Apple withdraws ICE tracking apps from App Store including ICEBlock
Friday, October 10, 2025 by Trey Abbe
Apple has removed ICEBlock and similar applications from its App Store following a request from the Trump administration. The move marks a rare instance of a U.S. technology firm complying with a federal demand to take down apps, raising new questions about the balance between public safety, free speech, and corporate responsibility.
What the apps did
ICEBlock and...
College is not necessary for big tech jobs
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 by Austin Harris
Code, culture, and competitive edge: Who’s winning the engineering talent game? Every Engineering Leader Wants to Build a Company That Attracts Top Developers
In 2025, attracting top developers is more challenging than ever. A competitive pay package is table stakes, remote flexibility is expected, and AI is reshaping how teams operate and what engineers value.
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Raidiam research reveals API security risks
Thursday, August 7, 2025 by Austin Harris
A new report from Raidiam, a global leader in secure API access management, has uncovered an API security crisis hiding in plain sight: 84% of enterprises operating outside regulated environments have API security protections that fall dangerously short of what’s needed given the sensitivity of the data they expose.
The report, Helping ...
NIKKE returns to Anime Expo 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025 by Austin Harris
Level Infinite recently announced that GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, the acclaimed sci-fi RPG shooter, is returning to Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles with its largest and most immersive showcase to date. Coinciding with the event, the highly anticipated NieR:Automata Collaboration Rerun also launches across PC and mobile platforms, bringing fan-favorite characters, mi...
NFT and DeFi support from Umbria Network
Friday, February 11, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
Umbria is working with Polygon Alliance to ensure projects on the Polygon network have access to the Narni Bridge for the fastest and most cost-effective cross-chain transactions.
Polygon Alliance
A platform for the Polygon community to network, collaborate, learn, and grow - provides resources and support for projects in the space. It recommends Umbria’s Na...
StorONE launches backup storage
Friday, November 19, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
The latest ransomware variants perform what is known as sleeper attacks, which avoid discovery by slowly infecting data. By the time an organization realizes it is dealing with a ransomware attack, a high percentage of data is encrypted. Modern backup storage needs to not only provide immutability of backup data it must do so, without impacting performance for pote...
WWDC announcements will change the Apple ecosystem for developers
Monday, July 13, 2020 by Angela Yu
While WWDC is always a lively time for updates for developers, there’s rarely much to be excited about. This year, that changed.
Showcasing bold moves to create a unified experience across devices, Apple focused on removing some of the biggest hurdles around app consumption and pain points around functionality and performance.
The biggest show of this unifie...
StrandHogg Android vulnerability identified
Thursday, December 5, 2019 by Austin Harris
Promon, a Norwegian app security company, has identified tangible evidence of a dangerous Android vulnerability that allows malware to pose as any legitimate app, granting hackers access to private SMS’ and photos, steal victims’ log-in credentials, track movements, make and/or record phone conversations, and spy through a phone’s camera and microphone...
Edge computing research reveals key nuances
Thursday, September 13, 2018 by Richard Harris
In early 2018, the AT&T Foundry launched an edge computing test zone in Palo Alto, CA to experiment with emerging applications upon this new network infrastructure paradigm. Edge computing is the act of moving storage and processing capabilities to the perimeter of the network - or geographically closer to the end-user. As next-gen applications require increasing pr...
FoxNext Games opens San Francisco studio
Thursday, March 15, 2018 by Austin Harris
FoxNext Games continues its expansion with the formation of a new San Francisco-based studio, Fogbank Entertainment. Studio director Daniel Erickson and executive producer Nathan Germick lead the Fogbank team, and have assembled a team of games industry veterans in the fields of art, writing, and creative minds to further the studio’s push into the narrative games space...
Atari games brings Lunar Battle mobile app
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
Atari has announced that the new hybrid city-builder and space shooter game Lunar Battle is now available on the App Store and Google Play. Lunar Battle is a new, original Atari title where players crash land into an epic deep space adventure to explore uncharted terrain and conquer the galaxy. This captivating free-to-play city-builder incorporates arcade-style combat ...
Why you should make your gameplay fast (or game over!)
Monday, June 12, 2017 by Shlomi Gian
Countless mobile game publishers have tried to formulate the winning recipe for successful mobile games. Some of them seem universal and straightforward, while others are controversial or genre-specific. Not surprisingly, the indisputable ingredient that is both fundamental and critical to a mobile game’s success is simply performance. It affects every stage and each co...
The Dark Side of 3D Printing
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 by John Hornick
The devil’s playground3D printing has the potential to transform the world in many positive ways, by simplifying manufacturing, shortening supply chains, democratizing production, creating jobs, reducing waste, customizing products to our needs, and producing radically different products. Most uses of 3D printers will be legal. But 3D printing can also be the devil...
ATTO Technology Announces New SAN Upgrade Kits
Saturday, May 28, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
ATTO Technology has announced the availability of a range of Fibre Channel SAN Kits providing the components needed to update existing direct-attached storage to a high-performance, low-latency storage area network providing the opportunity to centrally locate storage and improve overall performance by adding a storage area network (SAN) solution.The ATTO Fibre Channel ...
VMware Updates Its Virtual SAN HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) Software
Monday, February 15, 2016 by Richard Harris
VMware Updates Its Virtual SAN Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) SoftwareVMware has released the next edition of its VMware Virtual SAN hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) software. The solution consists of VMware vSphere, Virtual SAN and vCenter Server which transforms x86 servers and direct-attached storage into HCI systems.VMware Virtual SAN is designed to be a s...
Western Digital Releases SDK for Personal Cloud Storage Devices
Thursday, September 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
WD, a Western Digital company, has introduced enhancements to its family of My Cloud personal storage devices, including a redesigned My Cloud OS 3 operating system, a new software developer kit (SDK) enabling enhanced app integration, and a dual-drive My Cloud Mirror personal cloud storage offering increased memory and faster processing performance.The My Cloud Device ...
The Impact of Windows 10 on the Game Industry
Monday, August 17, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
I recently discussed the impact of Windows 10 on the game publishing industry with Ethan Clark, Game Insight’s North American Manager of Strategic Partnerships. Founded in 2009, Game Insight is one of the world’s leading innovators of mobile and social games, creating exceptional gameplay experiences across casual to hardcore titles. With more than 300 million play...
StackIQ Has New Open Source Linux Server Provisioning Tool
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
StackIQ is now offering an open source version of Stacki (short for “Stack Installer”), a Linux server provisioning tool. StackIQ initiated the open source project with the goal of providing systems administrators with a tool to install Linux at high speed. Stacki is a streamlined version of the base installer from StackIQ’s flagship product StackIQ Boss.Stacki comes wi...
Interview with Alexander Vashchenko, President of Production at Game Insight
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 by Richard Harris
Alexander Vashchenko is President of Production at Game Insight which has offices in Moscow and San Francisco and consists of 15 development studios spread out across Eastern Europe. While working in the game industry, Alexander has launched a number of financially successful products, such Legend: Legacy of the Dragons and Juggernaut, which garnered mill...
