The chat app aims to hide even metadata, the graph of its users’ connections and activity (as opposed to just hiding the content of messages). Ricochet applies Tor-like tech to cloak the user’s device, not just web destinations. Messages also do not use a central server to send messages, so the data does not exist … Read more
Profits in the music industry are coming increasingly from streaming and subscriptions, looking at percentage, and even downloads are decreasing a little. CD and DVD sales are becoming less common relatively, but vinyl sales are up. Read more
“If you study Chinese products, you can get inspiration,” according to a woman who works for technology investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. She also works helping U.S. startups learn from Chinese tech. Connie Chan says Chinese tech is ahead of U.S. tech in everything from livestreaming (worth $5b) to messaging. For example, while Americans almost all … Read more
Now that Google is a sub-company inside Alphabet — which is run by founders Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin and Larry Page — Google is run by Sundar Pichai, and his earnings are up almost double from 2015. In 2016, he made $199.7m. $650k is his base pay, and $198.7m was a stock award. Google is reportedly … Read more
A formal judgement has approved the administrative measure, indicating that a permanent restriction is now in place for all language editions of the online encyclopedia in Turkey. Some are pointing towards Wikipedia’s depiction of Erdogan as a dictator as a cause: “Erdoğan detractors have noted that under Erdoğan, more journalists have been incarcerated in Turkey … Read more
For the first time in Japan, the country responded to a North Korean test by shutting down the rails for 10 minutes, effecting 13,000 passengers. Read more
Military Times reports that a U.S. defense official, speaking to them on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the plans. 3,000 to 5,000 are also figures previously reported by Reuters news agency and The Washington Post. 13,000 troop is the total number of combined U.S. and allied personnel NATO is looking at deploying, according to a … Read more
Six were killed, others injured, when gunmen entered the Islamic Cultural Center in Quebec City, Quebec 8 p.m. Sunday (01:00 GMT Monday). Two attackers were arrested immediately. Initially reports had it that there were three attackers, but police later said there was nothing suggests more than two. RCMP said it is was “terrorist attack” and an anti-terrorism unit … Read more
The association of Japanese toilet makers announced the symbols they will collectively use as a standardized language for toilet / bidet functions. The Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association made the announcement Tuesday, presenting eight signs and their functions. The move will simplify Japanese life to a degree, since the many companies that produce toilets / bidets since they … Read more
For the occasion of a visit by Sheikh Faisal Bin Khaled, Emir of Asir province, January 11, in Majardh city, municipal workers apply a cosmetic veneer to parks. They were observed by several townspeople equipped with mobile phones. On January 12, a day after the prince ‘s visit , officials in the city issued a … Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has called the “War on Terror” the “new battle government should prepare for.” “There will be wars. We have to prepare for Terrorism. Whether you like it or not, the new war coming is ‘Terrorism,’” said Duterte at a press conference this week. Terrorist groups are expanding from traditional battlegrounds to … Read more
1946 – Donald John Trump was born on June 14 in Queens to New York City real estate developer and builder Fred Trump and his wife Mary, the fourth of five siblings. 1959 – Sent to New York Military Academy because he needed discipline he wasn’t getting at regular school. Trump did well there socially, … Read more