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Spotify back up after outage hits over 40,000 users: Streaming platform Spotify(SPOT.N), was back up after an approximate three-hour-long outage on Sunday, which at its peak impacted more than 40,000 users in the United States, according to Downdetector.com. Read more on Reuters.
SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts: SpaceX capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked.The Dragon capsule, which has two empty seats for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, docked at 17:30 eastern time (22:30 BST).The pair arrived at the station on Boeing’s new Starliner capsule for an eight-day mission in June, but were forced to remain there because of a fault discovered during the flight. They are now expected to return to Earth in February. Read more on BBC.
Why it’s time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously: What cybersecurity experts refer to as “evil twin” attacks are on the rise, targeting public Wi-Fi in airports or coffee shops.The miniaturization of the digital twinning technology has made this kind of cyberattack more appealing to hackers, with the technology to pull it off available for less than $500. Read more on CNBC.
Hologram boxes can beam ‘3D’ video into your living room:
Billing itself as the world’s “first holographic communications platform,” US startup Proto is beaming life-size, “3D” video into universities, hotels and medical centers.The company has developed a box — which weighs over 400 pounds and is taller than the average NBA player — that can show a video of a person, giving the illusion of three-dimensionality through some clever graphical smoke and mirrors. Read more on CNN.
YouTube pulls songs from Adele, Nirvana, and others due to SESAC dispute: Some of the most watched and listened to music on YouTube and YouTube Music such as Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” or other songs from artists as varied as Kendrick Lamar, Britney Spears, Green Day, Kanye West, and Burna Boy, disappeared on Saturday, due to a dispute with SESAC. Read more on The Verge.
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