Social media sites and apps are constantly changing and evolving to match the needs of their user base — for good, and for ill. Whether it’s Facebook Watch‘s new shows actually making it worth using, or Snapchat’s reviled redesign, social media changes can be a polarizing topic for the millions of people who use the
Read MoreIf you think that this scratch instrument looks as though it should be at least… three times larger in order to be useful, you’d be wrong. This mighty pocket-sized instrument can really get the club hopping despite its diminuitive size. Despite that, the quality of the build as well as its use of off-the-shelf components
Read MoreThe business model of many of the country’s tech start-ups — spend furiously to acquire new users, worry about profits later — wobbles as one company’s stock piles up on the streets. Ofo, Pioneer of China’s Bike-Sharing Boom, Is in a Crisis Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA pro-wall fundraiser has made more than $7 million in three days. Meanwhile, an effort to raise money for immigrants is picking up steam. GoFundMe border wall campaign raising millions, rival 'ladders' effort trending – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe allegations stem from news reports, first in The Washington Post on Tuesday, in which researcher Jonathon Morgan acknowledged creating a misleading Facebook page targeting conservative voters in Alabama and also buying retweets to test his ability to provide “lift” for social media messages. Sen. Jones calls for probe into alleged disinformation plot in Alabama
Read MoreKiddie porn is reportedly being spread in WhatsApp chat groups. WhatsApp under fire for failing to remove child porn – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) today unsealed indictments against a pair of Chinese agents charged with hacking US computer systems from a period spanning 2006 – 2018. Among those successfully targeted was the US Navy. Personally identifiable information including, social security numbers, names, and phone numbers pertaining to at least 100,000 US Navy service
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: NGO report finds WhatsApp groups spreading child pornography; WhatsApp says it recently banned 130K accounts for violating policies against child exploitation — Facebook fails to provide enough moderators — WhatsApp chat groups are being used to spread illegal child pornography, cloaked by the app’s end-to-end encryption. NGO report finds WhatsApp groups
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Zynga says it will buy 80% of Helsinki-based Small Giant Games for $560M in a deal expected to close Jan. 1 and will buy remaining 20% over the next three years — Zynga has agreed to acquire the Helsinki-based mobile game maker Small Giant Games, the creator of the hit title
Read MoreThe company will reportedly stop selling some older models of the phone at its German retail stores after losing a court battle. Apple halts some iPhone sales in Germany during Qualcomm patent dispute – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor a tech founder, working in the industry of health and fitness is extremely challenging — but the rewards far outweigh the difficulties. It’s not a place where easy money is made, but it’s one where you can influence the lives of so many people and change them for the better. Nevertheless, fitness tech startups attracted only
Read MoreThe company also modified how it reports information, giving users a more interactive, detailed site. Apple saw more government requests for user data in the first half of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: The Blackmagic eGPU Pro, introduced in October for a November release, can now be purchased on the online Apple Store for $1,199, delivers in mid-January — Apple’s new Blackmagic eGPU Pro, first introduced alongside the Mac mini and MacBook Air in late October, can now be purchased from the online Apple
Read MoreLoup Ventures: Voice assistant test involving 800 commands shows Google Assistant answered 88% correctly, Siri got 75% right, Alexa got 73%, and Cortana got 63% — We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana 800 questions each. Voice assistant test involving 800 commands shows Google Assistant answered 88% correctly,
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Navy Inspector General report says the US military used two Android apps containing severe vulnerabilities that could have given hackers access to troops’ info — Apps were meant for training, never approved for combat. Whistleblower’s efforts helped shed light on vulnerabilities, despite leadership reprisals. Navy Inspector General report says the US
Read MoreThe year-long case appears to be closed. Spotify reportedly ends .6 billion copyright lawsuit with Wixen – CNET Source: CNet
Read More[John Whittington] failed to win a bid for an old VT-220 serial terminal on eBay, so he decided to make his own version and improve it along the way. The result is the Whitterm-220 (or WT-220) which has at its core a Raspberry Pi and is therefore capable of more than just acting as a ‘dumb’
Read MoreCNET covered hundreds of products in 2018. These were the best of the best. CNET's best of 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe stakes could not be higher for the company’s forthcoming flagship phone. Samsung Galaxy S10 rumors: Everything we know about a Feb. 20 launch, March 8 release, specs, features and price – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile DDoS-for-hire websites, including downtime.org and deacon.pro, and charged 3 men in US with operating the sites — The FBI has seized the domains of 15 several high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites, after a co-ordinated effort … FBI has seized the domains of 15
Read MoreMy first NPC kill in the Red Dead Online beta was an impulse. I rode past the NPC on my horse, whom I’d named Vanessa, and this guy felt the need to insult her. So I grabbed my revolver and put two rounds in his head, then got off to frisk his body. The net yield of first
Read MorePlease is over, people! Work Friend: Oh Please Stop Saying Please Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf there’s one place where the old ways of doing things live a longer life than you’d otherwise expect, it’s the woodshop. Woodworkers have a way of stubbornly sticking to tradition, and that usually works out fine. But what does it take to change a woodworker’s mind about a tool that seems to have little
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Investigation finds Chinese censors are now allowing criticism of Trump and the US on WeChat, as the US-China trade war heats up — Negative articles and comments about Trump were censored on the Chinese internet as recently as this summer. But now the floodgates appear to be open. Investigation finds Chinese censors are
Read MoreWhen we hear the word ‘interface,’ many of us think about graphical user interface (or GUI). The vast majority of digital products available on the market today have this type of interface. Since GUI is the most familiar type of interfaces to us, we used to think of it as the natural way of interaction
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