Stealing your digital milk: Girt by CNET podcast 89 – CNET
After paying a visit to the truly surreal Woolworths headquarters to check out the new Samsung smart fridge, the Girt Team talks smart home on this week’s show. Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter paying a visit to the truly surreal Woolworths headquarters to check out the new Samsung smart fridge, the Girt Team talks smart home on this week’s show. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe talking bear from your 1980s dreams (or nightmares) is all spiffed up and will be back for 2017. Source: CNet
Read MoreA cybersecurity company claims it wasn’t state-sponsored hackers who breached Yahoo user data. Yah-who knows? Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Web giant is marshaling the aid of home audio heavy-hitters to challenge the Amazon Echo virtual assistant, Variety reports. Source: CNet
Read MoreTechnically Incorrect: A new study reveals some stunning statistics about texting behind the wheel and a parent’s role in making it worse. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s all a part of the social network’s effort to get regular people to start live streaming more, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Source: CNet
Read MoreTechnically Incorrect: A man mocks Europe’s professionals about a 12-foot putt they keep missing. So they invite him to try it. Guess what happens next. Source: CNet
Read MoreFilm artist Colin Cantwell tells Reddit how the iconic trench came to be. And it turns out the X-Wing owes its life to a night of drinking. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe world’s second-largest music market is worth over $2.5 billion. But Spotify will still have to fight for a big piece of the pie. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe effort is designed to save journalists, activists and others from “botnets” of hacked DVRs and security cameras used to swamp websites with data. Source: CNet
Read MoreGovernor Jerry Brown signs a new law that will fine ride-hailing companies up to $5,000 per driver if those drivers are found to have criminal histories. Source: CNet
Read MoreTwo years ago, Salesforce was Microsoft’s big buddy, and possibly even a Redmond takeover target. Now it’s trying to derail Microsoft’s LinkedIn deal with anti-competition claims. What happened? Source: Microsoft
Read MoreA hiker captures footage of a copperhead grappling with a cottonmouth, perplexing herpetologists in the process. Source: CNet
Read MoreDeveloper DICE reveals more details on the World War I shooter’s campaign. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe FCC also increased the length of Wireless Emergency Alerts to 360 characters from 90 for 4G LTE and future cell networks. Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTube user TechRax’s latest torture test takes him to the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Source: CNet
Read MoreAOL’s Alto app tries to cure our email troubles. Meanwhile, Samsung is dealing with bigger problems: exploding washing machines. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe last time we reviewed a wireless external hard disk drive from Western Digital – the My Passport Wireless – we came out rather unimpressed by the device. This time around, the My Passport Wireless Pro, a souped-up version of the aforementioned wireless drive, landed on our desk for evaluation – note that it complements
Read MoreThe Marvel superhero movie, set for release in 2018, just got a bit more magical now that Doctor Strange is set to be in it. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe channels will be part of the new Ultra plan that costs $65 to $75 a month. Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s Play Store will run directly on Android Wear watches, possibly opening up more functions for iPhone users. Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the face of mushrooming SUV sales and the coming autonomous car, CEO says Nissan remains committed to sports cars. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you’d rather have something from Apple in your ears than on your wrist, you’re not alone. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is previewing a cloud-based bug detector, dubbed Project Springfield, that it calls one of its most sophisticated tools for finding potential security vulnerabilities. Project Springfield uses “whitebox fuzzing,” which uncovered one-third of the “million dollar” security bugs during the development of Windows 7. Microsoft has been using a component of the project called SAGE
Read MoreMicrosoft’s head of Office and Bing is leaving the company. Here’s CEO Satya Nadella’s email to the troops on what’s happening and what’s next. Source: Microsoft
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