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June 27, 2019

Researchers: Google's reCAPTCHA v3 raises privacy concerns with its cookie-based data collection and Google's suggestion to embed reCAPTCHA everywhere on a site (Katharine Schwab/Fast Company)

Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: Researchers: Google’s reCAPTCHA v3 raises privacy concerns with its cookie-based data collection and Google’s suggestion to embed reCAPTCHA everywhere on a site — The latest version of the bot detector reCaptcha is invisible to users and has spread to more than 650,000 websites. Researchers: Google's reCAPTCHA v3 raises privacy concerns

Facebook Did Not Address Hacking Attack on Popular Grief Support Page for Weeks, Moderators Say

Page administrators of Grief the Unspoken say a hacker repeatedly posted disturbing images on the page, which has 500,000 followers. Facebook Did Not Address Hacking Attack on Popular Grief Support Page for Weeks, Moderators Say Source: NY Times Tech

June 27, 2019

Google Maps will now warn you about crowded trains and late buses

Public transportation is the circulatory system of any urban area, and it’s a better choice for the planet than driving your own vehicle. But let’s face it: no one wants to deal with late buses and crowded subways. Now Google wants to warn you about these hassles. An update to Google Maps rolling out today

June 27, 2019

Researchers detail a vulnerability in Excel's Power Query that can be abused to link to a webpage that contains malware; the exploit is in all versions of Excel (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Researchers detail a vulnerability in Excel’s Power Query that can be abused to link to a webpage that contains malware; the exploit is in all versions of Excel — YOU PROBABLY THINK of Microsoft’s classic spreadsheet program Excel as mostly boring. Sure, it can wrangle data, but it’s not exactly

June 27, 2019

Zuckerberg isn’t ready for deepfakes

Faced with a potential crisis, the magnitude of which the world has never seen, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants us all to slow down. Crises, however, wait for no one. And Facebook’s latest problem, that of altered or faked video, brings with it the democracy destroying power of an atom bomb. “There is a question

June 27, 2019

Sources: senior Trump officials have discussed whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using encryption that law enforcement can't break (Eric Geller/Politico)

Eric Geller / Politico: Sources: senior Trump officials have discussed whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using encryption that law enforcement can’t break — Senior Trump administration officials met on Wednesday to discuss whether to seek legislation prohibiting tech companies from using forms … Sources: senior Trump officials have discussed whether to seek

June 27, 2019

After backlash, the creator of DeepNude, which uses AI to remove clothing from images of women, takes it offline, citing server overload and potential harms (Samantha Cole/VICE)

Samantha Cole / VICE: After backlash, the creator of DeepNude, which uses AI to remove clothing from images of women, takes it offline, citing server overload and potential harms — An app that algorithmically “undressed” images of women was taken down by its creator, citing server overload and potential harms. After backlash, the creator of

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June 27, 2019

Here are Jony Ive’s most important — and indulgent — Apple product videos

Jony Ive, Apple’s Chief Design Officer and arguably the biggest influence on the look and feel of the company’s products for nearly three decades, is leaving. The news, abruptly announced earlier this afternoon, shocked the tech industry, despite years-long rumors that he was headed for the door soon. Ive claims he will continue to work

Russian internet giant Yandex reportedly hacked by western intelligence agency – CNET

Malware used in attack is popular with the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, Reuters reports. Russian internet giant Yandex reportedly hacked by western intelligence agency – CNET Source: CNet

The average age of cars on America's roads went up again, report says – Roadshow

Cars and trucks now average 11.8 years of age, thanks to a variety of factors including the economy. The average age of cars on America's roads went up again, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet

June 27, 2019

The dissent of SCOTUS' ruling to give gerrymandering a pass from federal judicial review says tech makes it "far more effective and durable than before" (Tierney Sneed/Talking Points Memo)

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo: The dissent of SCOTUS’ ruling to give gerrymandering a pass from federal judicial review says tech makes it “far more effective and durable than before” — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan held nothing back in a Thursday dissent criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion … The dissent of SCOTUS'

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's first fan festival is happening this summer – CNET

Witches and wizards will gather for a real-world event. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's first fan festival is happening this summer – CNET Source: CNet

Decades of design from Macintosh SE to 'lisa' by the legendary frog studio – CNET

The foam and wood prototypes that were the foundations of design standards Decades of design from Macintosh SE to 'lisa' by the legendary frog studio – CNET Source: CNet

Jony Ive, the Apple design chief who played key role in iPhone’s creation, to depart after 30 years

Apple announced the senior executive’s departure Thursday, saying he will leave later this year to form an independent design company that will count Apple as a client. Ive has been an integral part of the company’s device designs, from 1998’s iMac to the company’s new headquarters. Jony Ive, the Apple design chief who played key

June 27, 2019

Jony Ive leaves a legacy of pushing Apple's products toward disposability and unrepairability, a choice that has reverberated across the consumer tech industry (Jason Koebler/VICE)

Jason Koebler / VICE: Jony Ive leaves a legacy of pushing Apple’s products toward disposability and unrepairability, a choice that has reverberated across the consumer tech industry — Ive, Apple’s Chief Design Officer, is leaving the company. He leaves a legacy that made its products hard to repair and impossible to upgrade. Jony Ive leaves

Supreme Court critics mocked in 'running of the trolls' – CNET

Outraged tweets to SCOTUS justices keep going to the wrong Twitter account, with amusing results. Supreme Court critics mocked in 'running of the trolls' – CNET Source: CNet

June 27, 2019

It's not worrying that Jony Ive is leaving Apple, but it is worrying that he's not being replaced, and the design team reporting to operations makes no sense (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: It’s not worrying that Jony Ive is leaving Apple, but it is worrying that he’s not being replaced, and the design team reporting to operations makes no sense — First: Wow. There’ve been rumors for years that Ive had one foot out the door, that his last real interest at

June 27, 2019

Review: The $1,000 GEESAA robot barista makes a mean cup of coffee

There are coffee fans, and then there are coffee fans. The GEESAA robot barista is a product for the latter category of people – and it’s not ashamed of it. Essentially, it wants to do for trendy pour-over coffee what the Mr Coffee machine did for bog-standard drip coffee. The machine comes with a robotic

June 27, 2019

Deepnudes developer shuts it down, but the damage is done

There’s no positive use case for developing an app with the sole purpose of using AI to predict what a clothed woman, in an image, would look like nude – full stop. Developing such an app, as did the person(s) responsible for Deepnudes, is an act of hate and an attack on women. At best,

Jony Ive, Designer Who Made Apple Look Like Apple, Is Leaving to Start a Firm

The executive played a key role in the iPod and iPhone during his 27 years at Apple, which will be a client of his new company. Jony Ive, Designer Who Made Apple Look Like Apple, Is Leaving to Start a Firm Source: NY Times Tech

Nuclear Reactor Simulator Is The Project Of A Lifetime

Have you been watching Chernobyl? Well, so has everyone else. Right now it seems the whole Internet is comprised of armchair dosimetrists counting roentgens in their sleep, but [Mark Wright] doesn’t need a high-budget TV show to tell him about the challenges of wrangling the atom with 1980s technology. He’s done it for real. His

June 27, 2019

The end of an era: Jony Ive’s indelible mark on Apple and tech

Jony Ive — aka Sir Jonathan Ive, who for the last two-plus decades has been the creative mind behind nearly all of Apple’s iconic hardware — is officially parting ways with the technology company to form his own design firm, LoveFrom. And even though Ive’s firm will continue to work with Apple from the outside,

Deadspin A Scout’s Honor | The Slot Adam Scott and Mitch McConnell Are in a Fight Involving Parks an

Deadspin A Scout’s Honor | The Slot Adam Scott and Mitch McConnell Are in a Fight Involving Parks and Recreation GIFs and the Confederate Flag | Splinter Twitter Comes Up With a Very Weird Solution to the Problem Of Trump’s Tweets | The Grapevine If Chaka Khan Had Heard Kanye West’s Final Sample of Her Song, She… Read more…

June 27, 2019

Volkswagen launches WeShare, an on-demand rental car service with only electric cars, initially in Berlin, says it will expand to Prague and Hamburg in 2020 (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch)

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: Volkswagen launches WeShare, an on-demand rental car service with only electric cars, initially in Berlin, says it will expand to Prague and Hamburg in 2020 — Making good on plans revealed last year to debut an EV-exclusive car sharing service, Volkswagen is actually launching its fleet for customers … Volkswagen launches

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