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Apple 2019 Event: Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple Card

In addition to Apple TV+ news, at the Apple 2019 event on Monday we heard about three other services: Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Card.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 26, 2019

Google Limiting Gmail Options in IFTTT by End of March

IFTTT sent ot a notice to users that a number of Gmail actions will no longer work in Applets at the end of March due to “Google implementing changes to their API ecosystem.”

By Laura Tucker – Mar 25, 2019

Nokia Phones Sending Data to Chinese Servers without User Knowledge

Some Nokia phones have been sending data back to servers in China without user consent. Nokia has admitted that this happened to Nokia 7 Plus phones.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 22, 2019

Call of Duty Coming to iOS and Android. Pre-Register for Beta

Are you a COD fan? Activision has announced it will be launching Call of Duty: Mobile for iOS and Android soon, and you can sign up to be a beta tester today.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 21, 2019

Google Announces Stadia Game-Streaming Service

On Tuesday Google made it official at the Game Developers Conference and announce a new game-streaming service they are calling Stadia that works without a console.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 20, 2019

Google Breaking into the Game-Streaming Market

Google has been working on the idea to implement a game streaming service. In addition, this is expected to include the “Yeti” console.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 18, 2019

Google Reportedly Moving Engineers Off Laptop and Tablet Projects

Google and parent company Alphabet are reportedly moving dozens of engineers off the laptop and tablet team and are moving them elsewhere in the company.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 14, 2019

IBM Used Creative Commons Photos from Flickr to Train AI Facial Recognition

Photographers are surprised to learn that IBM stretched the Creative Commons license of photos they posted to Flickr to train their artificial intelligence facial-recognition systems.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 13, 2019

“BreedReady” Database Leak Targets 1.8 Million Women in China

The “BreedReady” database was discovered by a security researcher. This unsecured database included the private information of 1.8 million women in China.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 11, 2019

Teen Becomes First Hacker To Earn $1 Million via Bug Bounties

One teenager earned $1 million through bug bounties alone. This is a great example of how someone can turn a hobby into a profitable career.

By Simon Batt – Mar 11, 2019

PC and Tablet Shipments Expected to Continue Slow Decline

IDC contends that both the PC and tablet market are decline in the personal computing device shipments, but believe detachable computers will show increase.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 8, 2019

Apple Document Says They Will Now Repair iPhones that Have 3rd-Party Batteries

An internal Apple document shows that support is going to extend to iPhones with third-party batteries. Even if you replace your battery on your own, it will not invalidate your warranty

By Laura Tucker – Mar 6, 2019

USB 4 Will Implement Speeds of Thunderbolt 3

USB-IF announced that later this year they will be introducing USB 4. It will pick up the same specifications of Thunderbolt 3, meaning speed of 40 Gbps.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 5, 2019

Facebook Allows Strangers to Find You with Phone Number You Provided for 2-Factor Authorization

Facebook allows others to find you with the phone number you provided them to set up two-factor authorization and doesn’t allow you to opt out of it.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 4, 2019

Streaming Music the Main Way We Listen to Music at 75% of 2018 Revenue

In 2018 the streaming music business continued to grow, to the point that just within the U.S., it was responsible for 75% of industry revenue.

By Laura Tucker – Mar 1, 2019

Sikur Phone Manufacturer Creating Mobile-Banking Platform and App Store

Sikur is putting together the security they’re already known for and mobile banking to offer it to mobile carriers. They also plan to introduce an app store.

By Laura Tucker – Feb 27, 2019

Newer Android Devices to Allow FIDO2 to Log in to Apps without Passwords

If you own an Android device, you can finally join the biometric revolution and log into apps and websites with the use of a fingerprint, thanks to FIDO2 capability.

By Laura Tucker – Feb 26, 2019

LG G8 ThinQ Will Use Hand ID, Biometric ID Using Palm Vein Verification

With the unveiling of LG’s new phone, the G8 ThinQ, the company showed off it’s new biometric technology, Hand ID, an advanced palm vein authentication.

By Laura Tucker – Feb 25, 2019

Facebook Deals with Another Privacy Scandal, this Time with Its Closed Groups

Some Facebook users are lulled into a sense of security when they join or start a closed group, but there are people who view the content: marketers.

By Laura Tucker – Feb 20, 2019

Google Making It More Difficult for Sites to Block Incognito Mode in Chrome

Some sites detect Google Chrome Incognito mode and disable it so that you aren’t really browsing privately, but Google is working on blocking that effort.

By Laura Tucker – Feb 19, 2019

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