June 28, 2020 UK contact tracing app may warn you about areas with high infection rates The UK might have a simple way to spur adoption of its long-in-development contact tracing app: load it with features that are useful beyond…
June 28, 2020 This year’s iPhones might not include a charger in the box You might not find much in the box for this year’s iPhone besides the handset itself. Historically trustworthy analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims in a…
June 28, 2020 Starbucks pauses all social media ads over hate speech concerns Starbucks is joining the chorus of major brands withdrawing ads from social networks to highlight complaints about online hate speech. The coffee chain announced…
June 28, 2020 Boeing poised to start crucial 737 Max flight safety tests tomorrow Boeing’s troubled 737 Max is reportedly close to a key round of test flights. Reuters and BBC News sources understand Boeing and the FAA…
June 28, 2020 US pushes Europe to reject Chinese baggage screening tech over spying fears The US fight against Chinese technology appears to be extending to another category: the security screening you normally see at the airport or border….
June 28, 2020 Another 53 iOS apps besides TikTok are grabbing clipboard data TikTok may be ending its nosy clipboard reading on iOS, but that doesn’t mean other app developers are mending their ways. Security researcher Tommy…
June 28, 2020 Microsoft makes it harder for businesses to avoid Windows 10 updates The business-focused versions of Windows 10 have normally let you avoid major updates for up to a year, which can be helpful if you…
June 28, 2020 After Math: Space toilets and long-haul hybrid pickups It never fails. You’re just a few precious miles from home when heavy traffic and those three cups of coffee hit at the same…
June 28, 2020 Astronomers may have spotted light from colliding black holes Black hole collisions tend not to produce light by their very nature — you may catch gravitational waves, but that’s about it. However, scientists…
June 28, 2020 PlayStation 2 can play homebrew games by using DVD player exploits The PlayStation 2 is over 20 years old, but it’s still difficult to hack if you want to run homebrew games without tweaking the…