Microsoft Finds Underwater Datacenters Are Reliable, Practical And Use Energy Sustainably
Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval launched the final phase of a years-long effort that proved the concept of underwater datacenters is feasible, as well as logistically, environmentally and economically practical. Microsoft’s Project Natick team deployed the Northern …
Apple, Google And Fortnite’s Stoush Is A Classic Case Of How Far Big Tech Will Go To Retain Power
There has been a clash of clans in mobile gaming, with angry birds Apple, Google and Epic Games in a saga over in-app payments. Video game developer Epic’s massively popular “battle royale” game Fortnite was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store last week. Android players can still download the game directly …
Solving the AIOps, DevOps, And ITSM Conundrum
Quickly shifting to remote work has enterprises looking to meet the ops needs of a suddenly distributed team, and there are open source options to get them there. The recent mad rush to scale to remote work may prove to be a key chapter in DevOps and AIOps evolution. This need for rapid, widescale change …
The Privacy paradox: We Claim We Care About Our Data, So Why Don’t Our Actions Match?
Imagine how you’d feel if you discovered footage from your private home security camera had been broadcast over the internet. This is exactly what happened to several unsuspecting Australians last month, when the website Insecam streamed their personal lives online. According to an ABC report, Insecam broadcasts live streams of dozens of Australian businesses and …
The Biggest Free-To-Play Cash Cows Of 2019
Shortly after its launch in September 2017, Fortnite took over the lives of millions of teenagers around the world, becoming what was definitely the biggest gaming hype of 2018. By March 2019, Fortnite had amassed 250 million registered players and despite being free-to-play, the cross-platform game also turned into a major financial success for its developer Epic Games. According …
8 Tips For Running A Virtual Hackathon
Hackathons are events where developers, product managers, designers, and others come together to tackle problems over a short time period. They have become increasingly popular over the last 15 years after OpenBSD ran the first hackathon in June 1999. These events provide several benefits—greater engagement across the community, innovation and new ideas, awareness for the organizers, and …
South Korea Leads The World In Fiber Adoption
South Korea is the undisputed telecommunications superpower of our world — how did they achieve this? South Korea has the highest percentage of users with fibre broadband subscriptions in the world, according to the data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Statista published a chart displaying selected countries included in the OECD …
Where TikTok Has Been Downloaded The Most
Here are the countries where the social media app TikTok has been downloaded the most. These countries recorded the highest number of TikTok downloads as of June 30, according to Priori Data, a Berlin-based analytics firm. Highlights At the top of the list is India, with 99.8 million downloads. According to analysts, this translates to …
PlayStation Dominates Video Game Hall Of Fame
Sony’s game consoles dominate the numbers game, being among the best sellers of all time. 20 years after its release, PlayStation 2 remains as the best-selling home video game console, according to the estimated lifetime unit sales data compiled by Statista. Highlights With 157.7 million units sold since its debut on March 4, 2000 in …
Apple’s $50 Billion Bycatch
Apple’s services segment is quickly growing and could be the key to its revenue growth. It may go unnoticed compared to Apple’s famous line of products, but Apple Services may be what the company needs to attain record-breaking growth. The revenue of Apple’s services segment continues to soar high, quickly becoming a major source of …