Despite becoming common over the last few years USB-C remains a bit of a mystery. Try asking someone with a new blade-thin laptop what ports it has and the response will often include an awkward pause followed by “USB-C?”. That is unless you hear “USB 3” or maybe USB 3.1. Perhaps even “a charging port”….

‘Made-up PR numbers’ used by social giant to exaggerate online advertising audience Facebook brags it has a massive real audience, estimated to be about 2.23bn monthly users and 1.47bn daily users after culling more than 1.27bn fake accounts.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Google’s sold over 55 million of these gadgets, and now a new version might be on the way. …read more Source:: CNet

The comic book saga of troubled superheroes will debut on the network in 2019. …read more Source:: CNet

The unpatched flaw would allow a bad actor to execute information-exfiltrating malware, backdoors, ransomware or any other kind of bad code he or she chose. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Break out the bitcoin or stay locked up. …read more Source:: CNet

Facebook has already said it’ll ban sites that share and host the designs. Will others follow suit? …read more Source:: CNet

As a global Mars dust storm eases, NASA listens for signs of life from the silent rover and hopes it hasn’t suffered permanent damage. …read more Source:: CNet

Shots of what really seems to be MSI GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti cards, possible specifications and availability and even a benchmark are now out there. …read more Source:: CNet

While smartphone enthusiasts are familiar with OnePlus phones, the masses still don’t recognize the brand. With T-Mobile reported to be launching the OnePlus 6T this fall, we could finally see OnePlus become a more standard choice. …read more Source:: ZDNet