A Australian man has been charged after authorities linked him to a cryptocurrency account used to buy child exploitation material. An investigation, following a tip off from US authorities in December last year, traced the account back to a 27-year-old man from Sydney. On Friday, the NSW Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team searched the man’s house and found
Read MoreWhy do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less startling and more informative. Listen here. To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEmma Chamberlain dropped out of school and changed the world of online video. It hasn’t been easy. What if Being a YouTube Celebrity Is Actually Backbreaking Work? Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe latest Spidey adventure references the past and the future, from villains in the comics to a possible return of a major superhero team. Spider-Man: Far From Home Easter eggs you may have missed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDespite fearing death, humans have always been weirdly obsessed with anticipating their final day on earth. Now in the digital age, this morbid fascination with predicting death has taken form in digital death clocks. Death countdown tools are often used as a joke, but some financial institutions, health organizations, and insurers are using its data
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: Q&A with Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman on his role as the main architect of Facebook’s Oversight Board for content decisions and problems it likely faces — With Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube facing widespread criticism for the way they manage hateful, abusive, threatening … Q&A with Harvard Law professor Noah
Read MoreYou might think the game of Rock Paper Scissors is just the random chance, but that’s not true. There is a strategy for Rock Paper Scissors, multiple ones in fact, and the best human players can consistently beat any Joe Schmoe off the street. But what about computers? [Paul] answered that question with a tiny
Read MoreA serious zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed in Zoom video conferencing app on the Mac. Security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh, in a Medium post, detailed the flaw that could let websites hijack your Mac‘s camera and “forcibly” join you to a Zoom call without your permission. About four million of Zoom’s users are on Mac. The
Read MoreWe don’t advise watching Netflix while you’re at work, but if that’s how you want to play it, there’s a new tool that’ll help make it a whole lot easier. It’s a browser extension called Netflix Hangouts, and it simply plays your Netflix stream in a smaller window in an interface that makes it look
Read MoreLogitech’s gaming brand is unveiling a new headset today in its G Pro line, refreshing the last year’s model with one that’s slightly more expensive. But with that extra cost, you’re getting a more comfortable, higher-quality wired headset designed designed for PC gaming. It also looks much sleeker than before, with a new aluminum and
Read MoreMariella Moon / Engadget: Spotify Lite, which requires only 10MB of storage, is now available on Android in 35 countries across Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and in Canada — Spotify has been testing a smaller, lighter version of its app since mid-2018 in hopes of expanding its reach to regions … Spotify Lite,
Read MoreSpotify has just launched a Lite version of its Android app that’s designed to work well on low-end devices and spotty connections. The app comes in at under 10MB, and is set to stream tunes at ‘Basic’ quality by default, which the company says should work out to roughly 0.5MB per song on average. You
Read MoreVAIO has announced the SX12, a laptop with a 12.5-inch screen and more I/O options than many far heftier machines. It’s the follow-up to the S11, and features much more efficient use of space with a larger screen and keycaps in about the same size body. Just look at everything you can plug in! That’s
Read MoreThe first generation of Pokemon games made for the Nintendo Switch are already controversial. Pokemon Sword and Shield: Release date, National Dex crisis and everything else we know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreInstagram today released two new features with a view to curb bullying on the platform: a warning when you try to post an abusive comment, and a ‘Restrict’ function to limit another person’s interaction with you. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, said the AI-powered warning feature has stopped some people from posting foulmouthed comments during the early testing period:
Read MoreThe number of easily usable and programmable microcontrollers is small, so when selecting one for a project there are only a handful of very popular, well documented chips that most of us reach for. The same can be said for most small companies selling electronics as well, so if you reach for a consumer device
Read MoreSpotify is launching the lighter version of its Android app today — dubbed Spotify Lite — that’s designed for people with smaller data plans and older devices. The 10MB app (the main Spotify app can require 100MB) ships with one major new feature: the ability to set a data limit and receive a notification when
Read MoreNew York Times: Tech workers aiming to unionize face challenges, as some managers dismiss organizers and some companies have the resources to settle labor cases brought to them — SAN FRANCISCO — In February, about a dozen employees at a small technology company called NPM embarked on an effort … Tech workers aiming to unionize
Read MoreCanon’s PowerShot G7 X line has now officially gone full vlogger with the third entry in the series. The new G7 X III looks similar to its predecessor and still pairs a 24-100mm-equivalent f/1.8-2.8 lens to a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor (now using stacked technology), but now has a few features that explicitly target YouTubers. First
Read MoreA security flaw in Zoom’s Mac app lets websites join you to video calls without your permission. Your Mac could be hijacked through major security flaw in Zoom conferencing app – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAndrew Brust / ZDNet: Microsoft says Azure SQL is launching soon and SQL Server 2019 preview is coming later this month, as it ends support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 — Microsoft’s database releases from 2008 and 2010 reach end of extended support. In response, Redmond says, that for many customers
Read MoreHe is having a David Letterman moment and I can’t wait to see what his “Netflix show” will be like — literally and figuratively. After Jony Ive leaves Apple, these are the products he should redesign next – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWhilst we patiently wait for the day that Womble-shaped robots replace human tennis players at Wimbledon, we can admire the IBM powered AI technology that the organisers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament use to enhance the experience for TV and phone viewers. As can be expected, the technology tracks the ball, analyses player gestures, crowd
Read MoreThe dramatically redesigned G5 X Mark II and updated G7 X Mark III add features like 4K, slo-mo and more. Canon PowerShot G series compacts rev up for vlogging – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Researcher finds unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by a Chinese public security department that leaked databases with 90M+ records of people and businesses — A publicly accessible and unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department … Researcher finds unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by a Chinese public security department
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