Spotify may expand an option for users of its ad-supported music streaming service where they can choose to skip ads. The option is currently available to all users of its ad-supported service in Australia, Spotify confirmed in a statement. The idea behind the option is allowing its users to personalize the advertising they hear or […]
Many mobile security flaws revolve around obvious avenues like websites or deep, operating system-level exploits. The security team at Check Point, however, has discovered another path: apps that make poor use of external storage like SD cards. While apps would ideally stick to internal storage (which Google sandboxes against outside influence) as much as possible, […]
Programmers tend to have their own distinct styles, but it’s not really feasible to pore over many lines of code looking for telltale cues about a program’s author. Now, that might not be necessary. Researchers have developed a machine learning system that can ‘de-anonymize’ programmers, whether it’s through raw source code or compiled binaries. As […]
As more of the world’s data and information technology moves to cloud-based systems, it’s no surprise that some of the most popular cloud services would emerge and become hot growth areas for hungry IT professionals. And two of the most explosive new job arenas are opening up in DevOps and the Amazon Web Services platform. […]
There exist in this world the kind of people that are going to pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9, and to hell with the price tag. You know that. Samsung knows that. We know that. But everybody else is looking at that AED 3,699 or AED 4,599 pre-order prices and thinking there’s no way […]
Heidi Klum was only half correct on Project Runway. It’s true that one day you’re in and the next day, you’re out. But a few years after that? You could be in again. That pendulum swing applies not just in fashion — though I refuse to believe that pleated pants deserve a comeback — but […]
Modern gadget-obsessed humans find it hard to switch off, even on vacation: Apparently, more than half of working adults, especially younger ones, will interrupt a break to check on what’s happening at the office. Besides the temptation to stay on top of work emails, social media’s never-ending updates makes it hard to disconnect. Even if […]
The first full characterization measurement of an accelerator beam in six dimensions will advance the understanding and performance of current and planned accelerators around the world. A team of researchers led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville conducted the measurement in a beam test facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory using […]
Researchers have found a way to accelerate antimatter in a 1000x smaller space than current accelerators, boosting the science of exotic particles. The new method could be used to probe more mysteries of physics, like the properties of the Higgs boson and the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and provide more sensitive testing […]
Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) have developed a simple method to maintain water and water-based solutions in a liquid state at temperatures far below the usual “freezing point” for greatly extended periods of time. While they currently have accomplished this for volumes of only a few ounces, their […]
Facebook today announced it’s implementing a new measure to secure Facebook Pages with large U.S. followings in order to make it harder for people to administer a Page using a “fake or compromised account.” Beginning with those that have large U.S. followings, some Facebook Pages will now have to go through a “Page Publishing Authorization” […]
Microsoft has released another Windows 10 “19H1” build, as the company has started to work on the next major feature update for its operating system. It comes with the same changes as the latest build for Windows 10 Redstone 5 (also known as Windows 10 October 2018 Update). Your Phone Windows 10 Build 18214 is […]
