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An intriguing online tool from the BBC lets you pretend to be a fencer, or wrestler, and tells which athletes share your birthday. Source: CNet
Read MoreAn intriguing online tool from the BBC lets you pretend to be a fencer, or wrestler, and tells which athletes share your birthday. Source: CNet
Read MoreGeneral Robert B. Neller, commandant of the US Marines Corps, says soldiers may need to leave their phones at home. Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you thought the spork was cool, you’ve got to see the chork, a gift to all the chopstick newbies out there. Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s a game of cat and mouse: Can Facebook display an ad that can’t be blocked? Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is trying to comfort customers upset by its Azure Stack hybrid-cloud OS delay and delivery-vehicle changes. Plus it’s starting to roll out slowly its second technical preview. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreThe company’s mobile chief touts iris recognition as the “safest security technology.” Source: CNet
Read MoreAccording to Al Jazeera, the exoskeleton can lift 330 pounds. Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s bound to confuse some well-heeled audio engineers. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe athletes might not relate to gearbox failure, but they definitely relate to the idea of pushing themselves to the limit. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe live-streaming interactive gaming service enables real-time participation by viewers. Source: CNet
Read MoreMore minutes of the Rio Games have already been live streamed than the entire 2012 London Olympics, says NBC. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe rejiggered Fisker Karma jumps out from behind the curtain ahead of its actual debut later this year. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe chipmaker showed modest improvement in the percentage of women and underrepresented minorities in its workforce. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is tweaking its support cut-off dates again for Intel Skylake-based devices so that users can continue to get security updates until Microsoft’s original end-of-support dates. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreWe explore No Man’s Sky, a new high-concept video game with 18.4 quintillion planets. Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is acquiring game-streaming vendor Beam and plans to incorporate its technology with Xbox Live and Minecraft. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreHere are a few more answers to some nagging questions about Windows 10 upgrades and activation in the post-Anniversary-Update era. Source: Microsoft
Read MoreTwitter has exploded with rumors that it is being killed off next year due to cyberbullying. In fact, the social network is going nowhere. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ECG-based device could take the form of a watch, a ring, a brooch or something else entirely. Source: CNet
Read MoreA security firm is offering up to $500,000 for information on zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, surpassing Apple’s bug bounty just days after it was announced. On Tuesday, Texas-based Exodus Intelligence said it will give between $5,000 and $500,000 for zero-day vulnerabilities relating to iOS version 9.3 and higher. [ Make threat intelligence meaningful: A 4-point
Read MoreUber says the level of English required to be a private hire driver in London will put “thousands” out of work. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Internet has serious security problems that need to be fixed. Despite many calls to action over the years for the industry to band together and work on solutions, progress has been mild. What’s needed isn’t necessarily more security technology. What’s needed are better tools for developers so that they can improve the security of
Read MoreMicrosoft’s mistake with Secure Boot and its secret policy is a perfect illustration of why it’s too dangerous to create encryption systems with a secure backdoor. Someone will inevitably make a mistake, and users are left vulnerable while the company scrambles for a fix. Secure Boot, a feature of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI),
Read MoreInfoWorld talks with White Ops’ Dan Kaminsky about how we can help developers code more securely without killing their will to innovate Source: Security
Read MoreAnalysis: High Dynamic Range, currently available in TVs, is coming to smaller phone and laptop screens, too. But whether HDR is a gimmick or not depends on how it’s implemented. Source: CNet
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