Following reports from reviewers earlier today that the Samsung Galaxy Fold seemingly has a durability problem, the South Korean electronics giant has offered an official statement on the matter, promising to “thoroughly inspect” the offending review units in question. “A limited number of early Galaxy […]
Day: April 18, 2019
Amazon China to close local marketplace and place more focus on cross-border
Amazon has finally given up the fight with Chinese online shopping giants to capture the domestic market. On Thursday, the Seattle-based ecommerce company announced it will shut down its marketplace on Amazon.cn, which connects mainland Chinese buyers and sellers, while other units of its local […]
Disrupt the search: why marketplaces could replace search engines
Internet searches can be broken into two categories – informational (news, Wikipedia, trivia questions) and commercial ones (products and services). While the internet is a key destination for commercial queries, the way people search is changing. On traditional search engines, a user has to perform […]
Samuel Motley: Americans mourn with France for Notre Dame
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In the 2020 Race, What Is the Value of Social Media Stardom?
If you were to get all of your news last month from Twitter (and, well, maybe you did), you might reasonably conclude that the Democrat to beat in 2020 is none other than a 37-year-old Indiana mayor with a knack for linguistics and a tongue-twister […]
Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries
The discovery of a new, sophisticated team of hackers spying on dozens of government targets is never good news. But one team of cyberspies has pulled off that scale of espionage with a rare and troubling trick, exploiting a weak link in the internet’s cybersecurity […]
Samsung says it’s investigating those Galaxy Fold screen problems
Following reports from reviewers earlier today that the Samsung Galaxy Fold seemingly has a durability problem, the South Korean electronics giant has offered an official statement on the matter, promising to “thoroughly inspect” the offending review units in question. “A limited number of early Galaxy […]
Beyoncé Is Back, Lyft Pumps the Brakes, and More News
Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Bey is back Beyoncé has unleashed Homecoming, a doc that covers her legendary performance from Coachella last year, and we are here for it. Our writer describes the Netflix special as “a once-in-a-lifetime performance by […]
Congress readies for Mueller report to be delivered on CDs
If there weren’t enough obstacles already standing between Congress and the results of the special counsel’s multiyear investigation, lawmakers are expecting to need an optical drive to read the document. A Justice Department official told the Associated Press that a CD containing the Mueller report […]
FAM Trip Roundup: Antigua, Croatia and More
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