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The music streaming app is partnering with the Google-owned navigation app to let users access the features of both services. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe music streaming app is partnering with the Google-owned navigation app to let users access the features of both services. Source: CNet
Read MoreA contentious piece of U.S. law giving the National Security Agency broad authority to spy on people overseas expires at the end of the year. Expect heated debate about the scope of U.S. surveillance law leading up to Dec. 31. One major issue to watch involves the way the surveillance treats communications from U.S. residents.
Read MoreSony has announced pricing and availability on three high-profile audio products: its first Atmos sound bar, a micro sound bar and a receiver. Source: CNet
Read MoreA suit alleged the app-enabled vibrator was uploading sensitive information to the cloud without users’ consent. Some customers may get up to $10,000. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe search giant is trying to better train its algorithms using a new flag for “Upsetting-Offensive” search results. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe German government is proposing new legislation that would fine social media platforms up to $53 million for failing to regulate and delete “criminal” content. Source: CNet
Read MoreLaw enforcement officials are interested in software tools that can scan social media feeds for information that could be used to track and monitor potential criminals. To deter developers from building such tools, Facebook and Instagram have updated their policies explicitly banning developers from using user data from their platforms. “Developers cannot ‘use data obtained
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Slack competitor is rolling out to Office 365 business users worldwide starting March 14. More features are still to come, including guest access, in late June. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreAfter LG, Sony is the second major TV maker to sell OLED TVs in the US this year, starting in April. They’ll be a lot more expensive though. Source: CNet
Read MoreIn 2008, Verizon entered a contract with New York City to provide all NYC households with access to its fiber-optic FiOS service by 2014. Three years later and nearly one million households shy of the goal, the city is sick of waiting. Source: CNet
Read MoreWhat if we found extraterrestrial life but couldn’t contain it? Columbia Pictures’ latest explores that frightening question in the void of space. Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter Edward Snowden revealed that online communications were being collected en masse by some of the world’s most powerful intelligence agencies, security experts called for encryption of the entire web. Four years later, it looks like we’ve passed the tipping point. The number of websites supporting HTTPS—HTTP over encrypted SSL/TLS connections—has skyrocketed over the past
Read MoreEfforts to stop Mirai, a malware found infecting thousands of IoT devices, have become a game of whack-a-mole, with differing opinions over whether hackers or the security community are making any headway. The malicious code became publicly available in late September. Since then, it’s been blamed for enslaving IoT devices such as DVRs and internet
Read MoreThe tech incubator, owned by Google’s parent company, partners with the Washington Post to make technical terms easier to understand. Source: CNet
Read MoreWikileaks’ CIA dump is the biggest secret cache released so far. It’s embarrassing to the CIA. It undermines our intelligence efforts. And it didn’t need to happen. The sad fact is that the world’s computers are not configured securely enough to match the confidentiality of the data they are protecting. As a society we allow
Read MoreBetween 9 and 15 percent of tweets made on the platform are from fake accounts, estimate the University of Southern California and Indiana University. Source: CNet
Read MoreFirst we had fake news on social media. Now we have fake friends. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new series will delve into the childhood of the nerdy physicist, and actor Jim Parsons will narrate as adult Sheldon. Source: CNet
Read MoreHold onto your hat while you immerse yourself in a spectacular 360-degree view of a powerful NASA engine during a blazing hot-fire test. Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom the inevitable milk-and-bread hoarding to crazy forecasts, Twitter has the East Coast snowstorm covered. Source: CNet
Read MoreGet ready for Tardis-spinning adventure with an emoji robot in “Doctor Who” season 10, which starts April 15. Let’s obsess over the new trailer, shall we? Source: CNet
Read MoreFestival-goers complain about getting around Austin without the ride-hailing services, which exited the city last year. But there are plenty of other options. Source: CNet
Read MoreFormer vice president “sat there for an hour and laughed” when he learned he was the subject of an online trend. Source: CNet
Read MoreWill March snow bring April a baby giraffe? Activity is progressing in the web-famous mama-to-be’s pen, and staff will stay close despite the weather. Source: CNet
Read MoreScientists say Trappist-1, a star only 40 light-years away, could have habitable planets. That’s surprising when you see what they’re looking at. Source: CNet
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