Is a peek into the future worth your privacy in the present? That concern was pushed to the spotlight this week with the resurgence of a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence to transform your current face into your younger and older selves. People raised fears on Twitter and other social media sites that on […]
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Delete These Banned Apps From Your Android Phone
Google recently removed several apps from the Google Play Store after discovering they violated the Play Store terms of service—and, more importantly, could be used as stalkerware. That doesn’t mean they’re deleted from your Android device, though, so now’s a great time to remove them. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, “stalkerware” involves giving a […]
A sheriff’s office in Colorado will use Galaxy S9s as body cameras
Deputies in the Kit Carson County Sheriff’s Office in Burlington, Colorado, will soon wear Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones on their vests. The phones will serve as body cameras and will run on AT&T’s LTE-based FirstNet public safety platform. In addition to recording footage, they’ll serve as personnel locators, digital cameras and secondary radios. Using Galaxy […]
New laws of attraction: Scientists print magnetic liquid droplets
Inventors of centuries past and scientists of today have found ingenious ways to make our lives better with magnets—from the magnetic needle on a compass to magnetic data storage devices and even MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) body scan machines. All of these technologies rely on magnets made from solid materials. But what if you could […]
Google pulls stalking apps from the Play Store
It’s one thing to voluntarily share your phone activities with friends and family, but some app developers have been encouraging far more sinister uses. Google has pulled multiple people-tracking Android apps from the Play Store after Avast discovered that they’re largely meant to enable stalking. Once the would-be spy has physical access to the target’s […]
Ford’s latest design isn’t an F-150 or Ranger. It’s the world’s first pickup emoji
It took actor Dwayne Johnson, more than three years and a team of designers and social media managers at Ford to bring its latest design to life. But the automaker finally unveiled Wednesday the pickup truck in 2016. It’s not its best-selling F-150 or even the popular Ranger. It’s an emoji. “Ladies and gentlemen, the […]
SpaceX’s ‘Starhopper’ bursts into flames during static fire test
SpaceX’s test vehicle, a small-scale demonstration craft for some Starship components, caught fire after what appears to be a fuel leak or dump following an otherwise successful static fire test last night. It’s not clear why the craft suddenly burst into flames, or whether it was seriously or even superficially damaged. The “Starhopper,” as SpaceX […]
Google Fi discounts Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL by $300
For Fi’s 4th birthday in April, Google discounted the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL by 50% for one day only. The latest deal from Google’s MVNO is $300 off the Made by Google flagships. At $300 off, the Pixel 3 starts at $499 and the Pixel 3 XL at $599. The phones max out […]
Watch Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain control interface startup presentation live
One of Elon Musk’s stealthier endeavors is set to become a lot less stealthy tonight, with a presentation set for 8 PM PT (11 PM ET) streaming live directly via the embedded YouTube video above, in which we’ll learn a lot more about Neuralink, the company Musk founded in 2017 to work on brain control […]
Apple is planning to buy up original podcasts with exclusivity in mind
Podcast fans will want to keep their ears to the ground with the latest Apple news. Bloomberg reported that Apple may be looking for deals to bring exclusive original shows to its podcast-listening platform. Unnamed sources said the company is reaching out to media companies to secure rights for podcast exclusivity. This development would mark […]
Microsoft is Now Pushing Windows 10 1903 on 1803 Users
Microsoft announced today that those still running Windows 10 version 1803 will now be offered the upgrade for 1903. “We are initiating the Windows 10 May 2019 Update for customers with devices running [Windows 10 version 1803] that will reach the end of 18 months of service on November 12, 2019,” Microsoft’s Windows Update account […]
Sprint says hackers accessed sensitive subscriber info through a Samsung website
Sprint is informing customers today of a serious security breach that has exposed subscriber information like billing addresses, phone numbers, and other detailed account information, according to ZDNet. The breach is a result of vulernability, the details of which are currently unknown, in a Samsung website advertising an “add a line” feature for active Sprint […]