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Facebook: 10 million people saw Russian political ads
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 02:34
Approximately 10 million people saw the ads a Russia-based organization bought on Facebook to sow political discord in the US. That's one of the things the social network has revealed in a post talking about the 3,000 Ru...
Toys 'R' Us hopes AR will bring you back to its stores
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 00:40
Let's say you're Toys 'R' Us: you've just declared bankruptcy, and you're looking for something, anything that might convince customers to visit your stores instead of buying all their toys through Amazon. What would you...
YouTube's iOS app shares videos to iMessage with ease
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 16:37
You'd think YouTube's iOS app would have had iMessage sharing early on, but no -- sharing clips to Apple's official messaging client has been a cumbersome affair. Not so after today, however. YouTube has quietly updated ...
Honda's disaster recovery robot can climb ladders
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 15:40
The disaster response team of the future could be made up of an army of cheery orange robots, according to Honda. The company has unveiled a working prototype of its E2-DR disaster response robot -- first revealed in an ...
WhatsApp's new universal emoji set looks very familiar
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 05:36
A few months ago, WhatsApp announced that a billion users send messages on it daily -- which is apparently the right time to introduce its own line of emojis. If you're an iOS user, you might find them familiar, as the m...
Facebook Messenger Lite is finally rolling out to the US
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2017 03:20
Better late than never, right? Almost exactly a year after it was launched, Facebook is now making its standalone, data-saving Messenger Lite Android app available in the US, UK, and Canada. Not exactly markets you’d t...
Russian Ads Reached About 10 Million Americans, Facebook Says
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 02:44
Facebook turned over 3,000 ads to Congress on Monday that the company says were purchased by a now-defunct troll farm with known Kremlin ties. In a blog post, Facebook said the ads reached as many as 10 million Americans...
Equifax will warn 2.5 million additional hacking victims by mail
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 02:16
The hack that compromised Equifax was bad enough, but its response only seemed to make things worse. Even the website that verified the potential threat to your data left many people wondering. Equifax wants to remove an...
Snap Screws Up Basic Website, Blows Lid Off Its Own Surprise AR Announcement
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 02:11
Snap, Inc., the social media giant behind Snapchat and Bitmoji, launched a countdown clock for a mystery announcement on Monday afternoon at
Another Windows VR headset enters the fray with Samsung Odyssey
Ars Technica - 3 Oct 2017 23:51
SteamVR games will arrive at holiday season.
IRS Awards Equifax $7.25 Million No-Bid Contract to Help 'Verify Taxpayer Identities'
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 23:50
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that asking the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. The Internal Revenue Service, it seems, has taken this warning as ...
Marvel joins Madefire's digital comic book collection
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 23:43
Madefire's digital comic book platform is a good way to spice up stories that you may have read countless times, but its catalog has always had a conspicuous gap: namely, there were no Marvel comics. That ends today. Mad...
Watching a VHS Tape Melt Is Like Seeing Obsolescence Happen in Real Time
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 23:35
According to the folks who made this video of a melting VHS tape, it took 160 hours in an acetone vapor bath to liquify the relic of the Blockbuster age. 20,000 photos later, we have a visual record of the process. And w...
Samsung HMD Odyssey is the highest-end Windows Mixed Reality headset yet
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2017 23:02
Samsung is one of a collection of brand making Windows Mixed Reality headsets this year, coming first with the Odyssey. The Samsung HMD Odyssey works with 2x AMOLED displays, a 110-degree field of view, 6 DOF inside-out ...
Yahoo's 2013 hack impacted all 3 billion accounts
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 22:58
Last year Yahoo (now part of Oath along with AOL after its acquisition by Verizon) announced that back in 2013, hackers had stolen info covering over one billion of its accounts. Today, the combined company announced tha...
Call of Duty: WWII Limited Edition bundle goes up for preorder
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2017 22:56
The limited edition Call of Duty: WWII bundle revealed last month is now available for preorder. The bundle features a camo-themed console and a military green DualShock 4 controller to match. The game itself doesn’t l...
All 3 Billion Yahoo Accounts Affected in Catastrophic Breach
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 22:55
The Yahoo breach was already considered to be the largest known hack of user data when it was counted at 1 billion affected accounts. Now, that record-breaking breach has tripled in size.
Puerto Rico Is on the Brink of a Terrifying Public Health Crisis
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2017 22:42
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands as a Category 4 storm this past month, it immediately brought devastation from winds, flooding, and storm surge to many Americans. The entire island lost ...
Walmart bought a shipping company for same-day deliveries in NYC
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 22:39
Providing fast and, ideally, free delivery is a feature customers have come to expect from online retailers and it's one that Amazon does quite well. But in its ongoing battle with the retail giant, Walmart has acquired ...
Former Equifax CEO blames breach on one IT employee
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 22:20
The Equifax data breach that leaked information on the now-145 million people was caused by a vulnerability in Apache's Struts system. Trouble is, the software provider supplied a patch back in March that should have eli...
Ubisoft's South Park: Fractured But Whole contest seeks fart recordings
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2017 22:04
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is up for preorder (again), and ahead of its release comes a surprise contest from Ubisoft: it wants fans to send in recordings of their farts. The contest is called ‘I Am the Fart,�...
Snapchat's AR art installations are live in select cities
Engadget - 3 Oct 2017 22:03
It's finally time for Snapchat's new augmented reality art project to be revealed. The feature, leaked yesterday via the hack of a web countdown clock on art.snapchat.com, puts artist Jeff Koos' signature giant balloon a...