Users who link Apple ID and financial accounts may be vulnerable. Stolen Apple IDs used in string of digital payment thefts in China, says report – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn the debut episode of Nope, Sorry, notable arguer Jeff Bakalar takes on Scott Stein in three rounds of fiery, mostly tech-related debate. CNET has a new debate show that's already ruined office friendships – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGood news, battle royale lovers. Fortnite for Android today entered open beta, meaning anyone can join in. No invite needed – download the Fortnite Beta now on any compatible Android device 📱 Time to squad up: https://t.co/lH95t8qkwd pic.twitter.com/9UZNG7oFXd — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 11, 2018 Up to now, Fortnite for Android was solely available to those invited into
Read MoreNow you can use the read-it-later app while you’re jogging or driving. Mozilla Pocket app now reads you websites in a human-sounding voice – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs Amazon, Google, Microsoft and even the US Postal Service appear in the top 15, Cupertino isn’t there. College graduates do, however, want to work at Apple. Apple fails to make list of America's most admired employers Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDani Deahl / The Verge: Trump signs the Music Modernization Act that makes it easier for rights holders to get paid when their music is streamed online — President Trump has signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA) into law, officially passing the most sweeping reform to copyright law in decades. Trump signs the Music Modernization
Read MoreThe Pentagon announced the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) project earlier this year, prompting a feeding frenzy among big tech companies eager to get the lucrative contract. Appetites have curbed a bit amid accusations the JEDI contract wasn’t ever up for grabs. Project JEDI is a $10 billion defense contract for a single commercial provider
Read MoreToday’s failed Soyuz launch thankfully resulted in no casualties, but the fate of the International Space Station (ISS) is now in question. Just two minutes after liftoff, the crew of the Soyuz MS-10 found themselves in a situation that every astronaut since the beginning of the manned space program has trained for, but very few have
Read MoreNatalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: PayPal partners with Walmart to let users deposit and withdraw cash from their PayPal accounts inside Walmart stores — PayPal chief executive Dan Schulman noted that this the first time the two companies are working together in this capacity. — PayPal and Walmart have inked … PayPal partners with Walmart to
Read MoreSome see this as a giant leap forward for Microsoft and open source. A few, however, see Microsoft’s open-source patent move as just more of the same old, same old. Microsoft's patent move: Giant leap forward or business as usual? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Google updates Assistant on phones to let users access it from the lockscreen, brings Digital Wellbeing features to the Home app on smart displays — Google announced a bunch of new hardware at its Made By Google event earlier this week, but it notably skimmed over updates to Google Assistant
Read MoreEarlier this year, commerce platform, Magento was acquired by tech behemoth Adobe for an incredible $1.68 billion. But at the Magento Live Europe event in Barcelona this week, it was clear that the beating rock ‘n’ roll heart of the vibrant open-source community is still very much alive. Predictably, Adobe announced the integration of the
Read MoreBloomberg: Bumble founder says the dating company is in “deep discussions with banks” about an IPO on Nasdaq after 2018 and expects up to $400M in revenue this year — – Group owns Badoo, the world’s largest mobile-based dating app — ‘We’re better than Match,’ says Badoo founder Andrey Andreev Bumble founder says the dating
Read MoreReverse engineering silicon is a dark art, and when you’re just starting off it’s best to stick to the lesser incantations, curses, and hexes. Hackaday caught up with Ken Shirriff at last year’s Supercon for a chat about the chip decapping and reverse engineering scene. His suggestion is to start with an old friend: the
Read MoreThose pesky Tesla-themed cryptocurrency scammers are back! Hackers have assumed the Twitterdentity of Elon Musk yet again, and are even paying Twitter to help swindle Bitcoin from unsuspecting users. For roughly 24 hours, the scammers were using the (hopefully) compromised account of TV celebrity chef Tyler Florence to share malicious links to obviously fake Bitcoin giveaways. Florence’s
Read MoreWe’ve all seen a movie or TV show that got our imagination going, and the more studious of us might get fired up over a good book (one without pictures, even). You never know were inspiration might come from, which is why it’s so hard to track down in the first place. But one place we don’t
Read MoreCosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport. Expedition 57 Crew Returns to Baikonur Source: NASA
Read MoreDani Deahl / The Verge: Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website’s lyrics with songs. Genius partners with Apple Music
Read MoreCommentary: Google’s message is loud and clear. Pixel 3: We can do more with 1 rear camera than you can with 4 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBloomberg: Alipay and Tencent say hackers used stolen Apple IDs to access some customer accounts and steal unknown sums of money; Alipay says Apple hasn’t fixed the issue — – China’s top digital wallet didn’t say how much was stolen — Ant Financial and Tencent are working with Apple on the case Alipay and Tencent
Read MoreTwitter will equal out the character count among emoji. Selecting a gender or skin tone for emoji won't cost extra Twitter characters anymore – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCheapskate exclusive! This rebate offer can net you something for free or close to it. Plus: Enter for your chance to win a $100 Jiffy Lube gift card! Spend at least at Best Buy, get cash back – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe companies are teaming up to offer cash services. You can soon take out cash from PayPal at Walmart – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe move opens up Microsoft’s 60,000 patents to Open Invention Network members who are using them in the Linux system. What does that mean, specifically? Read on. What does Microsoft joining the Open Invention Network mean for you? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAnyone who has ever endured a months-long job search understands just how tough it can be to get through multiple rounds of screening and land a dream job. As days — and sometimes even weeks — go by without receiving any kind of response, it becomes all too easy to get discouraged. When a single
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