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Facebook will reward users for taking surveys, completing tasks and participating in research with its new market research app, Facebook Viewpoints. The social media giant said it plans to use the insights from users 18 and older to improve Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal, Oculus and the general community, according to a company blog post. Facebook has […]
Google is putting a lot of effort into finding apps that are malicious or contain severe security vulnerabilities, but usually after letting them into the Store with as little vetting as possible. Experts are calling attention to a new point of attack that can even be used against some of the most popular apps. Most […]
T-Mobile has confirmed that a recent “criminal hack” accessed personal data of some prepaid wireless customers’ accounts. The company said in its disclosure to affected users that its security team had shut down “malicious, unauthorized access” to prepaid data customers. The data exposed appears to have been: Name Billing address Phone number Account number Rate, […]
OnePlus has suffered a data breach: the company says an “unauthorized party” accessed some customers’ order information. In a statement, OnePlus says some customer names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses “may have been exposed,” but also that “all payment information, passwords and accounts are safe.” The company began notifying affected customers today. Impacted users […]
The Samsung Galaxy S11 is expected to be released early next year, which means that the rumor mill is about to spin up any moment now. In fact, OnLeaks and 91mobiles have teamed up to release the first renders and hardware specifications of the upcoming flagship series, opening the leak festival with fanfare. It looks […]
Russia signed a law giving it the power to censor the internet. Now, it has passed another law banning the sale of smartphones, computers and smart TVs that don’t have Russian software pre-installed, the BBC reported. Those devices can still be sold with their normal software, but Russian alternatives must be installed, as well. However, […]
You can now use Google Duplex to book cinema tickets on the web on Android in the UK and US. The functionality, which was first teased back at Google I/O 2019, can be accessed through Google Assistant or the Google app on Android. You can ask or search for cinema listings, and once you’ve found […]
The Banker was supposed to premiere at the American Film Institute’s festival in Los Angeles, Apple yanked the movie while it looks into “some concerns surrounding the film.” Based on a true story about two black men in the 1960s who built up a real estate and banking empire by using a white man as […]
On launch day of Disney+, Twitter and Reddit were swamped with users reporting that their passwords had been changed and they’d been logged out of all devices. Account credentials appeared on the dark web’s hacking forums, with prices ranging from $3 to $7, though some were offered for free, as Disney+ allows account sharing. Disney, […]
Apple revealed this week to US Congress: in fact, despite charging between double and triple what other repair shops charge for fixing problems, Apple (2018 profit: $60bn) actually loses money on its repair business. Asked by the House Judiciary subcommittee to “identify the total revenue that Apple derived from repair services,” the Cupertino idiot-tax operation […]
Snapchat has launched a new lens called Time Machine that allows you to change the appearance of your age simply by dragging a slider across your screen. The Time Machine lens uses advanced machine learning and training models to change your facial features and make you look young or old in a real time. Snapchat […]
Donald Trump took a tour of an Apple manufacturing facility in Texas alongside CEO Tim Cook. While impeachment hearings continued in D.C., the president tweeted that “Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America.” While Apple did claim in September that exemptions from tariffs […]
SpaceX has already moved on to manufacturing its next generation of ‘Mk3’ Starship frames, but the original model Elon Musk stood in front of two months ago popped open during an apparent “pressure test” at the company’s Boca Chica, TX site. In slow-motion, it appears that fluid started bursting from the sides first. In response […]
Microsoft is testing a new feature that lets users add Google services to their Outlook accounts, as revealed by Twitter user Florian B. If available on your account, you should see a pop-up that says, “Add your Google Mail and Calendar to Outlook and easily manage everything in one place.” Doing so allows you to […]
Apple has introduced new versions of its Smart Battery Cases for the latest iPhones, but this time there’s a better reason to buy than just the extra long battery life. Its newly-released cases for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max all include a dedicated camera button that can launch the […]