January
- Technology
A look at L4S, an internet standard finalized in January 2023, aiming to reduce latency, with interest from Apple, Google, Comcast, Nvidia, and other companies (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: A look at L4S, an internet standard finalized in January 2023, aiming to reduce latency,…
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Sources: the UK's Royal Mail postal service was hit by a Russia-linked LockBit ransomware gang causing severe disruption to overseas deliveries since January 11 (Gareth Corfield/Telegraph)
Gareth Corfield / Telegraph: Sources: the UK’s Royal Mail postal service was hit by a Russia-linked LockBit ransomware gang causing…
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Yuga Labs announces a skill-based game, Dookey Dash, accessed via a free mint for BAYC holders called Sewer Passes, running between January 18 and February 15 (Rosie Perper/CoinDesk)
Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: Yuga Labs announces a skill-based game, Dookey Dash, accessed via a free mint for BAYC holders…
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Sources: GroupM clients cut Twitter ad spend by 40%-50% since Elon Musk took over; Standard Media Index is seeing fewer January and February ad bookings in 2023 (Sahil Patel/The Information)
Sahil Patel / The Information: Sources: GroupM clients cut Twitter ad spend by 40%-50% since Elon Musk took over; Standard…
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After months of protest, Google contractor Appen, which rates search results, raised hourly pay to $14-$14.50 from $10-$12 on January 1, the first ever raise (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
Richard Nieva / Forbes: After months of protest, Google contractor Appen, which rates search results, raised hourly pay to $14-$14.50…
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Microsoft announces 365 Basic for $1.99 per month, replacing the 100GB OneDrive subscription, rolling out globally on January 30 with ad-free Outlook and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft announces 365 Basic for $1.99 per month, replacing the 100GB OneDrive subscription, rolling out…
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Crypto.com will delist Tether in Canada to comply with Ontario regulator and will stop facilitating transaction associated with USDT by the end of January (André Beganski/Decrypt)
André Beganski / Decrypt: Crypto.com will delist Tether in Canada to comply with Ontario regulator and will stop facilitating transaction…
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SteamDB: Valve's Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January 7 and recently exceeded 33M concurrent online users (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: SteamDB: Valve’s Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January…
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The number of active users on Mastodon dropped from a peak of over 2.5M in early December 2022 to about 1.8M in the first week of January 2023 (Josh Nicholas/The Guardian)
Josh Nicholas / The Guardian: The number of active users on Mastodon dropped from a peak of over 2.5M in…
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