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Woman fails to find Apple's Black Friday gift card offer terms, launches class action suit
AppleInsider - 30 Nov 2018 17:41
A dubious class action lawsuit against Apple accuses the company of misleading customers during its recent Black Friday shopping event by supposedly promoting products not covered by a gift card promotion, but the basis ...
Embarrassing PDF fail reveals Facebook considered selling access to data
Mashable - 30 Nov 2018 02:30Crypto-King Who Bought BitTorrent Sinking $100 Million Into Putting Video Games on the Blockchain
Gizmodo - 30 Nov 2018 01:30
The price of cryptocurrencies may be steadily going down the tubes, but true believers are still hanging on to the blockchain dream. Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, is still all in. After buying BitTorrent for $150 mill...
Encryption debate reminiscent of climate change arguments: Senetas
ZDNet - 30 Nov 2018 05:44
Fresh from ignoring experts on the warming of the planet, Australia's politicians are now ignoring cyber experts.
This incredible Hubble snapshot of a galaxy cluster took an incredible amount of work to pull off
BGR - 30 Nov 2018 05:05
Hubble might be nearing the eventual end of its lifespan, but it's still capable of some truly incredible feats. A new image stitched together from several Hubble snapshots has given astronomers a breathtaking glimpse at...
How Google's 'Frankenphone' taught the Pixel 3 AI to take portrait photos - CNET
CNET - 30 Nov 2018 04:15Elon Musk's public pot smoking days are over, NASA chief says - CNET
CNET - 30 Nov 2018 04:00
"You won't be seeing that again," NASA's administrator says of Musk's infamous appearance on a podcast.
Google employees raise more than $200,000 in pledges for strike fund
The Verge - 30 Nov 2018 01:29
A prominent Google employee said today that workers had pledged more than $100,000 for a strike fund, an amount she would also match, following more news about the company's controversial plans for China. Earlier today, ...
3DMark's Port Royal lets you benchmark ray tracing on Nvidia's RTX cards
Digital Trends - 30 Nov 2018 00:59
UL is adding another benchmarking utility to its popular 3DMark suite to help gamers measure their graphics card's ray tracing performance. You'll soon be able to measure how Nvidia's RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti stack up...
After more than two years, 'Pokémon Go' will finally get trainer battles
Digital Trends - 30 Nov 2018 18:53
After more than two years, Niantic's Pokémon Go is finally going to get trainer battles. The developer teased the news on Twitter with a series of cryptic images and videos before making it official. The post After more...
Shaping Healthcare Ecosystem with Blockchain
ReadWrite - 30 Nov 2018 18:00
Blockchain has become a hot topic of discussion these days as it has made its way into a number of industries. From finance to infrastructure, blockchain or distributed ledger has found interoperability in every sphere o...
Marriott says as many as 500 million Starwood guests' data may have been breached
USA Today - 30 Nov 2018 17:22
Marriott says a data breach allowed access to a database of information on as many as 500 million customers who have stayed at a Starwood property.
Lawmakers still want details from Amazon on its facial recognition tech
Engadget - 30 Nov 2018 17:22
In July, three members of Congress -- Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) -- sent Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos a letter requesting information about the ...
Yup, Samsung is finally ready to copy the iPhone design decision it's been mocking since 2016
BGR - 30 Nov 2018 17:07
The Galaxy A8s will be Samsung's first phone with a gorgeous Infinity-O display. That's the kind of screen that occupies almost the entire front of the phone except for tiny bezels and a camera hole near the top. Samsung...
Massive, extended data breach within Marriott's hotel empire
ABC News - 30 Nov 2018 17:05
Massive data breach within Marriott's hotel empire; company discovers unauthorized access since 2014
Earn top dollar fighting cyber crime as an ethical hacker
Android Authority - 30 Nov 2018 17:03
The online threat has never been greater. If you want to join the fight, the 2019 Ethical Hacker Master Class Bundle has the training you need to get certified.
People with paralysis control robot waiters in Tokyo cafe - CNET
CNET - 30 Nov 2018 17:01
Robots in this anime-inspired, pop-up cafe are allowing people with ALS and spinal-cord injuries to work short-term.
Inspired by Sci-Fi, an Airplane With No Moving Parts and a Blue Ionic Glow
Singularity Hub - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the Star Wars, Star Trek, and Back to ...
Scientists Propose New Way to Treat Depression With Brain Implants
Gizmodo - 30 Nov 2018 17:00
In recent years, doctors have explored an unorthodox method to address cases of depression that haven't responded to other treatments: sending precise electrical shocks directly to areas of a patient's brain, otherwise k...
The GCHQ's Idea to Spy on Encrypted Messaging Apps
The Mac Observer - 30 Nov 2018 16:56
The government is banking on the fact that many users don’t verify their public keys with each other.
WATCH: NASA is looking for contractors for the next moon mission
ABC News - 30 Nov 2018 16:53
Plus, YouTube adds stories and the U.S. military is testing exoskeletons for its soldiers.
Upcoming Tesla features are straight out of a 'James Bond' movie
USA Today - 30 Nov 2018 16:51
Elon Musk has been tweeting about new features for Tesla vehicles and they're insane. Buzz60's Tony Spitz has the details.