Wednesday, October 30, 2019

30 October - Technology - Global / Google (CA) / Next Web

Global News
  • United Nations agencies targeted by cyberespionage campaign, security firm says 6 days ago  –  Among the targets were UNICEF, the UN World Food Program and the UN Development Program.
  • 47 U.S. attorneys general support Facebook antitrust investigation 8 days ago  –  A state-level antitrust investigation into the social networking giant now has the backing of a bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general.
  • Alberta Indigenous youth raise enough money to attend robotics competition in Dubai 10 days ago  –  After donations poured in, a group of Alberta students is heading to Dubai this week to represent Canada in an international robotics competition.
  • Making ‘HERstory’: NASA conducts its 1st all-female spacewalk
  • Zuckerberg defends Facebook’s refusal to remove ‘newsworthy’ content that violates standards
  • Great white tagging program off N.S. stirs debate over treatment of sharks
  • Fortnite wipes out game map, livestreaming a black hole in its place
  • UBC student uses engineering skills — and YouTube videos — to invent special wheelchair for brother
  • In wake of data breaches, hunt for SIN alternatives intensifies
  • TransUnion privacy breach underscores rise of third-pa
  • Facebook sues Israeli firm called NSO Group over alleged WhatsApp hack a day ago  –  Facebook is seeking to have NSO barred from accessing or attempting to access WhatsApp and Facebook's services and is seeking unspecified damages.
  • Apple resumes human review of Siri audio, but adds option to decline a day ago  –  Now, Apple is giving consumers notice when installing the update, iOS 13.2. Individuals can choose "Not Now" to decline audio storage and review.
  • FlightHub banned from ‘false or misleading’ marketing during Competition Bureau probe a day ago  –  None of the allegations have been proven and FlightHub says it is co-operating with the bureau's ongoing investigation.
  • Australian consumer watchdog sues Google over Android location data
  • New device catches trash in rivers before it reaches oceans: Dutch inventor
  • Microsoft beats Amazon for $10B cloud contract with Pentagon
  • Popular video app TikTok is a national security threat, U.S. senators say
  • There’s now a phone case made of ‘humanlike’ artificial skin
  • Most Britons oppose police use of facial recognition tech: poll
  • Facebook defends policy of not fact checking ads from

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  • Louis Vuitton Designs Prestige Skins for League of Legends World Championship Finals - The Esports Observer 7 hours ago  – Louis Vuitton has collaborated with League of Legends  DazedRiot Games Announces New Music Collective ⁠— True Damage  Digital Music NewsLegends of Runeterra Beginner's Guide: Game Tips and St...
  • Snapchat users can now draw on their face in 3D - here's how it works - Mirror Online 7 hours ago  – Snapchat now lets you 3D Paint faces and pretty much anything else  The VergeSnapchat's latest effect lets you draw in AR  EngadgetSnapchat’s new 3D Paint feature makes it easy to create your own AR snaps from you...
  • Google won't be porting Pixel 4's Screen Attention to past Pixel phones - Android Central
  • 2019 Ducati Panagale V4R Dyno - Cycle World
  • LG G8X ThinQ Dual Screen Review: Double the screens, double the weight - MobileSyrup
  • Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD review – balls to the wall action - Metro.co.uk
  • Transformers Producer Drops Lawsuit Against Gary Gygax's Widow Gail - Kotaku
  • I love my crew of trash disasters in The Outer Worlds - Polygon
  • Got an early iPhone or iPad? Update now or turn it into a paperweight - Naked Security
  • HyperX To Finally Ship Its Xbox-Licensed CloudX Fligh
  • What to Expect from Blizzcon 2019: Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Protests - IGN 23 minutes ago  –  No, Diablo IV isn't a first-person shooter in Overwatch 2's engine  TweakTownOverwatch May Go Free-to-Play According to Rumor | Screen Rant  Screen RantWhen Will Overwatch 2 Come Out?  The Game HausOverwatch 2 leak could revea...
  • M-Blocks 2.0 revealed: Now these cube robots can collaborate - SlashGear 27 minutes ago  –MIT's M-Block Robots Roll, Jump, and Flip to Form Structures  ExtremeTechView full coverage on Google News
  • Apple's iPhone sales beat estimates but are still down 9% versus last year - CNBC
  • Fortnite: Fortnitemares 2019 - Official Halloween Trailer - IGN
  • Upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite passes through Geekbench - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com
  • Hennessey's 1000-hp-Hellcat-powered Jeep Gladiator Maximus is alive - Motor Authority
  • Pokemon Sword and Shield Confirm Big Missing Feature - Comicbook.com
  • The AI that mastered Starcraft II - nature video
  • Samsung and Medtronic use app for Parkinson’s disease patient therapy - VentureBeat
  • Exclusive: 16-inch MacBook Pro Touch Bar and Touch

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  • Motorola unveils its third-generation Moto 360 smartwatch a day ago  –  Pre-orders for the wearable will open later next month, with units shipping in time for Christmas. As is the case with previous Moto 360 smartwatches, this version is targeted at people who need a general-purpose device. ...
  • Google Analytics is the Rosetta Stone of the web. Learn how to read it for 90% off. a day ago  –  The 6.5-hour course is usually a $499 value, but by taking advantage of this TNW Deals offer while it lasts, you can get all this Google Analytics intel for only $49. 
  • Machine learning is changing the world, and it can change yours for under $30.
  • CHEAP: Fear me, neighbors — there’s $100 off this Samsung Harman Kardon soundbar and subwoofer
  • Facebook employees object to the company’s policy of allowing lies in political ads
  • New evidence shows an extraterrestrial collision may have kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years ago
  • Apple’s new AirPods Pro are exactly as I advised — I’ll accept cash
  • You need a ‘zero-trust’ strategy to protect your business from cyberattacks
  • Mozilla and Element AI want to build ‘data trusts’ in the artificial intelligence age
  • AT&T isn’t scared of latest cryptocurrency SIM-swap a
  • EA games are coming back to Steam (but you still need Origin) a day ago  –  Electronic Arts revealed today it was bringing its games back to Steam after an absence of eight years. Don’t get too excited, though, Steam faithful: you’re still going to need the Origin launcher in order to play your games. Around 2011, EA shifted gears from Valve’s storefront over to Origin. ...
  • Photoshop’s newest tool makes object selection ridiculously easy a day ago  –  Last year, Photoshop introduced a tool called ‘Select Subject’ that made it super simple to select a primary subject from an image – or at least give you a decent starting point. Problem was, this feature worked across the entire image; you’d have to do some extra work if you only wanted to selec...
  • Tencent given green light to create blockchain-based invoice standards, bad news for tax evaders
  • The AirPods Pro are the real AirPods 2 — but with added ~branding~
  • 1.3 million Indian bank cards are up for sale on the dark web
  • The science behind why no one laughs at our jokes
  • Facebook defends Libra comparing it some of the ‘most meaningful innovations’ of our time — lol
  • Australia wants to use facial recognition to verify people watching online porn
  • This hellish Helvetica font is perfect for Halloween
  • Bitcoin Cash’s Q3 performance was horrid — here’s 
  • PSA: Amazon Fresh grocery deliveries are now free for US Prime members 13 hours ago  –  Amazon is always looking for ways to make you shop more on its site, and its latest move is a rather enticing one. It’s making Amazon Fresh – its $14.99/month grocery shopping and quick delivery service – available to its Prime subscribers in roughly 2,000 US cities for free. That’s a sweet deal ...
  • 45,000 Android devices infected by new unremovable xHelper malware 13 hours ago  –  A new kind of Android malware capable of reinstalling itself even after being manually removed has reportedly infected more than 45,000 Android devices over the last six months. The latest findings — disclosed by cybersecurity firm Symantec — come after a similar disclosure by MalwareBytes, which...
  • WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app
  • At just $700, LG’s G8X is the cheapest high-end folding phone by far
  • Microsoft rolls out first preview of Xbox-to-Android streaming
  • Samsung teases another folding phone, but this one’s a clamshell
  • Facebook wants to get into healthcare. What could possibly go wrong?
  • The Loupedeck CT is a hardware console for all your creative software
  • This site dares you to literally ‘give a shit for science’
  • Review: NBA2K20 is the best RPG I’ve ever played
  • MIT’s new robot blocks self-assemble just like a transformer 8 hours ago  –  When we watched the first Transformers movie, most of us wanted our toasters and washing machines to turn into cool robots. Now, MIT has developed a set of self-assembling robot blocks that can identify each other. These robots, called M-Blocks 2.0, have a barcode-like system on each face that he...
  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backs cryptocurrency startup after turning down Facebook’s Libra 9 hours ago  –  Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently said his company would never get involved with Facebook‘s Libra, has backed a cryptocurrency startup. Dorsey, a longtime Bitcoin advocate, participated in CoinList’s $10 million funding round, alongside several other investors. CoinList, which help...
  • CHEAP: Fit in with posh audiophiles with $500 off AKG N5005 earphones
  • Meet the neuroscientist debunking the age-old myth of the gendered brain
  • The Google Pixel 4 reviewed… acrostic-ly
  • 5 courses to help you turn out that first novel or screenplay — and get paid for it, too
  • Indian nuclear plant was hit with a cyberattack — but control systems intact
  • Bitmain quietly filed for a US IPO with Deutsche Bank as its sponsor
  • Cryptocurrency saves a 110-year old power plant from demolition
  • Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin should be worth $125,000 
  • Jack Dorsey: Twitter will stop all political ads next month an hour ago  –  Twitter is making a big change to how it handles political ads: It’s getting rid of them altogether (with very few exceptions). Today Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced via tweetstorm that the company has “made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally” because Twitter bel...
  • Sony pulls the plug on PlayStation Vue 2 hours ago  –  Sony today announced that it’s shuttering its Vue TV streaming service, apparently not being able to make it work despite numerous price increases. The service will end early next year. Vue’s gimmick was that, like Sling TV, you could pay only for the channels you wanted. It was primarily aimed a...
  • DJI’s new Mavic Mini drone is adorable, cheap, and doesn’t need FAA registration
  • Sonos now offers 30 percent off new products for recycling some old ones
  • Aural sex: Tingly earhole sound porn is the next step in accessible erotica
  • IBM joins ING in saying central bank digital currencies are on the way
  • Traditional and digital news organizations need to band together to fight ‘fake news’
  • This new Olympic track bike is so crazy it’ll probably get banned
  • Chemists may have finally solved pollution
  • PSA: Tell your parents to never wire you money before
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