Blogs

Blog and article listings 26140 public listings.

• Arrest warrant for Samsung boss and executives rejected by District Court (zdnet.com)
  The Samsung heir and two executives will now stand trial as free men for the financial fraud charges.
• Google Maps rolls out COVID-19 transit alerts (zdnet.com)
  To help users avoid crowded public transport and road closures due to travel restrictions.
• King Arthur wants to automate your sourdough starter (theverge.com)
  The Sourdough Sidekick is an automated countertop appliance that can feed your starter and minimize discard, developed in partnership with…
• Rumor: Apple pushing flash makers to their limits (arstechnica.com)
  Apparently, Apple is buying enough flash to build twice as many iPods (or …
• Here’s what military planning usually looks like — and why it doesn’t include Signal (theverge.com)
  The US military’s Houthi Signal group chat planning a military strike in Yemen violates long-standing security protocol.
• You can now buy a Coke with cryptocurrency across Australia and New Zealand (zdnet.com)
  Coca-Cola Amatil and Centrapay have partnered to allow vending machine purchases to be made through the Sylo Smart Wallet.
• Internet Radio Equality Act would overturn decision on webcasting fees (arstechnica.com)
  Rep. Jay Inslee has just introduced a bill that would overturn the …
• A beginner’s guide to using Signal (theverge.com)
  Secure messaging for everyone — as long as you know what you’re doing.
• Apple VP: iTunes films in Europe, for reals this time (arstechnica.com)
  iTunes movies are coming to Europe this year, as confirmed by Apple's European …
• Coles partners with Flybuys to launch Flypay (zdnet.com)
  A payment platform giving online shoppers the chance to pay and collect Flybuys points at the same time.
• Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design (theverge.com)
  A fan was ejected from a Knicks game in 2021 for wearing a shirt calling out the team’s owner, James Dolan. This week, the designer of the…
• Sony fined AU$3.5 million for misleading customers about digital refunds (zdnet.com)
  The ACCC said the company falsely claimed to consumers that they were not entitled to refunds for faulty games.
• Sanity returns: Bee collapse linked to fungus (arstechnica.com)
  Despite some hype linking vanishing bee populations to cell phone use...
• IBM announces exit of facial recognition business (zdnet.com)
  Big Blue fears the technology could be used to promote racial discrimination.
• Distrust and piracy go together like PB&J (arstechnica.com)
  When the entertainment industry treats consumers like criminals in order to …
• Data61's seL4 security enforcement now available to the RISC-V ecosystem (zdnet.com)
  CSIRO has announced the completion of the proof of implementation correctness of the open-source seL4 microkernel for the RISC-V ISA.
• IBM announces Cell-based "gameframe" system for hosting virtual worlds (updated) (arstechnica.com)
  IBM has announced that they're joining forces with a game company to develop a …
• First Alert’s new smart smoke alarm is a Nest Protect replacement (theverge.com)
  Google has killed the Nest Protect and is replacing it with the First Alert Smart Smoke & CO Alarm.
• New spyware legislation a mixed bag (arstechnica.com)
  Congress is considering comprehensive spyware legislation, but the EFF is …
• Zoom: If you want end-to-end encryption you'll have to pay (zdnet.com)
  You want your Zoom calls to be really private? You'll have to pay. And you might find Zoom's reasoning strange, or even laughable. It invol…
• Elon Musk threatens to ‘go after’ Tesla critics who push ‘propaganda’ (theverge.com)
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to “go after” Tesla critics that he claims are inspiring people to vandalize his company’s property.
• Helldivers 2 is locking out players who use older CPUs (theverge.com)
  A Helldivers 2’s CPU requirement is locking out players after they’ve already bought and played the game.
• CallStranger vulnerability lets attacks bypass security systems and scan LANs (zdnet.com)
  The CallStranger vulnerability can also be used to launch major DDoS attacks.
• Motorstorm to receive extensive May update (arstechnica.com)
  Motorstorm to receive another update in May, many small fixes expected.
• Pushed by hectic demand, Amazon reinforces its logistics network with 12 Boeing planes (zdnet.com)
  The e-commerce giant is leasing 12 new Boeing cargo planes, expanding its Amazon Air fleet to more than 80 aircraft.
• Nintendo reports monster profits, promises increased Wii production (arstechnica.com)
  The recently-concluded fiscal year was a banner one for Nintendo, as profits …
• Sony WF-1000XM3 deal: Save $52 on Sony's top-notch ANC wireless earbuds (zdnet.com)
  Sony's true wireless earbuds with ANC are on sale -- coupon code not required.
• High-speed CD ripping with CD Stack (arstechnica.com)
  CD Stack attempts to speed up ripping a large CD collection by minimizing the …
• Multinational effort identifies new type 2 diabetes genes (arstechnica.com)
  Three multinational consortia identify a number of genes involved in type 2 …
• Train your mind with FitMind's neuroscience-backed app (zdnet.com)
  FitMind gets real results for your mental focus through daily challenges and tracking.
• Google to pay $100 million to settle 14-year-old advertising lawsuit (theverge.com)
  Google has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of charging for clicks outside the location…
• YouTube tests turning off notifications for channels you don’t watch (theverge.com)
  A new YouTube test turns off push notifications for channels with frequent uploads if the viewer isn’t engaging.
• You might have a hard time getting a Switch 2. (theverge.com)
  That’s according to a report from Insider Gaming that states US retailers might not have enough Switch 2 consoles to meet pre-order demands…
• Demo impressions: Ninja Gaiden Sigma (arstechnica.com)
  We sit down with the PS3 demo of Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Details on the new …
• ChatGPT’s Ghibli filter is political now, but it always was (theverge.com)
  The White House produced what’s likely an AI-generated image in the style of Studio Ghibli, jumping on a ChatGPT meme to promote its mass d…
• The convergence of telemedicine, personal health tech, and AI (zdnet.com)
  Dr. Jason Hallock, chief medical officer at SOC Telemed, sits down and tells Tonya Hall that the COVID-19 pandemic sped up the evolution of…
• Optimus OLED Keyboard: from legend to laughing stock (arstechnica.com)
  The fabled Optimus LCD keyboard has been confirmed for a November launch at a …
• Bot or Not tests if you know you are talking to a human or machine (zdnet.com)
  Can you tell a human from a bot when you are using instant messaging?
• Side Quest’s creators wanted to tell stories about why we love games (theverge.com)
  Side Quest co-creators Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney sit down with The Verge to discuss their new Apple TV Plus ser…
• Blizzard to announce new title at Worldwide Invitational (arstechnica.com)
  Blizzard commented on the persisting StarCraft 2 rumors, saying that a sequel …
• Wal-Mart, Fuh Yuan deny $299 HD DVD player deal (arstechnica.com)
  Wal-Mart and Fuh Yuan have both poured cold water on rumors that the retail …
• Donald Trump pardons BitMEX co-founders. (theverge.com)
  Less than three months after the BitMEX crypto exchange was hit with a $100 million fine for money laundering – and hours after he pardoned…
• Privacy browser Brave busted for autocompleting URLs to versions it profits from (zdnet.com)
  Chromium-based Brave stumbles in its efforts to shake up the browser business with cryptocurrency and privacy.
• Lenovo’s SteamOS Legion Go S handheld will cost $50 more than expected (theverge.com)
  Lenovo shared with The Verge that its Legion Go S handheld gaming PC with SteamOS will start at $549.99, not $499.99, which is the price it…
• Vulnerabilities in popular open source projects doubled in 2019 (zdnet.com)
  Jenkins and MySQL vulnerabilities have had the most weaponized vulnerabilities in the past five years.
• GameCock's going to start a show, E.I.E.I.O. (arstechnica.com)
  E.I.E.I.O. will be the independent alternative to the new E3.
• MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson (theverge.com)
  MrBeast co-wrote a book with James Patterson that has already fetched eight-figure bids for the publishing rights, according to a report fr…
• Nintendo acquires majority stake in Monolith, secures future of Wii RPGs (arstechnica.com)
  If you need RPGs, just grab a company who makes them. Nintendo nows owns 80 …
• COVID-19: The after economy and developing appropriate responses (zdnet.com)
  Marshall Lager, thought leader, influencer in the CRM/CX world, speaks to the after-economy: What should we be looking for and what we migh…
• Vista, Office 2007 drive record profits for Microsoft (arstechnica.com)
  Vista and Office were cash cows for Microsoft during its third quarter. The …