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Roku updates streaming players and operating system

Roku is putting out two updated versions of its Roku Express and Ultra streaming players along with announcing Roku OS 9.2, an update arriving in the coming weeks. The new Roku Express, priced at $29.99, is 10% smaller than its predecessor and can be fully powered by

How investing in hardware differs from software — and why it’s worth the trouble

Software will eat the world. That’s what they say, but IoT is inherently not only software. When it comes to looking at hardware startups, or even products, you need to look at a lot of moving parts. Potential investors need to look at hardware in a very

Q-CTRL raises $15M for software that reduces error and noise in quantum computing hardware

As hardware makers continue to work on ways of making wide-scale quantum computing a reality, a startup out of Australia that is building software to help reduce noise and errors on quantum computing machines has raised a round of funding to fuel its U.S. expansion. Q-CTRL is designing

Beginner’s Guide: How To Install Your Favorite Software On Ubuntu Linux 18.04 And 19.04

If you’re wading into Linux waters for the first time, chances are you’ve started with Ubuntu (here’s a guide for installing it!) It’s by far the world’s most popular desktop Linux distribution, it’s a snap to use, and it’s so entrenched in the ecosystem that almost any question you

India’s software exporters may lose based on falling incentives and rising tax rates

India’s software exporters may lose their competitive edge on falling incentives and rising tax rates, industry executives said, and urged the government to extend the policy benefits of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) beyond April 2020, reduce corporate taxes for large companies and review the buyback tax introduced in the Budget. The top 150 companies contribute

Facebook And Twitter Earnings: Social Media Takes The Stage

Earnings are in full swing this week and technology investors who hold any of the nation’s major social-media companies are likely preparing for a hectic few days. Facebook (FB) and Twitter (TWTR), two platforms on which millions of investors and non-investors alike share their memories, gripes and

The Social Media Filter Bubble’s Corrosive Impact On Democracy And The Press

Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become the go-to lenses through which academics, pundits, policymakers and the press see the world. When it comes to fast-moving fields like politics, it seems Twitter has become the defacto publishing medium of the US government, with almost every

What The Open Mobility Foundation Says About Cities, Software And Standards

Analyzing data from the use of electric scooters, bicycles and other new mobility options is a priority for cities. GETTY Last month, 15 cities — Los Angeles included — created something unprecedented: their own standards body. A year after launching the Mobility Data Specification (MDS) — a suite of APIs

HCL now fully controls IBM software including Notes and Domino

HCL has officially acquired various software products from IBM, after announcing the deal in December last year. The software products picked up by the Indian Giant are AppScan; BigFix; Commerce; Connections; Digital Experience; Notes Domino; and Unica. HCL will also be propping up a division, called HCL

You can try Apple’s new iPhone and iPad software now. Here’s how to get it

Apple on Monday released the public previews for iOS 13 and iPadOS, the new software that it will launch for iPhones and iPads in the fall. This means you can install and try many of the new features, such as dark mode on the iPhone and new widgets on