A woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago was carrying four smartphones, two passports and malware – CNET
She said she was going to the pool. A woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago was carrying four smartphones, two passports and malware – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreShe said she was going to the pool. A woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago was carrying four smartphones, two passports and malware – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: Intel has hired Qualcomm CFO George Davis to be its new CFO, filling the vacancy left by Bob Swan after he was named Intel’s CEO — Qualcomm CFO George Davis is leaving the company today, Axios has confirmed. Reuters reported earlier Tuesday that he is headed to rival chipmaker Intel. Intel
Read MoreThe much-anticipated Marvel movie passed Avengers: Infinity War and three Star Wars films on its way to the top. Avengers: Endgame smashes presale ticket record held by Force Awakens – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe civil rights organization is seeking an investigation into the “interrogation” of the Apple employee. US border search demand violated Apple employee's constitutional rights, ACLU says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Corporate catering marketplace ezCater raises $150M Series D-1 at $1.25B valuation, claims 60,000 restaurants use its service, has raised $320M in total — Ezcater, a corporate catering marketplace, has raised $150 million in a series D-1 round of investment led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and GIC … Corporate catering marketplace ezCater
Read MoreIf you spend most of your day typing, you need a good keyboard. Thankfully, there are good keyboards aplenty nowadays. Entire forums and YouTube channels are dedicated to mechanical keyboards, and people obsess over the feel of numerous switches and keycaps. Despite all this, it’s surprisingly hard to find keyboards that do all the things
Read MoreUpgrade your display at a discount. Monitor markdowns: Save up to 0 at Best Buy on gaming displays – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCarl Sagan one said “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” It might not be a very accurate description of the relative difficulty level of baking, but the logic is sound enough: there’s often a lot of ground work that needs to be to covered before
Read MoreThe service is free for the first month. Apple News Plus saw more than 200K sign-ups in first 48 hours – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new wave of websites turns physicians into mere gatekeepers for popular lifestyle drugs, increasing public health risks, experts say. The sites say they ease connections with doctors. Drug Sites Upend Doctor-Patient Relations: ‘It’s Restaurant-Menu Medicine’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTed Johnson / Variety: DOJ warns the group behind the Oscars that potential rule changes limiting the eligibility of Netflix and other streaming services could raise antitrust issues — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that its potential rule changes limiting … DOJ warns the group
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Snapchat is testing Status, a Bitmoji on the Snap Map depicting what a user is doing, and Passport, a private compilation of Statuses, in Australia — Today’s teens missed the Foursquare era, so Snapchat is giving them another shot with a new feature to aid in-person meetups. Snapchat is testing Status,
Read MoreSnap to it, Marvel fans, if you want to see what happens after Thanos’ big move. Avengers: Endgame tickets now on sale online, if you can get them – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCritics say Netflix films should count as “made for TV movies” that contend for Emmy awards, not Oscars. Keeping Netflix out of Oscars may raise antitrust issues, DOJ reportedly warns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEmil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Microsoft makes Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac generally available with a new start window, more coding space, better C++ support, and smarter debugging — Microsoft today announced that Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac has hit general availability — you can download it now from visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads. Microsoft makes
Read MoreAirPods charging on the back of your iPhone could be a beautiful thing. iPhone 11 could get two-way charging and bigger battery – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSubmitting an appeal through Twitter’s app could get you a faster response. Twitter adds way to appeal violations within its app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSome are taking it pretty well. RIP, Google Plus: People memorialize failed social network on Twitter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreExecutives have been burned by their previous dealings with big tech companies. But Apple’s promise of a billion devices worldwide was too good to pass up. Even for Rupert Murdoch. Media Companies Take a Big Gamble on Apple Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEmily Birnbaum / The Hill: Google will require contracting firms to give US workers health care benefits, parental leave, $15/hr min. wage, more, by 2022, following activism from Googlers — Google said on Tuesday it will require its contracted and temporary workforce to receive full benefits, including comprehensive health care … Google will require contracting
Read MoreWe’ve all seen word clocks, and they’re great, but there are only so many ways to show the time in words. This word clock with 114 servos is the hard way to do it. We’re not sure what [Moritz v. Sivers] was aiming for with this projection clock, but he certainly got it right. The
Read MoreThe ever-worsening scourge of robo-calls is receiving renewed attention on Capitol Hill, where top Democrats and Republicans this week are set to take an early step toward cracking down against scammers that prey on consumers’ phones. Robo-callers rang Americans’ phones 26 billion times last year. Now, Congress is taking aim. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Source: Arizona Beverages, one of the largest drink suppliers in the US, is reeling after a ransomware attack; FBI warned them beforehand of a malware infection — Arizona Beverages, one of the largest beverage suppliers in the U.S., is recovering after a massive ransomware attack last month, TechCrunch has learned. Source:
Read MoreGotta be careful with April Fool’s Day announcements — most companies know just how to push gamers’ buttons and won’t hesitate to do so on the one day a year we’re all supposed to laugh it off. But Sony apparently wasn’t fooling when it quietly changed its refund policy yesterday. It was so difficult to
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its failed social network platform Google+ — The deletion of personal accounts starts today — Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts … Google has officially started the
Read More
