They’re “far from ready” to stop their platforms from being weaponized, the lawmaker says. Google, Facebook, Twitter aren't prepared for deepfakes, US Rep. Schiff says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can also pick up the 2018 version, with a faster 256GB SSD, for $1,050. Best Buy has the 2019 MacBook Air for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle’s apparently removing a feature because over carriers’ efforts to block robocalls. Google Voice is getting rid of a voicemail feature due to robocalls – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Uber and Lyft have long argued that ride-hailing apps have the potential to make cities better by easing traffic and reducing personal car ownership. And every time a study emerges that counters that narrative by exposing ride-hailing’s worsening effects on congestion, the two companies respond by casting doubt on the
Read MoreSpam calls are a plague, and carriers are finally starting to fight back, but there’s been an unexpected casualty: Google Voice’s “get voicemail via message” feature. The company is pulling it because the messages are getting flagged as spam, via Brian Krebs on Twitter. The feature transcribes voicemails from a Google Voice number and texts
Read MoreAlso: the Beats Pill Plus for $100, PlayStation games on sale and Amazon’s Music Unlimited for $1 per month. Deal of the day: 32-inch TCL Roku TV for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaking pastry in the summer means fighting an uphill battle against the laws of thermodynamics. Even when you’ve taken every possible precaution to keep your ingredients—and your tools—nice and cold, pie dough is still liable to melt the second it hits your counter. Read more… Chill Your Countertop Before Rolling Out Pie Dough Source: Life
Read MoreHelping students develop their “social capital” — the people and environments they have access to, including caring teachers, tutors, mentors, coaches and friends who can help them thrive — isn’t just a job for students’ immediate face-to-face connections. Christensen Institute Explores Use of Tech to Build Students' Social Capital Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Starting today, users enrolled in Google’s Advanced Protection Program, which brings increased security and protections to high-profile Google Account users like journalists, activists, politicians, and business leaders, will get additional safeguards for downloads made in Chrome. To turn on the feature, Google says that a user enrolled in
Read MoreAt the top of the British electronic intelligence agency is the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a very public entity whose circular building can easily be found by any inquisitive soul prepared to drive just off the A40 in Cheltenham which is about two hours west of London. But due to the nature of its work
Read MorePhoto: LG LG is teasing a smartphone that could have as many as three screens in a short trailer for its press conference at IFA 2019. The short 20-second trailer shows a video game mockup being played on a smartphone that features a small video game controller icon and a camera, before a second screen
Read MoreAccording to a recent survey, nearly two-thirds of schools reported financial fraud, waste and abuse as a challenge. More than one in four said their vulnerability to risk of fraud and abuse has increased in the last year. Survey: Financial Blunders Abound in Higher Ed Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIf you find a good deal for a flight on an unfamiliar booking website, don’t press the “check out” button just yet. This week, one family shared their experience booking a flight through a website claiming to be affiliated with Delta, which turned out to be a scam. In the process, the family lost almost
Read MoreI woke up in a van in a Walmart parking lot in Phoenix, certain that I was choking. Read more… Vanlife Can Be Cheaper, Weirder, And More Accessible Than Instagram Would Have You Believe Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe Foxconn name displayed outside of an office building on Wednesday, May 8 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Foxconn is a electronics contract manufacturing company, which is constructing a plant in south eastern Wisconsin creating thousands of jobs. | Photo by Joshua Lott for The Verge In 2017, Wisconsin offered Foxconn a record-breaking subsidy to build
Read MoreThe open source revolution, chugging along for two decades now, is still going strong — and is now a huge industry, led by large, non-open-source vendors. Enterprise vendors increasingly dominate the open source software scene Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A new report by Vice reveals yet another marketing tactic by Grubhub that attempts to maximize the commission fees it can charge to restaurants when customers order through the service. Yelp, a Grubhub partner, quietly hides a Grubhub-affiliated phone number when you choose to call a business
Read MoreTesla offers so few colors and exterior options, it’s easy to lose one’s Model 3 in a parking lot. Novitec may have the solution. Tesla Model 3 gets amped-up Novitec visuals – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe original Galaxy Note is why the iPhone XS Max and other big-screen phones exist. Samsung’s Galaxy Note is the reason your phone is so huge – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe island is in a state of flux. Fortnite season 10: Neo Tilted transforms into Tilted Town – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpcoming events include the T.D.W.I. San Diego Conference, SANS Network Security 2019, and 2019 C.C.U.M.C. Annual Conference. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Aug. 5, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
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Read MoreA class-action settlement website is never going to win an award for being the most polished. These sites are often so rudimentary compared to the slick experience you had when you paid for a company’s goods or services that you might doubt you’re even in the right place. Can you trust it with your personal…
Read MoreJuul is launching its first Bluetooth-connected vape in the UK after piloting the device in Canada. The Juul C1 connects to an Android app that lets owners monitor how much they’ve been vaping, lock the device so that no one can use it, and locate the device if they’ve misplaced it. Juul told the Financial
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Trump again took aim at Google in a series of tweets on Tuesday morning, claiming there was an anti-conservative bias at the search giant while also suggesting there was a conspiracy at the company to “illegally subvert the 2020 election,” ideas the company has repeatedly denied. “We
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