Day: August 6, 2020

Google Has Already Discontinued the Pixel 4 and 4 XL

Google has already discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, its flagship phones that were released in October of last year. Both devices are out of stock in Google’s store in the US, though some variants are still available in other regions for the time being. A Google spokesperson told The Verge that the…


OnePlus Nord is surprisingly fixable compared to earlier stablemates, but common repairs require disassembly

Drop the heat gun, pal: minimal glue means there’s hope for brave butterfingers among you The OnePlus Nord is one of the most heavily hyped phones of 2020. In addition to being OnePlus’s first real stab at the mid-range in several years, it also has the distinction of being reasonably easy to repair, according to…


Black Hat 2020: Using Botnets To Manipulate Energy Markets For Big Profits

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Ex-NSA Hacker Finds A Way To Hack Mac Users Via Microsoft Office

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Twitter Hack: Hearing Zoombombed With Porn

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OnePlus is Bogging Its Phones Down With Unremovable Facebook Bloatware

An anonymous reader shares a report: Remember back in the early days of the smartphone when carriers would install all kinds of bloatware on devices sold through their channels? For the most part, this practice has kind of stopped, or at least it isn’t as bad as it once was, but unfortunately it looks like…


Well, that was quick: Google brutally culls Pixel 4 and 4 XL before successor hits market

They didn’t even make it a year Just days after unveiling its latest Pixel 5 flagship, Google has retired the last-gen Pixel 4 and 4 XL smartphones.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


The OnePlus 7T is a bargain right now at $399 – CNET

That’s for the T-Mobile version, and you might be able to score a trade-in discount as well. …read more Source:: CNet


Scientists Rename Human Genes To Stop Microsoft Excel From Misreading Them as Dates

There are tens of thousands of genes in the human genome: minuscule twists of DNA and RNA that combine to express all of the traits and characteristics that make each of us unique. Each gene is given a name and alphanumeric code, known as a symbol, which scientists use to coordinate research. But over the…


Proteus, the Shape-Shifting and Possibly Non-Cuttable Material

How cool would it be if there was a material that couldn’t be cut or drilled into? You could make the baddest bike lock, the toughest-toed work boots, or the most secure door. Really, the list of possibilities just goes on and on. Proteus chews through an angle grinder disc in seconds. Researchers from the…