Friday, May 10, 2019

10 May - Technology - Tech Crunch / The Verge

Tech Crunch
  • Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to debut an exclusive lineup of Audible Originals 13 hours ago  –  A year ago, Amazon -owned Audible announced a deal with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to develop exclusive audio productions for Audible Originals — the company’s entertainment offering that features audio content that’s longer than podcasts, but shorter than audio books. Now, the first set ...
  • ‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable 13 hours ago  –  In security, nothing is “unhackable.” When it’s claimed, security researchers see nothing more than a challenge. Enter the latest findings from Pen Test Partners, a U.K.-based cybersecurity firm. Their latest project was ripping apart the “unhackable” eyeDisk, an allegedly secure USB flash drive ...
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints 14 hours ago  –  The U.K.’s data protection watchdog has issued the government department responsible for collecting taxes with a final enforcement notice, after an investigation found HMRC had collected biometric data from millions of citizens without obtaining proper consent. HMRC has 28 days from the May 9 not...
  • India is investigating Google over alleged Android abuse
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook talks WWDC student program, coding initiatives and SAP
  • Why Om Malik thinks ‘the VC subsidized life is over’
  • Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following $40M Bitcoin hack
  • Daye, a startup developing a ‘cramp-fighting’ tampon, raises $5.5M from Khosla, Index and Kindred
  • Scalable, low-cost technologies needed to repair climate, 

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  • YouTuber ProJared accused of soliciting sexually explicit photos from underage fans a day ago  –  Popular YouTube gaming creator Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer is being accused of soliciting nude photos from fans, including at least two people who were underage. Knabenbauer is a gaming personality on YouTube with around 1 million subscribers who has appeared on other popular channels, includin...
  • iPhone case makers are betting the giant camera bump leaks are right
  • Hugo Barra is leaving the Oculus team for a Facebook ‘global AR/VR partner’ initiative
  • In Antarctica, a little poop goes a long way
  • Economist Emily Oster explains the science of parenting
  • Facebook says it shouldn’t be broken up because it is very successful
  • How the MCU could revive a major dead Avengers: Endgame character
  • The first trailer for It: Chapter Two features a creepy return home
  • Amazon’s kid-friendly Echo Dot is under scrutiny for alleged child privacy violations
  • Instagram will begin blocking hashtags that return anti-vacc
  • Ubisoft keeps pretending its political games don’t have politics in them a day ago  –  Today Ubisoft officially unveiled the latest Tom Clancy release, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. A sequel to 2017’s Wildlands, it’s another realistic military shooter — and another chance for Ubisoft to say that its games are free of politics. It’s become something of a trend for the French publisher, w...
  • Philips Hue bulbs can now be grouped together in ‘zones’
  • Jeff Bezos unveils mock-up of Blue Origin’s lunar lander Blue Moon
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  • Ecobee may also have a new premium thermostat on the way
  • Sonos will launch Google Assistant on its smart speakers next week
  • Facebook’s co-founder is making a terrible argument about online speech
  • Apple’s new standalone Music app for macOS will still basically be iTunes
  • Delta will test free in-flight Wi-Fi this month
  • Game of Thrones could be doing so much more with its bi
  • Fortnite’s island is a virtual world layered with history 16 hours ago  –  If you were to drop onto Fortnite’s island right now, for the very first time, you’d probably be very confused. There is a lot going on. In the southwest you’ll find an arctic area, complete with an ancient castle still partly buried in the snow. A little ways north is a futuristic cityscape, whi...
  • The Ever photo app turned users’ private snaps into AI facial recognition fodder
  • Early Facebook executives have reached a surprising consensus about the company’s power
  • Will.i.am’s acquisition of wireless earbud startup Earin has fallen through
  • Google now lists playable podcasts in search results
  • Chelsea Manning has been released from jail, but she may be back in a week
  • With the Pixel 3A, T-Mobile just proved how broken the RCS Chat rollout has become
  • Watch the first Final Fantasy VII Remake gameplay trailer in nearly four years
  • Google is starting to reveal the secrets of its experimental Fuchsia OS
  • Google’s Pixel 3A is refreshingly easy to repair
  • The US military doesn’t know how many websites it runs 7 hours ago  – Stars and Stripes reports that at an event last month, US Army Colonel Paul Haverstick, the acting director of the Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Maryland said that the number of websites that the Pentagon runs is “undefined.”...
  • Game of Thrones Hope Chest: underserved and absent characters
  • Refurbished iPhones are 10 percent off at Back Market for Verge readers
  • Elon Musk is going to trial for calling a cave diver a pedophile on Twitter
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacking group for Anthem breach
  • Zach Lieberman’s interactive art creates moments of wonder and surprise
  • Amazon Prime’s one-day shipping is already rolling out
  • Marvel is adding the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer as Avengers: Endgame’s post-credits scene
  • Detective Pikachu is the perfect reminder to revisit Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Uber goes public: everything you need to know about the
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