Coronavirus: Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan
Image copyright Getty Images Technology firm Fujitsu has said it will halve its office space in Japan as it adapts to the “new normal” of the coronavirus pandemic. It says …
Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has agreed to acquire the food delivery start-up Postmates for $2.65 billion, said two people with knowledge of the deal, as the ride-hailing firm aims to …
MySQL drops master-slave and blacklist-whitelist terminology
Developers behind the MySQL database announced plans this week to stop using and replace terms like master, slave, blacklist, and whitelist in the database’s source code and documentation. In a …
NBN says 80% of leftover 109,000 premises could connect in 2020
The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network across Australia has said it has 109,000 premises leftover following the company hitting the fiscal year 2020 build target that …
The gaming boss who gets addicted to the games
Image copyright Sara LandoImage caption Andrew has expanded Keywords’ workforce from 50 to 7,500 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week …
Meet the socially distant robot scientist
A robotic scientist – that could increase the pace of scientific discovery – has been developed by researchers at the University of Liverpool. The technology is part of what the …
Lenovo improves ThinkPads running Linux but issues with problem machines remain
Last month, when Lenovo announced it was going to certify its ThinkPad lineup for use with Linux operating systems, my mind turned to one device, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen …
‘Soda Dungeon 2’ offers laid-back dungeon crawling with pixel-art graphics [Game of the Month]
This month, I spent some time enjoying Soda Dungeon 2, an early-access game that arrived on Android at the end of May. I’ve had a blast with this pixel-art dungeon …
Elon Musk unveils Tesla Short-Shorts for $69.420, quickly sells out
Elon Musk has a message for all the short sellers attempting to bet on Tesla stock. Following his message from earlier this week, the Tesla CEO launched the Tesla short-shorts …
Google working on feature to instantly reopen closed tabs in Chrome
Google is reportedly working on a feature to allow users to instantly reopen a closed tab on Chrome. If you currently close a tab, it is cleared from the memory …