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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy is a Fundamental Human Right'
Mac Rumors - 5 Jun 2018 04:45
Apple CEO Tim Cook this evening sat down for an exclusive interview with CNN's Laurie Segall, where he discussed everything from his iPhone usage habits to the importance of privacy. On the subject of device usage, Cook ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook says data tracking is 'totally out of control' - CNET
CNET - 5 Jun 2018 03:54
Most people are oblivious to the amount of data being tracked, Cook tells CNN.
Former Apple Partnership Manager Akil King shares tips on ensuring the perfect iOS 12 app launch
9 to 5 Mac - 5 Jun 2018 22:22
During a talk given at Layers, a design and technology conference held across the street from WWDC 2018, a former Apple developer relations manager shared with the audience some secrets to promotion and success in the Ap...
Quantum stopwatch stores time in a quantum memory
Phys.org - 5 Jun 2018 17:30
Physicists have developed a "quantum stopwatch"--a method that stores time (in the form of states of quantum clocks) in a quantum memory. In doing so, the method avoids the accumulation of errors that usually occurs when...
Trump Complies With Court Order to Unblock People on Twitter
Motherboard - 5 Jun 2018 16:59
Tuesday, the Knight Institute announced that the seven individuals it represented in court were unblocked by the @realDonaldTrump account.
Qualcomm Teases Its First Chip Built Just for Laptops
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2018 04:30
In early 2018, the first Windows 10 laptops sporting Qualcomm CPUs hit the market, and with it, Qualcomm brought a more smartphone-like experience to the PC world. That was thanks to superior battery life and always-on L...
70 Long-Lost Japanese Video Games Have Been Discovered in a 67GB Folder of ROMs on a Private Forum
Motherboard - 5 Jun 2018 21:50
They were found in a folder called "DO NOT UPLOAD."
Mojave is Apple's last version of macOS to support 32-bit apps
AppleInsider - 5 Jun 2018 17:17
The newest version of macOS will accelerate the phasing-out of 32-bit apps, Apple confirmed at WWDC on Monday, with Xcode 10 dropping support for the apps entirely.
That mystery dinosaur sold at the Eiffel Tower
Slash Gear - 5 Jun 2018 17:10
Someone just bought a bunch of bones at the Eiffel Tower, and we don’t yet know what the creature’s called. It’s a dinosaur, to be sure, but the exact species is not yet set in stone, as it were. The bones were dis...
Boston Dynamics' scary robot videos: Are they for real?
ABC News - 5 Jun 2018 17:00
Those scary robot videos from Boston Dynamics: Are they for real?
Paul Manafort's Terrible Encrypted Messaging OPSEC Got Him Additional Charges
Motherboard - 5 Jun 2018 16:54
Don't commit crimes. But if you do, don't back up the evidence of your crimes to Apple or Google's cloud, where it doesn't matter that the evidence was originally end-to-end encrypted.
AMD's game-smoothing FreeSync tech makes its living room debut in Samsung QLED TVs
PC World - 5 Jun 2018 16:54
AMD's gameplay-smoothing FreeSync technology is coming to your living room. Samsung's new 55-inch to 82-inch QLED TVs now support FreeSync, the companies officially announced on Tuesday, following a quieter update that p...
Hacked: 92 Million Account Details for DNA Testing Service MyHeritage
Motherboard - 5 Jun 2018 16:53
On Monday MyHeritage announced a security researcher had uncovered tens of millions of account details for recent customers, including email addresses and hashed passwords.
NASA chief in talks with companies about running ISS: report
Phys.org - 5 Jun 2018 16:48
The head of the US space agency is in talks with several global companies about taking over day-to-day operations at the International Space Station in the coming years, US media said Tuesday.
These are the Chromebooks that can run Android and Linux apps
Android Central - 5 Jun 2018 16:46
Android and Linux apps on your Chromebook is awesome. Not every Chromebook available today was released with Android app support out of the box — these need to be updated after the fact to add Google Play support. Many...
'Hitman 2' Announcement Leaks, Appears To Be Coming Soon
Forbes - 5 Jun 2018 16:38
A leak from Warner Bros. makes it look like we'll be getting a look at 'Hitman 2' soon.
LG's first 4K projector will cost $3,000
The Verge - 5 Jun 2018 16:36
LG announced that it was entering the 4K projector space at CES earlier this year with the HU80KA, a diminutive, box-sized projector that can output a 150-inch picture at up to 2,500 lumens of brightness. But if you want...
African-Americans still disproportionately affected by HIV
Science Daily - 5 Jun 2018 16:34
African-Americans are still much more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white Americans. A new article on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African-American community shows that despite recent drops in HIV diagnoses across...
NASA limits future space telescope costs amid mission delays and budget uncertainty
The Verge - 5 Jun 2018 16:34
As NASA's next flagship space telescope is riddled with delays, the space agency is giving scientists some hard limits on how much money can be spent on future astrophysics missions. Last week, NASA announced that scient...
Hawaii volcano's new outburst captured in satellite views
Fox News - 5 Jun 2018 16:30
The volcanic outburst on Hawaii's Big Island intensified early this week, and satellites have been keeping an eye on the dramatic geological activity.
The truth about sex robots: Panic, pleasure and a candlelit dinner
Engadget - 5 Jun 2018 16:30
Dr. Oz isn't happy about the future of sex. The day I'm scheduled to appear on his show, the television physician and Oprah protege has assembled a cast of victims and villains that includes a college communications majo...
FCC Emails Show Agency Spread Lies to Bolster Dubious DDoS Attack Claims
Gizmodo - 5 Jun 2018 16:30
As it wrestled with accusations about a fake cyberattack last spring, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) purposely misled several news organizations, choosing to feed journalists false information, while at the ...