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Google Maps is turning 15 years old. Not surprisingly, Google is using this as an opportunity to launch a few new updates to its massive mapping service. For starters, Maps has a new icon, a four-color take on the location “pin” that has been part of Google Maps for years now. More meaningful to users […]
Facebook patched a critical WhatsApp vulnerability that would have allowed potential attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on both macOS and Windows platforms. “A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone allows cross-site scripting and local file reading,” Facebook’s security advisory explains. “Exploiting the vulnerability requires the victim […]
This August, Google’s Chrome web browser will start blocking long, “non-skippable” preroll ads, ads that block a big chunk of your video, and ads that interrupt your videos in the middle, if the video you’re watching is under eight minutes long. That’s actually the official guidance from the Coalition for Better Ads, of which Google […]
Microsoft reorg day today, and the biggest changes involve Surface chief Panos Panay taking over Windows client and hardware. ZDNet reports that the previously separate Windows Experience (client) and hardware teams will now be combined into a single group that will be known as Windows + Devices. Chief product officer Panos Panay will take charge […]
Windows 10 search function goes down leaving users unable to look for apps or other files on their computer. Windows 10’s built-in search functionality has been down for many people since 8AM ET due to what appears to be a Bing outage. Typing anything into the search bar won’t return any results, even if all […]
Vodafone will remove Huawei-made equipment from the core parts of its wireless networks, the carrier announced on Wednesday. CEO Nick Read said the move will cost the telecom, one of the largest in Europe, approximately €200 million ($220 million) and take about five years to complete, reports Reuters. Last month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed […]
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, is the world’s biggest mobile trade show, but the coronavirus will be making it a little smaller this year. This year LG has decided that the Barcelona-based trade show simply isn’t worth the risk. “With the safety of its employees and general public foremost in mind, LG has decided […]
The next major steps in SpaceX’s plans for true spaceflight will be a 12-mile-high test flight. Sometime between March and September, the company plans to launch its Starship suborbital test vehicle from Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship will travel to an altitude of 12.4 miles, or 20 kilometers. SpaceX will then attempt to land and […]
Yahoo famously suffered numerous data breaches from 2012 to 2016, and Yahoo is informing users that they can now submit claims for either credit monitoring or cash compensation as part of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement. Yahoo says if you had a Yahoo account anytime between 2012 and 2016 and are a resident of […]
Google has announced that developers and businesses can now buy Glass Enterprise Edition 2 directly from its resellers. The third incarnation of Google Glass nearly a year after launching it through select workplace partners for $999 a unit. While Google no longer considers Glass to be a consumer-focused product, it should be much easier for […]
T-Mobile and Sprint are rolling out number-verification to customers across both networks. Using the STIR/SHAKEN standards recommended by the FCC, the carriers hope to better fight robocalls. Ideally, this will make it harder for spammers to spoof numbers and give customers more confidence that the number calling them has not been ripped off by a […]
Google will start rolling out a new version of Chrome that can prevent cross-site tracking today, February 4th. The tech giant first revealed that it was working on the feature in mid-2019 in an effort to prevent security issues caused by cookie vulnerabilities — bad actors, for instance, could transfer funds or hijack accounts by […]
Facebook launched its Messenger Kids app back in 2017 it’s seen a few security blips since, though, leading senators to question whether Facebook is doing enough to protect kids’ privacy. Today, the company appears to have answered that call, as it rolls out a raft of new parental controls and safety features. The new features […]
We finally know how much Google is making from ads on YouTube. For the first time, Alphabet broke out YouTube advertising revenues and that gives us a look at just how important the video site is to the company. In 2019, YouTube ad revenues were $15.15 billion, which represents 86 percent growth since 2017. By […]
Microsoft Teams went down today for nearly three hours after Microsoft forgot to renew a critical security certificate. Users of Microsoft’s Slack competitor were met with error messages attempting to sign into the service on Monday morning, with the app noting it had failed to establish an HTTPS connection to Microsoft’s servers. We've determined that […]