Network Support Blog

Posts

Experts say the Apple Watch has yet to change patient management as Apple's efforts in getting FDA approvals and broader acceptance among doctors are lacking (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Experts say the Apple Watch has yet to change patient management as Apple's efforts in getting FDA approvals and broader acceptance among doctors are lacking — Device touted as ‘future of health’ has yet to change the way patients are treated, say experts https://bit.ly/3pGlpS0

Forecasts for tech's near future: AI-driven recommendations kill favorites, users opt into personalized ads, top talent will have Polygamous Careers, and more (Scott Belsky/Positive Slope)

Scott Belsky / Positive Slope: Forecasts for tech's near future: AI-driven recommendations kill favorites, users opt into personalized ads, top talent will have Polygamous Careers, and more — How will work and life change in a material way over the next ~5 years? This is the question I challenge myself to think about every year … https://bit.ly/3EQiv1u

CES will end a day earlier, on January 7, as an "additional" COVID-19 safety measure, after Google, Microsoft, and other big companies canceled in-person plans (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: CES will end a day earlier, on January 7, as an “additional” COVID-19 safety measure, after Google, Microsoft, and other big companies canceled in-person plans — The show now ends on January 7th — CES has dropped the last day of its 2022 tech conference in Las Vegas … https://bit.ly/3FLa9cE

Investigation: how China identifies, tracks, and pressures its critics on Facebook and Twitter, including Chinese living abroad and citizens of other nations (New York Times)

New York Times: Investigation: how China identifies, tracks, and pressures its critics on Facebook and Twitter, including Chinese living abroad and citizens of other nations — Authorities in China have turned to sophisticated investigative software to track and silence obscure critics on overseas social media. https://bit.ly/3HqaORb

Tesla's software engineering expertise let it navigate the global chip shortage by rewriting software to use alternative chips in its cars (Rebecca Elliott/Wall Street Journal)

Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: Tesla's software engineering expertise let it navigate the global chip shortage by rewriting software to use alternative chips in its cars — Electric-vehicle maker is expected to manufacture roughly 80% more vehicles this year than it did in 2020 — Tesla Inc. has emerged … https://bit.ly/32xiItl

Devices running BlackBerry 10 or OS 7.1 and earlier will lose key services like calling, texting, data usage, and 911 access starting January 4 (Brad Linder/Liliputing)

Brad Linder / Liliputing: Devices running BlackBerry 10 or OS 7.1 and earlier will lose key services like calling, texting, data usage, and 911 access starting January 4 — BlackBerry stopped shipping phones and tablets with its own software years ago, switching to Android in 2015 before shifting from a hardware company … https://bit.ly/3mKlTVa

Umee, which is building a "cross chain DeFi hub" with interoperable tools that work across blockchains, raises $32M by selling its UMEE tokens (Aislinn Keely/The Block)

Aislinn Keely / The Block: Umee, which is building a “cross chain DeFi hub” with interoperable tools that work across blockchains, raises $32M by selling its UMEE tokens — Umee, a protocol building interoperable tools for decentralized finance (DeFi) users, has raised an additional $32 million through a Coinlist sale of its native UMEE tokens. https://bit.ly/3mGK86z