Day: August 2, 2019

Fortnite players aren’t happy with season 10 mech and challenges – CNET

Not a hot start for the new season. …read more Source:: CNet


This Samsung patent envisions a display that rolls up like a scroll – CNET

It could be used for a mobile TV, Patently Apple suggests. …read more Source:: CNet


Galaxy Book S leak appears to show a new Samsung laptop – CNET

Maybe we’ll see more than a new phone at Samsung’s Note 10 launch. …read more Source:: CNet


US Cities Are Helping People Buy Amazon Surveillance Cameras Using Taxpayer Money

popcornfan679 writes: The Ring doorbell surveillance camera sits squarely in the center of a Tiffany-blue online flyer, which provides details about a “Security Product Subsidy Event” in Arcadia, California. “Big Sale,” the advertisement says, in citrus-colored script. “$100 off.” “HELP STOP CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS,” the ad continues. This isn’t an ad from Best Buy…


Facebook Insists No Security ‘Backdoor’ Is Planned for WhatsApp

An anonymous reader shares a report: Billions of people use the messaging tool WhatsApp, which added end-to-end encryption for every form of communication available on its platform back in 2016. This ensures that conversations between users and their contacts — whether they occur via text or voice calls — are private, inaccessible even to the…


Spider-Gwen spotted in Avengers: Endgame? – CNET

Blink and you might miss what looks like an Easter egg of Spider-Gwen attending high school with Peter Parker. …read more Source:: CNet


US military reportedly testing surveillance balloons in Midwest skies – CNET

The test will send 25 vehicle-tracking balloons across six states, according to The Guardian. …read more Source:: CNet


AI now can spot fake news generated by AI – CNET

It takes AI to know AI. …read more Source:: CNet


IBM Fired as Many as 100,000 in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows

International Business Machines (IBM) has fired as many as 100,000 employees in the last few years in an effort to boost its appeal to millennials and make it appear to be as “cool” and “trendy” as Amazon and Google, according to a deposition from a former vice president in an ongoing age discrimination lawsuit. From…


VW ID R’s record-setting Nurburgring run required just 24.7 kWh of battery – Roadshow

Volkswagen dishes some deets about its wild trip ’round the ‘Ring. …read more Source:: CNet