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Over the past few days, we have extensively talked about the Galaxy Note 7 — and its faulty battery. Amid announcements of a global recall, Samsung noted that it is rolling out a firmware update to let users know if their device is affected by the fau… Continue reading Samsung’s Latest Note 7 Battery Fix Violates Android Compatibility Docs
Several commendable users are complaining that their iPhone 7 Plus handsets are making a “hissing” noise especially when they do some heavy weight work. Some users note that this issue extends to the iPhone 7 as well. BusinessInsider reports:Stephen Ha… Continue reading iPhone 7 Plus Makes Hissing Sound Under Load, Some Users Complain
Trailrunner7 writes: Cisco is scrambling to patch another vulnerability in many of its products that was exposed as part of the Shadow Brokers dump last month. The latest vulnerability affects many different products, including all of the Cisco PIX fir… Continue reading Cisco Scrambles To Patch Second Shadow Brokers Bug In Firewalls
From an ArsTechnica report: A game developer has been banned from Steam after users claimed that it had attempted to sue 100 users of the platform for $18 million — for the crime of leaving bad reviews. Digital Homicide, which has released dozens of s… Continue reading Valve Bans Developer From Steam After It Sues Customers Over Bad Reviews
The recently released version of Chrome on Android — v54 (albeit in beta) — finally brings a feature that users have been requesting for years: it lets them play YouTube songs in the background. Much like some of you, there are many out there who pre… Continue reading Google Chrome Beta For Android Now Lets You Play YouTube In the Background
A week after its rival Uber began rolling out self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, Lyft has said it also expects to roll out its self-driving by next year. Its president John Zimmer outlined a “three-phase” plan for the company, noting that self-driving ca… Continue reading Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years
Ride-hailing services such as Uber and others will have to register their apps and heed new regulations to operate in Abu Dhabi, a top official at the Gulf emirate’s taxi regulator said on Monday, Reuters reports. From the article: U.S.-based Uber and … Continue reading Abu Dhabi To Introduce New Regulations For Ride-Hailing Apps
An anonymous reader writes: For most of its 14-year existence, SpaceX has focused on designing and developing the hardware that will lead to its ultimate goal: colonizing Mars. These plans have remained largely secret from the general public, as compan… Continue reading Elon Musk Scales Up His Ambitions, Considering Going ‘Well Beyond’ Mars
Netflix has released ‘Meridian’ to not just all its 83 million subscribers, but to everyone. The company produced the title as test footage to evaluate anything from the performance of video codecs to the way Netflix streams look like on 4K TVs. But th… Continue reading Netflix Releases ‘Meridian’ Test Footage To All Including Competitors, Open Sources Some Tools
An anonymous reader shares a Reuters report: Samsung Electronics Co was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he suffered severe burns after his Galaxy Note 7 smartphone exploded in his front pants pocket. The lawsuit by Jonathan Strobel may be the … Continue reading Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded