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Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Fakeslic Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Fakeslic Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreByrne Hobart: The Bay Area is no longer the best place to start tech companies, as rising housing costs push workers to join established companies with market salaries — California is hard to beat. There are richer places with worse weather, there are (a few) nicer climates with worse economies … The Bay Area is
Read MoreThe venerable Sun debugger has a new home on Microsoft’s operating system. Windows Insiders can now use DTrace Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTraditional musical instruments have a variety of interfaces, some simple, some complex. The piano is a fairly intuitive machine with a key for every note and a couple of pedals you can ignore if you like. The saxophone is a little more complex, with its many interoperable keys used to produce varying pitches. However, modern
Read MoreThe Tesla CEO’s lawyers have submitted a court filing defending Musk against the SEC’s move to hold him in contempt of court. Elon Musk's lawyers say SEC is making 'unconstitutional power grab' – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read More“I wanted to fit a big black hole on the tiny coin and wish he was still here chortling at the thought,” the designer said. Stephen Hawking coin revealed, and it's out of this world – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Chinese tech giant manages to sell millions despite finding itself in a geopolitical quagmire. Huawei finally has some good news: Mate 20 hits 10 million shipped – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe first one is a doozy. The second one, cute. Captain Marvel postcredits scenes, explained – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMatt Day / Bloomberg: Amazon’s Alexa platform, which has 80,000 skills, has yet to have a breakout hit; interviews with developers show Amazon pays up to $5,000/month for a skill — The advent of the smartphone triggered an app gold rush. So far that hasn’t happened with Alexa. Amazon's Alexa platform, which has 80,000 skills,
Read MoreBack in the early days of social media and Web 2.0, Last.fm was one of the premier music sites on the internet. With a huge library containing what felt like every song ever, along with an excellent algorithm for recommending new tracks, it quickly gained a large following. Unfortunately, its business model and following changed
Read MoreMaine resident traveled across the country to confront the company after his YouTube channel was shut down, police say. Man arrested after allegedly making threats against Google – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMy relationship with Facebook has changed over the past two years. I’ve never been a fan, per se, but I find myself interacting with the Newsfeed far less than I used to. The Newsfeed, a place Facebook once used to spoon-feed me information that I’d elected to receive — stories from The New Yorker, videos
Read MoreRevised lawsuit says Android creator Andy Rubin was awarded a $150 million stock grant. Google reportedly paid M to former exec accused of sexual harassment – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe social network says it pulled down the ads for using Facebook’s corporate logo. Facebook temporarily removes Elizabeth Warren's ads calling for breakup of Facebook – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Intel and a consortium including Google and Microsoft debut CXL, a new open standard for faster interconnect between datacenter CPUs and accelerator chips — A consortium of technology companies has formed to create a new standard, called Compute Express Link, to provide … Intel and a consortium including Google and Microsoft
Read MoreCristiano Lima / Politico: Facebook pulled ads from Sen. Warren’s campaign calling for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, citing policy violations, but is now restoring them — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants. Facebook pulled ads
Read MoreBryan Menegus / Gizmodo: Lawsuit claims Amit Singhal, a former Google and Uber exec, was offered a $45M exit package after resigning from Google following a sexual assault accusation — Following the revelations of a $90 million golden parachute to Andy Rubin, a former Google executive accused of sexually harassing a subordinate … Lawsuit claims
Read MoreMicrosoft has sued Hon Hai for patent royalties that it allegedly owes as a result of a 2013 patent-licensing deal it forged with Microsoft for unspecified Android and Chrome OS devices. Microsoft sues Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai over patent payments Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe web giant — one of the tech industry’s biggest companies — pays homage to the invention that made it possible. Google Doodle celebrates World Wide Web's 30th birthday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNvidia is the latest company to give up on the technology for our homes. 3D for your home is even more dead than you thought – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUsers say that calls on the receiver’s end sound tinny, cut in and out, and echo. Some Pixel 3 users are reporting microphone and call-quality issues – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe payment to Amit Singhal, who ran Google’s search division and was accused of groping an employee, was revealed on Monday in a shareholder lawsuit. Google Approved Million Exit Package for Executive Accused of Misconduct Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Indian music label assumed the video streaming throne for a third time, before dropping back to second place. PewDiePie dethroned by T-Series as YouTube's most subscribed channel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMost photographs are made in the fraction of a second that the camera’s shutter is gathering reflected light from the scene. But there’s fun to be had by leaving the shutter open and directing light into the camera. Called light painting, it can be as simple as a camera on a tripod in a dark
Read MoreDavid McCabe / Axios: Source: Amazon will no longer tell third-party sellers that they can’t sell the same goods for a lower price on another site — Amazon will no longer tell third-party merchants that sell products on its platform that they cannot offer the same goods for a lower price on another website …
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