Day: July 16, 2021

LG’s Rollable OLED TV On Sale In US For a Whopping $100,000

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: LG’s futuristic rollable TV has arrived. The LG Signature OLED R TV is now available in the US for $100,000 — costing roughly 50 times more than your average 4K OLED TV. But this isn’t your average TV. It has a thin, flexible 65-inch OLED screen. The…


Ted Lasso season 2, Schmigadoon and more: WTF is Apple TV Plus? – CNET

Apple TV Plus spends top dollar for its shows and movies, but it’s a little different than the rest. Here’s everything to know. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter rolls out auto captions for voice tweets after accessibility backlash – CNET

The feature is available on iOS. …read more Source:: CNet


Biden says platforms like Facebook are ‘killing people’ – CNET

The president’s critical remarks came after the US surgeon general said health misinformation was “an urgent threat to public health.” …read more Source:: CNet


Linux Variant of HelloKitty Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi Servers

HelloKitty joins the growing list of ransomware bigwigs going after the juicy target of VMware ESXi, where one hit gets scads of VMs. …read more Source:: Threatpost


NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

Hardware gremlins plagued orbiting observatory for over a month NASA’s beloved Hubble Space Telescope is able to snap the heavens again after overcoming a hardware issue that had plagued it for more than a month.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


China’s Xiaomi Overtakes Apple In the Global Smartphone Market

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was the second-largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, overtaking Apple, according to analyst firm Canalys. CNBC reports: Xiaomi had a 17% share of global smartphone shipments, ahead of Apple’s 14% and behind Samsung’s 19%. “Xiaomi is growing its overseas business rapidly,” Canalys research manager Ben Stanton said in a press…


Researchers Create New Approach to Detect Brand Impersonation

A team of Microsoft researchers developed and trained a Siamese Neural Network to detect brand impersonation attacks. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Windows 10 to hang on for five more years with 21H2 update

Lots of time for legacy users Reminding the world that there’s more to life than Windows 11, Microsoft has promised a feature update for Windows 10 in the form of 21H2.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Making Custom Curved Mirrors at Home

Generally speaking, creating custom mirrors is a complex task that involves a lot of careful grinding, and isn’t something to be taken lightly if you need precision results. Just ask the folks who provided NASA with a wonky mirror for the Hubble. But assuming you’re not working on an orbital space telescope (or even a…