Google is shutting down its Trips app for mobile phones, but is incorporating much of the functionality from the service into its Maps app and Search features, according to a statement from the company. Support for the Trips app ends today, but information like notes and saved places will be available in Search as long […]
Daily Archives: August 5, 2019
Privacy commissioners from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia have put their names to a joint statement raising concerns about a lack of clarity from Facebook over how data protection safeguards will be baked into its planned cryptocurrency project, Libra. Facebook officially unveiled its big bet to build a global digital currency using blockchain technology […]
Libra, Facebook’s global digital currency plan, is fuzzy on privacy, ...
The bottom-feeding forum 8chan, which grew popular by embracing fringe hateful internet cultures, is having trouble staying online. After Cloudflare dropped its protection of the site yesterday, 8chan adopted the services of Bitmitigate, but soon lost that too as the company providing Bitmitigate with services dropped them. Deplatforming works, but it can be complicated, so here's a quick explanation of what these pieces are and why we're witnessing this hot-potato act in the wake of the latest tragic mass shootings.
8chan’s new internet host was kicked off its own host ...
A new survey of 900 active devs provides some surprising clarity into the technology's constraints.
Want to Know the Real Future of AR/VR? Ask Their ...
A new survey of 900 active devs provides some surprising clarity into the technology's constraints.
Want to Know the Real Future of AR/VR? Ask Their ...
AT&T is sweetening the deal on its Unlimited & More Premium plan this week, with the addition of free Spotify Premium. That amounts to a $10 a month savings for those paying the $80 a month for the wireless service. The plan offers one of seven free partner services, including HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, VRV, […]
AT&T is offering free Spotify to select Unlimited subscribers
The online campaigning activities of the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, have already caught the eye of the country’s data protection watchdog. Responding to concerns about the scope of data processing set out in the Conservative Party’s Privacy Policy being flagged to it by a Twitter user, the Information Commissioner’s Office replied that: “This […]
UK watchdog eyeing PM Boris Johnson’s Facebook ads data grab
Huawei has almost certainly been working on a software contingency plan for some time now, prepping for a worst case scenario. When the U.S. announced that it was blacklisting the Chinese hardware giant earlier this year, those plans were likely accelerated. One of the things that’s still unclear, however, is what role the company’s Hongmeng […]
Huawei’s in-house OS could show up on phones this year
The new wearable from Samsung adds even more health-tracking features to better compete with the fitness-forward Apple Watch.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2: Price, Specs, Release Date
The third generation of the novel device is smaller and has a much-improved remote control.