Brian Heater / TechCrunch: At its Unpacked event, Samsung showed off PlayGalaxy Link, a new feature to stream games directly from a PC to the Galaxy Note10 — One of the more interesting news tidbits from yesterday’s Unpacked event got a bit drowned out in all of the noise. Understandably so … At its Unpacked
Read MoreAn engineering student in Illinois has put together a handy map to help pinpoint locations where police are tapped into Ring’s surveillance network. Ring, a company best known for smart doorbells and home security cameras, has a massive network of these cameras installed, some of which are being used for surveillance purposes by police in
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. YouTube videos are great ways to keep yourself entertained for a short period of time — but what happens when you don’t have access to the internet? How do you
Read MoreIt was a “productive discussion” on combating hateful and violent content online, says lobbying group the Internet Association. White House meets with social media giants on predicting mass shootings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKrystal Hu / Yahoo Finance: As per emails sent to job applicants, Uber has been canceling scheduled interviews this week, due to a hiring freeze in engineering teams in the US and Canada — Uber isn’t letting tech workers join the ride, at least for now. — The ride-hailing giant has been canceling scheduled …
Read MoreAn employee lost an external hard drive with patients’ personal information. New York Fire Department warns 10,000 patients about potential data breach – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researcher finds hundreds of exposed AWS EBS snapshots leaking sensitive customer data, like VPN configurations, passwords, and in some cases government data — How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings. Researcher finds hundreds of exposed AWS EBS snapshots
Read MoreSen. Ron Wyden speaks at the Voting Village at Defcon on Friday, discussing issues surrounding US election security. Senator: Status quo on voting machine security is a 'danger to our democracy' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe carrier will take $200 off 12 months’ worth of whatever service plan you choose! Galaxy Note 10 deal: Bring your phone to US Mobile and save 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYesterday we published a first look at the hardware found on the DEF CON 27 badge. Sporting a magnetically coupled wireless communications scheme rather than an RF-based one, and an interesting way to attach the lanyard both caught my attention right away. But the gemstone faceplate and LED diffuser has its own incredible backstory you
Read MoreHe spent thousands on a data-collecting monstrosity to figure out why people considered the security conference’s network dangerous. What a security researcher learned from monitoring traffic at Defcon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA Walmart video game aisle from a Berlin, VT store still containing video games with violence and firearms as of August 9th, 2019. | Photo by Andrew Liptak / The Verge IGN reported this afternoon that Walmart is pulling violent video games from shelves, but the retailer confirmed to The Verge that it has not
Read MoreAt one point, the company was losing millions of dollars a month, according to a Business Insider report. MoviePass reportedly changed passwords to keep users from ordering tickets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJane Manchun Wong: Twitter’s web app code suggests that the company is working on a search feature for Direct Messages — As Twitter users, we often have to scroll through the numerous Direct Messages just to find the past conversations we want to recall. The older the message, the longer it takes to scroll, up
Read MoreBy the time you finish reading this article, you’ll be minutes closer to the 16 April launch of CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. But if you’re anything like me, you want it now and you might spontaneously combust if you have to wait that long. As a public service, I’ve compiled a handful of games
Read More{$inline_image}After the terrible shooting in an El Paso Walmart, the company is apparently taking steps to respect the deaths of twenty-two people. It’s doing this by removing signs advertising certain video games — which begs the question: how exactly is this supposed to help? The company documentation listing the changes was discovered by journalist Kenneth
Read MoreGraphic by William Joel / The Verge Struggling theater subscription service MoviePass reportedly resorted to extreme tactics to prevent users from taking advantage of core features, according to a new report from Business Insider. In particular, the report highlights a strategy the company used to keep users from bankrupting it, by changing account passwords to
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: Sources: WH explored ways to predict mass shootings by scanning social media posts, at a meeting with Facebook, Twitter, and others, who raised privacy concerns — Top officials in the Trump administration expressed interest in tools that might anticipate mass shootings or predict attackers … Sources: WH explored ways to
Read MoreIt was just a few months ago that I wrote about the Naim Mu-so 2, an update to one of the first high-end streaming speakers. I’m currently in the process of testing that model, and it delivers remarkable sound quality in a soundbar-like body. But for many spaces, it’s kind of overkill. For those places,
Read MoreRussian officials are investigating Apple’s moves to remove parental control apps from its App Store shortly after it released a competing service. Russia Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into App Restriction at Apple Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is experimenting with using a swarm of autonomous drones and ground robots to assist with military missions. In a video of a recent test, DARPA showed how its robots analyzed two city blocks to find, surround, and secure a mock city building. DARPA conducted its test back in
Read MoreThe technology could serve as an early-warning system for potential attacks, White House officials proposed at the brainstorming session, perhaps compiling information from across social sites to identify attacks before they happen White House questions tech giants on ways to predict shootings from social media Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto: Chris Welch / The Verge Internet telecom companies aren’t your friends, no matter how cheerful they may try to portray themselves in advertisements. The latest reminder of that fact is the story of Tully Free Library in rural Tully, NY, which got hit by an absurd $880 bill from Verizon for using a mere
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Intel introduces “Engineered for mobile performance” badge to indicate compliance with Project Athena specifications, starting with Dell’s XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop — Intel’s Project Athena makes slightly more sense now — Intel is embarking on a branding effort that’s designed … Intel introduces "Engineered for mobile performance" badge to indicate
Read MoreLetters were sent to corporate CEOs after The Washington Post’s discovery of ammunition and rifle magazines for sale online. U.S. senators call on Google, Amazon and eBay to halt online gun accessory sales Source: Washington Post Tech
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