To mark the 51st anniversary of the verdict in the namesake case, Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7 is currently free to watch on YouTube. You'll need to act pretty quickly to check out the film if you don't have a Netflix subscription, though — it'll only be on YouTube until midnight Pacific Time…
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By Brian McKenna, Business Applications Editor Published: 19 Feb 2021 The immigration success story represented by Indian computer scientists in Silicon Valley is almost too obvious to be remarked upon. You only have to think of the twin brothers Thomas and George Kurian, CEOs of Google Cloud and NetApp, respectively, born in India, both educated…
Ecommerce colossus has unveiled its own esports organization. Shopify Rebellion has recruited some top-tier StarCraft II players, including 2016 world champion Byun Hyun-woo and Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn, the first woman to win a major tournament in the esport. Along with teammate Julian "Lambo" Brosig, this weekend they're competing at IEM Katowice, the final stop of…
By Jerry Fishenden, James Duncan and James Findlay Published: 19 Feb 2021 The UK government’s new strategic centre for digital, data and technology, The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), has a big challenge on its hands. How does it break the repeating cycle of digital government initiatives and deliver the long-promised transformation of our…
The NCSC has reported another productive year for its Active Cyber Defence programme By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 19 Feb 2021 17:15 The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has reported more success in protecting UK citizens and organisations from online harms via its flagship Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme as the initiative enters…
It was just a matter of time, but somebody upscaled Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up to 4k 60fps to make sure Rickrolling stays relevant and future proof. Now you can be surprised by the smooth stylings of Rick Astley's majestic voice in 4k quality. Although really he only needed to upscale the first…
This is the trailer for the new Mortal Kombat movie reboot. It looks like they've finally embraced the mindless violence of the video games as they seem to be pushing with this red band trailer. You've got ice ninja man, grappling hook spear man, electricity rice farmer man and others. So, yeah, this is pretty…
pathdoc - stock.adobe.com Backed by £800m of public investment, the Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) will identify and fund groundbreaking science and technology By Angelica Mari Published: 19 Feb 2021 17:43 The UK government has announced plans to launch the Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA), a new research body to identify and fund…