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New Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Update Addresses Hacked Pokemon
The Pokemon Company A new update is now live for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, improving the games’ multiplayer features and addressing hacked Pokemon. The new version 1.2.0 patch expands the Union Room’s capacity, increasing the number of players who are able to join it, either locally or... Read more
An Optical Spy Trick Can Turn Any Shiny Object Into a Bug
The most paranoid among us already know the checklist to avoid modern audio eavesdropping: Sweep your home or office for bugs. Put your phone in a Faraday bag—or a fridge. Consider even stripping internal microphones from your devices. Now one group of researchers offers a surprising addition to that... Read more
How COVID-19 transformed the demand for citizen digital services
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. This article was contributed by Dean Scontras, vice president of SLED at Auth0 and Okta. Over the past two years, we all found ourselves on the front lines of a massive digital shift, with COVID-19... Read more
7 Tech Companies that are Changing E-Commerce Processes
There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed e-Commerce processes and how the entire retail industry operates. While online shopping was certainly popular before, since early 2020, it has become a mainstay powerhouse. More consumers opt for the convenience of easy ordering. As a result, brick-and-mortar shopping centers... Read more
Biden Says Russia’s Actions Are Beginning of an ‘Invasion,’ Announces Sanctions
President Joe Biden speaks on Russia and Ukraine in the East Room of the White House. Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new sanctions against Russia for its moves against Ukraine, calling it the “beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.” The sanctions come... Read more
An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy
Jose Fernando Rico Mercado, 34, who co-owns three childcare facilities in Mexico, has always run side gigs, including designing notebooks sold on demand on Amazon. During the pandemic, his monthly earnings fell from $17,000 at their peak to almost zero. He joined Fiverr and set up a team of... Read more
Brevity raises $2.75 M for drag-and-drop to app code platform
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. Today, no-code platform Brevity announced that it had raised $2.75 million in a seed funding round led by Contrary Capital. The funding comes as Brevity launches out of beta, and will be used to expand... Read more
How R&D Investment Grows Your Business
Looking for a competitive edge, many companies from multiple industries are investing in R&D. Standing for research and development; this activity ultimately creates winning opportunities for the companies leveraging it. Let’s find out the R&D investment meaning and the reasons why invest in research and development, following the example... Read more
Keurig K-Cups Are Way Cheap Today: Caribou Coffee, Lavazza, Donut Shop and more
Caribou Coffee Happy Twosday, coffee lovers. If your Keurig K-Cup supply is dwindling, there are some K-Cup deals happening now to help pad your stash. Woot.com has Caribou Coffee, Donut Shop and Lavazza pods at a steep discount with 24-packs as cheap as $10. Because Woot is an Amazon... Read more
Online Shopping Is Reshaping Cities
Dark stores—sprouting up in former butcher shops, convenience stores, gyms, and mattress retailers—are taking up spaces once designed to be open to the public. That shift from far-flung warehouses to accessible retail storefronts has city planners on edge. Because dark stores sit at the confusing intersection of being technically... Read more