Until yesterday, upskirting was almost completely legal. The practice involves taking sexually intrusive photos up people’s clothing without their consent. But now, in England and Wales, it’s punishable by up to two years in prison — and it’s about time. Prior to this, most serious upskirting incidents would put the perpetrator on the sex offenders
Read MorePhones with 48-megapixel cameras are now a thing. In fact, I’ve got one on my desk literally right this second. These handsets are capable of producing bigger and more richer photos. To ensure it’s still easy to upload these humongous pictures to the Internet, Facebook today open-sourced a handy tool called Spectrum. Spectrum is an
Read MoreMicrosoft will now be offering the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, 1809, to select devices in phases. Windows 10 October 2018 Update finally shifts to automatic rollout Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreFacebook: Facebook takes down 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts, for coordinated inauthentic behavior originating in Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook takes down 471 Facebook pages and accounts, as well as 41 Instagram accounts,
Read MoreAt the Masonic Cancer Clinic at the University of Minnesota, doctors have begun pairing a sensor with a common chemotherapy drug. The sensor transmits data from inside patients’ bodies to doctors. Forget to take your medication? A new digital pill will alert you — and your doctor. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreGet that great durian taste without that terrible durian smell. Scientists find a way to add the smelly, thorny 'king of fruit' to sweets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePolice in Mpumalanga, South Africa, have arrested two suspects who demanded a Bitcoin ransom following the kidnapping of a teenage boy and the attempted kidnapping of a 13 year-old girl. The kidnappers demanded just over $100,000 (1.5 million rand) worth of Bitcoin in exchange for the safe return of the teenage boy who was snatched
Read MoreStefan Etienne / The Verge: Mastercard updates policy to end automatic billing after free trials, will require merchants to request user authorization for recurring subscriptions — Plus, merchants will be required to send you monthly updates — Mastercard announced a new policy today for merchants who retain … Mastercard updates policy to end automatic billing
Read MorePostmarketOS began work on a real Linux distribution for Android phones just over 600 days ago. They recently blogged about the state of the project and ensured us that the project is definitely not dead. PostmarketOS’ overarching goal remains a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones. We previously covered the project on Hackaday to give an
Read MoreFemale research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less so. Women are also rewarded less for their scientific achievements. That’s according to my team’s study for United Nations University – Merit on gender inequality in scientific research in Mexico, published as a working paper in December
Read MoreWe’re just over two weeks into 2019, and one of the biggest data leaks in recent years has surfaced. Today, renowned security researcher Troy Hunt reported a massive leak consisting of 773 million unique email IDs and 21 million unique passwords, which he refers to as Collection #1. Hunt said that multiple people reached out to him
Read MoreBreakfast is a meal fraught with paradoxes. It’s important to start the day with a hearty meal full of energy and nutrition, but it’s also difficult to cook when you’re still bleary-eyed and half asleep. As with many problems in life, automation is the answer. [James Bruton] has the rig that will boil your egg
Read MoreThe Redmond-based software giant is planning to address homelessness and develop affordable housing for residents in the area. Microsoft pledges 0M to build homes in Seattle – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRemember the Moto Razr? The iconic flip phone, which was released first in 2004, defined ‘sexy’ in the gadget world well before the iPhone was a thing. Now, according to a report from Wall Street Journal, Motorola is planning to bring it back in a new foldable avatar. Just know that you might have to
Read MoreThe $500 million commitment will be used for loans and grants to accelerate the construction of more affordable housing across the region. Microsoft promises 0m to fix Greater Seattle's housing affordability 'crisis' Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAmazon.com, Inc.: Amazon Web Services announces AWS Backup, a fully-managed, centralized service for customers to back up their data across AWS services and on-premises — Centralized backup service makes it easier and more cost-effective for customers to automate backups of their data and meet business and regulatory requirements Amazon Web Services announces AWS Backup, a
Read MoreLucas Matney / TechCrunch: Facebook hires former Google AR/VR engineering lead Ryan Cairns to head Portal, as current Portal head Rafa Camargo shifts to leading hardware for AR/VR — Facebook is bringing on the engineering lead for Google’s entire AR/VR team to tackle Portal hardware. Facebook hires former Google AR/VR engineering lead Ryan Cairns to
Read MoreThe move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-income residents. Microsoft Pledges 0 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBrian Barrett / Wired: “Collection #1” database, which claims to contain records of ~773M unique email addresses and 21M passwords, some of them hashed, shows up on the web — THERE ARE BREACHES, and there are megabreaches, and there’s Equifax. But a newly revealed trove of leaked data tops … "Collection #1" database, which claims
Read MoreA large chunk of the global economy now rests on public key cryptography. We generally agree that with long enough keys, it is infeasible to crack things encoded that way. Until such time as it isn’t, that is. Researchers published a paper a few years ago where they cracked a large number of keys in
Read MoreThe Seattle Times: Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle housing crisis in Seattle: $475M for loans to housing developers over three years and $25M for resident services — The pledge is the largest in the company’s 44-year history, and comes as Microsoft and other tech giants that have driven … Microsoft pledges 0M to tackle housing
Read MorePresident Trump continues to fire shots at the press, claiming biased coverage, misrepresented facts, and sometimes entirely made-up stories. In what can only be described as a war on traditional media, Trump continued his assault with a poll on media bias that, ironically, might be the most biased line of questioning this reporter has ever
Read MoreThe inquiry grew out of a 2014 civil suit and appears unrelated to other pressure faced by the Chinese company, two people familiar with the case said. Huawei Said to Be Under U.S. Investigation in Trade-Secrets Case Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThese convenient meal kit services deliver weekly menus and preportioned ingredients to enthusiastic but time-poor home cooks. The Best Meal Kit Delivery Services of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePeople with disabilities say they’ve tripped on scooters and nearly been hit by riders. Disability rights group sues scooter companies over clogged sidewalks – CNET Source: CNet
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