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BlackBerry breaks up with phone-maker TCL
BBC - 3 Feb 2020 18:25
Chinese phone-maker TCL will no longer produce BlackBerry-branded smartphones.
The many meanings of the pinched fingers emoji
BBC - 3 Feb 2020 20:25
The latest wave of emoji have arrived, and one particular 'Italian' icon is raising questions.
Ashley Madison Breach Extortion Scam Targets Hundreds
Threatpost - 3 Feb 2020 17:56
A new extortion attack has targeted hundreds of users affected by the Ashley Madison breach over the past week.
Unhappy with Warcraft III: Reforged? Blizzard is offering refunds
Digital Trends - 3 Feb 2020 20:39
Blizzard Entertainment is offering quick refunds on Warcraft III: Reforged after a less-than-stellar launch.
Best retro games consoles 2020: Go back to the future
Pocket-lint - 3 Feb 2020 14:45
We might be staring down the barrel of brand new generations of consoles from the giants that are Sony and Microsoft, while Nintendo's Switch plugs away
Cult classic The Wonderful 101 is getting a Nintendo Switch revival
The Verge - 3 Feb 2020 23:00
While Nintendo's Wii U was a commercial failure, it still had a bunch of great games that don't deserve to be locked away on the doomed platform forever. Thankfully, that list is getting ever shorter by the day with re-r...
Stephen King axes Facebook over misinformation - CNET
CNET - 3 Feb 2020 01:45
Legendary author slams the "flood of false information" Facebook allows in its political advertising.
Scalable photonic computer solves the subset sum problem
Phys.org - 3 Feb 2020 16:52
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China created a photonic computer that was able to solve the subset sum problem. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes...
February 2020 security patch rolling out with a ton of Pixel 4 bug fixes
Android Central - 3 Feb 2020 20:29Huawei, Chinese chip makers keep factories humming despite virus outbreak
Reuters - 3 Feb 2020 13:24
Some technology firms in China have maintained operations to manufacture parts and products despite government calls in various cities and provinces for companies to halt work to help stop the spread of a new coronavirus...
Flashpoint is saving 36,000 Flash games from going into the night
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2020 03:53
Flash has become the bad boy of the Internet and few will argue that it needs to go. But while its retirement solves a lot of security problems on the Web, it also creates a mass grave for interactive experiences that, a...
Baby Nut's Super Bowl reveal has the internet terrified and confused - CNET
CNET - 3 Feb 2020 03:29
Finally, Baby Yoda has competition!
Apple iPads continue to lead the shrinking tablet market
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2020 02:46
It hasn’t even been half a year since IDC and other market analysts started reporting a slight reprieve for tablet manufacturers. Defying quarter after quarter of trends, the tablet market grew just a little bit in the...
3D map shows how the coronavirus spread worldwide
TechRepublic - 3 Feb 2020 21:46
A UN aviation agency uses GIS software to track transmission lines while 20 US airports set up screening centers.
Heisenberg limit gets a meaningful update
Phys.org - 3 Feb 2020 17:10
One of the cornerstones of quantum theory is a fundamental limit to the precision with which we can know certain pairs of physical quantities, such as position and momentum. For quantum theoretical treatments, this uncer...
Uber alerts users to possible coronavirus exposure in interesting precedent
9 to 5 Mac - 3 Feb 2020 17:09
Uber has alerted some of its users to a possible coronavirus exposure, and in doing so, has given us an interesting glimpse into a future where technology might help fight epidemics and pandemics… more… The post Uber...
Microsoft Teams is experiencing 'issues.' Company working on fix
USA Today - 3 Feb 2020 17:02
Microsoft's Slack rival is experiencing `issues," users and Downdetector report. Microsoft says it is working on Teams fix.
Could Photonic Chips Outpace the Fastest Supercomputers?
Singularity Hub - 3 Feb 2020 17:00
There’s been a lot of talk about quantum computers being able to solve far more complex problems than conventional supercomputers. The authors of a new paper say they’re on the path to showing an optical computer can...
The Eerie Repopulation of the Fukushima Exclusion Zone
Wired - 3 Feb 2020 17:00
Even in towns where radiation levels are deemed safe enough to return, apprehension still fills the air.
This 'internet treasure hunt' doles out passwords to premium subscriptions
Mashable - 3 Feb 2020 17:00Why are we obsessed with Instagram's 'What are you?' filters?
Engadget - 3 Feb 2020 17:00
We're barely one month into 2020, and one social media trend has truly taken the definition of 'viral' and rammed it down our collective throat: Instagram's "What X are you?" story filters.