March 22, 2019 Android ad fraud scheme drained users’ batteries and data BuzzFeed News has confirmed a massive ad fraud scheme, which was originally uncovered by at least two fraud detection firms, that drained users' batteries…
March 22, 2019 Watch the first of two spacewalks this month to swap out batteries on the outside of the space station This morning, two astronauts will spacewalk on the outside of the International Space Station, in order to replace the vehicle’s aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with…
March 22, 2019 Tesla drops annual servicing for ‘as needed’ repair model Tesla has quietly changed its EV maintenance policy, going from regularly scheduled service to an "as-needed" model, according to its "Car Maintenance" page. Before,…
March 22, 2019 Microsoft resurrects Clippy and then brutally kills him off again Microsoft’s Clippy has had a hard life. Born in Office 97, Clippy politely offered hints for using Microsoft’s Office software. Often misunderstood, you either…
March 22, 2019 Finnish authorities to investigate Nokia-branded phones sending data to China The Finnish data protection watchdog has confirmed it’s investigating HMD Global’s Nokia-branded phones over reports they were found to be sending unencrypted data to…
March 22, 2019 The Morning After: Trying out Nintendo’s Labo VR goggles Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. After a week full of reveals and announcements, we're taking a closer look at Google's Stadia promises and…
March 22, 2019 Instagram is facing a reckoning over misinformation At the end of last year, as we made our predictions about what 2019 would bring for social networks, I raised the prospect that…
March 22, 2019 Huawei leaks full P30 details on its own website Huawei just can’t catch a break with the P30, its upcoming flagship that’s due to be revealed next week. Yesterday, Evan Blass spotted that…
March 22, 2019 Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica prior to ‘Guardian’ exposé Facebook has admitted that it suspected Cambridge Analytica of scraping data from the platform even before the first reports about its massive data collection…
March 22, 2019 DHS issues warning about Medtronic implantable defibrillator flaws The Department of Homeland Security and Medtronic are advising people with the latter's implantable defibrillators to keep their monitors and programmers updated and in…