June 21, 2019 FedEx refused to deliver a Huawei phone into the US If you were planning to ship a Huawei phone to America, you might be in for a surprise. This week, writers at PC Magazine…
June 21, 2019 The US Air Force has a new weapon called THOR that can take out swarms of drones In recent years, small drones have made their way onto battlefields where they’ve been used to surveil US forces or drop bombs on them,…
June 21, 2019 YouTube tests moving comments to a separate window on mobile Internet comment sections are notoriously awful, and comments on YouTube can be especially dark. Earlier this year, the platform turned off comments on videos…
June 21, 2019 Nashville is banning electric scooters after a man was killed Nashville is banishing the scooters after its first scooter-related death. The city’s mayor David Briley notified seven scooter companies operating in Nashville he was…
June 21, 2019 FEMA’s presidential alerts are an easy target for spoofing attacks Last fall, FEMA conducted the first nationwide test of its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system when it beamed a "presidential alert" to all capable…
June 21, 2019 Spotify claims it ‘overpaid’ songwriters and wants its money back Spotify and music publishers have been in a bit of a tiff for months over a planned royalty rate increase that would require streaming…
June 21, 2019 A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy A new tool developed by researchers from the USC Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) may prove to be a major help in the ongoing…
June 21, 2019 Facebook says it’s taking new steps to stop hate speech in Sri Lanka and Myanmar As Facebook deals with global criticism for its platform’s role in promoting violence, the company says it’s taking new steps to slow the spread…
June 21, 2019 ‘Sea of Solitude’ looks like a brilliant, emotional horror show Sea of Solitude feels like coming home. Footage of a hulking black monster swimming among the rooftops and balconies of a waterlogged Berlin plays…
June 21, 2019 New York Senate passes ban on Elon Musk’s Not-A-Flamethrower If you live in New York state and bought one of The Boring Company's Not-A-Flamethrowers, you probably want to get rid of it shortly….