I just can’t wait to be in a whole new world with the SNES and Sega Genesis platforming classics. Disney's classic '90s Disney Aladdin and Lion King games are apparently being remastered – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreVizio is one of the three manufacturers who are interested in the new mode. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The UHD Alliance, a collection of companies who work together to define display standards, has announced Filmmaker Mode, a new TV setting that’s designed to show films as they were originally mastered, with
Read MoreLG now sells refrigerators that make fancy clear ice. LG's new killer fridge feature: Clear ice for cocktails – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRenee Dudley / ProPublica: Investigation finds cyber insurers often prefer to pay the ransom for ransomware attacks, even when backup files could be recovered, to save claim costs — Even when public agencies and companies hit by ransomware could recover their files on their own, insurers prefer to pay the ransom. Why? Investigation finds cyber
Read MoreThe new AU-Stream ANC earphones from startup Ausounds feature active noise-canceling in an AirPods-like design for $150. Like AirPods, but with noise canceling: The surprising Ausounds headphones – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWith over 300 million users, Duolingo is arguably the biggest language learning website around. And while it can teach you to parle français and hablar español, the site also offers courses in more esoteric languages, like Klingon, Esperanto, and as of today, Latin. Well, perhaps esoteric isn’t exactly the right word. Although Latin is no
Read MorePhoto by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The BBC is launching its own voice assistant, appropriately called ‘Beeb’ (though the efficacy of that wake word is completely suspect in a world where people might talk about Justin Bieber, just saying). Upon hearing this news, you might be tempted to think, “Ugh, why? This isn’t necessary.” I wouldn’t
Read MoreNearly half of all PCs used in small businesses are running Windows 7 despite Microsoft’s January 2020 deadline. Windows 7 end of life: Months from patch cut-off, millions still haven't upgraded Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreFacebook on Wednesday announced it would tighten some of its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 presidential election, imposing new requirements that candidates and campaigns submit more information about who actually paid for their ads. Facebook to require buyers of political ads to provide more information about who paid for them Source: Washington
Read MoreBracing for the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the company adds more steps for buyers of political ads. Disinformation experts aren’t sure it is enough. Facebook Tightens Rules on Verifying Political Advertisers Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube’s difficult summer rolls on. Recent stories have revealed that the company might be accidentally generating video playlists for pedophiles; the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the site’s targeting of ads toward children; and the New York Times linked the site’s popularity to the rise of right-wing extremism
Read MorePhishing is a method of trying to gather personal information using deceptive e-mails and websites. Here’s what you need to know about this increasingly sophisticated form of cyberattack. What is phishing? Learn how this attack works Source: Security
Read More{$inline_image}Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Stephen Hawking used to say: Crack open this tasty lobster! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 27 2019,
Read MoreNew-gadget season is almost here, but our columnist has concluded, after testing hundreds of gizmos over the years, that it pays to wait. The Joys of Being a Late Tech Adopter Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAn early render of the Pixel 4 was tweeted by Google back in June. | Image: Google Photos of what could be Google’s upcoming Pixel 4 have leaked via Telegram, XDA-Developers is reporting. The images appear to show a device that’s consistent with the official pics and information that’s been released about the phone by
Read MoreAnother Google service bites the dust, and this time it’s Google Hire. The company said it’ll shut down the job tracking system by next year. Hire helped HR departments keep track of and communicate with candidates. This tool was a product in development at Bebop, a startup Google acquired for $380 million in 2015. Its
Read MoreHydraulic components are the industrial power transmission version of LEGO. Pumps, cylinders, valves – pretty much everything is standardized, and fitting out a working system is a matter of picking the right parts and just plumbing everything together. That’s fine if you want to build an excavator or a dump truck, but what if you want
Read MoreThe supposedly independent group of companies tasked with overseeing the delivery of Facebook‘s “cryptocurrency” Libra has announced a public bug bounty. In a blog post yesterday, the Libra association disclosed that its offering up to $10,000 to security researchers that find flaws and help tune up the Libra blockchain. The bug bounty was first opened
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. A few days ago, I was baffled to see an obviously scammy event pop up in my Google calendar: I’d won $2,338 in some ‘annual competition.’ I had no idea
Read MoreAnother day, another instance of Android malware found on the Google Play app store. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab said they found an app with 100 million downloads that housed a malicious module that then pushed ads or downloaded apps surreptitiously onto compromised Android devices. The malicious component was found by the researchers after they were alerted
Read MoreBloomberg: German data protection authority is probing Facebook over transcribing audio of its users, adding to an investigation into Google’s speech assistant — – Social network is facing intense regulatory scrutiny in Europe — Speech recognition forms new front for tech privacy probes German data protection authority is probing Facebook over transcribing audio of its
Read MoreCanon just announced two new cameras with 32.5-megapixel crop sensors: the 90D and the M6 Mark II. Both snappers share the same features with differences in design. While the 90D carries on with Canon’s familiar D-series body design, the M6 Mark II has a mirrorless body with a 3-inch touch screen and no opticalviewfinder. The 32.5-megapixel
Read MoreAn uninterruptible power supply (UPS) isn’t something solely to have hooked up to your desktop PC. Your Raspberry Pi SBC might also benefit from it. Yet the available options aren’t too great, or are too expensive. This leads folk including [Joachim Baumann] to modify cheerfully cheap Chinese UPS HAT boards such as the Geekworm UPS
Read MoreJames Cameron, Christopher Nolan and more have a magic button. How to fix your bad TV settings, according to Hollywood's biggest directors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCanon has announced two new enthusiast-grade cameras that are similar in capability but very different in form. Whether you’d get along better with the EOS 90D or the EOS M6 Mark II will entirely depend on your feelings about the never-ending DSLR-versus-mirrorless debate. Both cameras have a new 32.5-megapixel APS-C image sensor, a DIGIC 8
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