Google cracks down on apps that want access to your SMS and call logs – CNET
2019 begins with more data control for users. Google cracks down on apps that want access to your SMS and call logs – CNET Source: CNet
Read More2019 begins with more data control for users. Google cracks down on apps that want access to your SMS and call logs – CNET Source: CNet
Read More3D printers now come in all shapes and sizes, and use a range of technologies to take a raw material and turn it into a solid object. We’re most familiar with Additive Manufacturing – where the object is created layer by layer. This approach is quite useful, but has a down side of being time
Read MoreLast Friday, Judge Kandis Westmore ruled in a US federal court in California that police cannot compel suspects to unlock their phones using biometrics like face recognition, iris scans, or fingerprints, as that would be in violation of their Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. Westmore issued the order while reviewing a case involving extortion by
Read MoreJohn Gruber / Daring Fireball: Sources: Apple replaced 11M iPhone batteries under the $29 replacement program in 2018, up from an average of 1-2M — Jean-Louis Gassée, on Apple’s earnings warning: … I’m pretty sure Gassée’s back-of-the-envelope estimate of the number of batteries replaced was way too low. Sources: Apple replaced 11M iPhone batteries under
Read MoreMusic streaming service Spotify has inked a deal with Indian music label T-series to make all 160,000 of its songs available on the platform. This means Spotify listeners can now enjoy a large collection of Bollywood and Indian regional music. However, it doesn’t tell us much about when the Swedish company hasn’t announced any plans
Read MoreEleanor Cummins / Popular Science: YouTube starts rolling out a new feature on iOS that will let viewers swipe right or left to navigate between videos, coming to Android devices later this year — The design team tells us how they made swipe happen. — Tapping is so last year. That’s why YouTube began rolling
Read MoreIn a classic couch gag from the latest episode, the Mad Titan visits Springfield. Thanos dissolves The Simpsons, and guess which family member survives – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreArt. Africa by Toto is playing on infinite loop in the African desert – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe case of the blogger behind the popular website 64 Tianwang has drawn intense international scrutiny, in part because he has a kidney disease. Huang Qi, Online Dissident and Rights Advocate in China, Faces Trial Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe electricity on the power grid wherever you live in the world will now universally come to you as AC. That is to say that it will oscillate between positive and negative polarity many times every second. The frequency of 50 or 60Hz just happens to be within the frequency range for human hearing. There’s
Read MoreThomas Brewster / Forbes: District court judge rules that authorities don’t have the right, even with a warrant, to force suspects to unlock devices via biometrics, similar to passwords — A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger. District court judge rules
Read MoreA new report suggests Apple “might” make the switch to USB-C in 2019 on both the iPhone and iPad. The report, from supply chain blog Macotakara, claims Apple engineers are working on the USB-C transition but haven’t yet reached the reference design stage — meaning, it could miss the 2019 cut-off, pushing it to 2020.
Read MoreThe college athlete lights up the web with her floor exercise. “Now I just gotta learn how to clap on the beat,” she says. UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's perfect routine makes Twitter, Instagram flip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: House Energy and Commerce Committee chair says the FCC’s Ajit Pai has refused to brief the committee on carriers’ selling of real-time location data — Saying there is no legal reason why Ajit Pai should rebuff an invitation to brief lawmakers during the government shutdown … House Energy and Commerce Committee
Read MoreThe Iron Throne seems within the grasp of a brave few, but surely many will perish before then. A few sites hope your wallet will be among the casualties. Game of Thrones season 8: The betting odds on who rules and who dies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHe was the first Indian author to publish a book in English, as well as owner of the first Indian restaurant in Britain. Google Doodle celebrates Anglo-Indian author Sake Dean Mahomed – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreStreaming service also unveils new binge-watching feature. Sling TV unveils free streaming option for Roku users – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImagine walking into a theme park with a 6-year-old, and leaving just in time to drop them off at college, 12 years later. For fans of the game Roller Coaster Tycoon, these are obviously minor details. Some key in on coasters designed to snuff out their riders, and others create mile-a-minute thrill rides we’d never
Read MoreIf you have ever used a scalpel to cut something tougher than an eraser, you can appreciate a hot knife or better yet, an ultrasonic cutter. Saws work too, but they have their own issues. [This Old Tony] uses a hobby store tool to cut some plastic and wood, then demos a commercial ultrasonic cutter
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm. SONAR.Tldr!g1 Source: Symantec lastest threats
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Read MoreComing this summer for $1,999. NordicTrack's VR fitness bike wore me out at CES – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“Clean up on aisle 5.” Giant Food Stores rolling out googly-eyed helper robots nationwide – CNET Source: CNet
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