iPhone 11 might have cool new Touch ID feature – CNET
Apple’s patent suggests you’ll be able to unlock your phone by touching anywhere on the screen. iPhone 11 might have cool new Touch ID feature – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple’s patent suggests you’ll be able to unlock your phone by touching anywhere on the screen. iPhone 11 might have cool new Touch ID feature – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStuart A. Thompson / New York Times: In an experiment, the NYT bought and displayed ads targeting 16 profile attributes to reveal what advertisers think they know about users seeing targeted ads — Nearly every ad you see online is tailored just for you. These digital ads are powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow
Read MoreWhich of these two categories of devices fits better at the center of your smart home? Smart speakers vs. smart displays: Is a touchscreen worth the extra money? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe WikiLeaks founder was arrested last month at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for skipping bail in the UK – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHacker has sold Windows zero-days to the likes of Fancy Bear, FruityArmor, and SandCat. Mysterious hacker has been selling Windows 0-days to APT groups for three years Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe family of the man is accusing Tesla of failures and false promises of its autonomous driving system. Tesla sued by family of man killed in Autopilot crash Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe $399 virtual reality headset, shipping May 21, is being positioned as the industry’s first true mass-market product. Facebook's Oculus Quest heralds VR's next gen, but will we buy in? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe cloud giants continue to surge ahead, but as customers get more sophisticated these tech companies will have to change their strategies. AWS, Microsoft or Google: Which cloud computing giant is growing the fastest? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup Oyo acquires the @Leisure Group from Axel Springer for €369.5M to expand into Europe — OYO, the fast-growing budget hotel startup out of India that’s backed by Airbnb, SoftBank, Grab and Didi, has made an acquisition to expand its footprint into Europe … Airbnb-backed budget hotel startup
Read MoreTests run on Windows 10 are three to four times slower than on Windows 7, with a security feature being blamed. Windows 10 security feature causes 'huge' Chromium performance issues: Fix coming Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreHugh Handeyside / ACLU: ACLU says info uncovered through its lawsuit show CBP and ICE have “near-unfettered” authority to search and seize travelers’ electronic devices at the border — In September 2017, we, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the federal government for its warrantless … ACLU says info uncovered through its lawsuit show
Read MoreIn October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system was biased against female applicants. In 2016, a ProPublica investigation revealed a recidivism assessment tool that used machine learning was biased against black defendants. More recently, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development sued Facebook because its ad-serving algorithms enabled advertisers to discriminate based
Read MoreTether’s lawyer has now admitted that the stablecoin is only 74 percent backed by cash and equivalents, according to an affidavit filed on Tuesday. In the filing, Stuart Hoegner, the company’s general counsel, said Tether held approximately $2.1 billion in cash and short-term securities. “As of the date [April 30] I am signing this affidavit,
Read MoreThe US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged two people in connection with running an unlicensed money transfer business used to make deposits for cryptocurrency exchanges. Reginald Fowler and Ravid Yosef allegedly ran a shadow banking service that “processed hundreds of millions of dollars of unregulated transactions on behalf of cryptocurrency
Read MoreAmazon is ramping up its blockchain services – and it’s already convinced giants like AT&T, Accenture and Nestle to use them. The company’s cloud solutions subsidiary, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced its Amazon Managed Blockchain suite is now “generally available” (whatever that means). On first glimpse, it seems that AWS is simply opening up the
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Hackers are actively exploiting a recently-patched zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware, with no end-user interaction required — High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now. — Attackers have been actively exploiting … Hackers are actively exploiting a recently-patched zero-day vulnerability in
Read MoreGone are the days when iPhones used to be the center stage of Apple’s quarterly results. Make no mistake, it is still the biggest money maker for the company, but the word “iPhone” appears just once in the Q2 earnings press release, as if it’s a mere afterthought. The reason? Smartphone revenues are no longer exciting
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian media group Times Internet reports 450M+ monthly users across its ~36 news, video, and music properties, says its biggest challenge is increasing revenue — Media group now claims 450M users across services including news, video and music — The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies … Indian media group Times
Read MoreAll the stats from “The Long Night”, the biggest battle in TV history. Who lived, who died, how many wights did they slay and who was the MVP? Caution: Spoilers ahead! Game of Thrones: Who was the Battle of Winterfell MVP? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ve already seen how AI can be used to generate eerily realistic images of human faces, food, and even Airbnb homestays. Kyoto-based firm DataGrid is taking things a step further to creep you out with complete human bodies conjured afresh from images it’s gleaned. That’s right – according to the company, the models you’re looking
Read MoreThe Chinese telecom giant seeks acceptance in the West, but its structure and value system — patterned after the Communist Party’s — could stand in the way. The New New World: ‘Striding Across the Pacific’: Huawei’s Identity Problem Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreCommentary: Samsung has one chance to get its major foldable phone do-over right. Handing out perks is the least it can do. Galaxy Fold screen mess: Sucking up to buyers might be Samsung's best way out – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEugene Kim / CNBC: Amazon confirms it provides an online freight service that matches truck drivers with shippers; sources say the service has been in testing since last year — KEY POINTS — Amazon has been testing a new online service that matches truck drivers with shippers since last year … Amazon confirms it provides
Read MoreDave Lee / BBC: Code for America created an algorithm that identified 8K+ cannabis-related convictions eligible for expungement, cutting the process from months to minutes — This month, a judge in California cleared thousands of criminal records with one stroke of his pen. Code for America created an algorithm that identified 8K+ cannabis-related convictions eligible
Read MoreNicole Lee / Engadget: Facebook says users will be able to send chat messages across Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the future — There were rumors that Facebook was going to make its messaging products interoperable, but now it appears they’re about to be a reality. At F8, Messenger’s head … Facebook says users will
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