Apple has joined Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an open industry association that promotes passwordless authentication. FIDO already has some big names such as Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon, ARM, and Intel as members. Apple joining the alliance means we can expect more support for password-free authentication in iOS and macOS devices. The company already supports FaceID
Read MoreSam Nussey / Reuters: SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts an operating loss of $2.05B in Q4 compared to a $1.6B profit a year earlier; Vision Fund invested $74.6B in 88 companies as of Q4 — TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday its third-quarter operating profit fell 99%, well short of analyst estimates
Read MoreIt’s the end of another decade, and while we don’t have real hoverboards, flying cars, or affordable dental care, we do have multicolored lightbulbs you can control over WiFi. [Don Howdeshell] picked up a couple of cheap Merkury branded units in a Black Friday sale, and quickly set about hacking them. By and large, many
Read MoreOlympus Olympus today announced the OM-D E-M1 Mark III, following up its predecessor from 2016. The weather-sealed design is almost untouched from last generation, though it’s more capable in the image quality department. In some cases, it even outclasses the 2019 E-M1X, Olympus’ pro-grade mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera, while being more compact and affordable.
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Times: Third-party sellers from China and other countries are flooding Amazon with thousands of new brands, overwhelming the USPTO as applications soar for trademarks — How Amazon is causing us to drown in trademarks. — Maybe it’s cold, and you need some winter gloves. Third-party sellers from China and other
Read MoreLast September, Nikon announced its new D6 pro camera but declined to provide any details on it. Today, the details are here: unsurprisingly, it’s a speed-focused DSLR that’ll likely be picked up by a lot of sports photographers headed to Tokyo for this summer’s Olympic games. The D6 still uses a 20.8-megapixel full-frame sensor, but
Read MoreAccenture, an influential global consulting firm, says business success mustn’t come at the expense of customers worrying about digital dystopia. Protect privacy or pay the price of consumer techlash, report warns – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOver 100 native species are at greater risk of extinction after an unprecedented bushfire season. Australia's fires leave 113 animal species in need of 'urgent help' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDallas Innovates: Texas-based Cysiv, an enterprise Security Operations Center-as-a-Service company that spun out of Trend Micro, raises $26M Series A led by ForgePoint Capital — Cysiv CEO and co-founder Partha Panda [DI composite: Photo via Cysiv, illustration via istockphoto] Texas-based Cysiv, an enterprise Security Operations Center-as-a-Service company that spun out of Trend Micro, raises M
Read MoreNintendo isn’t just playing the hits when it comes to adding NES and SNES games to its Switch Online service. The latest additions are some pretty deep cuts, including two SNES titles that were never before released in the US. The SNES titles are Pop’n Twinbee, the sixth entry in Konami’s colorful Twinbee “cute-em-up” series,
Read MoreBBC: China launches an app that uses its vast surveillance network data to let users check if they have come into close contact with coronavirus carriers — China has launched an app that allows people to check whether they have been at risk of catching the coronavirus. China launches an app that uses its vast
Read MoreCommentary: I don’t want to watch a movie without subtitles ever. Even in English. Give me subtitles or give me death – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTime was once that the amateur radio bands were an aurally predictable place. Spinning the dial up and down the bands, one heard familiar sounds – the staccato of Morse, the [Donald Duck] of sideband voice transmissions, and the occasional flute-like warble of radioteletype signals. Now, the ham bands are full of exotic signals encoding
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Nvidia says that Activision Blizzard has removed its catalog of games like Overwatch, WoW, and Call of Duty from Nvidia’s cloud gaming service GeForce Now — A bad precedent for cloud gaming — Nvidia’s GeForce Now feels like one of the very best ways to get a free taste of
Read MoreJuli Clover / MacRumors: Malwarebytes detected 11 threats per endpoint for its Mac users in 2019, up from 4.8 threats per endpoint in 2018, while PCs saw 5.8 threats per endpoint — Antivirus software developer Malwarebytes today shared its State of Malware Report for 2020 [PDF], which suggests that Mac malware is growing much more
Read MoreWe’re not ready to call it Smudgegate, yet… but it does collect more fingerprints than an investigator in an episode of CSI. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a beautiful phone, until you touch it – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Chris Welch / The Verge: Samsung confirms Quick Share, its AirDrop-like feature, to launch with the Galaxy S20; Quick Share allows files to be shared with up to 5 friends simultaneously — The sharing feature will come to other Samsung devices over the coming months — AirDrop has long been a handy convenience …
Read MoreThe Camaro SS-based Yenko Stage 1 offers a mean engine in a friendly package, for those who don’t want to turn the wrenches themselves. 2020 Chevy Camaro Yenko SC Stage 1 is a 1,000-hp monster you can buy at a dealer – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Andrew Yang, the tech savvy Democratic presidential candidate who ran on a platform warning against the threats of artificial intelligence and automation, is dropping out of the race. Yang is doing so on the night of the New Hampshire primary, after earning just 1 percent of the
Read MoreBut the MAVERIC’s blended-wing design would be many years off, if it ever carries passengers at all. Airbus wants to change the shape of commercial flights – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Remember when Apple unveiled the $1,000 iPhone and everyone was shocked? Less than three years later, a $1,000 phone is at the low end of Samsung’s Galaxy S20 lineup. It’s possible we’re seeing a new high for what a “normal” phone should cost, leaving plenty of room for
Read MoreSamsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip clamshell foldable has a cool new feature that can split the phone’s enormous vertical real estate into a top half and a bottom half, and Google tells The Verge that other phone makers will soon be able to build that feature into their phones, too. The feature, which Samsung calls
Read MoreThe F1 Shanghai race is scheduled for April 18. Formula One reportedly calling off Chinese GP due to coronavirus – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe app is designed to let people know if they’ve been close to someone who has or may have the deadly illness. China launches app to identify 'close contact' with coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePizza ovens are a fun thing to have in your back yard, and often wood is the fuel of choice for that smoky, rustic charm. However, [Andrew] is a fan of speed, leading him to prefer propane when it comes time to make a pizza. This guided his portable pizza oven build, with impressive results.
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