Was Amazon ready for some football – Amazon took centre stage in the sports universe on Thursday when it streamed its first exclusive NFL game — and it passed the test with flying colours.
The game streamed flawlessly with no major hiccups or outages. Some fans complained about glitches and poor sound quality, but Amazon’s cloud technology appeared to hold up overall, which is…
Amazon says it had Biggest Three Hours of Signups – Amazon’s massive investment in live NFL streaming is already bearing fruit.
According to an internal memo obtained by Tech News from Amazon executive Jay Marine, the company reported the “biggest three hours for U.S. Prime signups ever” during last week’s Thursday Night Football game.
The…
LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer gives impassioned speech – On Monday evening, it was a bit of a throwback scene in Seattle, with Steve Ballmer screaming at the top of his lungs and NBA hoops back on the court.
As he took the microphone at midcourt just before a preseason game between the Los Angeles Clippers, which Ballmer owns, and the Portland Trail Blazers, the former Microsoft CEO…
Why this NBA team is launching its own streaming service – The Los Angeles Clippers unveiled a new streaming service this morning that reflects the franchise’s chairman, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on the role the NBA and its teams should play in shaping the digital viewing experience.
“We need to define the future of basketball watching,” Ballmer told…
Rec Room teams up with NFL – Just in time for the NFL playoffs, Rec Room social gaming app users can now get their favourite team’s gear for their in-app avatars.
Rec Room, the Seattle startup behind the eponymous app, announced on Thursday that it has teamed up with the National Football League to create a new “digital fan experience.”
Players can create and…
Best AI-Boosted Search Engines – In addition to writing essays and creating beautiful visuals, generative AI is also poised to transform how people get information online. Several people immediately predicted that ChatGPT will eventually replace Google when it launched late last year. The chatbot responds to questions with explanations that are human-like, which is more efficient than having…
Cybersecurity Predictions – How did we do – We made eight predictions for 2018, covering topics such as GDPR, the implications of ubiquitous encryption, aggregated data defence, ransomware, and how insider threats will impact cloud security.
We also talked about the dangers of data aggregators and the specifics of cryptocurrency hacks. We predicted that many of these predictions…
Bomb Threats and Bitcoin – Forcepoint Security Labs has been monitoring a persistent strain of hoax emails attempting to blackmail or otherwise extort their recipients for the past year. This type of email has been widely reported, and the sheer volume suggests that it is nothing more than a hollow threat.
The use of violence as a motivator [Bomb Threats and Bitcoin]
One of…
Cool Heads and Hot Wallets – Here’s my take on the event’s key takeaways and how those in charge of protecting digital assets from cyber attackers must act now to re-evaluate their defences.
Why is Bitcoin so popular? [Cool Heads and Hot Wallets]
Rising inflation is devaluing cash reserves by the day, making cryptocurrency an increasingly appealing investment…
Cashing in on Crypto – The Financial Stability Board maintained this month that the $133 billion stable coin market is only a small part of the global financial market. Stable coins are cryptocurrencies that attempt to peg their price to a fiat currency such as the US dollar in a 1:1 ratio.
The Financial Stability Board is a consortium advisory body that makes financial system…