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Major Browsers Block Kazakhstan Government's Fake Safety Cert 2019-08-22 05:50:09Google, Mozilla and Apple have blocked a fake root certificate issued by Kazakhstan's government to spy on its citizens' online activities. The gove

Fighting Cybercrime: Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics Are the 2019-08-21 14:11:02Cybersecurity and digital forensics are instrumental in creating effective defense, analysis and investigation of cybercrime. While both focus on the

Yubico Offers Dual Lightning, USB-C Dongle to Secure 2019-08-21 06:12:03Owners of iPhones looking for an extra measure of protection when using applications and logging into websites can get it with a new dongle from Yubic

Cerebras Debuts Big Chip to Speed Up AI 2019-08-20 05:36:12Startup chip developer Cerebras has announced a breakthrough in high-speed processor design that will hasten the development of artificial intelligenc

Sanity-Saving Tips From a Heavy Traveler 2019-08-19 13:24:32I'm on the road about 50 percent of the time, and I'm often asked for advice on how to have a better trip -- what to carry with you, where to sit, h

Slackel Linux Works Well Inside Its Openbox 2019-08-16 13:46:17The latest release of Slackel Linux renews and improves the mashup of Slackware and Salix built around an Openbox pseudo desktop environment. Slackel

YouTube as Political Influencer Takes the Spotlight 2019-08-16 05:45:44YouTube, which operates as one of Google's subsidiaries, is under increased scrutiny after a report earlier this month highlighted the role it played

28M Records Exposed in Biometric Security Data Breach 2019-08-15 05:31:13Researchers associated with vpnMentor, which provides virtual private network reviews, discovered a data breach involving nearly 28 million records in

How to Distro Hop With a Web Browser 2019-08-14 14:54:57Getting familiar with Linux up close and personal is easy to do with a free service provided by DistroTest.net, which allows testing without ISO downl

Snap Unwraps $380 High-Tech Specs 2019-08-14 05:56:39With the announcement of its Spectacles 3 sunglasses, Snap must be hoping three times will be the charm. Unlike the two previous generations, Spectacl

Samsung Announces Monster 108MP Smartphone Sensor 2019-08-13 13:39:22Samsung and Xiaomi have announced a new sensor for smartphone cameras comparable to those used in high-end DSLR shutterboxes. The new Isocell Bright H

Technology Could End Mass Shootings 2019-08-12 08:00:00I'm tired of being upset about mass shootings and the government's lack of progress to end them. I'm particularly tired of the partisan bickering a

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Best NAS drive for media streaming and backup 2019-08-19 12:05:00If you rip and library your own media, there's no better tool for storing and streaming it than a NAS box. These versatile storage devices also serve

Nvidia's GeForce Now adds real-time ray tracing and 2019-08-19 12:00:00Long before Microsoft teased Project xCloud or Google revealed Stadia, Nvidia launched GeForce Now, its surprisingly playable solution for on-demand g

Leaked images reportedly show off the Sonos Move, 2019-08-19 11:29:00Ahead of a press event on Monday, August 28, images of the Sonos Move have leaked, showing off the company's new portable speaker.

Ask a PC expert: Why are there so 2019-08-19 11:00:00These days, flagship PC hardware tends to sell out mere hours after launching. We saw it with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. We saw it with Intel

Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft on 2019-08-19 10:14:00A mere week after Mojang killed Minecraft’s long-promised Super Duper Graphics Pack, the company announced another massive visual upgrade for th

Spotify family plans slated to get parental controls, 2019-08-19 09:36:00Users of Spotify’s family plan will finally be getting some parental controls later this year, including a long-awaited filter for songs with ex

PCIe 4.0: Everything you need to know, from 2019-08-19 09:07:00It’s finally here. AMD gets to hoist the trophy in the race to the next-generation PCIe 4.0 interface for desktop PCs. By combining its superb R

iMessage is never coming to Android, so please 2019-08-19 07:00:00iMessage for Android might be on the wishlist of tech journalists and pundits, but it wouldn’t make much sense for Apple.

QNAP HS-453DX NAS box review: The most powerful 2019-08-19 06:00:00The QNAP HS-453DX is the most capable multimedia NAS box on the planet. But it's very pricey and just how useful its direct audio/video output will b

Samsung Galaxy A50 review: A $350 phone that 2019-08-19 06:00:00In no uncertain terms, there’s nothing about the $350 Galaxy A50 that’s only half as good as the $750 S10e. Quite frankly, there’s n

New Windows 10 build adds GPU temp monitoring, 2019-08-16 17:53:00Users have been waiting for the first significant builds of the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 feature release to drop, and build 18963 is just that. It off

Best gaming mice: Find your perfect match 2019-08-16 16:49:00The mouse is a simple tool: point and click. That’s it. But if you’re a PC gamer, you know that pushing virtual paper around on your deskt

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Silicone 3D printing startup Spectroplast spins out of 2019-08-22 19:29:453D printing has become commonplace in the hardware industry, but because few materials can be used for it easily, the process rarely results in final

This Thiel Fellow thinks he can help scooters, 2019-08-22 19:02:32From the time he was a high school student, Rohit Kalyanpur thought it was peculiar that although it’s possible to create energy from a solar pa

DoorDash reveals details of its new tipping model 2019-08-22 18:38:20DoorDash announced last month that it would be changing its controversial tipping model. Today it’s revealing the basics of how the new system w

Workplace digital assistant startup Capacity raises $13.2M from 2019-08-22 18:18:54Solving information scatter inside enterprises seems to be the founding idea behind dozens of enterprise software startups. Capacity, which recently r

Inside the Porsche Taycan’s minimalist, 911-inspired interior 2019-08-22 18:06:25Porsche has taken the wraps off the interior of the all-new, all-electric Porsche Taycan ahead of its world debut September 4. Gone are the buttons an

Who gets to own your digital identity? 2019-08-22 18:00:13Even though anonymity is still a hot topic and sought after in the online world, times have changed.

Herschel’s Retreat brings classical simplicity to the laptop 2019-08-22 17:52:24It’s finally Bag Week again! The most wonderful week of the year at TechCrunch. Just in time for back to school, we’re bringing

Google says China used YouTube to meddle in 2019-08-22 17:28:55Google has disabled 210 YouTube accounts after it said China used the video platform to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong. The search giant, w

Oracle directors give blessing to shareholder lawsuit against 2019-08-22 16:58:06Three years after closing a $9.3 billion deal to acquire NetSuite, several Oracle board members have written an extraordinary letter to the Delaware C

VMware acquires Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal 2019-08-22 16:55:20VMware today announced that it is acquiring Carbon Black, a publicly traded security company that focuses on securing modern cloud-native workloads. T

FCC approves $4.9B in funding for rural broadband 2019-08-22 16:27:52The FCC has just approved nearly five billion dollars in subsidies for rural broadband operators to be paid out over the next ten years. Recipients of

HP CEO steps down, citing ‘family health matter’ 2019-08-22 16:17:32HP Inc. announced this afternoon that Dion Weisler is stepping down as president and CEO. The executive cited a “family health matter” in

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Snapchat used by arms traffickers to market illegal 2019-08-22 17:37:59A Nevada man used Snapchat to market illegal weapons to buyers in California, according to a new report.

Apple iPhone 7 radiation test prompts FCC investigation: 2019-08-22 16:52:42Apple's popular iPhone 7 produced radiofrequency radiation above the legal limit in a new test, prompting the FCC to investigate the issue.

Army sets sights on lasers for infantry troops 2019-08-22 16:19:56U.S. Army Infantry units fight door-to-door in Close-Quarter-Combat in high-threat urban environments, advance through wooded, rocky terrain to maneuv

Turn off your Bluetooth, warn security experts 2019-08-22 12:09:48Your Bluetooth connection is unsafe. Very unsafe. That’s the message from the largest hacker convention.

Election machine keys are on the Internet, hackers 2019-08-22 09:14:50I may have the keys to open voting machines used in states across the country, and that is not a good thing.

Fake news can lead to false memories, new 2019-08-21 19:03:59Voters could form false memories after seeing fabricated news stories if those articles align with their existing political beliefs, according to newl

F-35 set for laser boost 2019-08-21 16:22:39Fighter Jet laser weapons are on the fast track, expected to bring new air attack options to “burn holes” through enemy targets at the spe

YouTube pressured to kick Chinese state media ads 2019-08-21 16:10:43YouTube users are pressuring the video platform to take down advertisements for China Central Television (CCTV), a state media channel accused of

Bunny or bird: What do you see in 2019-08-21 10:25:07Is it a bird? Or is it a bunny?

Amazon's Ring barred police from using 'surveillance' to 2019-08-20 20:45:40Amazon's home security company Ring deleted the term "surveillance" from a statement that law enforcement officials gave to local news outlets, pub

Apple Card now available to everyone in US 2019-08-20 10:30:01Tech giant Apple said on Tuesday that its foray into the credit card business, Apple Card, is now available to everyone in the U.S.

Facebook antitrust investigation could wrap up before 2020 2019-08-19 19:16:39Facebook's antitrust battle will likely wrap up prior to the 2020 election, according to statements by FTC Chairman Joe Simons.

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This might be our first look at the 2019-08-23 03:57:40OnePlus is one of the rare smartphone manufacturers that launches its smartphones in short intervals. You might be aware that OnePlus launches a flags

Google announces Android Q will be called ‘Android 2019-08-23 03:40:01Google has announced something which is quite important and related to Android. While we have seen that Google announced names for upcoming versions o

Apple will release new ‘Pro’ iPhones,16-inch MacBook Pro 2019-08-23 03:12:43As you might be aware, we are very close to the time when Apple announces its new iPhones. This year, we will see the Apple iPhone XI series being lau

5 Million+ Debit, Credit Card data sale linked 2019-08-23 02:42:58We know that data breaches have become somewhat common these days. The fact that more and more people come online means that more data is vulnerable t

OnePlus TVs will run on ‘improved’ version of 2019-08-23 02:19:35There is a confirmation from OnePlus regarding the upcoming OnePlus TVs. This piece of information is regarding the software side of things in the One

Facebook starts to rename Instagram and WhatsApp to 2019-08-23 01:59:30You might be aware that Facebook has made some major acquisitions in the past. Some of the biggest and most famous acquisitions out of these are that

Edraw Max All-in-one-Diagram software review 2019-08-23 00:31:30We have seen that diagrams, charts and other types of drawings can be a pain when it comes to preparing them. For this reason, we use specialized soft

4 Ways Ecommerce Technology is Changing in 2019 2019-08-22 12:50:49One thing is for certain: change will always happen. Such is the ebb and flow of technology, which is moving at a faster pace than ever before. As it

The latest consoles review: Sony PlayStation 4 Pro 2019-08-22 11:40:28Video games have become an integral part of modern entertainment culture. The console games industry has begun its history in the ’90s and is st

Best Websites to Compress JPEG image to below 2019-08-22 04:09:24As we grow up, technology is nothing different. It also grows with time but at a much higher pace. Since everything is happening online these days. Ev

Apple has even made rules such as polishing 2019-08-22 02:12:09We know that there is a lot of hype and excitement around every new product that Apple launches. Every year, we get the traditional Apple products suc

How to remove or disable ads from your 2019-08-21 13:33:45We have seen Xiaomi getting a lot of flak regarding the advertisements seen on MIUI. Now, there is no way that any smartphone manufacturer should be p

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Epic finally backpedals on Fortnite’s B.R.U.T.E. mech suit 2019-08-22 20:03:55

Google Photos now lets you search for text 2019-08-22 19:33:46

Netflix’s Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance builds on 2019-08-22 19:01:00

The new Chevy Bolt gained 21 miles of 2019-08-22 17:50:19

Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal is the most 2019-08-22 17:39:34

HP has a new CEO 2019-08-22 17:20:13

YouTube disabled 210 accounts for spreading disinformation about 2019-08-22 17:03:39

DoorDash breaks silence on driver tips, says it’ll 2019-08-22 17:00:14

News Corp is making a news service called... 2019-08-22 15:54:14

How to enable cross-save with your Destiny 2 2019-08-22 15:43:24

Bad air days are even deadlier than we 2019-08-22 12:27:04

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 preorder bonuses end later 2019-08-22 11:56:22

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Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ movie has lost another director 2019-08-22 19:48:19Sony wants to bring the Uncharted video game series from Naughty Dog to the big screen, but it has a director problem. According to a new report, the

Porsche Taycan interior is a 911-inspired tech haven 2019-08-22 19:03:17Porsche DNA runs deep, and little illustrates that quite as well as the dashboard of the new Porsche Taycan, the automaker’s first all-electric

AmazonFresh deliveries arrive in Houston, Phoenix, and Minneapolis 2019-08-22 18:55:27AmazonFresh, the company’s grocery service offering same-day deliveries, has expanded into three major new markets: Houston, Minneapolis, and Ph

Gears POP! mobile strategy game arrives on iOS 2019-08-22 18:08:12As promised earlier this week, the Funko Pop-styled Gears POP! strategy game from Microsoft is now available to download on iOS and Android. The game

NASA BIG Idea Challenge seeks tech to explore 2019-08-22 17:21:42NASA wants to explore the darkest regions of the Moon, but it’ll need technology that enables it to study these areas. To expedite the developme

Next week’s free Epic Store games list is 2019-08-22 16:52:01The free games offered through the Epic Games Store have rotated once again, and this week, the game on offer is Fez. Many gamers are familiar with Fe

Galaxy A50s and A30s revealed as Samsung’s release 2019-08-22 16:40:30The Samsung Galaxy A50s and A30s were announced today as ‘s’ upgrades to devices in the Galaxy A series: A50 and A30. These devices were r

OtterBox reveals wireless charging system with stackable batteries 2019-08-22 16:34:58OtterBox, the company best known for its durable phone cases, has introduced its new OtterSpot Wireless Charging System with stackable, highly portabl

Vaping linked to lung changes that cause emphysema 2019-08-22 15:43:03The bad news about vaping continues to roll in with a new study from the University of North Carolina Health Care, where researchers identified change

Minecraft Earth beta finally hits Android next week 2019-08-22 15:35:01It probably should be much of a surprise that there’s a lot of interest about Minecraft Earth. Not only did Pokemon GO prove that there’s

Mobile PDF edits enabled with Google Drive and 2019-08-22 15:18:21This week the folks at Google enabled PDF edits for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, and the like) in the Google Drive app. Users will need the o

Drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak linked to US beef, cheese 2019-08-22 14:58:07An outbreak of drug-resistant Salmonella that impacted more than 250 people in the United States from mid-June 2018 to March 2019 has been linked to b

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EGEB: Jay Inslee out of US presidential race, 2019-08-22 14:00:53 In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Clean energy advocate Jay Inslee (pictured) drops out of the US presidential race. Danish prime

Sun Joe’s 1440W Battery-powered Generator is $499 (Reg. 2019-08-22 13:24:45 Home Depot has a number of notable deals on electric outdoor tools. One of our favorite price drop is on the Sun Joe 1440W Battery-powered Generator

Chevy Bolt EV 2020 gets a range increase 2019-08-22 12:39:13 The Chevy Bolt EV 2020 is getting a slight range upgrade from 238 miles to 259 miles of range, according to an update from the Environmental Protecti

Hyundai teases a new 1970s-inspired electric car to 2019-08-22 12:05:30 Hyundai is teasing a new 1970s-inspired electric car concept set to be unveiled at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show next month. more… Subscribe to

RadRunner review: The first test of Rad Power 2019-08-22 11:02:34 Rad Power Bikes has just released its newest electric bicycle, the RadRunner. And of course Electrek made sure to get one early so we could already h

Tesla is looking at Gigafactory sites in Lower 2019-08-22 11:01:59 Tesla has been talking about building a Gigafactory in Europe to build electric vehicles and batteries for years, but it now says that it is finally

VW CEO is open to investing in Tesla 2019-08-22 09:17:31 Tesla (TSLA) has attracted interest from many established automakers over the years, and now it adds Volkswagen to the list as VW CEO Herbert Diess s

Rivian releases video of its electric pickup-truck camper 2019-08-22 06:07:20 Rivian is hyping up its electric pickup truck with a new video of it being used with a camper configuration, as it is about to take it on a tour for

Tesla’s head of Autopilot software leaves in restructuring 2019-08-21 18:18:25 Tesla’s head of Autopilot software, Stuart Bowers, has left the automaker to work for the venture capital firm Greylock after a restructuring o

Here’s one of the most important charts in 2019-08-21 15:26:23 Here’s one of the most important charts in the electrification of transport and the end of the combustion engine: conversion of fossil fuel-pow

Get ready for fall with a WORX 3-in-1 2019-08-21 14:34:26 The official WORX eBay storefront offers its WG170 GT 3-in-1 Electric Trimmer/Edger/Mower for $42.49 shipped in certified refurbished condition.

EGEB: Private jet pollution, camping with solar, high 2019-08-21 14:10:38 In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): How bad are private jets for CO2 in comparison to commercial flights? This video shows you how t

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The FCC has no idea how many people 2019-08-22 13:42:42The FCC likely counts millions of unserved homes as having broadband.

These McLaren F1s and Bugatti EB110s were the 2019-08-22 12:15:28Four F1s and four EB110s were among the cars at this year's Quail event.

Vaping-linked lung disease cases jump from 94 to 2019-08-22 11:36:09Despite a 60% rise in cases in five days, officials still haven't determined a cause.

Identical photons generated 150 million kilometers apart 2019-08-22 11:25:11Sun is resource for quantum entanglement, may reveal internal solar processes.

Unsweetened: Android swaps sugary codenames for boring numbers 2019-08-22 11:13:35Android gets a new logo, and it looks like a final release is coming any day now.

Maybe don’t keep your Apple Card in a 2019-08-22 11:03:22The card strives to be compatible with the way we shop, not the way we dress.

Physicists discover hidden text in what was thought 2019-08-22 08:10:57It's the latest example of how cutting-edge physics techniques can unlock the past.

Staffsource: Ars staffers reminisce on the games that 2019-08-22 08:01:06Everyone has that one game that started it all.

The ten best console racing games of all 2019-08-22 07:30:11Join us for an unscientific look at our favorite racing games of all time.

YouTube flags robot battle videos as “animal fights” 2019-08-22 06:45:10Are actual humans doing these "reviews"?

Researchers are creepily close to predicting when you’re 2019-08-21 17:32:31The test was ~83% accurate in an analysis involving data on 7,600 people.

While one Texas county shook off ransomware, small 2019-08-21 15:57:03Lubbock County managed to isolate the attack quickly. Others, not so much.

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Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet's colorful 2019-08-22 13:04:38Coordinated observations of Jupiter in early 2017 by six ground-based telescopes and Hubble allowed astronomers to study the evolution of bright plume

Maximum mass of lightest neutrino revealed using astronomical 2019-08-22 11:34:07The mass of the lightest neutrino, an abundant 'ghost' particle found throughout the universe, has been calculated to be at least 6 million times li

Materials scientists build a synthetic system with compartments 2019-08-22 11:34:05Polymer chemists and materials scientists have achieved some notable advances that mimic Nature, but one of the most common and practical features of

New study reveals carbon nanotubes measurement possible for 2019-08-22 11:33:54Scientists report an entirely new approach to manipulation of carbon nanotubes that allows physical measurements to be made on carbon nanotubes that h

Slow electrons to combat cancer 2019-08-22 10:14:29Slow electons can be used to destroy cancer cells - but how exactly this happens has not been well understood. Now scientists have been able to demons

Computer model could help test new sickle cell 2019-08-22 10:14:23A new computer model that captures the dynamics of the red blood cell sickling process could help in evaluating drugs for treating sickle cell disease

Temperatures of 800 billion degrees in the cosmic 2019-08-22 10:14:19It is among the most spectacular events in the universe: a merger of neutron stars. Astronomers have completed the first laboratory measurements of th

Switching electron properties on and off individually 2019-08-22 09:40:26Electrons have different properties - and they all can be used to create order in solid objects. This order determines the properties of the material.

First microscopic look at a tiny phenomenon with 2019-08-22 09:40:18Matter behaves differently when it's tiny. At the nanoscale, electric current cuts through mountains of particles, spinning them into vortexes that c

Quantum gravity's tangled time 2019-08-22 09:40:16The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts of scores of physicists over the past fifty ye

Artificial muscles bloom, dance, and wave 2019-08-22 09:40:14Researchers have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics. The advancement was demonstrated with a robotic blooming flower brooch,

Visualizing strong magnetic fields with neutrons 2019-08-22 08:11:54Researchers have developed a new method with which strong magnetic fields can be precisely measured. They use neutrons obtained from the SINQ spallati