News in the Technology category

Firefox 55 Released with Built-In Screenshot Tool, Performance Boosts, and WebVR

Later today, Mozilla is going to officially announce the release of Firefox 55, its browser's latest stable version, one that is packed full of new features and important changes.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 08, 2017
- 02:30 AM
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Cisco Admits to Losing Customer Data in Cloud Service Configuration Snafu

On Friday, last week, Cisco admitted that an engineering gaffe caused the company to lose customer data uploaded before a certain configuration was applied to one of its cloud services.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 08, 2017
- 12:30 AM
- 0
You Can Trick Self-Driving Cars by Defacing Street Signs

A team of eight researchers has discovered that by altering street signs, an adversary could confuse self-driving cars and cause their machine-learning systems to misclassify signs and take wrong decisions, potentially putting the lives of passengers in danger.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 07, 2017
- 07:31 AM
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Disney Sued for Tracking Children Without Permission via Mobile Games

A disgruntled parent has filed a lawsuit against Disney and three software developers for collecting personal information about her kid via the company's mobile games.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 05, 2017
- 08:45 PM
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Mozilla Testing File Sharing, Voice Search, and Notes Experimental Features

Mozilla engineers have launched three experimental features today named Send, Voice Fill, and Notes.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 01, 2017
- 03:53 PM
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Smart Pistol Locking System Foiled by $15 Magnets

A security researcher who goes by the nickname of Plore has bypassed the security locks of the Armatix IP1 smart gun by using only three magnets worth $15.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 01, 2017
- 02:10 AM
- 5
Internet's Largest Bitcoin Mixer Shuts Down Realizing Bitcoin Is Not Anonymous

BitMixer, the world's most popular Bitcoin mixing service has announced last weekend it was shutting down operations effective immediately.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 30, 2017
- 12:30 PM
- 8
Adobe to Kill Flash Media Player in 2020

In joint announcements with Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, Adobe announced today plans to stop supporting the Adobe Flash Media Player in 2020.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2017
- 01:25 PM
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Judge: Pacemaker Data Isn't More Private Than Other Things, Can Be Used in Arson Trial

An Ohio judge ruled at the beginning of July that data collected from a person's pacemaker logs is admissible in court, in the first decision of its kind.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2017
- 08:45 AM
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Roomba Maker Preparing to Sell Maps of Your Home to Advertisers

Roomba maker iRobot Corp announced future plans to sell maps of users' homes to advertisers, according to an interview iRobot CEO Colin Angle gave yesterday.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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US Company to Implant Microchips in Employees

Three Square Market (32M), a Wisconsin-based business, will become the first US company to implant RFID microchips in employee's hands.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24, 2017
- 06:20 AM
- 4
32-Bit Firefox Users on 64-Bit PCs Will Be Auto-Upgraded to 64-Bit Firefox

Mozilla engineers have decided that starting with Firefox 56 they will silently and forcibly auto-upgrade some users of 32-bit Firefox to 64-bit versions.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 24, 2017
- 12:30 AM
- 0
Google's BBR Algorithm for Speeding up Internet Traffic Gains Wider Adoption

Google's BBR algorithm for handling TCP traffic congestion has gained huge ground this week after Google announced integration with Google Cloud, a cloud hosting platform offered by Google to thousands of companies and which serves millions of websites on a daily basis.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 22, 2017
- 05:15 AM
- 1
Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva

Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19, 2017
- 03:15 PM
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Mozilla Launches the First Open-Source Voice Recognition Engine

The Mozilla Foundation, makers of the Firefox browser, have launched a new project called Common Voice, which the organization hopes to become the first open-source voice recognition engine on the market.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19, 2017
- 04:13 AM
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22,000 People Agree to Clean Toilets Because Nobody Reads Terms & Conditions

Over 22,000 users unwittingly agreed to clean public toilets when they connected to free WiFi hotspots at various UK establishments.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 17, 2017
- 02:15 PM
- 5
Scientists Develop First Battery-Free Phone

A group of scientists from the University of Washington (UW) has created the first ever mobile phone that doesn't need a battery to power itself when making or receiving phone calls.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11, 2017
- 10:26 AM
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Researchers Find a Way to Crack Satellite Phone Communications in Real-Time

Two Chinese scientists have come up with a method of decrypting satellite phone communications, which works almost instantly and provides a third-party access to secure conversations in real-time.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 10, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans

To combat electronic waste and abusive practices like manufacturers legally preventing users from repairing their devices, the EU is preparing legislation that would legalize a customer's "right to repair," and would force vendors to design products for longer life and easier maintenance.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 08, 2017
- 06:32 PM
- 10
W3C Brazenly Ignores All Critics and Approves Browser DRM Standard

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced this past week its intention to promote the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) draft as an official standard in the upcoming future.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 08, 2017
- 03:05 PM
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