FNB and MTN Join Forces to Expand Telco and Internet Services
FNB and MTN have announced a strategic network collaboration to enhance telecommunications and internet services for customers. FNB Connect provides innovative services through FNB’s trusted digital platform. With MTN as a network partner, customers can now benefit from both FNB Connect’s offerings and MTN’s network quality. Jacques Celliers, CEO of
Read moreGartner’s Sinha provides strategic planning advice to group of key Ontario IT execs
A strategic planning discussion organized by Gartner earlier this month, targeted at senior IT managers in Ontario’s public sector, examined the best approach they should take so they as individuals, and the organizations they work for, succeed. The session, which took place at the University of Toronto’s Myhal Centre for
Read moreGoogle introduces a new shop tab for rentals and purchases on Android TV
Google today announced a new “Shop” tab on Android TV to let users browse titles that are available to purchase and rent. The company is rolling out this feature on all Android TV devices in the U.S. starting today. While the new tab will let you explore new titles, a
Read moreQuandri raises $8.5M Series A to bring process automation to insurance brokers and agencies
Robotic process automation (RPA) has been a buzzword for a while now, but most of these tools that try to help businesses automate their workflows tend to be generalists. Quandri, a Vancouver, Canada-based startup, is taking a very different approach with its digital workers for the insurance industry. The company
Read moreBeta inequalities and cross ratios
When I worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center, we spent a lot of compute cycles evaluating the function g(a, b, c, d), defined as the probability that a sample from a beta(a, b) random variable is larger than a sample from a beta(c, d) random variable. This function was often
Read moreShadow revamps its cloud computing offerings in Europe
Shadow, a French company that offers a gaming PC in the cloud (among other things), has announced in a press conference that it is updating its offerings for Shadow PC in Europe. Essentially, the company is raising the prices of its two flagship subscription plans and slightly improving what you
Read moreUS Patent and Trademark Office notifies filers of years-long data leak
The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks has confirmed it inadvertently exposed about 61,000 filers’ private addresses in a years-long data spill. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said in a notice sent to affected trademark applicants that their private domicile address — often their home
Read moreLegacy automakers suffer another blow as Aston Martin spurns Mercedes-AMG’s electrified tech
Few places exemplify the peak of the internal combustion engine better than the Mercedes-AMG factory in Affalterbach, Germany. There, individual workers assemble entire engines by hand, capping each one off with an emblem bearing their signature. The company’s philosophy? “One man, one engine.” For decades, that philosophy helped build AMG’s
Read more1Password now lets you manage user accounts in its apps
Image: 1Password After years of having to manage 1Password user accounts on the web alone, the company is finally bringing family account management to the app itself. Beginning Tuesday, administrators (otherwise known as “Family Organizers”) can manage the user accounts connected to a 1Password Family membership from the company’s macOS,
Read moreReduce Boilerplate When Running Kotlin Tests
Using a nifty Kotlin trick, you can keep your tests clean and easy to understand and maintainContinue reading on Better Programming »
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