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■Two months after Samsung unveiled its futuristic new phone that turns into a tablet, the company let reviewers get their hands on the Galaxy Fold devices this week. And soon complaints about broken foldable displays started going around the Web. Several reporters claim their new devices broke after just a few days of use. First, one reviewer said one side of the device "s screen had died on Day 1. The next day, another critic said his device had become unusable. Then another reviewer reported different ... |
4/20/2019 3:29:55 AM |
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■Facebook "unintentionally " harvested the email contacts of about 1.5 million of its users during the past three years. Since May 2016 Facebook was asking some new users for the password to their email account. If users entered their email password then Facebook used it to access their contact list and upload the contents to its servers without asking for permission. The information grabbed is believed to have been used by Facebook to help map social and personal connections between ... |
4/19/2019 12:12:33 AM |
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■Apple and chipmaker Qualcomm have finally settled their years-long legal battle over billions of dollars in royalties and licensing fees. The two companies agreed Tuesday to end all litigation, including with Apple "s contract manufacturers, in a settlement that involves Apple paying Qualcomm an undisclosed amount. The companies also came to six-year license agreement, effective April 1, as well as a multiyear chipset supply agreement. This means that Qualcomm "s modem chips are likely to be used again in ... |
4/18/2019 4:44:09 AM |
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■Security researcher John Page warns that Microsoft "s Internet Explorer has a critical security flaw that allows hackers to spy on you and steal personal data from your PC. You may think that you "re not concerned, because you don "t use IE. However, the flaw that "s been discovered can be exploited even if you never intentionally use Internet Explorer.The exploit revolves around a file format that very few probably remember by now. They "re called MHTs and they "re the special format that Microsoft once ... |
4/17/2019 3:24:43 AM |
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■According to Billboard, Amazon wants to launch its own free, ad-supported music streaming service in the coming weeks. The alleged service would be made available through the Amazon Echo smart speakers. The service "s catalog would allegedly be "limited, " with Amazon offering record labels payments per stream initially. Ad-supported free music streaming services remain popular with a number of consumers. Unlike paid offerings, these streaming tiers typically do not allow users to save music for offline ... |
4/16/2019 4:03:34 AM |
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■A recent report from Bloomberg has revealed that Amazon has a team of thousands of workers who are listening to what you tell Alexa, its digital assistant which can be found on many Echo devices that the company has since sold. According to the company, this is more about analyzing speech in a bid to improve Alexa, and less about spying on customers to sell their personal information. In cases of criminal activity, Amazon has a policy for employees to report it to supervisors, though it seems the company ... |
4/13/2019 4:52:04 AM |
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■T-Mobile has announced that it "s relaunching its Layer3 IPTV service, called TVision Home later this week in eight US cities including Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington DC metro areas, as well as Longmont, Colorado. The availability will continue to expand, but those are the only areas that will be able to get it right away.This comes after T-Mobile in 2017 acquired TV startup Layer3 TV. The wireless carrier said the service will be a ... |
4/12/2019 2:55:36 AM |
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■Alphabet-owned startup company Wing has launched a delivery service via drone in Canberra, Australia. The service was approved by the Australian government "s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). At first, Wing drone deliveries will only be available in three suburbs: Palmerston, Franklin and Crace. It "ll gradually expand its offering over time. Under the permit, Wing is barred from flying its drones before 7AM between Monday and Saturday and 8AM on Sundays and public holidays. The company can fly over ... |
4/11/2019 3:20:51 AM |
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■Tech giant Microsoft insists that the FCC "s claims over broadband adoption are highly exaggerated. The FCC "s current 2018 Broadband Deployment Report indicates that "over 24 million Americans still lack fixed terrestrial broadband at speeds of 25Mbps/3Mbps ". The FCC estimates that "92.3 percent of all Americans have access to fixed terrestrial broadband at speeds of 25Mbps/3Mbps ". The FCC builds its coverage map, using data that internet service providers report ... |
4/10/2019 4:20:05 AM |
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■During the weekend Netflix stopped supporting AirPlay capability and informed users to the wireless streaming feature of the change via service support page. It was originally speculated this was a response to Apple upcoming TV+ service, but it turns out it "s actually something different. "We want to make sure our members have a great Netflix experience on any device they use, " a Netflix statement explains. "With AirPlay support rolling out to third-party devices, there isn "t ... |
4/9/2019 5:12:32 AM |
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■An ongoing DNS hacking campaign is targeting consumer network routers, according to security researchers at Bad Packets. Mainly D-Link routers are affected. Four other brands are on the hit list: ARGTek (China), DSLink (apparently Brazil), Secutech (Venezuela) and TOTOLINK (China). The attackers " goal was to change the target routers " DNS settings to point to various rogue DNS servers, so that users may be redirected to malicious IPs (e.g., fake bank websites). The researchers identified three waves ... |
4/6/2019 4:39:41 AM |
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■Amazon wants to launch a network of more than 3,000 satellites in an ambitious plan to provide global internet access. Details of the project were filed with the United Nation "s International Telecommunication Union last month.Project Kuiper not likely to be the final name once commercialized will consist of 784 satellites at an altitude of 367 miles, 1,296 units positioned at 379 miles above Earth and 1,156 floating in 391-mile-high orbits. Collectively, they "ll provide coverage on Earth between 56 ... |
4/5/2019 4:37:49 AM |
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■Verizon has turned on its 5G mobile network a week ahead of schedule. The service is live in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis, just in time for the March Madness Final Four in the latter city this weekend. Once you move out of an area where the 5G network is active, the 4G LTE network will take over. "Verizon customers will be the first in the world to have the power of 5G in their hands, " said Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg. "This is the latest in our string of 5G firsts. Verizon ... |
4/4/2019 4:21:00 AM |
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■Swatch has won a legal battle with Apple over its "Tick Different " slogan, which Apple has argued unfairly references the Californian company "s successful 1990s "Think Different " ad campaign for its own gain. A Swiss court has found that the Apple slogan was not sufficiently recognized in Switzerland and that less than 50% of the Swiss population would associate it with the phrase on the Swatch watch "s dial. The battle has been a long one. The suit was filed in April of 2017, and ... |
4/3/2019 4:23:59 AM |
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■Cloudflare announced on Monday that it would offer a tool for hiding web traffic coming from your phone with a new VPN dubbed Warp. What "s more, Warp aims to get around some of the problems that come with a typical virtual private network, such as a slow experience. The 1.1.1.1 service integrates both DNS (Domain Name Service) privacy with a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to help provide security. While VPN services are not new, Cloudflare is using a new type of VPN, based on technology from the ... |
4/2/2019 5:01:45 AM |
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■YouTube TV is now available in every US television market, the company announced Wednesday. When YouTube TV first launched in 2017, it was priced at $35 per month and was only available in New York, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia. The company has steadily added more programming and available markets since then.YouTube TV is priced at $40 per month and includes more than 60 live TV channels, cloud DVR and support for up to six accounts. Channels include ABC, CBS, FOX and ... |
3/29/2019 11:21:29 PM |
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■The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is suing social media giant Facebook for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act through its ad-targeting tools, which allow sellers to limit listings based on categories like race, sex and nation of origin. "Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live, " Ben Carson, the housing secretary, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. "Using a computer to limit a person "s housing ... |
3/29/2019 5:12:17 AM |
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■European Union lawmakers approved a copyright legislation Tuesday intended to give writers and artists more protection of their creative rights and incomes. The results of the final vote in the EU parliament were 348 in favor vs 274 against.Article 13, full title "The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market ", is an agreement that was quickly dubbed as an "upload filter ". The rule would make content hosting sites liable for copyright violations. This means ... |
3/28/2019 4:14:31 AM |
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■About 1 million Asus computers were infected with malware from the company "s own update tool, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said Monday. A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group was using the Asus Live Update Utility, which is used to download and install software updates for Asus devices, and now Asus has confirmed that. The hack, which Kaspersky Lab is calling Operation ShadowHammer, went on between June and November 2018. It affected users who had enabled the ASUS Live Update utility on their systems. ... |
3/27/2019 3:52:31 AM |
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■During a press conference at the Steve Jobs theater in Cupertino on Monday, Apple announced several new services, including TV streaming, gaming, payment and news.Two streaming TV services were revealed. The first is called Apple TV Channels and will offer a bundle of content from popular services such as HBO and Showtime and make it easy to access those alongside existing content you might already have through a cable TV subscription. The second service called Apple TV+ which includes original content ... |
3/26/2019 5:35:00 AM |
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