Microsoft today updated its privacy policies to disclose that employees and contractors are listening to audio from some Skype calls and conversations with Cortana recordings. unlike Apple and Google, each of which halted listening to some of these recordings after the revelations, Microsoft appears to be merely updating its privacy policy to admit that yes, […]
A new report from The Wall Street Journal could be another damning piece of evidence for a company already under a good deal of international scrutiny. According to the report, Huawei employees helped authorities in Uganda intercept encrypted messages and allowed police in Zambia to locate opposition bloggers. Such claims could validate the Trump administration’s […]
Facebook is extending Hollywood studios’ ad buys on the social platform with the official launch of two new features movie reminders and showtimes. Users can hit the “Interested” button when they come across a movie ad in their News Feed, and they’ll receive a notification when the movie is in theaters, similar to how event […]
A huge cache of unsecured biometric credentials and personal information has been discovered by security researchers, The Guardian reports. The breach, which was discovered by researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar alongside vpnMentor, included the fingerprint data of more than 1 million people, facial recognition information, unencrypted usernames and passwords, and other personal information of […]
Twitter could be planning on adding a search tab for you to search for particular conversation in your DMs. The feature which was spotted by reverse engineering expert and developer Jane Manchun Wong, the functionality certainly isn’t perfect just yet. But from what we can guage, you will be able to search using profile names […]
The US Federal Aviation Administration has banned the 2015 MacBook Pro particularly those sold between September 2015 and February 2017 from flights after Apple issued a recall in June. Cupertino said those laptops’ batteries may overheat and pose a safety risk. The agency told Bloomberg in a statement that it’s “aware of the recalled batteries […]
OnePlus doesn’t have a release date or any specs for its upcoming TV, but it does have a name OnePlus TV. Are you ready for the OnePlus TV? Learn more about the name and logo of our very first smart TV. https://t.co/CuGAfSiMdV pic.twitter.com/TOwM0fpn2b — OnePlus (@oneplus) August 14, 2019 While it might seem obvious – […]
PC Building Simulator, a game in which players can create monster PC gaming rigs, is now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Before you start asking too many questions about the cognitive dissonance of building a virtual PC on a console, know that PC Building Simulator isn’t just a game about building […]
Snap today announced Spectacles 3, a redesigned version of its augmented reality sunglasses with a sleek new design and an added HD camera to create depth perception. The glasses, which the company has positioned as a limited release, represent Snap’s latest effort to build a new computing platform centered on the face. The new Spectacles […]
CBS and Viacom have reached a long-rumored merger agreement. The two companies announced today that they will reunite as ViacomCBS. According to The Wall Street Journal. The two firms, which had been part of one company run by media mogul Sumner Redstone until 2006, will recombine as a new entity known as “ViacomCBS Inc.” Viacom […]
Facebook last week halted a program in which it was paying third-party contractors to listen to and transcribe audio clips from its users, said Facebook. Earlier, Bloomberg reported on the existence of the program and the fact it had been stopped. The contractors had no knowledge of where the audio was being recorded or how it […]
Nintendo documentation has detailed an upcoming wireless SNES controller for the Switch. The unannounced peripheral was spotted today in a new FCC filing (required for its release in the US). Much of the documentation is confidential, although we’ve got one diagram of the controller’s back portion to gaze at. Note the “HAC” model number, used […]
Facebook is developing a dark mode version of its Android app. This is according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong (via Android Police), who dug into the app’s code and discovered some parts of the app have been reworked to have a dark background. Facebook is working on Dark Mode for mobile I wrote a […]
Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy Note 10 is a flagship of unrivaled quality according to respected industry publications DxOMark and DisplayMate. In its analysis of over 1,500 photos and two+ hours of video footage, DxOMark awarded the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G an overall score of 113 (101 for video and 118 for photo), making it […]
Verizon has agreed to sell its blogging website Tumblr to the owner of popular online-publishing tool WordPress, unloading for a nominal amount a site that once fetched a purchase price of more than $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Verizon, which first acquired Tumblr in 2017 after it purchased Yahoo, started to explore a […]