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Facebook made some private posts public for up to 14 million users

Facebook made some private posts public for up to 14 million users

Июня 08, 2018

He apologized for Facebook's handling of the issue and promised that the company would be more transparent and "do better" when it comes to protecting user data and security. The news followed a recent furor over Facebook's sharing of user data - oversharing, in the eyes of many critics. Affected Facebook users received a notification on the app or website starting Thursday.

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Xbox One X deals lead the charge in Microsoft’s E3 sale

Xbox One X deals lead the charge in Microsoft’s E3 sale

Июня 08, 2018

The Xbox One X outselling the PS4 Pro is a step forward, but if Microsoft's goal is to start making up lost ground on the PS4 overall then more Halo and Gears of War may only be a good start. Plus, there will be major discounts on expansions and season passes as well. For a limited time only, those interested in trying out the Xbox Live Gold Membership can do so for as little as 1 dollar ! Microsoft says that more than 300 games will be on sale, with some titles starting as low as ...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9's camera will be one of its best features

Июня 07, 2018

The Samsung Galaxy A9 Star Lite , on the other hand, features a smaller 6.2-inch full HD+ display with the 1080x2220 pixels resolution. On Tuesday, sources exclusively told Sammobile that Samsung's Gear VR headset series will be rebranded as the Galaxy VR.

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BlackBerry KEY2 features upgraded specs and a better keyboard

BlackBerry KEY2 features upgraded specs and a better keyboard

Июня 07, 2018

Around back is one of the biggest upgrades from the KEYone to the KEY2. The 4.5-inch 162- x 1080 display is sharp enough (although an odd aspect ratio to many) and there's a headphone jack too. Under the agreement between the two firms, Canada's BlackBerry will remain in control of software and security on smartphones, while TCL will produce handsets powered by Google Android software, abandoning the former BlackBerry OS software.

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Sony RX100 VI Cyber-Shot Camera with Zoom Lens Launched

Sony RX100 VI Cyber-Shot Camera with Zoom Lens Launched

Июня 07, 2018

The Sony RX100 VI has a wide 24-200mm lens - ridiculous for a camera its size - and promises to provide significantly better magnification than the Sony's previous best compact camera, the RX100 V , which has a 24-70mm lens. In a first for the RX100 series, the RX100 VI includes Sony's advanced High-density Tracking AF technology. Lastly, for photo enthusiasts, the viewfinder on the camera comprises a retractable 2.35 million-dot OLED.

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How to download and install iOS 12 beta

How to download and install iOS 12 beta

Июня 07, 2018

The company said it's shutting down that tracking, unless the user decides to permit it, through a Safari browser update for Mac and iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads. Screen Time also gives parents the ability to schedule a block of time to limit when their child's iOS device can't be used, such as at bedtime. Do you think tech firms are working hard enough to limit our screen time? It's a gentle, limited way of prodding us into a more wholesome, balanced approach to using ...

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Alienware’s new headset and gaming mouse mark an unusual peripheral focus

Июня 07, 2018

This new Dell Inspiron Gaming Desktop will be available in US, Australia, New Zealand, China and South Korea mid-June starting at $849 Dollars. Alienware also revealed a new Elite Gaming Mouse, which may just help you train your sights on your opponents.

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New Apple tools to help parents manage kids’ screen time

New Apple tools to help parents manage kids’ screen time

Июня 07, 2018

Also in iOS , a new Do Not Disturb function can impose a black sleep screen on your iPhone, lest your sleep be distracted by middle-of-the-night notifications. While the systems have their own unique features, including a host of new tools for security, productivity, and automation, the elephant in the room was the potential interplay between the two.

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Facebook Reportedly Provided Apple, Samsung Inappropriate Access to User Data

Facebook Reportedly Provided Apple, Samsung Inappropriate Access to User Data

Июня 07, 2018

The company has since terminated 22 partnerships with device makers , he added.Shares of Facebook were down 1.8% pre-market at 6:34 am in NY on Monday, following a similar trend in Europe where it was down 2.2% at the same time in Frankfurt.Facebook is retooling its approach amid a global consumer and regulatory backlash.

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MacOS Mojave: All the Newest Features for the Mac

MacOS Mojave: All the Newest Features for the Mac

Июня 07, 2018

So what's new in macOS Mojave? You'll get to play with Mojave later this month if you don't mind living dangerously, with another beta program rolling out from then ahead of release around September or October, likely in line for new Apple Mac products with new chips and such.

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Microsoft plunges self-sufficient data center into sea off Scotland

Microsoft plunges self-sufficient data center into sea off Scotland

Июня 07, 2018

Since most of the world's population lives within about 120 miles of the coast, data needs to travel less distance to reach coastal people. This particular data center is a fraction of the size of the modern data centers that power cloud computing operations like Microsoft Azure , but its portability and reliance on cold ocean water to keep the systems humming along make it very interesting.

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Crawfish severs own claw to escape boiling pot, becomes viral video hero

Crawfish severs own claw to escape boiling pot, becomes viral video hero

Июня 07, 2018

Crayfish are immensely popular in China now, which has resulted in a huge increase in crayfish restaurants and farms. The video had gotten so much attention from Taiwanese and Chinese users that it even appeared on Facebook to the tune of Psy's "Gentleman".

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Moto Z3 Play goes official, works with all Moto Mods

Июня 07, 2018

The Moto Z3 Play also comes with smart camera features such as landmark and object recognition, real-time text translation, and optical character recognition thanks to Google Lens. Outside of that traditional authentication solution, the smartphone also offers Face Unlock support but as is usually the case with such systems, anyone who cares about security should avoid using it as any conventional front-facing camera can be spoofed relatively easily.

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AMD's next-gen Threadripper: 32C/64T on 12nm, due in Q3 2018

AMD's next-gen Threadripper: 32C/64T on 12nm, due in Q3 2018

Июня 07, 2018

We're looking at the same 12nm manufacturing process, and it looks like Threadripper 2 uses the same Zeppelin silicon as the first-gen version with performance tweaks and faster clocks. The AMD chip will have a larger power-draw than its predecessors, with a rated TDP of 250w, which is significantly more than the 180w of the first-generation Threadripper chips.

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Google releases second Android P beta with a ton of new emoji

Google releases second Android P beta with a ton of new emoji

Июня 06, 2018

The betas, however, can be obtained at android.com/beta . Google says partners that are participating in the Android P Beta program will be updating their devices "over the coming weeks". The list includes two gender neutral emojis, offering awn additional options for the Family and Couple With Heart emojis, joinging last year's addition of a gender-neutral Adult emoji.

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Microsoft sinks data centre off Scottish archipelago

Microsoft sinks data centre off Scottish archipelago

Июня 06, 2018

Orkney was chosen because it is a major centre for renewable energy research. Spencer Fowers of Microsoft's special projects research group seals a logo onto Project Natick's Northern Isles datacenter in preparation for deployment. The cylinder was built in France by a shipbuilding company, Naval, loaded with its servers and then sailed from Brittany to Stromness in Orkney. The data center is powered by renewable energy.

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Instagram could challenge YouTube with videos up to an hour long

Instagram could challenge YouTube with videos up to an hour long

Июня 06, 2018

It would also help Facebook chip away at YouTube's dominance in video. Up until now, Instagram has limited the length of videos posted to a user's timeline to 1 minute. The app now only allows a video time limit of 60 seconds in Instagram feeds and 15 seconds in Stories but users can stream live video for up to an hour.

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Apple, Google have similar phone addiction approaches with iOS, Android

Apple, Google have similar phone addiction approaches with iOS, Android

Июня 06, 2018

But if that's the main thing making you consider a new iPhone , you could save yourself a lot of money by getting its battery replaced at the Apple Store. Users will also be able to set time limits for individual apps. These new features, available later this month as part of the iOS 12 public beta, include Activity Reports , App Limits and new Do Not Disturb and Notifications controls created to help customers reduce interruptions and manage screen time for themselves and their ...

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Tetris Effect coming to PS4, PSVR this fall

Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Tetris Effect coming to PS4, PSVR this fall

Июня 06, 2018

The official website for Tetris Effect is now open. If Mizuguchi's name rings a bell, he is the man behind Rez and Lumines . It's called Tetris Effect , and it's coming from the creator (Tetsuya Mizuguchi) behind the transcendant puzzle-meets-music series, Rez , and the studio (Enhance Games) that helped him bring Rez Infinite to VR in 2016.

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AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper boasts a whopping 32 cores

Июня 06, 2018

AMD will apply the same Zen+ tweaks to the processors; including memory latency optimizations and higher clock speeds. "The flagship processor-the 32 core-will have four Ryzen die inside the package". The second generation of Threadripper CPUs is set to launch in the third quarter of 2018. Not only is AMD crushing Intel when it comes to core and thread counts with Threadripper 2, but it's also beating the company to market.

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New BMW X5 - Exclusive First Look

New BMW X5 - Exclusive First Look

Июня 06, 2018

Overall, the new X5 looks significantly more sophisticated inside and out and is ready to do battle with the revamped Mercedes GLE expected to arrive before the end of the year. While in profile it looks familiar, the new X5 rides on 21-inch wheels for the first time. The front bumper gets large air vents surrounded by black inserts.

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Apple unveils features to help tackle 'smartphone addiction'

Apple unveils features to help tackle 'smartphone addiction'

Июня 06, 2018

When can I start using Measure? "And I was wrong ", he said. Introduced by the name of Memoji, this new kind of animoji can be customized down to the shades of your glasses. Some believe that the new feature has been developed for a future iPad that will forgo Touch ID in favor of Face ID but it will hopefully stick around on the iPhone X as well.

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Blizzard confirms it’s working on a new Diablo project

Blizzard confirms it’s working on a new Diablo project

Июня 06, 2018

The ideal candidate will work well in an environment of peers who are passionate about working on the dark gothic world of Diablo , making great games, killing millions of monsters and getting loot. Although it could potentially be a remaster or remake of some kind. What are your thoughts on the unannounced Diablo project? If Blizzard are gearing up for an announcement though it's unlikely to be at E3, which they rarely attend in any force.

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Alfa's focusing on new SUVs and 8C replacement

Alfa's focusing on new SUVs and 8C replacement

Июня 06, 2018

This should put the GTV well above the Giulia and Stelvio Quadrifoglio in terms of performance, as both of those existing models use a twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6 good for 505 horsepower. In addition to its Stelvio compact crossover, Alfa plans by 2022 to offer a smaller model that would square off against the BMW X1 and the Volvo XC40.

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Users can now customize the look and colours of Firefox

Users can now customize the look and colours of Firefox

Июня 06, 2018

The Firefox settings section will remain as it was before. The Color experiment comes just as Mozilla has retired support for "full themes" with the release of Firefox 57. It allows you to have two tabs open at once by showing sites in a mobile view so they fit into a smaller space. The second new feature here is Side View.

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How Apple plans to help you spend less time on your phone

How Apple plans to help you spend less time on your phone

Июня 06, 2018

Apple unveiled new steps to make it hard for advertisers to distinguish among users, building on its effort, begun past year, to prevent such tracking. For example, you can build a shortcut that'll bring up your Kayak travel plans when you say "Travel plans" to Siri. It does this through augmented reality, much like similar apps that are already on the App Store.

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Apple launches macOS Mojave with Dark Mode, support for some iOS apps

Apple launches macOS Mojave with Dark Mode, support for some iOS apps

Июня 06, 2018

One pertinent section entitled "multiplatform services" says "a$3 pps that operate across multiple platforms may allow users to access content, subscriptions, or features they have acquired elsewhere, including consumable items in multi-platform games, provided those items are also available as in-app purchases within the app".

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BlackBerry KEY2 spec sheet confirms every last detail

BlackBerry KEY2 spec sheet confirms every last detail

Июня 06, 2018

BLACKBERRY'S NEXT SMARTPHONE has leaked just days before its official unveiling. Don't expect to be too surprised, though, as notorious tipster Evan Blass has shared images of the QWERTY-equipped device (below) which confirm that it won't be too dissimilar from its KeyOne predecessor.

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Code Vein Release Date Confirmed For Late September, Collector's Edition Unveiled

Code Vein Release Date Confirmed For Late September, Collector's Edition Unveiled

Июня 06, 2018

There's also a limited physical edition of the game, but at this point it's only available in Japan. In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world as we know it. Give into the bloodlust fully and risk becoming one of the Lost, fi endish ghouls devoid of any remaining humanity. If you're interested in Code Vein , you can pre-order it on Amazon .

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Carplay Will Support Google Maps, and Other Apps, in iOS 12

Carplay Will Support Google Maps, and Other Apps, in iOS 12

Июня 06, 2018

If you're not a fan of being forced to use Apple Maps in CarPlay , iOS 12 is going to bring support for third-party navigation apps-like Google Maps and Waze . Let us know your experiences below. One of the much requested changes to make its way into iOS 12 relates to CarPlay and specifically, its ability to access third-party maps.

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IOS 12 Makes It Easier to Close Apps on iPhone X

IOS 12 Makes It Easier to Close Apps on iPhone X

Июня 06, 2018

The plans, which aim to improve digital well-being, include a new feature called Screen Time . In 2017, Apple added a "Do Not Track", feature to the macOS system, adding a request to the website not to track you, "but it's up to the website to honour this request", Apple says on its website.

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New ASUS laptop's touchpad doubles as full HD touchscreen

New ASUS laptop's touchpad doubles as full HD touchscreen

Июня 06, 2018

To activate it, you press the F6 key, which brings up several options, including the ability to use the screen as a secondary display. However that is, as it says, just a project for now. There will be two ZenBook Pro sizes, a 14-inch model and a 15-inch model. As it is a much bigger touch surface it is even more flexible; the virtual keyboard location can vary depending on where the user places their fingertips, or it automatically switch to stylus mode when a stylus touches the lower screen.

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Xbox One X gets its first ever official sale

Июня 06, 2018

Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen the Xbox One X drop in price , but it is the first time we've seen a discount offered through the Microsoft Store. Full games start as low as $19.99, making it easy to add to your collection. First time Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass subscribers will be able to secure a single month-long subscription of either service for $1.

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Hitman 2 Leaked Ahead of Reveal Scheduled For Later This Week

Hitman 2 Leaked Ahead of Reveal Scheduled For Later This Week

Июня 06, 2018

Another tweet which sparked more excitement, this time from WB Games, pictured a race vehicle. That leaves it uncertain as to whether the new game will continue the episodic releases of the last one or if it'll be a standard all-in-one retail release.

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Watch Bungie’s Destiny 2: Year 2 Reveal Livestream Right Here

Watch Bungie’s Destiny 2: Year 2 Reveal Livestream Right Here

Июня 05, 2018

Bungie said the partnership with NetEase would allow the company to explore new directions. "We are excited to partner with Bungie as they transform from a single franchise development team into a global, multi-franchise entertainment studio".

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Microsoft Announces "the Biggest Xbox Sale of the Year"

Июня 05, 2018

The 500GB Xbox One S will sell for $199 and the 1TB model for $249. This is the first time Microsoft is offering a price cut on its newest console, the Xbox One X. Microsoft is celebrating E3's arrival with what it's calling "the biggest Xbox sale of the year". The Microsoft Store will also have various games discounted at up to 75-percent off.

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Silk White OnePlus 6 gallery

Silk White OnePlus 6 gallery

Июня 05, 2018

It might sell out quickly, though, given OnePlus's popularity, but if you're willing to get it on contract O2 has already opened pre-orders . To recall, Oneplus 6 features a 6.28-inch FullHD+ Optic AMOLED screen with 19:9 aspect ratio.

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Apple's software improvements could make AR as universal as iOS

Apple's software improvements could make AR as universal as iOS

Июня 05, 2018

Rather, they were shown to let software developers start building apps to make iPhones and other Apple devices more useful. Apple would clearly like its new mobile operating system to take augmented reality mainstream. It's first phase of this is seen this year with News, Home, Stocks, and Voice Memos being ported. What's new with Apple Watch? A new feature called Screen Time allows users to see how much, how often and for what they're using their phones .

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Gmail's major redesign will be available to all in July

Gmail's major redesign will be available to all in July

Июня 05, 2018

Google notes that it'll automatically transition users to the new Gmail about eight weeks after the general release. Immediately transition their users to the new Gmail . The new Gmail web interface has been available for over a month now, but it's still in preview and it's an opt-in affair. The default version of the design, which is joined by "comfortable" and "compact" options, makes certain things like attachments stand out better.

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Lenovo Z5 Announced, Features A Display Notch After All

Lenovo Z5 Announced, Features A Display Notch After All

Июня 05, 2018

The Lenovo Z5 has been in the news for quite some time now and there was a lot of hype around the device due to rumors that suggested that the Z5 will come with features such as a huge battery with nearly 45 days of standby time, edge-to-edge notch-less display and glass back .

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