In glass-paneled conference rooms, members of the Shanghai-based esports team Rogue Warriors tap away at their phones as they train from 11am till late, occasionally breaking for food. “I spend 15 of 24 hours a day playing video games,” says 19-year-old Zhang Kaifeng who plays Tencent’s online battle arena game “Arena of Valor” professionally, adding that
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Aug.31 — Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi talks about the company’s latest fundraise at a $38 billion valuation, the future of cloud technology and the balance of power between cloud giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft and rising startups. He speaks with Bloomberg Technology’s Emily Chang.
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The maintainers of Jenkins—a popular open-source automation server software—have disclosed a security breach after unidentified threat actors gained access to one of their servers by exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence service to install a cryptocurrency miner. The “successful attack,” which is believed to have occurred last week, was mounted against its Confluence
Cryptocurrency is slowly taking over the world and it is not surprising to see Instagram celebrities, or “influencers,” hopping on the bandwagon as well. Kim Kardashian, one of biggest influencers on Instagram, has also joined the list by dropping a sponsored post for a cryptocurrency token. The entrepreneur shared a paid advertisement post for the
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared a stunning image on Instagram of a rare celestial event, known as a Herbig-Haro object, occurring in a dark alley of the incredibly vast universe. It shows a bright beam of light appearing to move with rapid speed and penetrating the clouds. Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope,
NoiseFit Core, the newest smartwatch from the popular wearables brand Noise, was launched in India on Monday, September 6. The lightweight smartwatch features a heart rate monitor and 13 sports modes. It is claimed to have a battery life of up to 7 days when in use and a standby time of up to 30
iPhone 13 launch is yet to be officially confirmed, but in the meantime, a revised MagSafe Charger has appeared on a filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that could come alongside the new iPhone series. The US FCC listing has also mentioned the iPhone 12 models as “legacy” devices, while four “New Phone”
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In this article 9618-HK Richard Liu, founder and chief executive officer of JD.com. Billy H.C. Kwok | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — JD.com’s founder and CEO Richard Liu is stepping back from day-to-day operations while the Chinese e-commerce giant said it has created a new president role. Xu Lei, who was previously CEO
An ongoing campaign has been found to leverage a network of websites acting as a “dropper as a service” to deliver a bundle of malware payloads to victims looking for “cracked” versions of popular business and consumer applications. “These malware included an assortment of click fraud bots, other information stealers, and even ransomware,” researchers from
It was only supposed to fly five times. Yet NASA’s helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, has completed 12 flights and it isn’t ready to retire. Given its stunning and unexpected success, the US space agency has extended Ingenuity’s mission indefinitely. The tiny helicopter has become the regular travel companion of the rover Perseverance, whose core mission
There are a lot of fitness trackers that double up reasonably well as smartwatches, and many smartwatches include enough health and fitness tracking functionality to make them usable as fitness trackers. Indeed, the lines that once firmly divided smartwatches and fitness trackers have blurred considerably; most devices are now a healthy blend of both. This
Red Magic 6S Pro gaming smartphone with a 165Hz refresh rate display has been announced by ZTE-owned brand Nubia. The new smartphone will be powered by a Snapdragon 888+ SoC that is paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The gaming smartphone also comes with an “upgraded multi-dimensional cooling system” that gets an enhanced
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End-to-end encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has drawn criticism after it ceded to a legal request and shared the IP address of anti-gentrification activists with law enforcement authorities, leading to their arrests in France. The Switzerland-based company said it received a “legally binding order from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice” related to a collective
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have been fascinated by the world created in Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park and others who are petrified by the sheer possibility of it. But ever since director Steven Spielberg brought the novel to life with his 1993 film of the same name, there has
iPhone 13 series is likely to launch sometime this month and the latest information from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman offers details on what the annual Apple fall launch event may introduce. The event is likely to bring the iPhone 13 range and the Apple Watch Series 7. While reports indicated smartwatch production delays, Gurman says that
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is reportedly getting its first security update since launch. As of now, the South Korean smartphone maker is said to be rolling out the update to Galaxy Z Flip 3 users in Ireland, with it set to reach other markets soon. Two of Samsung’s older foldable handsets — the Samsung
In this article AAPL AMZN BIDU FB Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the company’s third-generation artificial intelligence chips. Source: YouTube screenshot Not content with relying on standard chips that are in high demand, some of the world’s biggest tech firms are developing their own semiconductors. Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla and Baidu are all shunning