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Hucksters Rake In $500K With Android, iOS Adware 2020-09-23 07:33:00Seven scamware apps found in Google Play and Apple's App Store corralled more than half a million dollars for their developers, according to Avast. T

Cloud Gaming Revenues to Soar to $12B by 2020-09-22 08:15:00According to gaming experts, 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for cloud gaming. When markets grow, it can be at the expense of others in the market

Nvidia + Arm Will Dramatically Change the Technology 2020-09-21 07:12:00Nvidia last week announced they are buying Arm, which will result in some exciting changes. This merger will open up opportunities for the company to

Do's and Don'ts for SMB Cybersecurity Safety 2020-09-17 12:54:29The stampede from offices to working from home has strained IT security teams to their limits. As a result, SMBs find they need to get more bang for f

Apple Reveals New Watches, Muscular Tablet at Online 2020-09-16 12:29:15Apple pulled the wraps off two new Apple Watches, two iPads and several services bundles at an event Tuesday held online. The new watches include the

Tech Job Market Hot for the Near Future 2020-09-15 08:12:00Computer systems design and related services added 13,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's August jobs report. IT employment in July

Microsoft Surface Duo: Rethinking the Smartphone 2020-09-14 07:00:00For many of us a phone should predominantly be a way to communicate and aid productivity, as opposed to being a device of distractions. Though we comm

The Perils of IT Security Hubris 2020-09-10 07:33:00Corporate cybersecurity has been increasingly compromised since organizations began implementing work-from-home policies in March as the pandemic cont

Google's New Phone App Feature ID's Legit Business 2020-09-09 07:14:00Google has taken a step toward controlling spam voice calls on Android devices with a new addition to its phone app. The "Verified Calls" feature wi

Applying AI to Bring a 'Better You' to 2020-09-07 08:00:00The fact is that people tend to judge us by our appearance. For a lot of folks on video calls, that appearance has degraded sharply this year. Wrinkl

Reported Data Breaches Decline in H1 2020 2020-09-03 15:35:58Data breaches were rampant in 2019, occurring at an unprecedented pace. However, the first half of this year has seen a reduction in the number of rep

Linux: 29 Years and Counting as a Powerhouse 2020-09-03 12:45:40When Linux was born on Aug. 25, 1991, it was little more than a hobby for then 21-year old Linus Torvalds. Today the Linux community is estimated to b

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September 2020 top product alerts: Hot new graphics 2020-09-30 09:00:00What a month. After the uneven ebb of product announcements through spring and summer, companies let loose in September. It’s a lot to take in,

Tested: Nvidia's new drivers fix RTX 3080 crashes 2020-09-30 08:59:00Over the weekend, forums around the Internet exploded with news of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 crashing in games for some users, followed by (very

AirVPN review: Good speeds and full of stats 2020-09-30 06:37:00AirVPN in brief: P2P allowed: Yes Business location: Italy Number of servers: 240 Number of country locations: 21 Cost: $58 (

YoSmart YoLink Hub review: A robust, long-range solution 2020-09-30 06:00:00With real-world range of more 300 feet indoors and 1,000-plus feet out, this LoRa-based hub works in situations where better-known technologies won&rs

3 ways gaming phones excel: You don't get 2020-09-30 06:00:00“Why are gaming phones still a thing?” That’s what my colleague Michael Simon pondered after the recent releases of the Asus RO

Google Meet extends unlimited meetings until March, possibly 2020-09-29 16:04:00Google said Tuesday that it would extend the period during which customers could make unlimited calls using Google Meet until March 31, 2021, ending s

Google Pixel 5 preview: Lower price, mid-range parts, 2020-09-29 11:56:00Google is set to launch the next generation of Pixel phones at its Launch Night In event at 2pm ET on Wednesday. Google has already teased that two ph

Disney+ GroupWatch lets you stream shows and movies 2020-09-29 09:02:00Up to seven people can join a Disney+ GroupWatch session at a time, but everyone in the group must be a Disney+ subscriber.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano is the lightest 2020-09-29 06:00:00Yes, that is a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano in your laptop bag. You probably just didn't realize it because the laptop weighs barely two pounds. The

The first foldable PC is here: Lenovo ThinkPad 2020-09-29 06:00:00The first foldable PC, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 FoldRemove non-product link, goes on preorder Tuesday, the company announced, and is due to ship by the

Lenovo ThinkBooks offer Intel or AMD CPUs and 2020-09-29 06:00:00ThinkBook may be Lenovo’s lower-cost option for small and medium-sized businesses, but the line is nevertheless keeping right in step with the t

Microsoft says it has resolved its Microsoft 365 2020-09-29 01:02:00Editor's Note: As of 9:00 PM, Microsoft says that the service outage has been resolved. "Any users still experiencing impact should be mitigated sho

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Prosus Ventures leads $13 million investment in Pakistan’s 2020-09-30 09:06:49Bykea, which leads the ride-hailing market in Pakistan, has raised $13 million as the five-year-old startup looks to deepen its penetration in the Sou

Element acquires Gitter to get more developers on 2020-09-30 09:00:26Some interesting news for lovers of open, decentralized communications tech: Element, the company behind the eponymous Matrix -based Slack competitor

Juno Bio launches a vaginal microbiome test kit 2020-09-30 09:00:13Entrepreneur First -backed Juno Bio has launched a home test kit for women wanting to get a better understanding of their vaginal microbiome while als

Gusto is expanding from payroll into a full 2020-09-30 09:00:11When we caught up with Gusto last year, the small business payroll startup had just raised $200 million and was launching a new office in New York Cit

After breach, Twitter hires a new cybersecurity chief 2020-09-30 08:10:31Following a high-profile breach in July, Twitter has hired Rinki Sethi as its new chief information security officer. Sethi most recently served as ch

VTEX raises $225M at a $1.7B valuation for 2020-09-30 08:01:52Retailers and consumer brands are focused more than ever in their histories on using e-commerce channels to connect with customers: the global health

Facebook introduces cross-app communication between Messenger and Instagram, 2020-09-30 07:59:42Facebook announced today it will begin rolling out new functionality that will allow Instagram and Messenger users to communicate across apps, in addi

Silverlake adds a $2 billion “longterm” hedge fund 2020-09-30 07:49:35Silver Lake Partners, the multi-billion dollar tech-focused investment firm, is adding a longterm hedge fund backed by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wea

Watch Google’s Pixel 5 event live right here 2020-09-30 07:45:24Google is holding an event to unveil its new phone, the Google Pixel 5. It is going to be a virtual event, and you can steam it live. The event starts

Memo Bank details its offering for its business 2020-09-30 07:28:03French startup Memo Bank has unveiled three different plans for its new customers. The company is building a business bank for small and medium compan

Hailo challenges Intel and Google with its new 2020-09-30 07:00:11Hailo, a Tel Aviv-based startup best known for its high-performance AI chips, today announced the launch of its M.2 and Mini PCIe high-AI acceleration

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will get EA 2020-09-30 06:34:53Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers would be able to access EA Play for no additional cost. The company s

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Hackers attack Nevada school district, publish social security 2020-09-30 07:24:38Hackers published sensitive data, including the names and social security numbers of staff at the Clark County school district in Nevada, after it ref

New Army ‘Accelerated Multi-Node Attack’ enabled by AI 2020-09-28 13:52:19Gray Eagle drones were armed with HELLFIRE missiles and GBU-69 glide bombs, 155mm artillery weapons fired rounds 60km (37.3 miles) to destroy SA-22 en

'Attacking at speed': Army Project Convergence and breakthrough 2020-09-27 14:56:52The U.S. military recently conducted a live-fire full combat replication with unmanned-to-unmanned teaming guiding attacks, small reconnaissance drone

5 answers to common tech questions revealed 2020-09-27 04:00:43A woman called her company’s tech support desk, and the technician asked for her password.

Tech security tip: How to delete private data 2020-09-26 04:00:07Moving a file to the trash on your PC or Mac gets rid of it for good, right? Not so fast.

Ransomware attack results in death at German hospital 2020-09-24 13:39:30The first ransomware-related death means that sensitive data isn’t the only victim of these attacks.

Air Force to launch new 'hardened' war satellite 2020-09-24 13:11:13What if Air Force fighters and bombers were successfully attacking an enemy with absolute precision and exact targeting data when all of a sudden thei

F-35 and F-22 fighter jets might be able 2020-09-24 11:03:07If an F-22 and F-35 were both operating in full stealth attack mode behind enemy lines, striking air defenses, searching for targe

FBI warns on 'foreign actors' spreading disinformation on 2020-09-23 17:19:56The FBI issued a warning to “raise awareness” of the threat posed by disinformation in the wake of the 2020 elections.

How emergency tech prep ahead of power outages 2020-09-23 09:17:18As raging wildfires char the West Coast and thousands are evacuated from their homes amid a barrage of powerful hurricanes to the East, power outages

Air Force flies 6th-gen stealth fighter – 'super 2020-09-22 13:46:39It is a huge development. It could even be called somewhat shocking. The U.S. Air Force has already built and flown a new, sixth-generation stealth fi

6th-gen takes to the air: The fastest, stealthiest, 2020-09-22 06:55:23Now that the Air Force has officially announced that it has built and flown a new sixth-generation fighter jet, many might wonder the following questi

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How To Install ExpressVPN On Firestick TV? 2020-09-27 23:33:51ExpressVPN is a popular choice among tech enthusiasts who really cares about their online privacy. It has a massive number of servers which are capabl

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How to Test Wifi Speed? 2020-09-27 02:53:50Wi-Fi speed refers to how fast you can transfer data between the internet server and your device at any time. The speed of your Wi-Fi is really import

Here’s Why Your Business Should be Using Call 2020-09-26 12:23:25Call recording is not the same as call logging. The purpose of using a call recording service is capturing phone, web conferencing, and email conversa

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How to Cancel NordVPN 2020-09-26 10:39:19NordVPN is no doubt one of the most used and popular VPN services out there. But there can be situations you have to cancel the NordVPN subscription e

AnyUnlock – iCloud Activation Unlocker Review: Bypass iCloud 2020-09-26 08:27:43Forgot your Apple ID and password? Or got a second-hand iPhone and can’t enter it? No worries. Today we are going to take a look at software cal

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Amazon Alexa will now be undertaking a whole 2020-09-26 02:47:51The annual hardware event for Amazon was witnessed recently and a lot of new Alexa features are launched for the Echo speakers. The reach of the produ

7 Technology Tips to Learn Foreign Language 2020-09-25 13:12:10The advancement of the online world has made it easier than ever for someone to speak to anyone in the world, or explore the language and cultures of

How To Use The Cloud To Grow Your 2020-09-25 05:35:22There has never been a better time to be a business owner. There have been so many advances in automation and computing that many aspects of your busi

Amazon has launched a truck load of products 2020-09-25 02:02:45Amazon recently launched a lot of new hardware and gave a surprise to many of the potential customers. All of the hardware is mainly focused to make a

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Asus ZenBook 14 UX425EA review: a standard step 2020-09-30 09:00:00

Lynk & Co’s compact SUV costs €500 a 2020-09-30 08:06:27

Google’s Pixel 5 event: how to watch today’s 2020-09-30 08:00:00

The Google Pixel couldn’t win at the high 2020-09-30 07:00:00

Samsung’s Premiere 4K laser projector now available, starting 2020-09-30 06:51:41

Why Coinbase will struggle to ban politics from 2020-09-30 06:00:00

Amazon starts offering virtual classes and sightseeing tours 2020-09-30 05:28:33

911 outages have become a fact of life 2020-09-29 21:12:58

Apple outage affected App Store, Apple Music, Apple 2020-09-29 21:09:32

Twitter’s voice tweets are rolling out to more 2020-09-29 20:32:15

Here’s what the new Chromecast’s Google TV software 2020-09-29 17:30:16

Spotify’s exclusive Michelle Obama podcast will be available 2020-09-29 17:28:07

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2021 BMW X2 receives sporty Edition M Mesh 2020-09-30 08:52:00BMW is infusing the base 2021 X2 28i with an exclusive Edition M Mesh styling package. Available on both the X2 sDrive28i and xDrive38i, the new Editi

ISS crew continues testing to find a small 2020-09-30 08:21:31The crew aboard the International Space Station is continuing to work to try and find the source of a small leak. Late Monday night, NASA reports that

Atari VCS is finally ready to ship to 2020-09-30 07:52:43Crowdfunding has helped many dreams come true but also dashed many hopes. Pretty much like investors, backers took not just the financial but also the

Ford talks specifications on the 2021 F-150 pickup 2020-09-30 07:24:02The 2021 F-150 pickup has been completely redesigned, and Ford is talking about some of the new truck’s specifications. The automaker says that

2021 Lamborghini Urus Graphite Capsule combines matte paint 2020-09-30 06:56:50The 2021 Lamborghini Urus Graphite Capsule is the second Urus design edition after debuting the Urus Pearl Capsule a few months back. Whereas the Pear

SellCell offers higher trade-in values than Apple & 2020-09-30 06:42:37Apple’s new iPhone 12 will soon be upon us, which means iPhone fans are already mulling over the ways they will be able to afford one. It could

Scientists create a new enzyme cocktail that digests 2020-09-30 06:27:17A group of scientists has paired a plastic-eating enzyme called PETase with another enzyme to create a cocktail that can digest plastic up to six time

Panasonic LUMIX Webcam Beta rolls out for Windows 2020-09-30 06:01:24Camera makers feared how smartphone cannibalized their lower-end products but that only pushed them to adapt and hop on trends quickly. The latest tre

Twitter Voice Tweets on iOS gets wider rollout, 2020-09-30 00:24:56A few months ago, Twitter rolled out a somewhat whimsical new feature that allowed users to attach voice messages to Tweets just like they would video

iOS 14.2 code change confirms iPhone 12 to 2020-09-30 00:03:51While the iPhones have changed significantly over the years, there at least three things that have remained constant. They have shipped in a white box

Google Fitbit acquisition could soon be cleared in 2020-09-29 23:32:12News about business acquisitions often makes it sound like things are over once the ink has dried. Reality is, however, far more complicated, especial

Firefox for Android to finally get a few 2020-09-29 23:07:37Mozilla was unsurprisingly very proud of its new Firefox on Android experience, which it dubbed “Daylight” but the backlash it received ma

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Nissan turns Leaf electric car into cool-looking mobile 2020-09-29 16:34:53 Nissan modified a Leaf electric car to turn it into a cool-looking mobile power supply on wheels for disaster relief. more… The post Nissan t

VW ID.4 will have 2,200lb towing capacity, 2,700 2020-09-29 16:18:26 VW’s online configurator for the ID.4 is out, and a new detail has emerged about the car’s towing capabilities. It looks like all ID.4 mo

Quick Charge Podcast: September 29, 2020 2020-09-29 16:00:37 Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn a

Segway just launched this affordable 50-mile range electric 2020-09-29 14:27:25 Segway has been on a roll, launching new personal electric vehicles seemingly monthly lately. After recently opening sales for the company’s ne

Green Deals: Greenworks Pro 60V Electric Trimmer/Blower Combo 2020-09-29 13:13:23 Lowes offers the Greenworks Pro 60V Electric String Trimmer and Blower Combo Kit for $212.95 shipped. Regularly $299, today’s deal is the secon

Ford slashes Mustang Mach-E electric car prices by 2020-09-29 13:06:39 Ford has slashed its Mustang Mach-E electric car prices by up to $3,000 ahead of the start of deliveries. more… The post Ford slashes Mustang

New Jersey is about to have the strictest 2020-09-29 11:48:00 New Jersey has banned plastic bags and utensils, polystyrene foam containers… and even paper bags. And truth be told, it could afford to be ev

GM tests its Ultium battery system for Cruise 2020-09-29 11:08:19 GM has started testing its Ultium battery system, which is going to power its next generation of electric vehicles, for the Cruise Origin autonomous

EGEB: Here’s what China’s net zero plan might 2020-09-29 10:15:05 A Chinese climate research institute has created China’s road map to reach net zero by 2060. New Jersey bans plastic bags, polystyrene foam con

Tesla (TSLA) secures massive order of Tesla Semi 2020-09-29 08:43:18 Tesla (TSLA) has secured a massive order of 130 Tesla Semi electric trucks from Walmart Canada. more… The post Tesla (TSLA) secures massive o

Sleek new Fiido D11 folding e-bike launches for 2020-09-29 08:22:20 Fiido launched its innovative D11 folding electric bicycle with a massive Indiegogo campaign earlier this summer, raising over US$1 million. While th

End of quarter best EV deals on 2020-09-29 08:16:15 Tesla isn’t the only company that makes an end of the quarter sales push. There are still a couple of days left to score a great end-of-quarter

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Discovery of close binary trans-Neptunian object 2020-09-28 15:28:57A new study reveals the binary nature of a trans-Neptunian object (TNO).

3D biometric authentication based on finger veins almost 2020-09-28 15:28:50Biometric authentication, which uses unique anatomical features such as fingerprints or facial features to verify a person's identity, is increasingl

Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in 2020-09-28 12:50:46A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunting exercise for even the most mathematically profi

Antiferromagnet lattice arrangements influence phase transitions 2020-09-28 12:50:14New research reveals that the nature of the boundary at which an antiferromagnet transitions to a state of disorder slightly depends on the geometry o

Avoiding environmental losses in quantum information systems 2020-09-28 12:50:12New research has revealed how robust initial states can be prepared in quantum information systems, minimizing any unwanted transitions which lead to

Cement-free concrete beats corrosion and gives fatbergs the 2020-09-28 10:34:18Researchers have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which all but eliminates corrosion.

To kill a quasiparticle: A quantum whodunit 2020-09-28 09:37:38Quasiparticles die young, lasting far, far less than a second. Why? A new Monash University study finds a culprit beyond the usual suspect (decay into

First study with CHEOPS data describes one of 2020-09-28 09:05:02CHEOPS keeps its promise: Observations with the space telescope reveal details of the exoplanet WASP-189b - one of the most extreme planets known.

First measurements of radiation levels on the moon 2020-09-26 14:52:12In the coming years and decades, various nations want to explore the moon, and plan to send astronauts there again for this purpose. But on our inhosp

Researchers help develop sustainable polymers 2020-09-26 14:51:53Researchers have made new discoveries on the effects of temperature on sustainable polymers. Their findings may help the industry to produce plastics

Faced with shortages, researchers combine heat and humidity 2020-09-26 14:51:45Researchers found that gently heating N95 masks in high relative humidity could inactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus trapped within the masks, without degradin

Physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave 2020-09-25 11:36:53Gravitational wave detectors opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced by colliding black holes and neutron s