Some of the best Apple deals of the year have now arrived. Best Prime Day 2020 Apple deals so far: Save 0 on MacBook Air and on AirPods Pro – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: A coalition of tech companies, including Microsoft and Symantec, orchestrate a takedown of the TrickBot malware botnet, which had infected 1M+ computers — FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown. A coalition of tech companies, including Microsoft and Symantec, orchestrate a
Read MoreWill Oremus / OneZero : A look at possible antitrust action against Big Tech following the release of reports from both the Democrats and Republicans last week — Democrats aren’t the only ones ready to rewrite the antitrust rules for internet platforms — Never in world history has one sector of the global economy risen …
Read MoreCOVID-19 second wave and investments in remote working spur PC market to highest levels in a decade. PC, dead? Shipments just hit a new high – and you can guess why Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon Prime Day 2020 begins in the early hours of Tuesday, October 13th, lasting through Wednesday night. That’s when you’ll see some of the year’s best deals go live, but there are plenty of worthwhile sales happening already. If you want to see what Amazon and other retailers
Read MoreComing too close can mean being instantly transformed into some very unpleasant pasta. Astronomers see a black hole 'spaghettify' a star in real time – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFearing Russian ransomware attacks on the election, the company and U.S. Cyber Command mounted similar pre-emptive strikes. It is not clear how long they may work. Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Same Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: Privacy advocates warn that Amazon’s Ring Always Home Cam drone and biometric payment system, Amazon One, will normalize aggressive new forms of data collection — Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. Privacy advocates warn that Amazon's
Read MoreFrom driver vanity to outright capability, there are many reasons why these vehicles dominate the market. Trucks and SUVs are mega popular and here's why – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBy jumping 930 years into the future, Discovery gets out of the constraints of previous Star Trek series and, at the same time, gives itself a shot in the arm. Star Trek: Discovery jumps past canon into strange new worlds – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image}Scientists at the University of Hawaii’s Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have used AI to produce the world’s largest 3D catalog of stars, galaxies, and quasars. The team developed the map using an optical survey of three-quarters of the sky produced by the Pan-STARRS observatory on Haleakalā, Maui. They trained an algorithm to identify celestial objects
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Twilio confirms it is buying customer data infrastructure company Segment for $3.2B in an all-stock deal, expected to close in Q4 2020 — Twilio today announced its biggest acquisition to date, spearheading a strong move into customer data management alongside its existing API-based tools … Twilio confirms it is buying customer
Read MoreFS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT, Symantec, and the Microsoft Defender team participated in the takedown. Microsoft and others orchestrate takedown of TrickBot botnet Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreSara Castellanos / Wall Street Journal: A look at the competition to develop new encryption standards to guard against quantum-computing attacks and replace public-key cryptography methods like RSA — The world’s top cryptographers are competing to develop algorithms that can withstand attacks from an ultrafast quantum computer A look at the competition to develop new
Read MoreThe software giant won a court order to seize servers used by TrickBot, a network of infected computers that could have been used to lock up systems crucial to delivering election results. Microsoft disrupts Russian criminal botnet it fears could seek to sow confusion in the presidential election Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Modern computers are incredible feats of engineering, but there are many that still yearn for the simpler times. When keyboards clacked and a desktop computer quite literally dominated the top of your desk. There’s a whole community of folks who scratch that itch by restoring vintage computers, but not everyone has the time, money,
Read MoreThis week, Apple will announce this year’s new iPhones. We’re expecting there to be four of them: the iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, and a smaller one that might be called the iPhone 12 mini. Apple’s invitation for its Tuesday event included the catchphrase “Hi, Speed.” Weird capitalization decisions aside, the
Read MoreBut you’ll need expensive new hardware from Intel, AMD or Nvidia to get AV1/AVIF video compression. Windows 10 graphics: GPU-powered AV1 video compression coming soon, says Microsoft Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThis is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Autumn — the most distinguished of seasons — brings with it predictable trends: steaming pumpkin spiced lattes, slippery leaves layered across pavements, and a deluge of companies announcing new shit in the run up to Christmas.
Read MoreAll the joy of plane food, without having to leave the ground. | Image: Singapore Airlines Amidst plunging revenues due to the pandemic, Singapore Airlines is turning two of its Airbus A380 planes parked at Changi Airport into impromptu restaurants on October 24th and 25th, and it’s proved surprisingly popular. Bloomberg reports that all seats
Read MoreMore than 28,000 people whose relationships have been affected by Qanon swap stories and find support on Reddit. QAnon is tearing families apart Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGoogle’s merger with a travel software company made it a travel leader. It was just one of the many times the company has been reviewed by the feds. Government kept to sidelines as Google got big. Now it has chance to rein company back in. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePeople are engaging more on Facebook with content from outlets that publish falsehoods and distortions, even though the social network has tried limiting misinformation, new research found. On Facebook, Misinformation Is More Popular Now Than in 2016 Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCommentary: Lightning, it’s time to disappear. But it probably won’t. Will iPhone 12 have USB-C? We're guessing no but really hope we're wrong – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreParking prices, congestion charges, fuel stations – the costs and diversions one never had to face on their way to work in the age of horse and carriage. The switch from horse-riding to automobiles changed the kind of materials used to build roads – slippery asphalt replaced cobbled streets and dirt roads. Autonomous driving and
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