The PocketBook InkPad Color features a 7.8-inch E Ink Kaleido display. (Image: PocketBook)PocketBook has launched its latest, and most sophisticated, color E Ink e-reader to date. The new PocketBook InkPad Color is fitted with the latest 7.8-inch E Ink Kaleido display with support for 4096 colors. Fans of e-readers who have been dreaming of the…
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Rollme has made its name on smartwatches with almost-unique bezel-less displays. The latest example of these is the Hero, which boasts a 1.69-inch round edge-to-edge screen (even if it is IPS). Rollme has also packed features such as up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage and standalone 4G/LTE data. The Hero is…
Mining cryptocurrencies has generated higher profits than some internet cafes had before COVID-19, apparently. (Image source: STAR GAMING)COVID-19 has caused some internet cafes to pivot their business models, with RTX 30 series graphics cards replacing people. Unsurprisingly these new graphics cards are being used for mining cryptocurrencies. According to a Facebook post by the company,…
A former senior developer who worked for Fujitsu on the Post Office IT system that led to subpostmasters being falsely accused of fraud, has claimed bosses knew of fundamental flaws before going live By Nick Wallis Published: 19 Feb 2021 9:30 The Post Office’s Horizon IT system should “never have seen the light of day”…
Handling large amounts of data is a prerequisite of digital transformation, and key to this are the concepts of data lakes and data warehouses, as well as data hubs and data marts. In this article, we’ll start at the top of that hierarchy and look at data lakes. As organisations try to get a grip…
Supreme Court ruling brings Uber’s four-year legal battle to have its drivers classified as self-employed to an end, and could see its drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation By Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK Published: 19 Feb 2021 11:50 Uber must provide its drivers with the same employment rights as permanent…
US will take action to modernise its defences in the wake of the SolarWinds attack, says US government cyber lead Anne Neuberger By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 19 Feb 2021 11:01 President Biden looks set to sign off an executive action to address gaps in the US’s national cyber security posture that were left…
Samsung has been using its Tizen platform on smartwatches ever since 2014's Gear 2 line, but it might go back to its Android 'roots' in the near future. Both SamMobile and well-known leaker Ice Universe claim Samsung is making a smartwatch using Android (possibly Wear OS) rather than its usual platform. It would be the…