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Read MoreBritish Airways (BA) is about to be slapped with a massive fine of £183 million ($229 million) by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The penalty is for failing to secure its site and preventing the theft of some 500,000 users’ personal information in a data breach it suffered last September. In what the airline called a
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I’ve been getting pretty bored by phone colors of late. Everyone is offering the same silver and gold finishes, of course, while China’s initially laudable effort to develop every single blue gradient pattern imaginable seems to be running out of steam. Former Oppo sub-brand Realme thinks it has the
Read MoreAmanda Hess / New York Times: A look at the rise of the ambivalent conspiracy theorists, popular YouTubers using irony and nonchalance to refurbish old conspiracies for new audiences — Conspiracy theories were once deadly serious. On the internet, skepticism about the moon landing shows how the mood has shifted. A look at the rise
Read MoreThe UK’s data watchdog has announced plans to fine the airline British Airways a record £183 million over last year’s data breach. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that “poor security arrangements” at the company lead to the breach of credit card information, names, addresses, travel booking details, and logins for around 500,000 customers. The
Read MoreGround plastic bits go in one end, finished 3D-prints come out the other. That’s the idea behind [HomoFaciens]’ latest build: a direct-extrusion 3D-printer. And like all of his builds, it’s made from scraps and bits most of us would throw out. Pellet agitator is part of the extruder. All of this travels along with the
Read MoreWelcome back to Lady Bits, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 Sorry we’re late this month… we had women stuff to do. We have a new feature! Each month, our gloriously talented designer, Saïna, will illustrate one of the many shitty replies, comments, or tweets we receive from one of TNW’s misogynistic readers. Here’s
Read MoreThe GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked over the weekend on July 6. While the hacker‘s identity remains unknown, they managed to compromise the account’s credentials to create 11 new empty repositories. The repositories were named “CAN_GOT_HAXXD.” “We can confirm that on 2019-07-06 there was a Canonical
Read MoreSteve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Podimo, which says it is building Europe’s “Netflix for podcasts,” raises €6M in seed funding, ahead of a planned launch in Germany and Denmark later this year — Podimo, a Copenhagen-based startup building what it hopes will become Europe’s “Netflix for podcasts,” … Podimo, which says it is building Europe's "Netflix
Read MoreEfforts to form unions at several smaller tech companies have stalled, showing the limits of how far a wave of employee activism can go. Employee Activism Is Alive in Tech. It Stops Short of Organizing Unions. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreDaily chances of winning Amazon gift cards for 10 lucky readers and the prize gets bigger every day. This giveaway ends July 17, 2019 and it’s valid only in US and Puerto Rico. We're giving away up to ,000 for a Prime Day shopping spree – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTokyo-based media outlet The Asahi Shimbun’s Takeho Morita published a quintessentially Japanese story last week: many people who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services across the country don’t drive them at all. Instead, they use them to take naps, making business calls, catching up privately with friends, eating lunch, – and according to a 2018 survey
Read MoreMozilla last month hinted at a paid version of Firefox browser last month, and now it’s making its plans more explicit. The not-for-profit organization has announced it’s exploring a bunch of “alternative funding models for the web.” To that effect, it said it has started testing an ad-free news subscription product for $5 per month
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Mozilla says it has no plans to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default in Firefox in the UK, after ISPs and the UK government criticize its support of the protocol — But there’s nothing stopping users from enabling the DNS-over-HTTPS feature in Firefox on their own, though. Mozilla says it has no plans
Read MoreDial 618-625-8313 for a bizarre phone message. Stranger Things 3: You can actually call Murray Bauman's phone number – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen planning out a workspace at home, the job, or at a makerspace, we all tend to focus on the fun parts. Where the equipment will go, how you’ll power it, what kind of lights you’ll get, etc, etc. It’s easy to devote all your attention to these high-level concepts, which often means the little
Read MoreSouth China Morning Post: As China’s economic growth slows and US trade tensions hit new investment, companies like Baidu and Tencent are freezing headcounts and restructuring operations — Tech sector demand for new hires down 25 per cent in first quarter from a year earlier, while jobs seekers up 37 per cent … As China's
Read MoreThe Chinese electronics giant is working on its own operating system so as to not rely on Google. Huawei CEO says its Android alternative is 'likely' faster but needs its own app store – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs we enter season 3 territory, it’s time to dissect the well-placed references to Stranger Things 1 and 2. Stranger Things 3: The tiny, beautiful references to season 1 and 2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAntique radio receivers retain a significant charm, and though they do not carry huge value today they were often extremely high quality items that would have represented a significant investment for their original owners. [CodeMakesItGo] acquired just such a radio, a Philco 37-11 made in 1937, and since it was it a bit of a
Read MoreCarey sings the cap right off the bottle in the newest viral internet challenge. Mariah Carey takes the Bottle Cap Challenge to a whole new level – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNeed more thrilling action and weird monsters to fill your Stranger Things void? These 15 shows will do the trick. Stranger Things: 15 TV shows to watch once you're done with season 3 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: Companies like Alibaba are helping Shanghai deal with a new compulsory recycling program with services like on-demand trash pickup and garbage sorting mini-apps — China’s war on garbage is as digitally savvy as the country itself. Think QR codes attached to trash bags that allow … Companies like Alibaba are helping
Read MoreOur minds are blown in the post-credits but what other loose ends are left in Hawkins? Stranger Things season 3: Our biggest WTF questions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe loudest voices screaming about Windows 10 sometimes have no idea what they’re talking about. Case in point: This dire warning from Gordon Kelly at Forbes, who is as ill-informed as ever. The Windows 10 misinformation machine fires up again Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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