A woman in Portland, Oregon, claimed her Amazon Echo smart-speaker secretly recorded a private conversation, then sent the audio file to an acquaintance. She told her story to a local news outlet and it spread, stoking fears about always listening devices invading privacy. Amazon… Continue Reading
In an effort to make users happier with the newly redesigned Snapchat the company has been trying to make new updates to the app. Some users have struggled to adjust to the app, which has even impacted Snap financially. Users have… Continue Reading
Facebook announced it’s changed how to set up two-factor authentication. The new process is intended to make setting up 2FA more streamlined and eliminates the need to register a phone number. Where Facebook previously required a phone number in order to activate two-factor… Continue Reading
Microsoft and Google are jointly disclosing a new CPU security vulnerability that’s similar to the Meltdown and Spectre flaws that were revealed earlier this year. Labelled Speculative Store Bypass (variant 4), the latest vulnerability is a similar exploit to Spectre and exploits… Continue Reading
If you have children with iPhones or iPads, or who frequently use yours, and you want to control the type of content they can access when browsing the web in Safari, you’re in luck – Apple lets you do just that.… Continue Reading
Microsoft is working on a new line of budget Surface tablets to better compete with Apple’s low-cost iPad options, according to a report from Bloomberg. According to the report, the new Surface tablets won’t just be smaller, cheaper Surface Pros. Rather, Microsoft is… Continue Reading
If you use Google Assistant a lot and have tired of the default voice that responds to your commands, you now have six more to choose from. The new ones, which benefit from the AI-powered WaveNet voice engine for more natural-sounding… Continue Reading
Android P brings a whole bunch of new updates to Google’s operating system, and one of the biggest is the new, gesture-based interface system. A system that many (including us) have noted is pretty similar on the surface to the one… Continue Reading
Google believes that 2018 is the year the web turns a corner and starts becoming more immersive, and the company’s new WebXR API is at the heart of its efforts. Long story short, WebXR provides a platform to more easily… Continue Reading
Uber held its second annual “flying taxi” conference in Los Angeles this week, so we have a whole bunch of cool new concept images of weird, drone-helicopter hybrids that you could use to fly across town sometime in the next… Continue Reading