The Jamaican sprinter and her Olympic-record time captured everyone’s attention. What’s under foot, though, might have been a factor when Elaine Thompson-Herah broke a 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters. It’s shaping up as a fast track surface at Olympic Stadium. Runners are certainly on track to setting personal, Olympic and possibly even […]
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Microsoft released on Thursday Windows 11 Beta for users craving a more stabilized OS pre-release, available to those registered in its Windows Insider Program for highly technical users, the tech giant announced. According to Microsoft, its latest OS release is much less unpredictable as its builds are validated by the company. The beta release’s official […]
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games kicked off in July, showcasing its technological advancement after it got postponed due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Luckily, the postponement gave creators and innovators the time to utilize the latest technology to offer those who tune in to watch an experience of a lifetime. One of the many inventions that took audiences by […]
During Facebook’s recent earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the company’s next hardware release will debut the tech giant’s collaboration with Ray-Ban eyewear on a pair of augmented reality glasses. The long-awaited Ray-Ban “smart glasses” were supposed to launch in 2021. However, as a steep plunge in COVID-19 cases forced most of the world into a lockdown, a lot of tech firm’s plans changed. “Looking ahead here, the […]
Google announced on Wednesday that Android developers will be required to include a privacy policy with their apps starting April 2022. This request is not new, as the Big Tech revealed earlier in May that developers must declare their safety information within a deadline between October and April. However, Google decided this week to provide […]
Late on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported that China’s latest regulations against tutoring for profit and Big Tech is beneficial to the country’s growth as it stiffens its commitment to expand its capital market, leading to a share plunge in education firms. China’s latest attempt to ease financial pressure on families that support low birth […]
Facebook’s success is rapidly taking flight; however, it’s about to face serious challenges on multiple fronts. The company’s revenue grew 56 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter, amounting to $29 billion, according to a statement published on Wednesday. Facebook’s savvy marketing strategy and technological advancement managed to double its quarterly profit to almost $10.4 billion, $8.7 billion more than what analysts estimated. If this isn’t impressive enough, then take […]
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Viewing your child’s social media accounts only to find obscene messages from older users intended for your preteen son or daughter. Unfortunately, nightmares like this are a reality for a rapidly increasing number of parents, as more youngsters’ dive into the social media world. Luckily, Instagram has decided to take it in their hands to put an end to child predators roaming the photo and video-sharing site. […]
For the first time, LinkedIn has officially surpassed $10 billion in annual revenue, five years after Microsoft announced its decision to acquire the platform for more than $26 billion, the company reported on its recent fiscal report released on Tuesday. Although Microsoft did not exactly reveal the number of the profits and losses made, officials did state that LinkedIn’s revenues were up by 46 percent in […]
Two of the world’s high-profile tech geniuses, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have been competing against each other over their respective space ambitions. Musk owns SpaceX, a space transportation company that was recently awarded by NASA a $2.9 billion contract to build the spacecraft in charge of helping astronauts travel down the lunar surface by […]