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The movie industry is giving up on its UltraViolet digital locker
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 17:11
UltraViolet, the digital rights locker that gives you a way to view the movies and shows you purchase from various services, will shut down on July 31st. If you're not familiar with the service, it stores only licenses (...
Defense of Amazon's Face Recognition Tool Undermined by Its Only Known Police Client
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 23:55
Faced with two independent studies that found its facial recognition software returns inaccurate or biased results, Amazon has repeatedly claimed that the researchers failed to use the software, called Rekognition, in th...
Google Chrome Is Testing a Feature to Warn Users About Suspicious URLs
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 03:55
As phishing scams become increasingly sophisticated, Google's engineers have been exploring ways to help users better identify potentially nefarious URLs. Google Chrome is currently testing a new warning to flag these ty...
iRoller Liquid-Free Touchscreen Display Cleaner
The Gadget Flow - 31 Jan 2019 16:00
Effortlessly remove smudges and smears from your screen with the iRoller Liquid-Free Touchscreen Display Cleaner. This device effectively cleans any display without using any liquid. To use iRoller, simply apply mild pre...
'Fortnite' will host a Marshmello concert this weekend
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 14:29
With Super Bowl LIII only days away, Epic Games is ensuring that Fortnite players will be able to partake in some of the festivities. As reported by The Verge, the game's creators have booked EDM artist and producer Mars...
New York Attorney General Finds That Sale of Social Media Bots, Fake Engagement Is Illegal
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 04:20
The New York Attorney General's office has announced a settlement with Devumi LLC, a social media-marketing firm whose tactics were exposed by the New York Times last year, in what the office wrote is "the first finding ...
Google removes tracking app that abused Apple's rules like Facebook
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 03:48
It seems that a can of privacy worms has just been opened up and Facebook isn't the only one that's going to stew. The social network giant was recently reported to have been luring users with monetary rewards to track t...
Puma wants to let you try its new Fi self-lacing shoes
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 03:45
With the upcoming release of Nike's $350 Adapt BB, self-lacing shoes are set to become more commonplace, and Puma isn't about to let its rival take all the credit. After all, the German company showed off its own self-la...
Overwatch Paris map goes live for PC players in PTR program
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 03:16
Blizzard has released the newest map for Overwatch, though it’s not available for all players yet. Called “Paris,” the map features the iconic city and follows the most recent map up until this point, “Busan,” ...
2019 Could Be the Year Your Phone Finally Gets a Real Dark Mode
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 00:59
Windows 10 has had dark mode settings for a quite some time, and Apple added it to macOS with its Mojave update last year. But strangely, neither iOS nor stock Android offers a true system-wide dark mode option right now...
Fake FCC Comments Linked to Ex-Trump Campaign Director's Org, Boosted By Roger Stone
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 23:49
An organization run by a former Trump campaign statewide director is being investigated by the New York Attorney General's office for its role in submitting potentially hundreds of thousands of fraudulent comments to the...
This unmanned Chinese submersible just launched a weather rocket
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 23:43
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced the successful launch of a weather rocket from an unmanned semi-submersible vehicle. This is the first time a rocketsonde has been launched from an autonomous watercraft of t...
Apple 'temporarily' blocks Google's internal iOS apps, too
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 23:39
Earlier this week, Apple banned Facebook from running internal iOS apps because Facebook had been using Apple's enterprise certificate to distribute software outside of the App Store. Now, Apple has put the same kibosh d...
A Quarter of All U.S. Jobs Are at High Risk of Being Automated, Report Finds
Gizmodo - 31 Jan 2019 23:10
A full quarter of all U.S. employment is highly vulnerable to automation, a new report from the Brookings Institute finds. That's the equivalent of 36 million jobs. Meanwhile, some 36 percent of U.S. employment--52 milli...
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Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 23:00
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Devastating study finds almost half of all US adults have heart disease
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 22:42
The American Heart Association has published devastating research that found nearly half of all adults in the United States have heart disease. The health condition, which remains the number one cause of death in the US,...
Facebook took down over 750 pages from Iran for 'inauthentic behavior'
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 22:39
Facebook announced today that it has removed 783 pages, groups and accounts that were apparently engaging in "coordinated inauthentic behavior" tied to Iran. According to Facebook, these accounts mostly operated under a ...
Bad LG phone sales figures are good for Android
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 22:37
LG’s mobile division reported a loss of over $700 million USD in the whole of the year 2018 – but that might not be a bad thing. LG is set up in a way in which they can lose money in one division and still make enoug...
'Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth' coming to North America June 4th
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 22:22
It's been a long time coming, but Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is finally making its way to North America. The game, which was first teased back in 2017 and was released in Japan last year, will be available exclusiv...
AudioKit's free, feature-loaded synth is available for iPhone
Engadget - 31 Jan 2019 21:52
AudioKit Synth One was a minor breakthrough for mobile music making as a free, open source synthesizer that could compete with the heavyweights, but its iPad-only nature limited its audience. You'll be glad to hear, then...
2019 iPhone 3D leaks smell like Android's Tango
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 21:48
The latest iPhone 2019 leaks suggest Apple could present 3D-scanning features that Androids might find familiar. What with multiple cameras and scanners – including a laser-based solution – makes it seem like Apple j...
Nintendo Switch weekly eShop update: Wargroove is here at last
Slash Gear - 31 Jan 2019 21:44
It’s Thursday, and Switch owners know what that means: a new batch of games heading to the Nintendo eShop has been revealed. This week, the headliner is unquestionably Wargroove, a strategy game from the folks at Chuck...