October 2020 – Page 7

Facebook and Twitter CEOs to testify before Congress in November on how they handled the election

Shortly after voting to move forward with a pair of subpoenas, the Senate Judiciary Committee has reached an agreement that will see the CEOs of two major social platforms testify…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

The RIAA is coming for the YouTube downloaders

In ye olden days of piracy, RIAA takedown notices were a common thing — I received a few myself. But that’s mostly fallen off as tracking pirates has gotten more…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Daily Crunch: Uber and Lyft defeated again in court

A California court weighs in as Prop. 22 looms, Google removes popular apps over data collection practices and the Senate subpoenas Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg. This is your Daily…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Deep Science: Alzheimer’s screening, forest-mapping drones, machine learning in space, more

Research papers come out far too rapidly for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry…

lecrab 23 October 2020

eSports

Team Liquid renews partnership with Marvel Entertainment

Following the launch of its new Marvel Retro collection, Team Liquid has announced the renewal of its partnership with Marvel Entertainment until 2022. According to the esports organisation, the agreement will include launching new exclusive merchandise…

lecrab 23 October 2020

eSports

Atlanta Ownership Group acquires Ghost Gaming

US-based esports organisation Ghost Gaming has been acquired by Atlanta Ownership Group and will relocate its headquarters and operations from Irvine, California to Atlanta as part of the purchase. Credit: Ghost Gaming…

lecrab 23 October 2020

eSports

Team Singularity terminates Dashthreads partnership

Team Singularity has announced the cancellation of its partnership with apparel company Dashthreads, according to a statement issued by the Danish organisation. Singularity named Dashthreads as its official merchandise supplier at the beginning…

lecrab 23 October 2020

eSports

ESIC and ESEA identify seven cases of misconduct in MDL

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) and ESL subsidiary ESEA have released a joint statement providing an update into its Mountain Dew League (MDL) investigation launched on September 3rd. The summary…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Huawei reports slowing growth as its operations “face significant challenges”

Huawei announced earnings results today showing that its growth has slowed significantly this year as the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone giant said its “production and operations face significant challenges.”…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Nordic challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C, plans to enter the ‘buy now, pay later’ space

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank that started out life as a personal finance manager app (PFM) but acquired a full banking license in 2019, has raised €40 million in Series…

lecrab 23 October 2020