Regardless of the lack of support fro news outlets and users, Apple is planning on launching the new Apple News subscription service next spring.
Molotov Will Allow French TV Viewers to Join a VR Coffee Shop and Watch TV with Friends
Do you sometimes binge-watch your favorite show and wish you could watch it with a friend? You can with Molotov Together, a VR café.
Surprising News that Popular Apps Use Location Data for Advertising
Popular third-party apps use your location data, even when they don’t disclose that, and the data can detect where you are within a couple of yards.
Ericsson Expired Certificate Took Smartphones Offline in 11 Countries
Ericsson admitting in a blog post that they were responsible for millions of phones in 11 countries going offline after they allowed a certificate to expire.
Microsoft Wants Facial Recognition to Be Regulated to Prevent Bias
6 months ago Microsoft was fixing their facial recognition software to prevent bias, and now they want to have legislation passed to prevent it happening again.
New Mobile App Will Detect Anemia with Just Your Fingernails
A new mobile app can detect anemia by just using the camera to examine the user’s fingernails, all without the normally required blood test.
Google Denies DuckDuckGo’s Claim It’s Following You When Incognito Is On
DuckDuckGo suggests that Google tracks users to deliver personalized search results, even with Incognito turned on. Google disputes this claim.
Quora Is Next Site to Have User Data Compromised
The website Quora published a blog entry on their site stating they were hacked and had their user data compromised but want to be transparent about the process.
Some Online Help Agents Are Watching You Type in Chat
What are online help agents so quick to answer you? They know what you’re typing before you click “Send” because they are watching you type.
Dell.com Hit with Cyber Attack, then Resets All Customer Passwords
Dell.com was hit by a cyber attack t his month when it discovered hackers trying to steal customer data. Five day slater they reset all customer passwords.
YouTube Deleting Annotations on Videos in January
It’s been awhile since you’ve been able to add annotations to YouTube videos, and now YouTube annotations are going to be removed altogether.
Amazon Making Same Machine-Learning Courses that Instruct Engineers Available for Free
Amazon announced on Cyber Monday they are making the same machine-learning courses they use to instruct their own engineers available for free.
Google Discovered Malware Apps in Play Store That Were Downloaded More than 500,000 Times
Google removed 13 malware apps from the Play Store, but this was after it was discovered the Google malware apps were downloaded 500.000 times.
Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows Mail
Without warning, the Windows Mail app began to display advertisements. Users can only go “ad-free” by getting a copy of Office 365. Here’s the full details.
How Dropbox Is Improving Workflow with New Extensions
Dropbox has a new way to make their app more user friendly. The new Dropbox extensions allow you to add third-party app integrations to your Dropbox.
Internet Freedom is on the Decline Worldwide, but All Hope Is Not Lost
Internet freedom has continued its steady eight-year decline in 2018. Certain forces have gotten much more adept at manipulating and monitoring it. Here’s what you need to know about it.
How an Elon Musk Impersonator Made Off with $180k in Bitcoins on Twitter
Twitter has always had a bit of an impersonation problem. A recent Twitter account impersonating Elon Musk made away with $180K in Bitcoins.
Alphabet to Send Internet Balloons to Kenya in 2019
What If you’re not lucky enough to have access to the Internet? Alphabet will now be sending Internet balloons to Kenya after helping Puerto Rico last year.