Day: February 24, 2020

Sony’s Xperia 1 II is its first foray into 5G – CNET

The company unveiled its new flagship at what would have been its MWC keynote, along with the mid-range Xperia 10 II. …read more Source:: CNet


Data Breach Occurs at Agency in Charge of Secure White House Communications

A leak at the Defense Information Systems Agency exposed personal information of government employees, including social security numbers. …read more Source:: Threatpost


I’ll never let go, Jack. I’ll never let go: Yes, Sony’s Xperia 1 II has a 3.5mm headphone port

And it does 5G, but who cares? Undeterred by the coronavirus derailing Sony’s MWC launch plans, the Japanese firm launched three new devices in a virtual press conference early this morning. Predictably, the most exciting handset is also the newest flagship phone – the 5G Sony Xperia 1 II.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Huawei brings new tablet, speaker and cool green laptop to Europe – CNET

Huawei has refreshed its MateBook X Pro in snazzy green, made a powerful speaker and a 5G tablet with a stylus. And they’ll all be on sale in Europe. …read more Source:: CNet


iPhone and iPad apps can snoop on everything you copy to the clipboard

But Apple doesn’t think that this is a problem. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Microsoft’s Azure Sphere, its Linux-based microcontroller plus cloud service, hits general availability

Microsoft is making its Azure Sphere secure IoT service generally available after several years of testing and previews. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The crazy-popular Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II wireless headphone drops to $221 – CNET

Like rose gold? Then you’ll love this deal on these top-rated noise-canceling headphones. …read more Source:: CNet


Open Source CPU Architecture RISC-V Is Gaining Momentum

The CEO of the RISC-V Foundation (a former IBM executive) touted the open-source CPU architecture at this year’s HiPEAC conference, arguing there’s “a growing demand for custom processors purpose-built to meet the power and performance requirements of specific applications…” As I’ve been travelling across the globe to promote the benefits of RISC-V at events and…


Microsoft polishes Sphere, carts backups off to Azure – and mystery mobile claims to run Windows 10 and Android

Also: Beware the disconnected car Roundup Between fanboys swooning over new Windows icons and a cracking time being had by Surface Laptop 3 owners, over the past week, Microsoft tinkered with backups and nudged Azure Sphere closer to release.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Flat Earther and wannabe astronaut killed in homemade rocket

RIP ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes The sad news that steam-rocket fan “Mad” Mike Hughes has taken his final flight reached Vulture Central over the weekend.… …read more Source:: TheRegister