Apple is known for a lot of things, but opening up their platforms to the world isn’t one of those things. According to a recent Google post by [Brandon Azad], there do exist special iPhones that are made for development with JTAG ports and other magic capabilities. The port is in all iPhones (though unpopulated),
Read MoreNatasha Frost / Quartz: How Oulu, Finland, 5+ years after Nokia’s collapse in smartphones, has become an entrepreneurial tech hub and home to 1,175 new companies in 2017 alone — In the early days of the mobile phone, Nokia was everywhere—ubiquitous, inescapable, supreme. It created the best-selling 1100 … How Oulu, Finland, 5+ years after
Read MoreA mysterious object, hidden behind a distant star, could be the lowest-mass black hole ever found. Astronomers may have discovered a new class of tiny black holes – CNET Source: CNet
Read Moredavid.dev: Apple is now rejecting Mac apps using the latest versions of Electron framework for non-public API usage, warns devs repeated app submissions can result in ban — Allright, as a follow up to the previous chapter in this odyssey I can now state that, apparently, you cannot submit an electron 6 or 7 app
Read MoreNASA and SpaceX take another step toward launching astronauts from US soil. SpaceX shares thrilling Crew Dragon parachute test – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Do you too experience extremely awkward interactions with children? Help us speak their language, Duolingo. SNL just created a Duolingo course that needs to be real – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Android bug impacting all Android 8 or later devices lets hackers plant malware via NFC beaming and circumvent the installation security prompt; patch available — All Android 8 (Oreo) or later devices are impacted. Google released a patch last month, in October 2019. Android bug impacting all Android 8 or later
Read MoreTop executives at TikTok have declined to testify at a congressional hearing slated for next week to explore the tech industry and its ties to China, a move that threatens to worsen the social-media app’s woes in Washington. TikTok declines to testify to Congress about China, in move that threatens to stoke lawmakers’ ire Source:
Read MoreDepending on how you look at it, the Internet turned 50 years old last week. On October 29, 1969, the first message was transmitted between two of the four nodes that made up ARPANET, the Internet’s predecessor network. ARPANET was created after a million dollars earmarked for ballistic missile defense was diverted from the Advanced
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Lookback Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Backdoor.Wellmess Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreIf you’re an HBO Now customer that’s been eyeing HBO Max, you might want to make sure you’re paying HBO directly for the service now, and if you’re not, consider transitioning your account over now to a directly HBO-billed service rather. Read more… HBO Now Users Should Switch to an HBO-Billed Plan if They Want
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Evan Spiegel on Snap’s turnaround, how Snapchat’s controversial redesign, after few fixes, increased the time users spend on premium content, Facebook, more — As the company turns a corner, the CEO says Snapchat’s controversial redesign is paying off — Last year, Snap Inc. Chief Executive … Evan Spiegel on Snap's turnaround, how
Read MoreSmallKat is a cute little robot with a lot of capability designed around teaching and experimenting with dynamic robot control. It’s a shame we haven’t covered SmallKat yet, as it’s both a finalist in the 2019 Hackaday Prize and was one of the Bootstrap Winners this year. Many hobby robots move by repeating a pre-programmed
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft unveils a new logo for Edge Chromium, ahead of the release of the final version of the browser — The new icon is a wave surfing the web — Microsoft is refreshing the logo for its Chromium-based Edge browser. The software giant originally unveiled its Edge icon more than
Read MoreGive (or get) the gift of better computing performance. Best Windows and Mac laptops and desktops for holiday gifts for 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAndy Greenberg / Wired: Researchers spot the first successful attack using Windows BlueKeep vulnerability; the exploit is not a worm and installs cryptominers, instead of ransomware — After months of warnings, the first successful attack using Microsoft’s BlueKeep vulnerability has arrived—but isn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. Researchers spot the first successful
Read MoreAnd one you should definitely skip. Best gaming keyboards under 0 for 2019: Mechanical, RGB and wireless compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe’ll get to see one of the spacecraft NASA hopes to use to send astronauts to orbit fly on Monday. NASA to livestream key Boeing Starliner spaceship test – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDown from $200, it’s now cheap enough to battle evil with an authentic light saber in your living room. The Star Wars Jedi Challenges AR kit is now just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you buy both games, you can save $32 on these hot Switch titles. Walmart early Black Friday sale: Rare discounts on Mario and Zelda Switch games – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDigital delay pedals are pretty good nowadays and even the cheaper ones do a pretty good job at emulating the sound of old analog delay effects. And that’s good, because the original delay effects can run you a pretty penny. If you’re in to DIY electronics, though, analog delay effects can still be built without
Read More{$inline_image} Digital delay pedals are pretty good nowadays and even the cheaper ones do a pretty good job at emulating the sound of old analog delay effects. And that’s good, because the original delay effects can run you a pretty penny. If you’re in to DIY electronics, though, analog delay effects can still be built
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Unprotected database for popular “camgirl” sites run by Spain-based VTS Media exposed months worth of user activity logs and chats, details about sex workers — A number of popular “camgirl” sites have exposed millions of sex workers and users after the company running the sites left the back-end database unprotected. Unprotected
Read MoreAmerican’s big tech companies haven’t had to worry much about competition. Then an addictive Chinese app arrived. Teens Love TikTok. Silicon Valley Is Trying to Stage an Intervention. Source: NY Times Tech
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