TraskChina China tells government offices to remove all foreign computer equipment The Guardian - Kate LyonsChina has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be removed from government offices and public institutions within three years, the Financial Times reports. The government directive likely
TraskElectric Vehicles This electric scooter company just failed and screwed its customers out of refunds Electrek - Micah TollThe electric scooter company Unicorn was quick to show off its flashy white electric scooter and take customers’ money for pre-orders. It was slower to deliver, and ultimately failed to do. The company
TraskApple Apple’s new Mac Pro will be available to order on December 10th The Verge - Chaim GartenbergApple’s new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR were announced all the way back at WWDC 2019 in June, and now we know when you’ll be able to place an order for the high-end hardware: December 10th, according an
TraskSocial Media Companies TikTok Admits It Suppressed ‘Disabled’ Users' Videos From Going Viral - Tech Mashable - Natasha MathurTikTok, a popular short-video sharing app, admitted earlier this week that it suppressed the reach of videos made by 'disabled users'. The firm acknowledged that its moderators intentionally prevented
TraskKylo Ren These Coca-Cola bottles use OLEDs to light up Rey and Kylo Ren’s lightsabers Engadget - Igor BonifacicWith Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming out on December 20th, you're bound to see a lot of products that tie into the upcoming movie, but few will probably be as unique as these Coca-Cola bottles.
TraskProject Management Move over Slack — Space is a new project management platform for developers TechCrunch - Mike ButcherWhile file sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt Charts, and budget management are usually some of the most requested features in the average project management platform, we still have a proliferation
TraskChristmas The best Christmas lights Engadget - WirecutterOur top pick from GE has sold out quickly the past few years. By Doug Mahoney and Thom Dunn This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen
TraskTechnology Microsoft wants everyone to follow its lead with its new mobile design The Verge - Tom WarrenNearly a decade ago, Microsoft launched its Windows Phone platform with the promise that its software would free users from their phones. The first big ad campaign showed people engrossed in their devices
TraskiPhone 11 Pro Apple responds to iPhone 11 Pro location sharing controversy, iOS update will add new toggle 9to5Mac - Michael PotuckThis week we learned that the iPhone 11 Pro still tracks location data even when users have turned the features off. Apple gave a limited response saying that “We do not see any actual security implications,”
TraskApple Apple says its ultra wideband technology is why newer iPhones appear to share location data, even when the setting is disabled TechCrunch - Zack WhittakerThis week, security reporter Brian Krebs asked why the newest iPhone 11 Pro appeared to be sending out a user’s location even when the user disabled Location Services in their phone’s settings, in conflict
TraskTechnology Facebook Said A Chinese Company Compromised Users With Malware And Then Ran Ads Using Their Accounts buzzfeednews.com - Craig Silverman The defendants allegedly used the accounts to run ads that often misused the images of celebrities to sell “counterfeit goods and diet …
TraskGoogle Google Fiber drops its 100Mbps tier in favor of gigabit-only service Engadget - Jon FingasIt may be realistic, but it also makes Fiber less affordable. Google Fiber's main selling point has been its gigabit internet access, but there has usually been a low-cost option like the $50 100Mbps However,
TraskTechnology China resurrects Great Cannon for DDoS attacks on Hong Kong forum ZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Two years after the last attacks, the Great Cannon is up and running again. After more than two years since it's been used the last time, the Chinese …
TraskMozilla Stop Using Avast and AVG Plugins Right Now Gizmodo - Catie Keck Two browsers have yanked Avast and AVG online security extensions from their web stores after a report revealed that they were unnecessarily sucking …
TraskConsumer News FCC study: Carriers are wildly overstating their network coverage Tom's Guide - Adam Ismail When researching wireless service providers, most of us have no choice but to take carriers' network-coverage maps at their word. But we at Tom's …
TraskQualcomm Qualcomm's larger in-screen fingerprint sensor could seriously improve security Engadget - Cherlynn LowIt's much larger than before and will allow for dual-finger authentication. Qualcomm took a different approach from the rest of the smartphone industry last year when it announced its 3D Sonic in-display
TraskSergey Brin Larry Page and Sergey Brin give Sundar Pichai control of Alphabet and Google Engadget - Jon FingasGoogle's co-founders are taking a backseat. Alphabet has announced that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as the respective CEO and President of the company, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai taking
TraskGoogle Fired Google Employees Are Filing Labor Complaints With the Government VICE - Lauren Kaori GurleyFour Google employees who were fired on November 25 after participating in organizing efforts at the company say they will file unfair labor practice complaints with the National Labor Review Board (NLRB).
TraskTechnology AWS announces new ARM-based instances with Graviton2 processors TechCrunch - Romain DilletAWS, the cloud division of Amazon, just announced the next generation of its ARM processors, the Graviton2. This is a custom chip design with a 7nm architecture. It is based on 64-bit ARM Neoverse cores.
TraskInternet YouTube claims its crackdown on borderline content is actually working The Verge - Julia AlexanderAfter making changes to its recommendation algorithm in an effort to reduce the spread of “borderline” content — videos that toe the line between what’s acceptable and what violates YouTube’s terms of
TraskTechnology Russia plans to replace “unreliable” Wikipedia with its own version MIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee The news: Russia’s government has confirmed plans to set up an online version of its national encyclopedia, after President Vladimir Putin said last …
TraskMicrosoft Microsoft To Do for iOS gets push notifications for shared lists Cult of Mac - Killian BellMicrosoft just rolled out a nice new update to its To Do app on iOS that makes it easier to keep track of shared lists. Push notifications are now available to those with personal Microsoft accounts, you’ll
TraskApps Transit's Apple Watch app returns after two-year hiatus Engadget - Jon FingasMore than a few well-known developers pulled their Apple Watch apps in the past couple of years due to technical obstacles or just a lack of interest, but one of those apps has come roaring back. As promised
TraskElectric Vehicles Here's how the million-mile battery could lead to Teslas lasting a lifetime - Business Insider Business Insider - Christian NguyenNarrator: The average lifespan of a car is 150,000 miles. Your average driver drives 13,500 miles every year, meaning a car lasts about 11 years. Now, imagine you had a car that could last 400,000 miles.
TraskApple Apple now owns Intel's mobile modem business Engadget - Marc DeAngelisApple may soon be able to avoid using Qualcomm chips in its devices. Intel completed its sale of the "majority" of the company's smartphone modem business to Apple today. The deal -- which was announced
TraskTechnology TikTok prevented disabled users’ videos from showing up in feeds The Verge - Adi RobertsonSocial video network TikTok apparently limited the reach of people with disabilities, including facial disfigurement and Down syndrome. According to Netzpolitik.org, which spoke with a source inside the
TraskMobile Technology Putin signs law making Russian apps mandatory on smartphones,... Reuters - Reuters EditorialRussia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony launching Gazprom's Power of Siberia gas pipeline to China via a video link in Sochi, Russia December 2, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin
TraskTrains No Face ID required: Apple Pay Express Mode now available for the London Underground, here’s how to set it up 9to5Mac - Benjamin MayoIf you are in London, you can now travel using Apple Pay on the Underground network without having to use Touch ID or Face ID authentication. This means that you don’t need to hold up the queue at the
Trask How frozen atoms could help us learn more from gravitational waves MIT Technology Review - Neel V. Patel We’ve seen ripples in spacetime only when the universe’s biggest events occur. Now there might be a way to spot them ahead of time. It’s been four …
