Motorola might finally give us want we’ve been asking for – a reincarnated Razr phone. According to a report by CNET, the company has sent an invite for an event scheduled for next month that hints towards a flip phone’s launch. The invite shows a device folding and unfolding with “An original, unlike any other”
Read MoreSwedish company Yubico has announced that its hardware security keys can now be used to login to a local Windows OS account. The feature, which underwent extensive testing over the past six months, lets you add a second layer of authentication to your Windows accounts, by plugging a USB key into your PC. To reiterate, using
Read More[Esther Rietmann] and colleagues built a Telepresence Robot to allow work at home teammates to have a virtual, but physical presence in the office. A telepresence robot is like a tablet mounted on a Roomba, providing motion capability in addition to an audio/video connection. Built during a 48 hour hackathon, it is a bit crude
Read MoreGoogle’s new Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor. Instead it relies on “Face Unlock,” a proprietary facial scanning system similar to the one found in Apple’s Face ID. Early reports show a system that works well, perhaps too well, in fact, according to some security experts. To unlock a Pixel, the operator must
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researcher finds bug dating back to 2013 in a driver for Realtek Wi-Fi chips in Linux devices that could let hackers remotely crash or compromise devices — Buffer overflow can be triggered in Realtek Wi-Fi chips, no user interaction needed. — A potentially serious vulnerability in Linux … Researcher finds
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: YubiKeys can now be used to log into PCs running Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, via the Yubico Login app, previously only available to Mac and Linux users — Yubico releases app that lets users configure YubiKeys to work on top of local Windows OS accounts. — Starting today, users …
Read MoreAll the cool projects now can connect to a computer or phone for control, right? But it is a pain to create an app to run on different platforms to talk to your project. [Kevin Darrah] says no and shows how you can use Google Chrome to do the dirty work. He takes a garden-variety
Read MoreThe Vatican continues to take great pains to bring Catholic faith into the modern era, and this week it’s transforming the faithful rosary — adapting today’s popular fitness tracker idea into a $110 bracelet that tracks your prayers. No, we’re not joking: this is a real gadget launched at a Vatican press conference whose specs
Read MoreJosephine Wolff / Slate: Zappos settles 2012 data breach lawsuit, compensating about 24M affected customers with a 10%-off coupon, a paltry deal compared to Equifax’s settlement in July — In January 2012, the Amazon-owned online retailer Zappos suffered a major data breach that exposed personal information … Zappos settles 2012 data breach lawsuit, compensating about
Read MoreThese fun Halloween options will take your house from an everyday fright to ghoulishly spook-tacular. Halloween 2019: Last-minute high-tech decorations – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Atlassian acquires Code Barrel, makers of Automation for Jira, a tool used to automate routine processes with Jira that is used by Visa, Cisco, Airbnb, more — The acquisition was announced alongside Atlassian’s first quarter financial results. — Atlassian said on Thursday … Atlassian acquires Code Barrel, makers of Automation for
Read MoreNintendo today released sales figures for the Switch, and it should really not come as a huge surprise to know that it’s surpassed 15 million units sold in North America alone. That means Nintendo’s hybrid console is dominating its two main competitors, the PS4 and the Xbox One. According to the NPD Group, a market
Read MoreTune in on to witness two women stepping out into space together for the first time. How to watch the historic first all-female spacewalk on ISS Friday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Ant-Man actor is even funnier when his mouth is on fire. See Paul Rudd joke about Thanos' butt while eating veggies dipped in hot sauce – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook live stream viewers saw nearly entirely positive comments and emojis during Zuckerberg’s speech because of how the algorithms behind a live-stream with tens of thousands of viewers work. On Facebook’s live stream, Zuckerberg’s free-speech lecture got a big thumbs up Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn November 2017, we showed you [Chris Annin]’s open-source 6-DOF robot arm. Since then he’s been improving the arm and making it more accessible for anyone who doesn’t get to play with industrial robots all day at work. The biggest improvement is that AR2 had a closed-loop control system, and AR3 is open-loop. If something
Read MoreWe promise there’s no trick involved. Snag a Staub pumpkin cocotte for more than 60% right now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDano joins the cast alongside Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz and Jeffrey Wright. The Batman movie gets a new Riddler: Paul Dano of There Will Be Blood – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMichael Potuck / 9to5Mac: iPhone users who save photos as HEIC/HEIF may get free unlimited storage of photos at original resolution with Google Photos, unlike Pixel 4 owners — One of the unique selling points for the Pixel smartphone lineup over the last few years has been free unlimited storage of original quality pictures with
Read MoreWe heard early this year that Motorola would be bringing back its iconic RAZR handset as a pricy smartphone with a vertically folding screen, and in February the company confirmed it was working on a foldable for this year. Now, as CNET reports, the company has sent out invites for a November 13th event that
Read MoreImage: Yahoo Yahoo Groups is about to shut down, and it’s taking a lot of the old web with it. All content that had been posted there will be deleted by mid-December, and although it will be available for download before the end comes, the site will be largely shuttered by the end of this
Read MorePhoto: Chris Welch / The Verge Since 2018, Google has slowly added ways to report incidents on the road like accidents, road closures, and traffic slowdowns — something made popular by Google-owned Waze — to Google Maps on Android. Starting this week, though, Google says Google Maps users on iOS will soon be able to
Read MoreThe company’s Wireless Intelligence Platform uses artificial intelligence to identify potential WiFi connection threats and provide actionable steps to optimize performance. Wyebot Launches AI-Powered WiFi Network Platform Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreTwo California State University campuses are working with CodePath.org to strengthen their computer science degree offerings. Cal State Schools Add CodePath CS Courses Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreYahoo Finance: Nintendo reports that all variants of Switch have sold 15M+ units in North America since Q1 2017, and sales through September were up 20%+ YoY — Nintendo Switch is the Best-Selling U.S. Video Game Console for 10 Months in a Row — Nintendo Switch Lite systems have combined to sell … Nintendo reports
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