By Mike Masnick Back in 2013, we made clear our concerns with the Italian communications watchdog AGCOM setting up new administrative copyright enforcement powers that …
By Christopher Null This inexpensive wireless sensor can reduce the amount of energy your home consumes drying your laundry. Source:: https://www.techhive.com/article/3546421/smartdry-review.html#tk.rss_all
By Bob Buskirk Philips has sent over their ActionFit ST702 Wireless Earbuds which have some very unique features like IPX5 water resistance, a UV cleaning …
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh According to a ‘John Peddie’ research, AMD was able to ship over a half a billion graphics chips within seven years. …
By Timothy Geigner When we last talked about the Geo Group, a company making hundreds of millions of dollars running private prisons, one of its …
By Tim Cushing Keep your mitts off cellphones if you don’t have a warrant. That’s the message at least one court is sending to law …
By Arielle Pardes Early Tuesday users on social media began posting black boxes with hashtags meant to support Black Lives Matter—they ended up drowning out …
By Brian Barrett Over several decades, the 1033 program has shipped over $7.4 billion of Defense Department property to more than 8,000 law enforcement agencies. …
By Leigh Beadon This week, we’ve got a special cross-post from 16 Minutes On The News — an excellent tech podcast by a16z that’s well …
By Hayden Dingman Epic keeps finding ways to surprise me. You’d think simply “giving games away for free” would be enough, and yet the bar …
By Mark Hachman Facebook on Tuesday introduced what it’s calling “Manage Activity,” a way for Facebook users either to archive or entirely delete older posts …
By Mike Masnick The recent Copyright Office report on Section 512 of the DMCA (the notice and takedown provisions) has been frustrating on many levels, …
By David Morar As Facebook employees stage a digital walk-out and make their thoughts known about the social media giant’s choice to not intervene in …
By Daily Deal The Ultimate Learn To Play Piano Bundle has 10 courses designed to take your music skills from beginner to advanced. You’ll learn …
By Jared Newman How to sideload HBO Max on Fire TV while Amazon and WarnerMedia fight over money. Source:: https://www.techhive.com/article/3546238/how-cord-cutters-can-get-hbo-max-on-fire-tv.html#tk.rss_all
By Emma Grey Ellis The president says the US will designate antifa a terrorist organization. Can he do that? Probably not. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/trump-antifa
By Michael Simon Google just introduced a number of great updates to Android, but only for its own Pixel product line. While that’s awesome for …
By Lily Hay Newman The new “Manage Activity” feature will let you archive and bulk delete posts for the first time. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-manage-activity-privacy-settings
By Michael Brown With hot summer months approaching rapidly, SmartAC.com says its system and services can keep your central air conditioning operating at peak efficiency. …
By Alex Lee, WIRED UK Amid a pandemic, users have turned the subreddit r/LastImages into a digital shrine to remember loved ones lost to the …
By Karl Bode So we’ve noted repeatedly how AT&T’s entry into the video space hasn’t gone according to plan. First, the company spent so much …
By Bob Buskirk It appears that Diablo 4 is still on track to be released before the end of the year. A new gameplay video …
By Bob Buskirk Thermaltake, the leading PC DIY premium brand for Cooling, Gaming Gear, and Enthusiast Memory solutions, is proud to announce The Tower 100, …
By Gordon Mah Ung HP HP’s Omen 15 will offer both AMD Ryzen and Intel Core CPUs. Instead of cramming in a 10-key pad, HP …
By Gordon Mah Ung The HP Pavilion Gaming 16 knows that sometimes a 15-inch laptop is a little too small, and a 17-inch laptop can …
By Scott Gilbertson Here’s how to open all your files—so you can switch between your phone and laptop seamlessly. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-sync-your-data-everywhere
By Ian Paul Sophos is a well-known enterprise security company that began serving home users a little over two years ago. Leaning into the company’s …
By Tim Cushing We can’t have nice things. We can’t even have mediocre things. And, in the midst of a global pandemic, we can’t even …
By Jon Marcus With record numbers of Americans jobless, some are turning to nontraditional programs that offer rewards for completing short courses on specific skills. …
By Glyn Moody Regular readers of Techdirt will be all too familiar with the problem of corporate sovereignty — the ability of companies to sue …
By Megan Molteni Worried about infiltration from extremist groups or police surveillance, residents are turning to pre-internet tactics to help protect homes and local stores. …
By Steven Levy Some workers at the social media giant are publicly criticizing decisions not to remove or flag misleading posts by President Trump. Source:: …
By Tim Cushing There was a window of opportunity for cops following the George Floyd killing. Floyd, suspected of nothing more than passing a fake …
By Karl Bode We’ve noted repeatedly how interstate inmate calling service (ICS) companies have a disturbingly cozy relationship with government, striking (technically buying) monopoly deals …
By Mark Hachman If you own one of Microsoft’s Surface devices and you’re wondering why you can’t upgrade it to the Windows 10 May 2020 …
By Tim Cushing Clearview is currently being sued by the attorney general of Vermont for violating the privacy rights of the state’s residents. As the …
By Michael Simon Google just introduced a number of great updates to Android, but only for its own Pixel product line. While that’s awesome for …
By Jim Harper Online privacy can’t be solved by giving people new property rights in personal data. That idea is based on a raft of …
By Mike Masnick Joe Biden had a golden opportunity to actually look Presidential, and stand up for free speech and the 1st Amendment at a …
By Daily Deal Businesses, small to big enterprises, depend on data science. It’s a field responsible for evaluating and interpreting data, statistics, and trends to …
By Michael Simon While tech companies are still experimenting with how to launch products in the age of social distancing, Google has announced that the …
By Michael Simon If you want to buy a new Samsung Galaxy S20, there’s no shortage of ways to do it. You can trade in …
By Lauren Joseph Yes, the current experience is full of terror. But there’s room for catharsis, too. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/shuttered-rachel-cabitt-quarantine-horror-film
By Megan Molteni Since January, scientists have published more than 700 studies to figure out the molecule’s link to risk for the disease—and to find …
By Karl Bode Two years ago, an investigation by the Associated Press and Princeton computer scientists found that Google services on both Android and Apple …
By WIRED Staff This month’s list features four reporters sentenced to death in Yemen, among other news professionals whose civil rights are being threatened. Source:: …
By Adrienne So The Grit X’s FuelWise reminders will prevent your body from crashing, but the lack of onboard maps make this a difficult tracker …
By Bob Buskirk ASUS has just introduced the ROG Strix B460-H Gaming motherboard, which will join the Strix-F nad Micro-ATX Strix-G B460 motherboards. This board …
By Bob Buskirk AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT Ryzen Refresh desktop processors have been listed at French retailer …
By Michael Simon As the coronavirus spreads across the globe, your Apple, Android, and Fitbit smartwatch can help you monitor potential symptoms. Source:: https://www.macworld.com/article/3533344/apple-google-android-fitbit-smartwatch-body-temperature-covid-coronavirus-symptoms.html#tk.rss_all
By Tom Simonite Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it’s used by the military—and Netflix. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/bot-hunts-software-bugs-pentagon
By Tim Cushing The only news network further to the right than Fox News has just seen its baseless libel lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel …
By Jon L. Jacobi Kingston’s KC2500 is an NVMe SSD that can run with the top-tier drive in any performance scenario—even long sustained writes. It’s …
By Gordon Mah Ung You’ve set your sights on a Dell XPS 13. The only problem: Which one do you buy? The XPS 13 7390 …
By Bob Buskirk Today we have the ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero (Wi-Fi) motherboard on the test bench. The “Hero” boards are great as they …
By Leigh Beadon We’ve got a double winner this week, with That One Guy taking first place for both insightful and funny with some thoughts …
By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect …
By Victoria Turk, WIRED UK Such studies could speed up the development of a vaccine—but would mean deliberately giving people a disease that could kill …
By Laura Mallonee The under-sung heroes of the country’s rail system keep vigilant watch from colorful mini-castles. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/women-ukraine-railroads
By David Nield Internet outages, blackouts, and other accidents can make working from home more complicated. Here’s how to protect yourself. Source:: https://www.wired.com/story/work-offline-blackout-google-gmail
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