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Google on Wednesday announced a new Google Play feature dubbed Family Library that allows up to 6 people to share apps, movies, books purchases. It will roll out to people in the next 48 hours in 12 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany… Continue reading Google Play Rolls Out Family Sharing
An anonymous reader shares a report on The Next Web: When the police, fire brigade or ambulances need to respond quickly to an emergency call, accurate information about the caller’s location is crucial in helping them arrive in time to be of assistanc… Continue reading Android’s New Feature Can Share Your Exact Location In Emergency Situation
Speaking of Chinese electronics giants, Xiaomi on Wednesday announced it is entering the PC market. The company, which is often referred to as “Apple of China”, announced its first-ever laptop line, the Mi Notebook Air, running on Windows 10. It comes … Continue reading Xiaomi Launches Mi Notebook Air Windows 10 Laptop Featuring 1080p Display, Starts at $520
Reader mask.of.sanity writes: A dangerous zero-day vulnerability has been found in popular cloud password vault LastPass, which can completely compromise user accounts when users visit malicious websites. The flaw is today being reported to LastPass by… Continue reading LastPass Accounts Can Be ‘Completely Compromised’ When Users Visit Sites
Reader joshtops writes: Facebook needs you to fill its News Feed, Oculus Rift, and Gear VR with 360 content. So today it put all the hardware and software designs of its Surround 360 camera on Github after announcing the plan in April. Thanks to cheeky… Continue reading Facebook Open Sources 360 Surround Camera With Ikea-Style Instructions
Reader msm1267 writes: Wireless keyboards made by eight different companies suffer from a vulnerability that can allow attackers to eavesdrop on keystrokes from up to 250 feet away, researchers warned Tuesday. If exploited, the vulnerability, dubbed Ke… Continue reading Popular Wireless Keyboards From HP, Toshiba and Others Don’t Use Encryption, Can Be Easily Snooped On
Chinese electronics conglomerate LeEco is purchasing American TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion, the company announced at a press conference in China on Tuesday. The announcement effectively gives LeEco, formerly known as LeTV, an instant foothold i… Continue reading Chinese Giant LeEco Buys Vizio For $2 Billion, Gets Instant Foothold In US Market
If you are planning to purchase the Moto Z or a Moto G4 smartphone, be prepared to not see security updates rolling out to your phone every month — and in a timely fashion. After Ars Technica called out Motorola’s security policy as “unacceptable” and… Continue reading Motorola Confirms That It Will Not Commit To Monthly Security Patches
The White House on Tuesday issued new instructions on how government agencies should respond to major cyber security attacks, in an attempt to combat perceptions that the Obama administration has been sluggish in addressing threats from sophisticated h… Continue reading Obama Creates a Color-Coded Cyber Threat ‘Schema’ After the DNC Hack
The hacker who claimed to compromise the DNC swore he was Romanian, but new investigation shows he worked directly for Russia President Vladimir Putin’s government in Moscow. The Daily Beast reports: The hacker who claims to have stolen emails from the… Continue reading ‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say