Huawei has officially announced HarmonyOS, the operating system it was rumored to be developing to replace its reliance on Android. In China the software will be known as Hongmeng. The company says the operating system, a microkernel-based distributed OS, can be used in everything from smartphones to smart speakers, wearables, and in-vehicle systems to create
Read MoreHuawei just announced a new operating system called Harmony OS at its developer conference in China. The company said the HarmonyOS is a microkernel-based distributed OS for all platforms including mobile phones, wearables, laptops, and televisions. The Chinese tech giant said the OS will be open-sourced with its own ARK compiler. It will also support existing
Read MoreYuki Chen of Qihoo 360’s Vulcan team named top bug hunter. Palo Alto Networks named top zero-day reporter. Microsoft names top security researchers, zero-day contributors Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreFacebook is keen to become a major news distributor again, after being lambasted for years over its role in aiding the spread of misinformation. A report from the Wall Street Journal last night indicated that the social network is offering major publications multi-million dollar deals to bring them on board its upcoming news service. The
Read MoreFacebook — inarguably the world’s largest facial database — has a lost a federal appeal in a class-action lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions of users without their consent. The lawsuit began in 2015 when Illinois-based Facebook users sued the company for violating the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA),
Read MoreAin’t no party like an NXT party. NXT TakeOver Toronto: Start time, how to watch, full match card and WWE Network – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRobotics is hard, maybe not quite as difficult as astrophysics or understanding human relationships, but designing a competition winning bot from scratch was never going to be easy. Ok, so [Paul Bupe, Jr’s] robot, named ‘Goose’, did not quite win the competition, but we’re very interested to learn what golden eggs it might lay in
Read MoreThe decision was made out of respect for the victims of deadly shootings in El Paso and Dayton, according to a note to affiliates. ESPN postpones X Games Apex tournament broadcast after mass shootings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSalvador Rodriguez / CNBC: After denying it broke Instagram’s rules, Hyp3r says it has taken its services offline for now, and is planning to meet with Facebook as soon as next week — KEY POINTS — Facebook is setting up a meeting with Hyp3r, a marketing firm that was removed from Instagram after allegedly violating
Read MoreYes, that’s real Chernobyl vodka. No, you can’t drink it (yet). Chernobyl vodka: Scientists distill spirit in radioactive exclusion zone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBlackmagic Design has revealed its latest compact camera for cinematography, the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K. It looks pretty similar to the 4K camera introduced last year, which is to say that it looks like a Minolta SLR from 1993, but it has a bigger sensor — it shoots in Super 35 format (similar to APS-C)
Read MoreThe first generation of Pokemon games made for the Nintendo Switch are already controversial. Pokemon Sword and Shield: Release date, rivals and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company is considering participating in the new hypercar class that’s set to replace LMP1. Lamborghini could be headed to Le Mans in 2021, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePlantbnb? If you’re concerned about leaving your ferns and cacti behind, the new Patch Plant Hotel will watch over your indoor plants. Hotel for plants takes care of your greenery while you're gone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIf you think [Dubious Engineering]’s moniker is just a name, have a look at the pretty terrible soldering iron hacked out of a lighter in the video below. No one is suggesting this is a good idea but in an emergency, maybe it would come in handy. We liked the use of a chopstick and
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Securiti.ai, which is developing an automated platform that helps enterprises comply with privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, raises $31M Series A — Cybercrime never sleeps. Juniper Research pegs the number of digital records that will be stolen in 2023 at 33 billion, compared with the 12 billion stolen in 2018.
Read MorePokemon have really taken a hard-core turn. There's a Pokemon inspired by Gene Simmons and he's taking it really well – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe “I am Iron Man” line was put in at the last minute. The Russos explain the story behind Iron Man's iconic final line in Avengers: Endgame – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA handful of the most popular gay dating apps are exposing the precise location of their users. In a demonstration for BBC, security researchers were able to generate a map of app users across London, revealing the precise location of each using a method called trilateration. Apps like Grindr and Romeo are meant to expose
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: Researchers: nearly two years after US banned the use of Kaspersky by the government, its software can still be found on military and other federal networks — In September 2017, the U.S. government said it was going to outlaw the use of security software from Russian company Kaspersky Lab. Researchers: nearly
Read MoreFinSMEs: SignalWire raises $11.5M Series A led by Storm Ventures, with Samsung NEXT, Sequoia, others participating, for its open-source enterprise communication platform — SignalWire, Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of an open-source enterprise communication platform, closed an $11.5m Series A funding round. SignalWire raises .5M Series A led by Storm Ventures, with Samsung NEXT,
Read MoreIf you build it, Major League Baseball will come. Eventually. Yankees, White Sox will play a real game on the Field of Dreams in 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat backfired. Samsung quietly pulls ads mocking Apple's killing of headphone jack after following suit – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Android Security team’s former tech lead, who’s now a security researcher on Google’s Project Zero, breaks down why. Android malware that comes preinstalled is a massive threat – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSan Francisco will reportedly be the site of the test by the food-delivery company. Postmates could deliver your next meal by robot – CNET Source: CNet
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