When you visit an HTTPS-protected website, your browser doesn’t exchange data with the webserver until it has ensured that the site’s digital certificate is valid. That prevents hackers with the ability to monitor or modify data passing between you and the site from obtaining authentication cookies or executing malicious... Read more

The sport utility vehicle is, basically, the standard of modern transportation. Ousting the sedan from so many families’ lives, the SUV used to lean a little more unto “utility,” but today, it does it all. These vehicles quickly worked their way into the fabric of daily life. That means... Read more

Thanks to NFTs, half of my friends now hate the other half. I know because they send me messages about each other. “Ugh, more crypto garbage,” reads one DM. “I guess we need to destroy the planet for some stupid GIF.” And then, from someone else: “I do feel,... Read more

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Postgres Professional, provider of a database based on a fork of the open source Postgres relational database, today updated its offering to add support for storage-level compression and 64-bit transaction identifiers, along with all the other capabilities made available... Read more

Hardcore History Hardcore History doesn’t operate like your usual podcast. Instead of regularly scheduled, 30-60 minute shows, host Dan Carlin drops a couple of 3-6 hour shows a year, doing so with almost no notice. That makes Tuesday a special day, as Carlin has released a new episode of... Read more

Today Amazon is turning on Sidewalk, a way to extend internet service between Amazon devices like Echo smart speakers and Ring cameras. Unless you opt out, your Amazon devices will automatically start participating in this connectivity bacchanal. Amazon has talked about Sidewalk for a while, so it’s no surprise... Read more

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Stoke is announcing it has raised $15.5 million in a series A round of funding. The company, which offers a freelance management system (FMS) to help enterprises manage independent contractors, freelancers, consultants, agencies, and gig workers, will use the... Read more

Catch new episodes of Lupin on Friday. Netflix A bunch of new TV series and returning seasons are hitting Netflix to welcome in June. Kim’s Convenience, Feel Good and Sweet Tooth all saw new episodes arrive last week. For the next new thing, catch the much-anticipated second part of mystery thriller Lupin, consisting of... Read more

When Apple removed the headphone jack in the iPhone, it sparked an upsurge in wireless Bluetooth earbuds. There are zillions of choices out there right now (check out our favorites here) but it’s very, very hard to find any that are worth listening to that cost less than $100. ... Read more

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Element is gearing up to announce an API integration between its Element Unify software and AWS IoT SiteWise. The product, which launched in December, makes sense of multiple IT and OT sensor streams to provide visibility into how industrial... Read more