The revolt against Facebook is gathering momentum, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg can rest easy for the time being. Amid calls for more scrutiny over Facebook‘s business practices in the wake of one privacy mishap after the other, shareholders of the company made a case for Zuckerberg’s ouster as Facebook‘s chairman. At the company’s annual stockholder meeting on
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: SentinelOne, which provides autonomous, real-time, AI-based endpoint security protection, raises $120M Series D led by Insight Partners — Endpoint security — the branch of cybersecurity that focuses on data coming in from laptops, phones, and other devices connected to a network … SentinelOne, which provides autonomous, real-time, AI-based endpoint security protection,
Read MoreCasey Newton / The Interface: With Apple making its Sign In with Apple feature mandatory for App Store developers, it starts to feel less like competition and more like brute force — On Monday, at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Apple introduced a privacy-focused login tool called “Sign in with Apple.” With Apple
Read MoreStephen Nellis / Reuters: In new design guidelines, Apple asks developers to put its Sign in with Apple login button above other rival buttons — (Reuters) – Apple Inc will ask developers to position a new “Sign on with Apple” button in iPhone and iPad apps above rival buttons from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook
Read MoreSpoiler-free: After a shaky opening, Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey brings us on a wild ride to complete an era of mutant adventures. Dark Phoenix review: A new lease of life for X-Men's most compelling villain – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSony promises its upcoming console, often referred to by fans as the PS5, will share saved games, have backward compatibility and more. Sony's PlayStation CEO wants a seamless transition to its next-generation console – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSophie Turner fans might say she’s the “tea.” But does her Jean Grey film hit the spot? X-Men Dark Phoenix reviews are in: 'Inexplicably boring' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRegular Hackaday readers will have noted a succession of stories following the reports of drones in the air over British airports and in proximity to aircraft. We’ve consistently asked for a better quality of investigation and reporting into these cases, because so far the absence of reported tangible evidence of a drone being present casts
Read MoreDevindra Hardawar / Engadget: Apple’s standalone $999 Pro Stand for its Pro Display XDR does not offer any groundbreaking functionality to justify its price tag — You can pinpoint the exact moment when Apple lost the WWDC audience on Monday. John Ternus, the company’s VP of hardware engineering … Apple's standalone 9 Pro Stand for
Read MorePiscopia, a scholar, prodigy and trail blazer, would have been 373 years old today. Google Doodle honors Elena Cornaro Piscopia, first woman with a doctorate – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA gay reporter says he finally decided to do something after years of harassment by a right-wing YouTuber. But the company A right-wing YouTuber hurled racist, homophobic taunts at a gay reporter. The company did nothing. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJake Kanter / Business Insider: At Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting last week, 68% of outside shareholders voted in favor of ousting Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, up from 51% last year — – It’s now clear that independent Facebook investors voted overwhelmingly in support of proposals last week to fire Mark Zuckerberg … At Facebook's annual
Read MoreExplaining the positive void coefficient and how it contributed to the reactor explosion on April 26, 1986. Chernobyl: How did the RBMK nuclear reactor explode and could it happen again? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Statt / The Verge: YouTube investigation finds that the flagged Steven Crowder videos, which include homophobic slurs aimed at Vox’s Carlos Maza, do not violate its policies — The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder — YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive … YouTube investigation finds that the flagged Steven
Read MoreRocket Raccoon may not have liked Iron Man’s insult, but the toy store is loving it. Avengers: Endgame joke helps power Build-a-Bear Workshop sales – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter the immense failure of the 2013-era Apple Pro trash can Mac, Apple has been hard at work at the next generation of workstation desktops. This week, the new Mac Pro has been announced, and the specs are amazing: We finally can buy a professional, desktop Mac with half the storage of an iPhone. The
Read MoreApple updated its App Store Review Guidelines this week at WWDC 2019 — and many of those changes appear to be aimed squarely at the kinds of controversies that recently led us to ask whether Apple can be trusted with the App Store to begin with. Most prominently, as The New York Times points out,
Read MoreAR magic gets the Mac Pro on your desk for free. Apple lets you use AR to see what the ,999 Mac Pro looks like on your desk – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreData exposed could include names, credit card information and medical providers, among other things. Collections firm breach exposes data on 7.7M LabCorp customers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWho’s your daddy in this creepy horror remake? Hint: Not Darth Vader. Try to recognize Mark Hamill as Chucky in new Child's Play movie clip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s under-the-radar battery optimizer is iOS 13’s most unheralded feature While we debate the merits of a $1,000 monitor stand, one of the coolest things to come from yesterday’s WWDC event was an iOS 13 feature that didn’t even get mentioned. According to Apple’s own list of what’s to come in iOS 13, its new
Read MoreEmployees at the electric-car maker can’t use their company email to validate Blind accounts, the anonymous chat app says. Tesla bars staff from anonymous chat app after leaks – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder. The verdict: YouTube says Crowder did not violate any of its policies, and that Crowder’s YouTube channel will stay up, despite his repeated homophobic slurs directed at Maza in videos
Read MoreDuring its WWDC keynote yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple‘s tvOS would now support third-party controllers such as the PS4‘s Dualshock and the Xbox One S gamepad. Later, game companies confirmed iOS 13 would also support said controllers — meaning Apple‘s upcoming game service, Arcade, just got a whole lot easier to play.
Read MoreMelanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: Blind, an anonymous chat app used by tech workers to share workplace grievances, says Tesla is blocking employees from accessing or being verified for the app — Blind is an anonymous social network that has been used by tech workers to speak freely about grievances related to the workplace, among other
Read More
