Collaborate Disseminate
Vlad Savov, writing for The Verge: Like a grand old dinosaur that’s being left behind by the evolution of the tech industry, Sony is in desperate recovery mode here at IFA. The company has new phones, a rather nice pair of noise-canceling headphones, t… Continue reading Sony’s Signature Walkman and Headphones Are $5,500 of Ridiculous
Earlier this year, Microsoft claimed that its Edge browser was much lighter on battery than Chrome. Google is now attempting to address that. It has announced that Chrome 53 will contain numerous CPU and GPU power consumption enhancements for video pla… Continue reading Chrome For Windows To Get Battery Performance Boost
astroengine writes: With only a month before its mission ends, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission swooped low over Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to see the stranded Philae lander jammed in a crack. After months of searching for the lan… Continue reading Long-Lost Comet Lander Philae Found
An anonymous reader writes: In a case of sloppy automation run amok, Warner Bros’ copyright enforcement contractor — Vobile — issued takedown notices for legitimate distributors and Warner Bros’ own website, according to the BBC. It also asked the se… Continue reading Warner Bros Issues Takedown For Own Website
Kelly Fiveash, writing for ArsTechnica:UK Prime minister Theresa May said at the weekend that she wanted to take her time to secure the best trade deals for a post-Brexit Britain, and reiterated — in her trademark vague terms — that the so-called Art… Continue reading Japan Goes Public With Brexit Demands, Says Data Flow Deals Must Be Protected
An anonymous reader shares a TorrentFreak report: Swedish Internet service provider Bahnhof is launching a direct attack against Spridningskollen, the group that’s spearheading the copyright trolling efforts in Sweden. Bahnhof accuses the anti-piracy o… Continue reading Swedish ISP Attacks Copyright Trolls Over Trademark Infringement
Rob Price, writing for Business Insider: Apps are eating the web. Over the past decade, there has been an inexorable movement from the open internet to the walled gardens of apps — and this trend just hit a major milestone. According to new data from … Continue reading Apps Are Devouring the Open Web
Forum of porn website Brazzers has been hacked, exposing the data of as many as 800,000 users, reports Motherboard. Though the data originated from the company’s separate forum, the report adds, Brazzers users who never signed up to the forum may also … Continue reading Brazzers Porn Site’s Forum Hacked, Exposes Data Of 800,000 Users
An anonymous reader writes:The EmDrive, a hypothetical miracle propulsion system for outer space, has been sparking heated arguments for years. Now, Guido Fetta plans to settle the argument about reactionless space drives for once and for all by sendin… Continue reading NASA’s Impossible Propulsion EmDrive Is Heading to Space
An anonymous reader shares an article on CertSimple, a firm that helps companies prove their identity on their websites: Today Chrome’s stable channel was updated with a new HTTPS UI. The changes in these versions of Chrome (Chrome 53 for Windows, Mac … Continue reading Google Chrome Begins Warns Users About Insecure Pages