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January 15, 2019

Roku says it is removing two Infowars channels on its platform after criticism from users and a rebuke from some Sandy Hook families (Oliver Darcy/@oliverdarcy)

Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: Roku says it is removing two Infowars channels on its platform after criticism from users and a rebuke from some Sandy Hook families — InfoWars had previously been available on Roku, but it recently published an updated app, prompting tweets from users and a rebuke today from some Sandy Hook families

January 15, 2019

Hyundai’s four-legged car isn’t the future we imagined, but we’ll take it

It’s clear at this point that the future of the automotive world revolves around bleeding edge technology that’s self-driving or, perhaps, even flying. But what if it’s none of those things? What if it’s a car that walks on four legs? Hyundai puzzled CES audiences the world over at this year’s event with a concept

January 15, 2019

Sources: PagerDuty, which makes performance monitoring tools for developers, has filed confidentially for an IPO; it was valued at more than $1B in September (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: PagerDuty, which makes performance monitoring tools for developers, has filed confidentially for an IPO; it was valued at more than $1B in September — – Startup had expected to generate $100 million in 2018 revenue — PagerDuty is valued at more than $1 billion by mutual funds Sources: PagerDuty, which makes performance monitoring

EA's Star Wars game has been cancelled – CNET

It appears that EA Vancouver’s Star Wars game has gone the way of Alderaan. EA's Star Wars game has been cancelled – CNET Source: CNet

FTC rests case against Qualcomm, arguing it's a monopoly in mobile chips – CNET

The US government has accused Qualcomm of unfairly hurting competitors and charging excessive royalties for its technology. Qualcomm’s defense began later Tuesday with co-founder Irwin Jacobs. FTC rests case against Qualcomm, arguing it's a monopoly in mobile chips – CNET Source: CNet

January 15, 2019

Nielsen: US homes receiving over-the-air broadcast channels without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription increased 48% to 16M over the past 8 years (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Nielsen: US homes receiving over-the-air broadcast channels without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription increased 48% to 16M over the past 8 years — The number of U.S. households without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription that instead receive broadcast stations using … Nielsen: US homes receiving over-the-air broadcast

January 15, 2019

Researcher finds that Voipo, a communications provider based in Lake Forest, CA, left a server with millions of call logs, texts, and more exposed for months (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher finds that Voipo, a communications provider based in Lake Forest, CA, left a server with millions of call logs, texts, and more exposed for months — An unprotected server storing millions of call logs and text messages was left open for months before they were found by a security researcher.

Eugene the world record Instagram egg: 'It's been incredible' – CNET

Don’t crack up, but I had an email exchange with Instagram’s most-liked photo. Eugene the world record Instagram egg: 'It's been incredible' – CNET Source: CNet

Particle Paves Way For LTE Selfies

From cars to refrigerators, it seems as if every new piece of tech is connected to the Internet. For better or for worse, we’re deep into the “Internet of Things”. But what about your camera? No, not the camera in your smartphone; that one’s already connected to the Internet and selling your secrets to the

Linux.Ekcorminer

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Linux.Ekcorminer Source: Symantec lastest threats

Bloodhound.RTF.15

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Bloodhound.RTF.15 Source: Symantec lastest threats

Bloodhound.RTF.16

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Bloodhound.RTF.16 Source: Symantec lastest threats

Bloodhound.RTF.17

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Bloodhound.RTF.17 Source: Symantec lastest threats

Bloodhound.RTF.18

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Bloodhound.RTF.18 Source: Symantec lastest threats

Roku adds Alex Jones' Infowars channel six months after others banned him – CNET

The streaming service says “voices on all sides of an issue or cause are free to operate a channel.” Roku adds Alex Jones' Infowars channel six months after others banned him – CNET Source: CNet

White Castle taking Valentine's Day reservations: Plan ahead, romantics – CNET

Burgers are for lovers at the fast-food chain, where reservations get you hostess seating and music. White Castle taking Valentine's Day reservations: Plan ahead, romantics – CNET Source: CNet

January 15, 2019

YouTube updates its policies, says it prohibits harmful and dangerous challenges and pranks following stunts like the Bird Box and Tide Pod challenges (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

Julia Alexander / The Verge: YouTube updates its policies, says it prohibits harmful and dangerous challenges and pranks following stunts like the Bird Box and Tide Pod challenges — YouTube to creators: don’t — YouTube has a new message for creators looking to participate in dangerous or potentially harmful stunts … YouTube updates its policies,

January 15, 2019

AWS acquired TSO Logic, a Vancouver startup that helps customers determine how much it would cost to run their workloads in the cloud, on Dec. 22, 2018 (Tom Krazit/GeekWire)

Tom Krazit / GeekWire: AWS acquired TSO Logic, a Vancouver startup that helps customers determine how much it would cost to run their workloads in the cloud, on Dec. 22, 2018 — It has been an acquisitive start to the year for Amazon Web Services, which has reached an agreement to purchase Vancouver’s TSO Logic

January 15, 2019

Forza axes emotes after Fortnite controversy

The publisher of Forza Horizon 4, our pick for the best racing game of 2018, recently updated the game. In addition to adding several new cars, it also removed two emotes. While this wouldn’t seem like a big deal in and of itself, you begin to see what a bullet it’s trying to dodge when you

Verizon waiving some fees for fed workers hurt by shutdown – CNET

Furloughed and unpaid workers won’t have to pony up fees for late payments or agent assistance. Verizon waiving some fees for fed workers hurt by shutdown – CNET Source: CNet

Broadway icon Carol Channing dies: 'One-of-a-kind inspiration to us all' – CNET

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barbra Streisand, George Takei, Pee-wee Herman, Bernadette Peters and more take to Twitter to honor the Hello Dolly star. Broadway icon Carol Channing dies: 'One-of-a-kind inspiration to us all' – CNET Source: CNet

January 15, 2019

Ethereum's long-anticipated Constantinople fork has been delayed after an audit firm discovered a critical flaw in one of the planned changes (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk: Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople fork has been delayed after an audit firm discovered a critical flaw in one of the planned changes — Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade has just been delayed after a critical vulnerability was discovered in one of the planned changes. Ethereum's long-anticipated Constantinople fork has been delayed after an audit firm discovered

January 15, 2019

Polk’s Alexa-enabled soundbar now supports multi-room music

Polk Audio today announced its Command Bar, an Alexa-enabled soundbar, will receive a software update adding Amazon‘s multi-room music (MRM) protocol. It’s the first third-party smart speaker to do so. The Command Bar is among the best sounding speakers featuring Alexa support, but it suffers from a lack of features when compared to Amazon‘s first-party products.

January 15, 2019

SEC filing: Snap CFO Tim Stone, who joined from Amazon in May 2018, will resign, but his last day has not been determined; Snap's stock down 7%+ after hours (CNBC)

CNBC: SEC filing: Snap CFO Tim Stone, who joined from Amazon in May 2018, will resign, but his last day has not been determined; Snap’s stock down 7%+ after hours — nap chief financial officer Tim Stone is resigning, the company said in a new filing. The stock dropped more than 5 percent after hours

January 15, 2019

The 2019 iPhone might not be so ugly after all

We’ve only just started 2019 but the rumor mill for this year’s iPhone is already churning at a comfortable pace. It was just last week that @OnLeaks alarmed people with a supposed render of an iPhone 11 prototype with a hideous triple camera setup. Back from September 2019, I bring you the very 1st and very early

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