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EU lawmakers to push audio-visual sector on geoblocking

European Union lawmakers are considering whether current rules aimed at limiting the practice of geoblocking across the bloc should be extended to cover access to streaming audio-visual content. Access to…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Blockchain

IOTA moves into research for blockchain and IoT with Austrian university

The IOTA Foundation is working with the Institute for Information Systems Engineering at TU Wien on blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) research. The Christian Doppler Laboratory Blockchain Technologies for…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Technology News

ServiceNow is acquiring Element AI, the Canadian startup building AI services for enterprises

ServiceNow, the cloud-based IT services company, is making a significant acquisition today to fill out its longer-term strategy to be a big player in the worlds of automation and artificial…

lecrab 30 November 2020

eSports

Gscience enlists Rugby Union performance coach Jason Cowman to lead esports academy

Esports health and performance firm Gscience has named Jason Cowman, the current Head of Athletic Development for Ireland’s national rugby union team (IRFU), as its Scientific Advisor. Cowman will be…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Technology News

Moderna claims 94% efficacy for COVID-19 vaccine, will ask FDA for emergency use authorization today

Drugmaker Moderna has completed its initial efficacy analysis of its COVID-19 vaccine from the drug’s Phase 3 clinical study, and determined that it was 94.1% effective in preventing people from…

lecrab 30 November 2020

eSports

MEDIAPRO and LVP to produce third season of eLiga Portugal

Spanish multimedia communications group MEDIAPRO has announced it will produce the third season of eLiga Portugal, alongside the entities’ esports tournament organiser Liga de Videojuegos Profesional (LVP). According to a release, MEDIAPRO will produce the…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Technology News

Apple on the hook for €10M in Italy, accused of misleading users about iPhone water resistance

Apple’s marketing of iPhones as ‘water resistant’ without clarifying the limits of the feature and also having a warranty that excludes cover for damage by liquids has got the company…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Technology News

UK shrinks timetable for telcos to stop installing 5G kit from Huawei

The UK government has squeezed the timetable for domestic telcos to stop installing 5G kit from Chinese suppliers, per the BBC, which reports that the deadline for installation of kit…

lecrab 30 November 2020

Technology News

Tony Hsieh, iconic Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, dies aged 46

Tony Hsieh, the former head of Zappos who catapulted the shoe company into the big leagues with a sale to Amazon and then used the proceeds of his success in…

lecrab 28 November 2020

Technology News

Facebook’s Libra could launch in January

According to a report from the Financial Times, Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra could launch in January. More interestingly, the Libra Association, the consortium created by Facebook, could scale back its ambitions…

lecrab 27 November 2020