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TSMC Will Build $12 Billion Semiconductor Factory in US

Following reports the Trump administration was in talks with chip makers to build US factories, TSMC has announced plans to do just that. TSMC is the primary provider of chips for Apple’s iPhones and iPads, as well as a variety of other smartphone makers. The news is a big win...
Posted On 16 May 2020
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AWS Unveils Amazon AppFlow to Integrate With SaaS Applications

AWS has announced Amazon AppFlow, an integration service aimed at helping AWS integrate with various SaaS applications. Amazon AppFlow was born out of a need to connect with data siloed away in various SaaS applications and services. Previously, in order to integrate that data in...
Posted On 23 Apr 2020
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5G Shows Its Importance To Nation During Pandemic GA. City Manager

“We’ve had 5G here for over a year and not only has it not unveiled anything that caused us concern but as this pandemic has happened it’s actually shown its importance to the nation even more so than before,” says Peachtree Corners, GA. City Manager Brian Johnson. “The need for...
Posted On 20 Apr 2020
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Apple Buys Dark Sky Weather App

Apple has purchased popular weather app Dark Sky, according to Dark Sky’s blog. Dark Sky quickly made a name for itself as “the most accurate source of hyperlocal weather information.” The app is loved by customers for giving “down-to the-minute forecasts…right where you’re...
Posted On 01 Apr 2020
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President Trump Signs Laws to Improve Broadband Availability and 5G Security

President Trump signed two bills into law Monday, aimed at improving both 5G security and broadband availability. According to a statement by the Whitehouse, the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020, calls on the “President to develop a strategy to: (1) ensure the security of next...
Posted On 28 Mar 2020
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Apple Safari Now Blocking All Third-Party Cookies

Apple’s Safari web browser joins the Tor browser as one of only two that fully block all third-party cookies. The move has been a long time coming, and Safari has been gradually adding more features that limit the overall effectiveness of third-party cookies for tracking. As a...
Posted On 26 Mar 2020
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Apple Upgrades MacBook Air, Lowers Price

Along with Apple’s announcement of a new iPad Pro, the company also announced a new MacBook Air with faster specs and a lower price. Performance The new MacBook Air offers quad-core processors for the first time ever. The processors are the “latest 10th-generation Intel Core...
Posted On 23 Mar 2020
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The Problem With Crime-Stopping AI

According to Nuria Oliver, Data-Pop Alliance’s Chief Data Scientist, “There’s a massive opportunity for using big data to have positive social impact… But at the same time, we need to be aware of its limitations and be honest in terms of its performance.” Crime-Stopping...
Posted On 20 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus: Apple’s WDDC Goes Online Only

Apple has just announced that its biggest event of the year, WWDC, will be online-only as a result of the coronavirus. WWDC is Apple’s developers conference where the latest changes to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS are previewed, giving developers insight into what to...
Posted On 17 Mar 2020
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RootMetrics 5G Report: Verizon Is Fastest, T-Mobile Has Best Coverage

RootMetrics released its latest report on the state of 5G and the results are exactly what one would expect. According to the report, Verizon had the fastest 5G network by a wide margin. Its fastest median speeds were 247 Mbps, while its fastest maximum speeds were 845.7 Mbps. In...
Posted On 12 Mar 2020
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