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Control your home with Harman Kardon's Citation 100 smart speaker for $100
Android Central - 28 Jan 2021 15:16
Best Buy has brand new deals of the day going on, and the featured deal is the Harman Kardon Citation 100 smart speaker. It's down to $99.99 for one day. This price matches a sale we last saw over Cyber Monday. Outside o...
Exploring Idaho with the Lowepro Protactic BP 300 AW II
DP Review - 28 Jan 2021 17:00
The Lowepro Protactic BP 300 AW II is a tough, versatile backpack for photographers and videographers working on location. Its modular design and easy-access main compartment make it perfect for a medium-sized DSLR or IL...
A month after a high-level cyberattack, charity says many IT systems are still offline
ZDNet - 28 Jan 2021 14:18
UK's largest woodland conversation charity discloses a "high-level" cyber incident it fell victim to in December - and is investigating if membership data has been stolen by criminals.
Home health tech you need to watch in 2021 - CNET
CNET - 28 Jan 2021 16:00
From health selfies to invisible blood pressure measurement, this gear suggests the future of telehealth and digital medicine.
Google finally rolls out a fix for one of Pixel 5's biggest annoyances
Android Central - 28 Jan 2021 14:04Facebook accuses Apple of self-serving new privacy policy
Slash Gear - 28 Jan 2021 05:28
There is really no love lost between Apple and Facebook even as the latter has to begrudgingly yield to Apple’s rules if it wants any place on iPhones and iPads. That won’t keep Facebook from airing its grievances an...
Tesla will build an electric van eventually, Elon Musk says - Roadshow
CNET - 28 Jan 2021 04:08
But not in the near future, thanks to battery cell constraints.
Facebook Once Again Pledges To Depoliticize Facebook
Gizmodo - 28 Jan 2021 03:10
After initially pledging not to recommend civic and political groups to its users, but then sort of continuing to do that anyway, Facebook once again affirmed its commitment to reducing the amount of political content th...
Apple M1 MacBook Air review: The best you can buy
USA Today - 28 Jan 2021 02:46
Apple's new M1 MacBook Air is the new standard for an everyday laptop, crushing the likes of the Dell XPS 13 and HP Envy x360
Facebook's better-than-expected quarter is just the calm before the storm
Android Central - 28 Jan 2021 02:14
Facebook beat estimates across the board in its Q4 earnings but warns for what's ahead. What you need to know Facebook announced its Q4 earnings which ended December 2020. Daily and monthly active users hit right around ...
Google doesn't want to ask your permission to let it track your iPhone
BGR - 28 Jan 2021 02:07
Google indicated in an announcement that it would drop a tracking feature that allows it to track iPhone users across apps rather than risk showing a tracking prompt that Apple requires from all apps that want to track i...
The 'Wolf Moon' is coming tonight, so don't miss it
BGR - 28 Jan 2021 01:36
If you need a reason to stay up slightly past your bedtime, tonight will offer you the first glimpse of January's "Wolf Moon." The Wolf Moon is the first full moon of the year, and the second of winter as a whole. There ...
The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors
Phys.org - 28 Jan 2021 00:09
As China pushes the world to avoid official dealings with Taiwan, leaders across the globe are realizing just how dependent they've become on the island democracy.
Barracuda Networks unveils new backup platform for Microsoft 365
TechRepublic - 28 Jan 2021 17:28
The new cloud-to-cloud backup-and-restore feature supports all Microsoft 365 business services, including Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
A 6 year old became the world's youngest computer programmer
TechRepublic - 28 Jan 2021 17:06
Now 7, Kautilya Katariya set a new Guinness World Record for completing IBM's AI certification.
Robinhood no longer allows users to buy GameStop, AMC, BlackBerry shares
Mashable - 28 Jan 2021 16:49Location broker X-Mode continues to track users despite app store bans
TechCrunch - 28 Jan 2021 16:00
Apple and Google banned apps from sharing users' location data with X-Mode, a data broker with links to U.S. military contractors.
Online wholesale retailer Boxed taps Aeon for Asia expansion
TechCrunch - 28 Jan 2021 16:00
Boxed, the New York-based online retailer that sells and delivers bulk-sized groceries, makes its foray into Asia by partnering with Aeon, one of Asia’s largest brick-and-mortar retail operators. Unlike its consumer-fo...
WhatsApp brings biometric authentication to its web and desktop apps
Android Central - 28 Jan 2021 15:52
You'll now have to unlock your phone before you can log in to WhatsApp Web. What you need to know WhatsApp is adding biometric authentication to its Web and Desktop clients. You will now use have to unlock your phone wit...
Apple to roll out new data privacy features on next iOS 14 update - CNET
CNET - 28 Jan 2021 15:38
App Tracking Transparency will require user permission for companies to track user data across apps owned by different companies.
Apple Marks Data Privacy Day by Announcing New App Tracking Transparency Tool
The Mac Observer - 28 Jan 2021 15:06
January 28 is Data Privacy Day. Apple used the opportunity to reiterate its commitment to privacy and announced that a new App Tracking Transparency tool will be part of its next Beta release. It released a report called...
Data breaches fell in 2020, but identity thieves still raked in billions - CNET
CNET - 28 Jan 2021 14:45
On Data Privacy Day, here's a reminder that breaches can affect you long after your data is stolen.