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Pandemic Gooses Stolen Credentials Prices on Dark Web

After crashing in 2019, Dark Web markets for stolen credentials rebounded during the first half of 2020, largely due to major shifts in consumer behavior caused by the global pandemic According to the latest analysis of Dark Web trade by Top10VPN.com, populations locked down during the pandemic were forced to change their behavior patterns. That ha...

Amazon Eyeing Mall Anchor Stores as Fulfillment Centers

Amazon is huddling with the largest mall owner in the United States to turn anchor stores into fulfillment centers The deal with Simons Property Group would give Amazon access to space formerly occupied by Sears and J.C. Penney, both of which have filed for bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal has reported....

California’s Early Warning Quake Alerts to Be Standard on Android Phones

Earthquake alerts are being incorporated into Android, Google's mobile operating system, the company announced Tuesday The feature will be included in a refresh of Google Mobile Services, so a full operating system upgrade won't be necessary. That means the new addition will be available to most Android users -- except those in China, which doesn'...

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook Rumble Over Game Streaming Apps

Apple's "Walled Garden" was built to protect consumers from malicious applications, but it can also protect the company from competition, as Microsoft and Facebook discovered recently Late last week, Apple refused to allow Microsoft to offer its xCloud streaming gaming app for iOS and iPadOS at the Apple App Store. At the same time, it approved a s...

Amazon Clears FCC Hurdle to Satellite Network

Amazon has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its quest to deliver Internet service to unserved and underserved areas of the earth The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved, with some conditions, Amazon's Kuiper Project, a US$10 billion low-orbit constellation made up of more than 3,000 satellites....

Google Bringing Cash, Nest to ADT

Google's Nest line of smart home products will be combined with ADT's security services in a partnership announced Monday by the two companies As part of the deal, Google will invest US$450 million into ADT to acquire a 6.6 percent interest in the security and smart home solutions provider....

Amazon Gives Alexa App a Makeover

Amazon's Alexa mobile app has a new look The company on Monday introduced an updated version of the app that aims to give users a more personalized experience and moves all third-party "skill" suggestions off the main screen....

Garmin Confirms Services Upended by Ransomware Attack

Garmin on Monday confirmed that many of its online services have been disrupted by a cyberattack on its systems that occurred on July 23, 2020 Services disrupted by the attack, which encrypted data on the systems, included website functions, customer support, customer facing applications, and company communications, the company noted in a statemen...

US Cloud Gaming Subscriptions Target $3B

Consumer interest in cloud gaming could boost annual subscription revenues to nearly US$3 billion, a consumer research firm reported Tuesday According to Parks Associates, 30 percent of U.S. broadband households say they're interested in services that can deliver a Netflix experience for gaming. There is renewed interest, the research firm's report...

Windows 10X to Eliminate Onboard 32-Bit Apps: Report

Windows 10X began as a streamlined operating system for the Surface Neo, a premium mobile device with two screens that opened like a book. Now Microsoft seems poised to use the OS to power laptop competitors to Google's highly successful Chromebook portables According to Zac Bowden, writing for Windows Central, a significant feature has been remove...

Samsung Reveals 6G Vision

Although many people haven't wrapped their minds around 5G mobile technology yet, Samsung has already started talking about 6G In a report released Tuesday, the South Korean electronics giant reveals its 6G vision of the future, including technical and societal megatrends, new services, requirements, candidate technologies, and an expected timeline...

Google Clamps Down on Ads for Spyware, Stalkerware

Advertising for software and hardware designed to stalk and spy on people will soon be banned on Google Promotion of products or services that are marketed or targeted with the express purpose of tracking or monitoring another person or their activities without their authorization will be prohibited on the platform starting Aug. 11, the company, wh...

Nintendo to Retreat From Mobile Gaming: Report

Nintendo is retreating from the booming mobile games market, Bloomberg reported Sunday The maker of the Switch and Switch Lite game systems has become disenchanted with the mobile market, Bloomberg noted, as sales of three out of four of its mobile offerings lost money from February to May of this year....

Macs Move to Apple Silicon Announced at WWDC

Apple's 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference will probably be known for two things: it was the first time the forum was staged virtually, and it's when Apple announced it would start making Macs based on its own processor designs "Today is a truly historic day for the Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook said during the virtual keynote presentation....

Amazon’s Distance Assistant Keeps Workers Aware of Proper Social Spacing

Amazon is rolling out a system that combines artificial intelligence and augmented reality to help workers maintain social distancing in the workplace, the company revealed Tuesday in its Covid-19 blog The new system has been deployed at a handful of Amazon buildings, but the company plans to deploy hundreds of the units in the coming weeks, the gi...

Intel Says ‘Tiger Lake’ Will Drown Control-Flow Malware

The next generation of Intel mobile processors will include malware protection built into the chip, the company announced Monday The protection, provided by Intel's Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET), will first be available in the company's "Tiger Lake" mobile processors, Vice President of Intel's Client Computing Group Tom Garrison reveal...

Apple to Design Its Own ARM-Based Mac Chips

Apple will announce a new processor for its Mac computer line at its virtual World Wide Developers Conference later this month, Bloomberg reported Tuesday Fulfilling a years-long rumor, the company will begin using an ARM chip based on Apple's A14 processor, which will be featured in the next iPhone....

Brave Browser Caught Redirecting URLs for Cash

A browser that has received plaudits for privacy protection has been exposed for redirecting Web searches to make money Brave, a browser with some 15 million monthly users, has been redirecting searches for cryptocurrency companies to links that produce revenue for the browser's owners through advertising affiliate programs....

Microsoft Sacks Editors, Gives Jobs to AI

Some 50 editors working for MSN, Microsoft's news operation, have learned their contracts won't be renewed and their jobs will be performed by artificial intelligence software, according to multiple news reports The contractors hired through staffing agencies Aquent, IFG and MAQ Consulting were notified May 27 that their services would not be neede...

XRSpace Headset Opens Door to New Virtual World

A new virtual reality headset designed for mobility will serve as an entry point into a new virtual world, its maker announced Tuesday The US$599 Mova headset from XRSpace, founded by former HTC chief Peter Chou, will support 5G and be the exclusive on-ramp to Manova, a social reality platform that aims to defy the boundaries of space and time to b...

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