Supported by Apple Shows Facebook Who Has the Power in an App Dispute ImageTimothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, which said Facebook had broken its rules by publicly distributing a research app that was approved only for internal use.CreditCreditShannon Stapleton/Reuters By Mike Isaac Jan. 31, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook employees woke […]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, released on December 7 for the Nintendo Switch, has shattered the record previously set by New Super Mario Bros. Wii for the Nintendo Wii to take the title as the all-time fastest-selling Nintendo game. Nintendo revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 12.08 million units as of December 31, which is […]
Google took down a total of 29 malicious apps for Android that were advertised on the Google Play Store as beauty camera applications, but carried out activities such as stealing the user’s pictures. The apps were discovered by cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, which said that some of them have already been downloaded millions of times. […]
Windows and MacOS have added a new ‘Dark Mode’ option. If you’ve somehow managed to miss this news (in which case, congratulations: You’re not a computer geek!) here’s the deal. Dark Mode flips the colors of your interface. What’s normally white, or close to it, becomes dark, and vice-versa. Instead of black letters on a […]
CBS All Acces Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider the most in-demand original TV shows on streaming services. This week sees the return of Netflix’s “Daredevil” to the list. Superheroes have dominated streaming for yet another week. Netflix’s Marvel series, “The Punisher,” which debuted its second season last month, and “Daredevil,” which was canceled […]
Coffee lovers have been known to go to some impressive extremes for a cup o’ joe and there are a million tools, gadgets, and gizmos to help you brew the perfect beverage. But here’s a concept that will raise eyebrows of even the most dedicated java enthusiast: coffee beans that are shot hundreds of miles […]
You’re happy with your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, right? Of course, you are! It might not be the newest iPhone, but it’s still a fantastic phone with a lot to offer. Beyond the usual tips pertaining to Touch ID and the camera, there are tons of little pointers and tricks that the everyday […]
Riley Young/Digital Trends The Dell XPS 13 and the MacBook Air are some of the most iconic laptops ever designed. Taking them at face value, it might be a hard decision to make between the two. Prefer the ultra-slim bezels of the XPS 13 or the hard-as-a-rock build quality of the MacBook Air? But there’s […]
Pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into school, the minister for school standards in England has told the BBC. Nick Gibb spoke out ahead of the government publishing new guidance for schools, expected to address internet safety, social media and online gaming. It is expected to say children should be taught to limit the […]
Futurists and tech companies often use the idea of freedom to promote products, but as technology gets ever more complicated and spreads into every facet of life, it provides authorities with ever more tools and opportunities to observe the populace and potentially infringe on those freedoms. Law enforcement agencies, in particular, are rapidly incorporating cutting-edge […]
Strike up the music, the band has begun… Tune up your car on a regular schedule, folks. Well I sure as heckfire recognize this character… This character is… less recognizable. Connors Sr. didn’t have one of these in 1993… Looks like the Connors family has at least two kids. That is the face of a […]
Contrary to popular Anglocentric belief, English isn’t the world’s most-spoken language by the total number of native speakers — nor is it the second. In fact, the West Germanic tongues rank third on the list, followed by Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, Bengali, and Russian. (Mandarin and Spanish are first and second, respectively.) Surprisingly, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s […]
Earlier this month, an autonomous test vehicle veered out of its lane to avoid a merging car, only to hit a motorcycle in the lane it moved into. If this is all you know about the story, it sounds like the kind of moral choice conundrum that often comes up in discussions about artificial intelligence […]
Enlarge / Itanium 9500 dies. Intel Germany If you’re still using Intel’s Itanium processors, you’d better get your orders in soon. Intel has announced that it will fulfill the final shipment of Itanium 9700 processors on July 29, 2021. The company says orders must be placed no later than January 30, 2020 (spotted by Anandtech). […]