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Aurich Lawson Beleaguered social networking site Gab was hacked Monday, marking the second time in as many weeks that hackers have gained unauthorized access to a platform targeting users pushing hate speech and pro-Trump conspiracy theories. The compromise came to light after someone hijacked the account of Gab founder and CEO Andrew Torba and left … Read more
New York City Councilman Ben Kallos says he “watched in horror” last month when city police responded to a hostage situation in the Bronx using Boston Dynamics’ Digidog, a remote-controlled robotic dog equipped with surveillance cameras. Pictures of the Digidog went viral on Twitterpartly thanks to them eerie resemblance with machines ending the world in … Read more
Enlarge / The Galaxy S21 Ultra. As it turns out, a big price drop is a great way to boost sales. SamMobile has the latest figures from Strategy Analytics and reports that sales of the Galaxy S21 series have tripled in the first month in the US compared to last year. The Galaxy S20 series … Read more
Enlarge / People with insomnia and mobile addiction concepts. This post has been updated to report researcher Doug Leith’s objections to Google’s criticism of his research. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it continuously sends data including your location, phone number and local network data to Apple or Google. Now a researcher … Read more
Enlarge / There are two types of reaction to this marketing image: “ooh, shiny!” and “oh god no, all that particulate matter ends up in the bowl…” Arm On Tuesday afternoon, Arm held a Vision Day event where it teased details about the upcoming Arm v9 architecture. The short version: expect a vastly changed security … Read more
The Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold, which is very similar to Samsung’s foldables. Xiaomi The back. Xiaomi The inside 4:3 display. Xiaomi The display on the front is long and skinny. Xiaomi The hefty camera bump. Xiaomi Xiaomi revives the Mi Mix model line with the Mi Mix Fold. The first Mi Mix was a futuristic-looking … Read more
The Pixel 5a rendering from Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka Onleaks. It looks exactly like all other recent Pixels. I spy a headphone jack and a fingerprint reader on the back. The Pixel’s flashy power button is its one unique design touch. It’s been a wild Friday afternoon in the Android rumor mill. YouTuber Jon Prosser claimed … Read more
Enlarge / We’re still a long way from a smooth, fast boot with a nice Asahi logo in the center of the screen and (presumably) a soothing startup chime. Asahi Linux – founded by Hector “marcan” Martin – has merged initial support for Apple M1 hardware into the Linux system-on-chip (SOC) tree, where it will … Read more
Google RIP to the Google Shopping app. XDA spotted a hidden lock message in the app on Thursday, and late on Friday, Google confirmed to 9to5Google that the Shopping app is on its way. Here is the statement from the company: We will no longer support the Shopping app in the coming weeks. All the … Read more
Enlarge / In this 2011 photo, Dr. Michael A. Lee uses speech recognition software from Dragon Medical to enter his notes after seeing a patient. Earlier today, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Nuance for $56 per share, 23 percent above Nuance’s closing price last Friday. The deal represents a cash outlay of $16 billion … Read more