he’d spent more time asking him about his life. At the same time, he was … Continue reading YC-backed Artifact looks to make podcasts more personal Continue Reading →

“The app that you use the most on your phone and you don’t realize it is your keyboard,” says Christophe Barre, the co-founder and chief executive of OneKey. A member of Y Combinator’s  most recent cohort, OneKey has a plan to make work easier on mobile devices by turning the keyboard into a new way to serve up … Continue reading OneKey wants to make it easier to work without a desktop by integrating apps into mobile keyboards Continue Reading →