Day: August 10, 2020

Google Gives Android TV Developers Instant Apps, Speech-to-Text, and Predictive Typing

An anonymous reader shares a report: Even before the pandemic, the battle to own your living room was reaching a boiling point. Now the big screen is bigger than ever as 2020 accelerates the streaming wars and raises the smart TV platform stakes. Naturally, Google is making every effort to avoid being left behind. Today…


Maserati unveils new Trofeo models, including a twin-turbo V8-powered Ghibli – Roadshow

The same Ferrari-built twin-turbo V8 we’ve seen in the previous Levante Trofeo gets more love in the Quattroporte and Ghibli models. …read more Source:: CNet


Russian Watchdog Says Apple Abused Mobile App Market Dominance

Russian competition watchdog FAS on Monday said that Apple has abused its dominant position in the mobile apps market through its App Store for iOS devices and will issue an order demanding that the company resolve regulations breaches. From a report: An Apple spokesman said the company plans to appeal against the FAS ruling. The…


Breathtaking Alarm Clock Looks Like it Came From a 1960 Fallout Shelter

All the hardcore geeks have alarm clocks where the bell striker is a hard disk read head… or at least they’ll be building them after seeing this. [Senile Data Systems] created an industrial voltage alarm clock out of decade counters that looks like it was unearthed from a fallout shelter (machine translation). At first glace…


Galaxy Z Fold 2’s hinge lets it do something only one other foldable phone can do – CNET

Samsung’s third foldable phone may not emerge for another month, but it already boasts one feature that takes it to the next level. …read more Source:: CNet


Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra camera specs: How will photographers like them? – CNET

A close look at the multicamera setups on the new Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. …read more Source:: CNet


Galaxy Watch 3 vs. Apple Watch Series 5: Similar features, very different execution – CNET

Here’s how Samsung’s new smartwatch compares to Apple’s. …read more Source:: CNet


Why you need much more than a zero-trust strategy to nail your security provision

Add a little hyperconverged infrastructure, and you’re on to a winner. We’ll explain all this month Webcast Guess what? Ransomware’s not going away any time soon. Infections are still happening all the time, sparking reputation-ending headlines, and derailing business plans.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


DDoS Attacks Cresting Amid Pandemic

Attacks were way up year-over-year in the second quarter as people continue to work from home. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers

The largest mall owner in the U.S. has been in talks with Amazon.com, the company many retailers denounce as the mall industry’s biggest disrupter, to take over space left by ailing department stores. From a report: Simon Property Group has been exploring with Amazon the possibility of turning some of the property owner’s anchor department…