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Apple updating the subscription sheet with clearer pricing and trial information

Posted by chris-at on Saturday February 20, 2021 @08:06AM
from the 9to5mac.com dept.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/19/apple-updating-the-subscription-sheet-in-ios-14-5-with-clearer-pricing-and-trial-information/

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find mostly doesn't need xargs today

Posted by chris-at on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:07AM
from the utcc.utoronto.ca dept.

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FindWithoutXargsToday

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Mobile video quality: US ranks #68 out of 100 countries

Posted by chris-at on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:26AM
from the 9to5mac.com dept.

https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/27/mobile-video-quality/

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Disabling server-side logging of Siri requests

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:26AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/jankais3r/Siri-NoLoggingPLS

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To protect users privacy iOS 12.2 will limit Web apps access to iPhone’s sensors

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:07AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/in-the-name-of-privacy-apple-plans-to-limit-ar-features-in-mobile-safari/

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Tencent and Chinese Gaming Rivals Shudder as Government Tightens Grip

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:54AM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-videogame-companies-shudder-as-government-tightens-grip-1535690686

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Dirt Protocol raises $3M for decentralized, blockchain-based information vetting

Posted by chris-at on Thursday July 12, 2018 @02:35AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/11/dirt-protocol/

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New iOS 12 Feature Risks Exposing Users to Online Banking Fraud

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @03:06AM
from the blog.vasco.com dept.

https://blog.vasco.com/application-security/new-ios-12-feature-risks-exposing-users-to-online-banking-fraud/

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Samsung's texting app is randomly sending messages and photos

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @03:04AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/02/samsung-texting-app-randomly-sends-messages/

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The United Slate: Three Principles

Posted by chris-at on Monday November 27, 2017 @02:54AM
from the unitedslate.samaltman.com dept.

http://unitedslate.samaltman.com/three-principles.html

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Ranger: a console file manager with VI key bindings

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:32AM
from the ranger.nongnu.org dept.

http://ranger.nongnu.org/

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Scientists explain ancient Rome's long-lasting concrete

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:16AM
from the bbc.com dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40494248

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Firefox Launches a Marketing Offensive Against Chrome

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:58AM
from the alexkras.com dept.

https://www.alexkras.com/firefox-launches-marketing-offensive-against-chrome/

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Google’s Amazon Echo competitor and wifi router launching in UK

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:24AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/28/googles-amazon-echo-competitor-and-wifi-router-launching-in-uk-on-april-6/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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Laying a trap for self-driving cars

Posted by chris-at on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:32PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/17/laying-a-trap-for-self-driving-cars/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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Up Close with the 'New Psion' Gemini

Posted by chris-at on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @02:23AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/28/inside_the_new_psion_gemini/

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If America's No. 1, Who's No. 2? European Nations Compete for the Honor

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @06:31AM
from the npr.org dept.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/06/513744676/if-americas-no-1-whos-no-2-european-nations-compete-for-the-uh-honor

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Japan's terrifying techno-toilets will be made foreigner friendly

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @08:04AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/18/japan_standardises_hi_tech_toilet_symbols_iso_standard/

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Google reveals its servers all contain custom security silicon

Posted by chris-at on Monday January 16, 2017 @06:20AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/16/google_reveals_its_servers_all_contain_custom_security_silicon/

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Samsung says its Galaxy S7 smartphones are safe and do not have battery issues

Posted by chris-at on Monday November 21, 2016 @06:20AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/21/samsung-says-its-galaxy-s7-smartphones-are-safe/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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Hackers electrocute selves in quest to turn secure doors inside out

Posted by chris-at on Monday November 21, 2016 @06:17AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/21/kiwicon_hardware_hackers/

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Hackers cook remote exploits against Edge, VMware

Posted by chris-at on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:24AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/10/hackers_remotely_pwn_win_10_microsoft_edge_gain_system_code_exec/

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Fuck You, Debian

Posted by chris-at on Saturday November 05, 2016 @03:18AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/broken-window/fuck-you-debian-ebe8cede37ed#.l1cqi5o7q

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Researchers reveal how to webcam spy without turning on the LED

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @08:03AM
from the grahamcluley.com dept.

https://www.grahamcluley.com/webcam-spying-without-turning-led-researchers-prove-possible/

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Solving the Internet's Clickbait Problem

Posted by chris-at on Thursday October 27, 2016 @01:58PM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3064955/pockets-next-frontier-solving-the-internets-clickbait-problem

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Google deleted some cloudy middleware accounts

Posted by chris-at on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:33AM
from the theregister.co.uk dept.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/29/google_pub_sub_outage/

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Why is Babel a monorepo?

Posted by chris-at on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @05:31PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/master/doc/design/monorepo.md

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Wunderlist coming back online

Posted by chris-at on Friday September 23, 2016 @01:27AM
from the status.wunderlist.com dept.

https://status.wunderlist.com/

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