FAA prohibits recalled MacBook Pros from flights – CNET
Laptops were recalled due to battery fire risk. FAA prohibits recalled MacBook Pros from flights – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLaptops were recalled due to battery fire risk. FAA prohibits recalled MacBook Pros from flights – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMiguel Sapochnik thought “it didn’t matter how she got there.” Game of Thrones director explains why we didn't see how Arya reached the Night King – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTime to unbox and activate the titanium Apple Card. Apple Card is here and this is what it looks like – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis might seem like common sense: if your 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display is a fire risk, you can’t bring it on an airplane. But Bloomberg is reporting that the FAA is taking the extra step of explicitly banning select recalled MacBook Pros from being brought aboard as cargo or carry-ons — seemingly singling
Read MoreBrian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Microsoft patches four wormable BlueKeep-like bugs in Remote Desktop Service, two of which can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction — Most Microsoft Windows (ab)users probably welcome the monthly ritual of applying security updates about as much as they look forward … Microsoft patches four wormable BlueKeep-like
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan. Backdoor.Pymet Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreJon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Verizon sues Rochester, NY to avoid paying fees the city levied over its 5G deployments, uses the FCC’s controversial order limiting such fees to argue its case — Verizon lawsuit against Rochester relies on FCC vote to cap city-imposed fees. — Verizon has sued the City of Rochester … Verizon
Read MoreThe live-action puppies have appeared on their first magazine cover. Disney's Lady and the Tramp remake stars these rescue dogs – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by US law enforcement — in which it incorrectly identified 26 California
Read More{$inline_image}As government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by US law enforcement — in which it incorrectly identified 26 California
Read More“He wants to be known as the TV Santa Claus. I don’t know,” one homeowner told Virginia ABC affiliate WTVR-TV. So begins the tale of a human who literally stuck a giant television on his or her head so they could bring joy to the world in the form of unwanted TV sets. And just
Read MoreToy pianos are fun to plink around on for a minute, but their small keyboards and even smaller sound make them musically uninteresting pretty quickly. [Måns Jonasson] found a way to jazz up a two-octave toy piano almost beyond recognition. All it took was thirty solenoids, a few Arduinos, a MIDI shield, and a lot
Read MoreEd Targett / Computer Business Review: Amazon says it has added “fear” to the range of emotions that its Rekognition facial recognition software can now detect — Release follows amid immigration protests — AWS has added “fear” to the range of emotions identified by its Amazon Rekognition facial analysis service … Amazon says it has
Read MoreThe combo will speed up efforts in streaming, the companies say. CBS, Viacom to reunite in merger that creates roughly B company – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDara Kerr / CNET: Property owners and hosts, including eight people who dealt with bedbugs in their rentals, say Airbnb doesn’t have a systematic procedure to handle outbreaks — Waking up with bedbug bites can be a nightmare. It’s also a costly and traumatic problem for Airbnb guests and hosts. Property owners and hosts, including
Read MoreThanks to aggressive government subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles, a Model 3 in South Korea is even more reasonably priced than it would be in the US. Tesla's Model 3 is now on sale in South Korea and it's cheaper than you'd think – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe $600 million supercomputer will be the world’s fastest. Cray to build El Capitan supercomputer for nuclear security apps – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe best time of year to see shooting stars doesn’t disappoint, despite a bright moon. See the Perseid meteor shower make a celestial scene worldwide – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCasey Newton / The Verge: Twitter to soon let users follow interests, starting with sports, and create separate timelines for different topics; topics will be curated by Twitter using AI — A new way to explore interests on Twitter — Twitter will begin letting users follow interests, the company said today … Twitter to soon
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Electric moped sharing startup Revel is expanding beyond New York City and into Washington, DC. Starting this weekend, Revel’s mopeds (which are more like speed-limited electric motor scooters, since they don’t have pedals) will be available to rent and ride in the capital city as part of a
Read MorePhoto by Michele Doying / The Verge Twitter will begin allowing users to follow interests, the company said today, letting users see tweets about topics of their choosing inside the timeline. When the feature goes live, you’ll be able to follow topics including sports teams, celebrities, and television shows, with a selection of tweets about
Read MoreDarrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Nvidia says it has broken records for real-time conversational AI, training the industry-standard BERT model in 53 minutes and then inferring responses in ~2ms — Nvidia’s GPU-powered platform for developing and running conversational AI that understands and responds to natural language requests … Nvidia says it has broken records for real-time
Read MoreFacebook doesn’t need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe audio snippets from your conversations within its services – without making it sufficiently clear these clips were being recorded. Other tech giants have done similar, but that doesn’t make
Read MorePhoto credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images On August 12th, the Trump Administration issued crucial changes to the Endangered Species Act, which — if implemented next month — will affect both people and wildlife. Critics of the new measures, announced by the Fish and Wildlife Service, say the changes weaken protections for many species, and
Read MoreIn what has become a thing over the past few months, Facebook is the latest of the tech giants to admit that outside contractors were given access to users’ voice recordings. Read more… Change These Facebook Settings to Make Your Voice Recordings More Private Source: Life Hacker
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