No official announcement yet, but we believe Eleven, Joyce, Will and crew will be back for another round. Stranger Things 4: Everything we know about the next season – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLast week, online sneaker marketplace StockX disclosed a major data breach that originally took place in May. The breach had exposed names, email addresses, shipping addresses, usernames, shoe sizes, hashed passwords, and purchase histories of about 6.8 million customers. According to Bleeping Computer, the stolen data is now being sold online on dark web. A report by
Read MoreLast week, Samsung announced its new flagship duo of the Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+. Now, its competitor, Huawei, is gearing up to launch the Mate 30 Pro next month. According to a report by the Russian news site, High-tech.mail.ru, the company is launching the device powered by a new chip – the Kirin
Read MoreFitness trackers have become a popular piece of consumer electronic equipment, with a range of models from a variety of manufacturers. Many of these commercial offerings, however, leave the consumer with the prospect of their data being drawn off to a cloud server and sold to the highest bidder, trading convenience for a loss of
Read MoreJavier Espinoza / Financial Times: Private equity firm KKR to acquire German payments group Heidelpay, which is used by 30K+ merchants for online and mobile payments, for €600M+ — KKR has won the race to buy German payments group Heidelpay for more than €600m in a fresh sign of investor appetite for companies that offer
Read MoreFrom smart displays to smart speakers to smart lights and locks, Google Assistant can control a ton of smart home devices. Here are our favorites. The best Google Assistant and Google Home devices of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: The FBI is seeking an early alerting tool that scans public data from social media to monitor threats to the US, which may violate Facebook and Twitter policies — Agency solicits vendor proposals to collect data from Facebook, other social media to head off safety threats The FBI is seeking an early
Read MoreA terrific SummerSlam. WWE SummerSlam 2019: Results, full recap, match rankings and a new champion – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese days, it’s common among us hackers to load a stepper motor with forces in-line with their shaft–especially when we couple them to leadscrews or worm gears. Unfortunately, steppers aren’t really intended for this sort of loading, and doing so with high forces can destroy the motor. Fear not, though. If you find yourself in
Read MoreThomas Ohr / EU-Startups: Vienna-based Bitpanda raises €43.6M through an Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), launches a crypto exchange that allows fiat-to-crypto trading in 54+ countries — Bitpanda, the Viennese fintech with more than 1 million users, just reached a significant milestone. Vienna-based Bitpanda raises €43.6M through an Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), launches a crypto exchange
Read MoreThe Fortnite pro criticizes the video streaming giant for using his offline channel to promote content across the site. Ninja disgusted with Twitch after pornography appears on his channel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJust ignore the “live-action” technicality. The Lion King overtakes Frozen as Disney's biggest animated movie ever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: Defcon has a prototype secure voting machine for hacking, funded by a $10M DARPA project aimed at developing an open source voting platform on secure hardware — At this year’s Defcon hacking conference, Darpa brought the beginnings of what it hopes will be impervious hardware. Defcon has a prototype secure
Read MoreAiring live right now on the WWE Network. WWE SummerSlam 2019: Live updates, results and match ratings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: LeafLink raises $35M Series B led by Thrive Capital for its e-commerce marketplace that connects 1,200+ licensed cannabis brands to 3,500+ cannabis retailers — LeafLink, a wholesale marketplace for the cannabis industry, said today it’s closed a $35 million Series B round of funding led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive
Read MoreA place to start when you’re overwhelmed by choices. Best laptops, desktops and tablets for designers and creatives in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWant a smart home you can control using Siri commands? You’ll need the right devices — here are our favorites. The best Apple HomeKit devices of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBy the time this goes to press, DEFCON 27 will pretty much be history. But badgelife continues, and it’d be nice to have a way of keeping track of all the badges offered. Martin Lebel stepped up to the challenge with a DEF CON 27 badgelife tracker. He’s been tracking the scene since March, and
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Researchers: security flaws in 40+ kernel drivers from 20 vendors including Intel, AMD, and Huawei, can give hackers improperly elevated privileges on Windows — Affected vendors include the likes of Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, ASRock, AMI, Gigabyte, Realtek, Huawei, and more. Researchers: security flaws in 40+ kernel drivers from 20 vendors including
Read MoreNeil Cybart / Above Avalon: Apple’s wearables, now at a $16B annual run rate and growing at 55%-60%, will cross iPad and Mac by the end of 2020 to become its third largest product category — The wearables era at Apple began years ago. However, Wall Street and Silicon Valley are only now slowly starting
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our new column Pod Hunters, we cover what we’ve been listening to that we can’t stop thinking about. I’d recommend against listening to QCode’s latest podcast while driving. When I
Read MoreEnterprise software vendors are subscription happy, but they’re delving into usage plans for customers too. Toss in some perpetual licenses and your negotiations with strategic vendors are about to get more complicated. Enterprise software vendors mix and match monetization models: What happens when subscription, usage and licensing converge? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreShh! John Krasinski is bringing moviegoers back to that horrific universe where noise = death. A Quiet Place Part 2: Everything we know about the haunting sequel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePatrick Howell O’Neill / MIT Technology Review: FireEye: Chinese state-backed hacker group APT41 hacks video-game companies and sells virtual game currencies on the dark web as a side hustle — Just because you’re a world-class Chinese government hacker busy conducting espionage against geopolitical adversaries doesn’t mean you can’t make a little extra money on the
Read MoreTrump retweeted a conspiracy theory Saturday about the death of Jeffrey Epstein, turning baseless rumors into national news. The dangerous cycle that keeps conspiracy theories in the news — and Trump’s tweets Source: Washington Post Tech
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