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Delaney is an unlikely new hire, but she charms her way into the e-commerce giant with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within.
Read MoreDelaney is an unlikely new hire, but she charms her way into the e-commerce giant with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within.
Read MoreThe world is awash in data. So in almost every enterprise, the question looms: How can we scale data analytics to deliver the greatest possible value?
Read MoreCross-site request forgery (CSRF) is an attack that tricks an end user into executing undesirable actions while logged into a web application. Taking advantage of the authenticated user’s permissions, a CSRF attack dupes the victim into performing specific actions that benefit the attacker. For example, a CSRF attack could be used to make a purchase
Read MoreSo-called metaframeworks like Next.js and Gatsby have taken off in the last few years. This article introduces you to one of the most recent examples, the SvelteKit framework for Svelte. Like Next.js before it, SvelteKit provides an all-in-one, full-stack platform for building reactive web apps. SvelteKit is the successor to Sapper, the previous generation of
Read MoreThis is the first time Apple has opened up feedback to its own apps… What you need to know You can now leave reviews on Apple’s own apps. The company has introduced reviews for apps on iPhone like Weather, Podcasts, Stocks, and Apple Music. People are already letting Apple know what they think. With the
Read MoreKaren Weise / New York Times: Amazon settles with two former employee activists, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, over accusations it illegally fired them for organizing — Amazon has settled with two of its most prominent internal critics, staving off a public hearing over accusations that the company illegally fired the pair …
Read MoreCampbell Kwan / ZDNet: US and EU will cooperate across various tech areas, including AI, semiconductors, and supply chain security, to ensure sensitive technologies are not misused — The new US-EU Trade and Technology Council aims to keep an eye on how sensitive technologies are used.
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: GM announces Ultifi, a software platform for its cars that will enable OTA updates, in-car subscription services, and more, rolling out in 2023 — Ultifi will start rolling out to GM vehicles in 2023 — General Motors announced a new “end-to-end” software platform for its cars called …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: ContractPodAI, which offers AI contract management tools, raises $115M Series C led by Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $170M+ — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Read MoreThe Fairphone 4’s updated design makes it look like a modern smartphone. | Image: Fairphone 4 Fairphone, the manufacturer focused on making easy to repair smartphones made out of ethically sourced materials, just took the wraps off its fourth-generation handset. The Fairphone 4 uses a modular design that’s similar to the company’s previous phones, only
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by Fairphone Fairphone has announced the Fairphone 4. It offers a Snapdragon 750G chipset, dual rear cameras, and more upgrades. Expect to pay a starting price of €579. Fairphone has made a name for itself thanks to its sustainable approach to smartphone manufacturing as well as its repair-friendly designs. The company launched the
Read MoreIf you do an iCloud backup, the photos disappear… What you need to know A bug in iOS 15 is deleting photos from people’s libraries. It happens when you save a photo from a thread in Messages. Deleting that thread and then performing a backup to iCloud seems to delete the photos. A worrisome bug
Read MoreSecurity researchers today announced findings surrounding a vulnerability with Visa cards, specifically when a Visa card is set as the default card for Express Transit in Apple Pay on the iPhone (this feature is named Express Travel in the UK). The demo shared by The Telegraph showed that a hacker could trick the contactless system
Read MoreApple TV+ offers exclusive Apple original TV shows and movies in 4K HDR quality. You can watch across all of your screens and pick up where you left off on any device. Apple TV+ costs $4.99 per month. Here’s every Apple original television show and movie available now on Apple TV+, as well as the
Read More“The thriller follows two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job.” What you need to know A big new movie is coming to Apple TV+. It will be directed by Jon Watts and feature George Clooney and Brad Pitt. The untitled movie follows two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job. Apple TV+ is getting
Read MoreBBC: Researchers: a flaw in Apple Pay lets attackers make a Visa payment with a locked iPhone in Express Transit mode; Apple calls it “a concern with a Visa system” — Large unauthorised contactless payments can be made on locked iPhones by exploiting how an Apple Pay feature designed …
Read MoreA WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot.
Read MoreWith the help of AI, you’ll be able to take a picture of a shirt, then ask Google to find socks with the same pattern.
Read MoreAvid amateurs are generating a wealth of information on avian activity. But does that data reflect new trends in bird behavior, or in people’s?
Read MoreSpotlight has been around for almost two decades on macOS and came to the iPhone in 2009. The built-in, system-wide search tool makes for a super quick way to open apps, find a specific contact, or start a web search, but it has evolved to do much more than that since its debut. In iOS
Read MoreHonda is increasing its research and development spending in three futuristic areas: rockets, robots, and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), otherwise known as flying cars. The automaker will spend $45 billion (5 trillion yen) on R&D over the next six years. But Honda won’t say what fraction of that amount will be spent
Read MoreXbox Series X console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox chief, Phil Spencer, says console supply issues will continue into 2022. In an interview with The Wrap, spotted by Video Games Chronicle, Spencer admits the Xbox supply issues will last for the rest of the year and into 2022 due to
Read MoreOne unique new feature that the iPhone 12 lineup brought with it last year is MagSafe. By including magnets inside the iPhone, a whole new world of snap-on accessories was enabled with one such category being MagSafe portable batteries. Apple wasn’t first on the scene with its own magnetic battery pack, but it did launch
Read MoreIt includes asking Siri about voicemails and call history… What you need to know Apple seems to have removed some Siri functions in iOS 15. Users can no longer ask the assistant about voicemails or call history. The change has had an impact on people who rely on these features for accessibility purposes. Multiple reports
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is launching its Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Japan. The software giant has been testing streaming Xbox Game Pass Ultimate games in these markets over the past few months, and is now ready to greatly expand the reach of its xCloud technology.
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