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Yahoo Extends Deadline to Sell Internet Business and Other News
by Q3 Technologies Q3 Technologies - Building Quality into SoftwareWe’re back! And we don’t even know where to start. So much
has been going on in the tech world. Well, here are the top tech news you might
have missed.
Yahoo Extends
Deadline to Sell Internet Business
Yahoo has extended its deadline to sell its core internet
business to April 18. After the announcement, the company’s share price was up
by 1.7%.
After investors like Canyon Capital and Starboard Value
demanded that Yahoo sell its core business, the company finally took the much-needed
step on February 19, and is looking to sell its search, mail and news business
to potential buyers in an auction. The tech giant has also laid off more than
9000 employees, or about 15% of its workforce in the implementation of an “aggressive
strategic plan” for the future of the company.
Although it is the third most visited website in the U.S.
with some properties attracting quite an audience (Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News,
Tumblr), the company’s growth has been on a rapid decline, with revenues and
earnings declining at a rate of 15% and 20%, respectively. As many as 40
companies have expressed their interest in the bidding process.
Apple Again Ordered
to Unlock iPhone
According to a court filing, a Boston judge had asked Apple
to assist law enforcement to unlock an iPhone 6 belonging to Desmond Crawfor, a
member of the Columbia Point Dawgz gang.
“Such reasonable technical assistance consists of, to the
extent possible, extracting data from the Device, copying the data from the
Device onto an external hard drive or other storage medium, and returning the
aforementioned storage medium to law enforcement, and/or providing the FBI with
the suspect Personal Identification Number or Personal Unlock Code so that
access can be gained to the Target Telephone 1 for this search.”
Apple has declined to offer assistance, as in the San
Bernardino iPhone case, and filed in opposition. The government has yet to
respond to Apple’s filing.
NASA Fixes Spacecraft
75 Million Miles in Outer Space
NASA had a close call when one of its planet-hunting $600
million spacecraft, Kepler, went into emergency mode. Engineers worked day-and-night
to fix the problem, and are now investigating why such an event took place.
"When everything else has failed and there's some kind
of fault, emergency mode is where the spacecraft goes to hunker down and keep
itself alive," said Charlie Sobeck, Kepler & K2 Mission Manager, “It
was the quick response and determination of the engineers throughout the weekend
that led to the recovery. We are deeply appreciative of their efforts, and for
the outpouring of support from the mission's fans and followers from around the
world.”
Till date, Kepler has identified more than 1,963 planets
that closely resemble Earth, the most famous being Kepler-452b (with an orbital
period of 385 days).
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