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Account hijacking has become a nettlesome problem at Instagram so it has decided to do something about it. The social media company on Monday said it has begun testing a simpler method for users to reclaim their compromised accounts The move, first reported by Motherboard, allows users locked out of their hacked accounts to ask for a six-digit code...
A study that estimates Google last year raked in US$4.7 billion from news content has drawn widespread criticism. That $4.7 billion is a conservative estimate, according to the News Media Alliance, the news industry trade group that released the study Monday. That's because the estimate doesn't take into account Google's advertising revenue from p...
Microsoft whetted the appetite of power-hungry Xbox gamers at its E3 preview in Los Angeles on Sunday, with new details about its next-generation gaming console code-named "Project Scarlett." Expected to arrive in time for the 2020 holiday season, the new Xbox will have a custom-designed AMD processor based on the latest Zen 2 and Radeon RDNA techn...
Apple dangled the next versions of iOS, macOS and watchOS before developers' eyes during Monday's keynote event at its World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose, California In this round of operating system upgrades, Apple seems focused on improvements....
Privacy, a new muscular Mac Pro workstation, and the debut of iPadOS were topline items Monday at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference in San Jose, California During its more than two-hour presentation at the forum, Apple emphasized new features in its products aimed at protecting users' data and privacy....
Apple on Tuesday refreshed its iPod touch line of media players with a faster processor, greater storage capacity and improved communications features The new iPod is built on Apple's A10 Fusion chip, the same processor used in the iPhone 7. According to Apple, the power upgrade delivers two times faster performance than previous models and three t...
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday announced a pilot project using self-driving trucks. It will conduct the two-week experiment in collaboration with TuSimple, an autonomous driving technology company based in San Diego TuSimple's contract with the postal service calls for one of the company's self-driving trucks to make five round trips hauling US...
Next-generation 5G mobile communications technology could have a harmful impact on weather forecasting in the United States, based on expert testimony presented before a U.S. House committee during a hearing on the future of weather forecasting Interference from 5G wireless phones could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30 percent, said N...
Many users of Facebook's WhatsApp messaging software were scrambling to patch the program on Tuesday, in response to news of a flaw that allowed spyware to be installed on mobile phones running Android and iOS "This new type of attack is deeply worrying and shows how even the most trusted mobile apps and platforms can be vulnerable," said Mike Camp...
The United States Supreme Court on Monday gave thumbs up for a class action antitrust lawsuit to proceed against Apple for alleged monopolistic practices at its App Store In the case, Apple Inc. v. Pepper et al., the consumer plaintiffs maintain the Cupertino, California, company has monopolized the retail market for the sale of apps, and that it u...
Google showed off its chops in artificial intelligence and machine learning, renewed its commitment to giving users greater control over their data, and introduced a new economically priced smartphone during a keynote presentation at its annual I/O conference held in Mountain View, California, on Tuesday "They were there to hammer home the point th...
Apple plans to introduce a boatload of new apps, features and development tools at its World Wide Developers Conference next month, Bloomberg reported Monday As it does every year, Apple will use the WWDC, set to begin June 3, to reveal the next versions of operating systems for its hardware products....
These could be the worst of times for high-end flagship smartphones Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday told Alphabet shareholders that his company's flagship phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, released last fall, had encountered some "year over year headwinds."
A new method for hiding the true location of a website from users of the mobile Chrome Web browser has come to light Phishers can trick users into revealing their credentials for a legitimate website to operators of a malicious one, security researcher James Fisher reported in a post on his personal blog Saturday....
The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved two measures that would integrate the region's fragmented law enforcement and home affairs databases into a centralized one that would include biometric information on some 350 million EU and non-EU citizens. It approved creation of the new system, the Common Identity Repository, on two votes last we...
Foldable phones faced a setback on Monday when Samsung announced it was postponing indefinitely the release of its Galaxy Fold, which had been scheduled to reach retail shelves in the United States this Friday Samsung pumped the brakes on release of the US$1,980 phone after several reviewers reported problems with their units....
The ramp-up to Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference this June has begun, with reports circulating about the goodies the company will include in the next generation of its desktop and mobile operating systems. The latest revelations include macOS support for the iPad as an auxiliary display, and iOS support for multiple windows within apps. The...
A copyright directive that some fear could break the Internet cleared the final hurdle in the European Union on Monday The Council of the European Union approved the directive, which makes platforms for user-uploaded content -- like Google and Facebook -- legally liable for violating the rights of copyright holders. It requires them to obtain the p...
Apple plans to introduce a number of new products in the next two years that will sport a new display technology, according to master Apple watcher Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities Based on Kuo's predictions, which were reported widely on Tuesday, Apple will use new "mini LED" technology in three new products:...
New augmented reality features, an SDK for Stories, and a games platform highlighted Snapchat's first developer's conference last week AR features announced at Snap's first Partner Summit:...
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