“As standard business practice, U.S. restaurants waste over $10 billion a year —Literally. When faced with the chore of trying to find use of excess fresh-food inventory, the easiest thing for a restaurant manager to do is just throw it away,” explains founder Rajesh Karmani, who delayed his PhD to start the company. Their solution is a marketplace where restaurants can hand out excess food through discounts or donations and find volunteers to drop off the food at food banks....

For the near future, they’ll focus on two products: Action Bowling and Mobilizer. Action Bowling is “a consumer-facing mobile product that lets league bowlers compete in virtual contests for real cash using league scores.” Mobilizer is designed with bowling centers in mind, providing them with a custom app and backend system “to more easily manage all aspects of their business from one simple platform,” as per the company’s press release....

In the past, the official reason for VPN bans from Russian authorities has been due to their ability to circumvent laws and access illegal content, although that may not the tell the whole story. Russia has banned many VPNs over the past year, and while VPNs may not strictly be illegal in Russia, they do need to be state approved. Which VPNs Has Russia Banned? The latest batch of VPNs that the Russian government has banned are:...

The bug is known as a zero-day vulnerability, meaning that Android-owner Google was blissfully unaware of its existence until about a week ago. What’s worse is that the bug is currently being exploited by hackers — including, allegedly, by Israeli cybersecurity NSO Group. So, which phones are affected by the bug, and is there anything you can do to avoid being hacked? Android security vulnerability The security bug is particularly troubling, as it can allow a hacker to completely take over a compromised device....

The upcoming Note 10 looks set to be one of Samsung’s most exciting phones to date, with a radical redesign from the Note 9, and top-drawer specs. We don’t know everything about the Note 10 yet, though, so here’s everything we know so far. It’ll be streamed online, and we’ll be covering it in full, giving you the skinny on the new stylus-equipped phone, and our reaction to it. We don’t know exactly how expensive the Note 10 will be, but we know it’ll be very expensive....

For 15 years, researcher Chris Langdon and and colleagues have been developing the particular strain of dulse seaweed. As reported by the Daily Mail, the seaweed was initially created as a fast growing food for abalones (sea snails) in Asia, but when the seaweed is cooked, it tastes just like bacon. With this information at hand, this makes the new seaweed a kind of potential superfood for humans – they’re packed with minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants....

The Case for Petya You’ve heard of the duck test: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is one. Here’s the list of similarities that the recent attack shares with the ransomware already known as Petya, straight from Forcepoint Security Labs’ sample analysis. According to them, the new attack can: Encrypt files on disk without changing the file extension;Forcibly reboot the machine upon infection;Encrypt the Master Boot Record on affected machines;Present a fake CHKDSK screen as a cover for the encryption process; andPresent a near identical ransom demand screen after completing its activities....

The device’s 10 pressure-sensitive buttons can store up to 100 sets of customized commands, so the directional pad can be used to control almost any function on a computer. That’s right, you can do pretty much everything with this thing – from launching an application to dodging enemy fire while you’re playing Call of Duty. Weighing just one pound, the KeyWorx is small enough to fit in your backpack or briefcase....

Little Spoon Little Spoon is a tech-driven baby food company offering the most nutritious and well-sourced food on the market. Co-founded by female entrepreneurs Michelle Muller and Lisa Barnett, Little Spoon sought to give parents who care about farm-to-table a viable solution to their problem of what to feed their kids. Barnett was recognized as a Forbed 30 Under 30 VC this year and spent time as a Partner at Sherpa Foundry and as an investor at VC firms Maveron and Dorm Room Fund....

Revolution’s Rise of the Rest tour, led by Steve Case, was built on the foundation of that very principle. In that vein they’ve made it their goal to capitalize on the entrepreneurial spirit alive and thriving in various tech ecosystems across America and spawn innovation across our great country. To date Case has logged 3,000 miles across 14 cities on his big, blue bus, and along the way he’s invested $1....

This encryption secures chats between the sender and recipient, making them absolutely inaccessible to external parties – whether that’s hackers or other uninvited guests. It also passes the idea, to all mobile app users, that Facebook, owner of this popular messaging service, is actually taking a major stance on consumer’s privacy. The timing of this implementation is quite interesting, considering all the recent events regarding the debate between the FBI’s claim for the need to access the information inside the iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters – a debate that was also about user privacy....

Paul Makonda, the regional commissioner for the East African country’s biggest city, said in an interview posted on YouTube, “These homosexuals boast on social networks” and called on the Tanzanian people to “Give me their names… My ad hoc team will begin to get their hands on them next Monday.” This surveillance team would consist of 17 members and include “state officials from the Tanzania Communications Authority, the police and media practitioners....

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Some of Silicon Valley’s major players have refused to put fixed dates on their return-to-office roadmaps – Facebook, for instance, is happy web conferencing its way to building a new metaverse until at least the end of March – if not longer. As per, decisions made by Big Tech companies will send ripples through the entire sector, with swathes of small and medium-sized businesses likely to follow suit. Consensus on Tests and Vaccines Apple has taken a strong stance on vaccination among employees, stating that booster shots are now mandatory....

Check out the five apps you can’t live – or live well – without. 1. Kittyo Never feel guilty about leaving your four-legged family members home alone again. This nifty, interactive device and smartphone app lets you play, reward, and even soothe no matter where you are. Kittyo is the next best thing to hiring a fur-kid nanny. The hourglass-shaped device can be controlled by your smartphone and lets you talk to your pet, tease them with a laser pointer, and even give out treats....

Yes, security is a concern, but I think there is another factor that could greatly hinder the growth of the Internet of Things, and that is the lack of standardization and ability to communicate across platforms. Here’s the thing: the Internet of Things benefits consumers because it makes life more convenient. Coming home to a house that is at the right temperature with an oven that is pre-heated and lights that turn on 10 minutes before you arrive is no longer a scene out of “The Jetsons....

Companies of all shapes and sizes are now taking advantage of digital resources to help run everything from daily tasks to tedious data analysis. And if you aren’t making good use of this business tech, you’re missing out. In this article, we’ll go over a few examples of the most essential business tech you’re going to need to compete in 2020. Take a look and see how you could upgrade your operations this new year, so you can keep growing and thriving in your industry....

Video technology has changed the way we communicate, especially within the workplace. In fact, a 2013 study by Cisco revealed that 87 percent of IT workers believe video has a significant and positive impact on an organization. Read about the evolution of video in the workplace, from video’s inception to its upcoming trends: Poor quality video conferences were only the beginning. It took quite a bit of trial-and-error before we achieved the level of video quality we’ve come to expect today....

Downtime for any business can be seriously damaging. Beyond the obvious financial costs associated with losing network access, having inoperable servers, or dealing with any number of unfortunate effects, a company may also suffer irreparable harm to its reputation. Losing access to a network for any period of time may not only negatively impact business operations, it increases the security risks that might seriously harm the company’s infrastructure. Needless to say, regaining full operability and network function should be any organization’s goal, but in the meantime, BYOD may actually help keep a company running while the necessary repairs and corrections are made....

Insightful entrepreneurs have already realized the power and the impact that this social network can have on their sales and exposure. Instagram is no longer just a place to follow your friends, as users also follow brands, companies, bloggers, institutions, and magazines, among others. Thus, Instagram has become an excellent platform to promote products and services. Instagram Tips There are several tips that will help you take advantage of Instagram in your digital marketing strategy....