Tablet for kids had flaws that exposed info, location – CNET
Toy maker LeapFrog says it’s now secured the devices. Tablet for kids had flaws that exposed info, location – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreToy maker LeapFrog says it’s now secured the devices. Tablet for kids had flaws that exposed info, location – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSlack: Slack announces several new enterprise security features, including secondary authentication via Face ID, Touch ID and domain whitelisting tools for IT admins — New features give Enterprise Grid admins more control over who can use Slack and how, and which devices are approved Slack announces several new enterprise security features, including secondary authentication via
Read MorePeople traveling on the UK airline faced long delays and cancelations due to tech failures Wednesday. British Airways passengers should prepare themselves for major delays today – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA crowded Manhattan street, an unprotected bike lane and the high-tech helmet that saved my life. My e-bike brush with death – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhether you’re in the woods or way up a mountain, basic knowledge of your environment can yield a lot of power. The more you know about the temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and your altitude, the easier it is to predict future weather and stick to your height limits. Sure, you could buy some pre-fab doohickey
Read MorePhoto by Sam Byford / The Verge In hindsight, the Nintendo 64 was a pretty weird system. The controller was weird, the decision to go with expensive cartridges was weird, and the internal hardware was in a weird place where early texture filtering was possible even though storing and displaying detailed textures was not. It
Read MoreThat would save you $5 monthly. Also, Disney may reboot Home Alone. Disney+ will discount a bundle with Hulu and ESPN+ for a month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s never a dull day in the world of cryptocurrency, and today is no different. Over the past few hours an unknown individual has been terrorizing cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its users by attempting to extort 300 Bitcoin (nearly $3.5 million) out of the business. The exchange is also giving a reward of up to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge With Facebook under antitrust scrutiny around the world, the company is spending more time making the case that it is beset on all sides by competitors. There are other messaging apps, other professional networking apps, and other video apps. And when it comes to good old-fashioned social networking
Read MoreFinding porn online is astonishingly easy, as I’m sure you’re already aware. But even innocent terms like “school girl” can often bring up more sexually explicit outfits than image of girls actually at school. Just last month, if you were to type ‘lesbian’ into Google, you’d be faced with a wall of pornographic imagery. However,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s developer-focused MSDN Magazine is shutting down in November, after more than three decades of publication. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft has taken the decision after basically all of its technical resources have migrated online to sites including docs.microsoft.com, the Visual Studio Subscriptions portal, and The Visual Studio Blog. In addition
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Ibotta, an app that offers cash back for in-store and online purchases, says it has raised a Series D at a $1B valuation; it had previously raised about $85M — Ibotta, a startup whose platform doles out rewards for in-store and online purchases, today announced a series D funding round led
Read MoreThe ride-hailing company, craving growth, is looking to public transit for riders and revenue. Cities aren’t sure whether to welcome it. Uber Wants to Sell You Train Tickets. And Be Your Bus Service, Too. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWhether you’re worried about home intruders or just need to spy on your dog, these cameras can stream a live video feed straight to your phone. The best home security cameras of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere are plenty of phones with a 48-megapixel camera like the OnePlus 7 Pro, the Redmi Note 7, and the Honor View 20. And some companies like Realme are set to launch devices with a 64-megapixel cameras. Now, Xiaomi has just announced that it’ll soon launch a phone with a whopping 108-megapixel camera. At a
Read MoreInternet retail giant Amazon is looking for a software engineer to put advertising data on the blockchain, according to a recent job posting on LinkedIn. The online retailer is looking for a senior software engineer to work in its “Advertising FinTech team focused on a blockchain ledger,” the job listing reads. Amazon says the successful individual
Read MoreA California-based couple will have to forfeit their cryptocurrency riches after pleading guilty to running a dark web drug operation ring. Jabari Monson, 32, of Merced, California pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Saudia Monson, 39, also of Merced, pleaded guilty to a violation of the Travel Act, after using the mail and internet to distribute
Read MoreThis multifaceted fail comes to us straight from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a group of friends apparently decided that a fun weekend project would be trying to turn over the iconic ferris wheel in the Pripyat Amusement Park. The [Kreosan] crew documented their admittedly very creative attempt at suicide in the video after the
Read MoreFlying with British Airways? You might want to call your boss and tell them you won’t make it in time for that important business meeting. The UK carrier airline has warned it is dealing with a system outage after numerous customers took to social media to complain about long queues, unexpected delays, and issues using
Read MoreEdge Chromium can provide more protection for organizations that use older versions of Windows. How to set up Edge Chromium security options Source: Security
Read MoreMark Wilson / Fast Company: A look inside Google’s one-year-old Design Lab for its hardware products at the Mountain View campus, which houses around 150 designers — The special sauce behind Google’s breakout hardware products is its one-year-old Design Lab. We’re the first publication to go inside. A look inside Google's one-year-old Design Lab for
Read MoreApple is reportedly planning a new feature in iOS that will restrict apps from runing voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) processes in the background when the programs are not actively in use. The “small but significant change” — according to The Information — strikes at the heart of Facebook and other messaging apps, and could result in
Read More[Cole Price] describes himself as a photographer and a space nerd. We’ll give that to him since his web site clearly shows a love of cameras and a love of the NASA programs from the 1960s. [Cole] has painstakingly made replicas of cameras used in the space program including a Hasselblad 500C used on a
Read MorePaul Roberts / The Seattle Times: Epik, which serves sites like Gab.com and Daily Stormer, says it will not provide 8chan with DoS or CDN services through its BitMitigate division — A Seattle-area web-hosting firm has reversed course and decided not to host the 8chan web forum linked to Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso.
Read MoreFinSMEs: InCountry, which offers a data-residency-as-a-service platform, raises $15M Series A led by Arbor Ventures and others, bringing its total raised to $21M — InCountry, a San Francisco, CA-based Data-Residency-as-a-Service platform, raised $15m in Series A funding. InCountry, which offers a data-residency-as-a-service platform, raises M Series A led by Arbor Ventures and others, bringing its
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