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Fortnite is available to everyone on Android now

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 5:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Good news, battle royale lovers. Fortnite for Android today entered open beta, meaning anyone can join in. No invite needed – download the Fortnite Beta now on any compatible Android device 📱 Time to squad up: https://t.co/lH95t8qkwd pic.twitter.com/9UZNG7oFXd — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 11, 2018 Up to now, Fortnite for Android was solely available to those invited into the closed beta — and Samsung Galaxy owners, as was revealed at the company’s Unpacked event. Now users can join without needing an invite. Just as a reminder, you will not be able to download the game from the Google Play Store. So if you…

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Amazon likely to win $10B Pentagon contract – Google, IBM, and Oracle aren’t happy

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


The Pentagon announced the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project earlier this year, prompting a feeding frenzy among big tech companies eager to get the lucrative contract. Appetites have curbed a bit amid accusations the JEDI contract wasn’t ever up for grabs. Project JEDI is a $10 billion defense contract for a single commercial provider to build a cloud computing platform to support weapons systems and classified data storage. Despite the big tech bidding war, to hear Oracle and IBM tell the story, Amazon‘s had it in the bag all along. Oracle filed a pre-award bid protest with the Government…

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Amazon likely to win $10B Pentagon contract – Google, IBM, and Oracle aren’t happy

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


The Pentagon announced the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project earlier this year, prompting a feeding frenzy among big tech companies eager to get the lucrative contract. Appetites have curbed a bit amid accusations the JEDI contract wasn’t ever up for grabs. Project JEDI is a $10 billion defense contract for a single commercial provider to build a cloud computing platform to support weapons systems and classified data storage. Despite the big tech bidding war, to hear Oracle and IBM tell the story, Amazon‘s had it in the bag all along. Oracle filed a pre-award bid protest with the Government…

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson steals the show with an inspirational keynote

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 4:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Earlier this year, commerce platform, Magento was acquired by tech behemoth Adobe for an incredible $1.68 billion. But at the Magento Live Europe event in Barcelona this week, it was clear that the beating rock ‘n’ roll heart of the vibrant open-source community is still very much alive. Predictably, Adobe announced the integration of the Magento commerce cloud into the Adobe Experience Cloud. The announcement came with the snappy tagline of “Adobe makes every experience personal while Magento is making every moment Shoppable.” Meanwhile, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen also appeared on stage to declare that, “The experience curve is changing…

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Twitter caught promoting bogus Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Those pesky Tesla-themed cryptocurrency scammers are back! Hackers have assumed the Twitterdentity of Elon Musk yet again, and are even paying Twitter to help swindle Bitcoin from unsuspecting users. For roughly 24 hours, the scammers were using the (hopefully) compromised account of TV celebrity chef Tyler Florence to share malicious links to obviously fake Bitcoin giveaways. Florence’s account has almost 700,000 followers. Note the little ‘Promoted’ watermark underneath the tweet, submitted to Hard Fork by an anonymous source. It means hackers paid Twitter to share the cryptocurrency scams with as many users as possible – the audacity! At first glance, Tyler Florence’s…

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