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NBA playoffs: Watch, stream 76ers vs. Hawks, Jazz vs. Clippers today
The 2021 NBA playoffs are in full swing, with pivotal games between top teams every day. They’re broadcast live on national and cable networks — namely TNT, ESPN and ABC — but thanks to live TV streaming services, NBA fans don’t need a cable subscription to watch. Both games... Read more
I Treated My Unhealthy Gaming Obsession … With More Games
However, if we continue the argument that games may not be an addiction risk directly, but instead a symptom of a wider problem or other underlying mental health issues, then could you argue the same for alcohol and drugs? “If you were to mix heroin secretly into someone’s food,”... Read more
CCP Games launches Eve Academy to onboard players for Eve Online
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. CCP Games has unveiled Eve Academy, an accessible way for new players to learn how to play the massively multiplayer online game Eve Online. Eve Academy is a resource hub that contains easily digestible information and outlines the available... Read more
Google’s Gmail gets new collaboration tools in major redesign
Google’s Gmail is getting a facelift. Angela Lang/CNET Google on Monday announced a major Gmail redesign with a slew of new productivity tools that’ll work across the company’s other apps, like Docs and Sheets, aiming to turn the service into a hub for planning projects and collaborating with other... Read more
All the New Privacy and Security Features Coming to iOS and macOS
As it does every year, Apple has used its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to show off some of the changes coming to its software this year—and, unsurprisingly given Apple’s track record, privacy and security are top of the agenda once more. The iOS 15 update for your iPhone and... Read more
A question no one is asking about the Colonial Pipeline ransom attack
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Reading multiple reviews and analysis on recent ransomware attacks, especially the most famous one on Colonial Pipeline which paid a ransom of 75 bitcoins (about $4 million), I am seeing a lot of discussion about what the victims did... Read more
Every game Microsoft just said was coming to Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft used its Xbox E3 livestreamed event Sunday to talk about most of the games we wanted to hear about: Starfield, Halo Infinite, Stalker 2 and even Diablo II Remastered. But what was especially interesting was how many of the games mentioned by the Xbox team at E3 2021 are... Read more
What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain?
Quantum computers, you might have heard, are magical uber-machines that will soon cure cancer and global warming by trying all possible answers in different parallel universes. For 15 years, on my blog and elsewhere, I’ve railed against this cartoonish vision, trying to explain what I see as the subtler... Read more
Pindrop: Only 34% of call centers are prepared to fight fraudsters
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. During the pandemic, as in-person customer service interactions became impractical, consumers found they needed access beyond traditional service options, including online, mobile, and other self-service outlets. For call centers, this meant increasing call volumes — even as they, too,... Read more
E3 2021 trailers you need to see: Halo Infinite, Guardians of the Galaxy, Forza and more
It’s coming. From Software If there’s one thing E3is good for, it’s video game trailers. Forza Horizon 5? Trailer. New Final Fantasy game? Trailer! Halo Infinite? Multiple trailers! In this article you’ll find all the worthwhile trailers from E3, from events including Microsoft & Bethesda’s showcase, Square Enix Presents, Summer... Read more