| The Morning After: Gmail went down and BlackBerry came back Posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:20 AM PDT  For some reason, BlackBerry refuses to go quietly into the night, still trading on the goodwill of smartphone early adopters from a decade ago. The last thing we heard was that TCL had halted production of BlackBerry-badged Android phones. But no, th... |
| World's biggest cruise line company hit by ransomware attack Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:55 AM PDT  The world's largest cruise operator Carnival has revealed that it suffered a ransomware attack and security breach that could affect customer and employee data. The company disclosed the information in a US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) 8-K fi... |
| Sony cameras join the work-from-home webcam party Posted: 20 Aug 2020 02:30 AM PDT  Following most of its rivals, Sony is helping you look better on Zoom calls with a software release that transforms its mirrorless, compact and DLSR cameras into webcams. The Imaging Edge Webcam app for Windows 10 works on models from the 2014 A7S up... |
| Google rolls out captions for audio and video messages on Duo Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:35 AM PDT  Google has started rolling out a new Duo feature that'll make it easier to check video and voice messages even in a noisy place. In a tweet, the Made by Google account has revealed that captions have started going live for messages sent on the applic... |
| Lawsuit forces The Weather Channel app to disclose location use Posted: 20 Aug 2020 12:45 AM PDT  The company behind The Weather Channel application has agreed to revise its screens disclosing its location-tracking practices as part of its settlement with LA officials. Los Angeles' city attorney filed a lawsuit against the IBM subsidiary back in... |
| Google's overnight Gmail outage is finally over (updated) Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:38 PM PDT  Can't send something on Gmail? If so then you're in good company, ever since about midnight ET, people have been complaining about issues connecting to many of the G suite services, but especially Gmail.The Google apps status page just updated to con... |
| Porsche adds Plug & Charge to the 2021 Taycan Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:02 PM PDT  Last year Porsche introduced its Taycan electric car, and now it's announced what's changing for the 2021 model year. Now the sports car will support Plug & Charge, which lets owners pay for vehicle charging just by plugging in their vehicle — no... |
| 'Black Ops: Cold War' is the next Call of Duty game. Posted: 19 Aug 2020 03:18 PM PDT  After trying to make a statement about modern warfare, the Call of Duty franchise is returning to a more distant conflict. On Wednesday, series publisher Activision shared the first teaser for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War (proper title punctuati... |
| Uber CEO says his company can't hire all of its drivers in California Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:10 PM PDT  Whatever the outcome of its ongoing legal spat with the state of California, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi doesn't believe his company can employ all the people who drive for the platform in California, at least not without a fundamental rethinking of i... |
| This super strength body battery is made with discarded Kevlar Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:55 PM PDT  Today's robot-mounted batteries provide electrical power but at the expense of added mass that in turn requires added power to move and use. But a team of researchers from the University of Michigan have devised a clever solution that will enable tom... |
| MIT researchers show how 'Dr. Spot' could help diagnose COVID-19 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:37 PM PDT  Boston Dynamics' Spot robots have been used in many creative ways, from surveying a Ford plant in Michigan to herding sheep in New Zealand. Earlier this year, the tech company announced Spot was chipping in to help coronavirus patients -- now, we're... |
| Google rolls back update that gave people free access to a Nest Aware perk Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:45 PM PDT  If you own a Google Home, you have noticed it doing something it hadn't done before. Toward the start of August, Google erroneously rolled out an update to its smart speakers that gave some people free access to a perk that comes with its Nest Aware... |
| Apple's 256GB iPad Air is $100 off right now Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:36 PM PDT  The iPad Air often gets overlooked because it's not the most affordable iPad you can get, nor does it have all of the high-end features that the iPad Pros do. However, the middle-of-the-road option is often the best for most people and now you can ge... |
| Facebook removes hundreds of QAnon groups Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:27 PM PDT  Facebook is finally cracking down on QAnon: after weeks of pressure, the company says it has removed hundreds of groups and pages, and blocked thousands of ads tied to the far-right conspiracy theory. The move is the social network's biggest effort t... |
| Lucid claims to have created the fastest charging EV to date Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:23 AM PDT  Lucid Motors has been making some bold claims about its upcoming EV, the Lucid Air, ahead of the vehicle's reveal next month and Wednesday's press announcement was no different.The company reports that the Air, which reportedly has a maximum range of... |
| Instacart will cover the cost of its shoppers' COVID-19 screenings Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Instacart will cover the cost of COVID-19 screenings and virtual medical appointments for shoppers until the end of the year. The company ran a pilot project on that front earlier in the summer in Pennsylvania and Washington, DC, and now it's rolling... |
| Twitter 'Transparency Center' shows government data requests by country Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:49 AM PDT  About every six months, Twitter releases a transparency report detailing things like how many state-backed accounts it has suspended and the number of government requests for information on account holders. Today, Twitter is unveiling a centralized h... |
| Researchers grew a mini human heart to study fetal heart development Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:47 AM PDT  A team of scientists have grown a miniature human heart model. They hope the organoid will help them better understand fetal heart development and defects like congenital heart disease. The Michigan State University researchers used adult stem cells... |
| What’s the tech industry's place in a racial justice movement? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:30 AM PDT  What connects Amazon's facial recognition software, the log flume ride at Disney World and a common ice cream truck jingle?This summer, they've all been drawn into what experts are calling the largest protest movement in American history. The ripple... |
| Facebook will let businesses identify themselves as Black-owned Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:00 AM PDT  Facebook has created an option for Black-owned businesses to designate themselves as such on their Facebook and Instagram pages, the company announced today. Facebook will also amplify the reach of these Black-owned businesses and help drive traffic... |
| The Oculus community hates Facebook’s login policy switch Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:00 AM PDT  VR enthusiasts are pissed.Yesterday, Facebook announced that Oculus headsets will soon require a Facebook account to use. The policy change comes into effect from October 1st for Rift and Quest newcomers. It will also be mandatory for every headset t... |
| Instagram's suggested posts will keep you scrolling forever Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:54 AM PDT  Instagram has found a new way to keep you addicted: By making your feed infinite. The photo app is quietly introducing a new suggested posts feature today that will automatically deliver new content once you're done scrolling through your feed. Notab... |
| Nintendo is bringing the Switch to Brazil at last Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:28 AM PDT  More than five years after it stopped all of its direct sales in Brazil, Nintendo says it will soon release the Switch in the country. Since the console's debut in 2017, the only way people there have been able to get their hands on the Switch is thr... |
| Recent damage to the Arecibo telescope could keep it offline for months Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:46 AM PDT  It could take several months to repair the recent damage to Arecibo Observatory, SpaceNews reports. During a NASA meeting earlier this week, Lindley Johnson, director of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, said the massive radio telescope c... |
| Microsoft is helping the government build AI disaster response tools Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:29 AM PDT  The Department of Energy is teaming up with Microsoft to build AI tools that will help prevent and manage natural disasters, the agency announced today. Together, they'll co-chair the "First Five Consortium," a group that will focus on using predicti... |
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