Yesterday at WWDC 2018, Apple revealed macOS Mojave, which is set to bring users a Dark Mode, redesigned Mac App Store, organizable Stacks, streamlined screenshots, […] Read the original post by Mitchel Broussard
Month: June 2018
Humans Tracked Iceland’s Glaciers For Ages. Now, Tech Does
Citizen scientists have served as glacier trackers in Iceland—and witnesses to the ravages of climate change—for generations. Will they continue? Read the original post by Gloria Dickie
Processor Flaws Force Chip Producers to Make Security Top Priority
NEWS ANALYSIS: With the discovery of a passel of computer processor flaws in the past year, chip makers are putting more effort into security and […] Read the original post by Khamosh Pathak
All the winners of the Marston’s Beer Town Film Festival awards
A filmmaker at Burton and South Derbyshire College claimed the top prize at Marston's first ever national film festival following thousands of votes submitted by […] Read the original post by Burton Mail
Apple puts privacy and security foremost in iOS 12, macOS Mojave
As news stories show nearly every day, there’s a never-ending barrage of attempts to break into our online accounts, steal identities and cash, and hijack […] Read the original post by Glenn Fleishman
Intel aims to fix battery woes with low power LCD tech
Running out of juice continues to be one of the biggest frustrations of our generation, and the tech industry keeps trying to come up with […] Read the original post by Engadget
How Facebook Groups Became a Bizarre Bazaar For Elephant Tusks
In Facebook groups, wildlife traffickers can hawk their wares to buyers across the globe. A team of whistleblowers hopes that an undercover sting—and a novel […] Read the original post by Issie Lapowsky
Oracle’s ‘Soar’ Program Aims to Move Legacy App Customers to the Cloud
NEWS ANALYSIS: Oracle has initiated what it’s calling the “Soar” program to encourage customer to move from legacy on-premises applications including the E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft […] Read the original post by Khamosh Pathak
The Fight to Upend Facebook’s Black Market of Animal Parts
In Facebook groups, wildlife traffickers can hawk their wares to buyers across the globe. A team of whistleblowers hopes that an undercover sting—and a novel […] Read the original post by Issie Lapowsky
The Fight to Dismantle the Facebook Animal Parts Bazaar
In Facebook groups, wildlife traffickers can hawk their wares to buyers across the globe. A team of whistleblowers hopes that an undercover sting—and a novel […] Read the original post by Issie Lapowsky
Tusks, Horns, and Claws: The Fight to Dismantle the Facebook Animal Parts Bazaar
In Facebook groups, wildlife traffickers can hawk their wares to buyers across the globe. A team of whistleblowers hopes that an undercover sting—and a novel […] Read the original post by Issie Lapowsky
A New Privacy Problem Could Deepen Facebook’s Legal Trouble
Facebook shared user data with the makers of smartphones and other devices, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Blackberry. Read the original post by Nitasha Tiku
Bringing on Self-Driving Cars Means Knowing How Humans Ride
Researchers at the University of Michigan are just the latest to use pokey driverless shuttles to study how people use, and feel about using, this […] Read the original post by Aarian Marshall
Screen Time in iOS 12 shows how badly the iPad needs user accounts
As a parent whose 6-year-old just got into a couple of ridiculously time-sucking iPad games, I welcomed the announcement of the new Screen Time feature […] Read the original post by Susie Ochs
11 fantastic iOS 12 features that didn’t make the WWDC keynote
iOS 12 was certainly the star of yesterday’s WWDC keynote. From performance improvements to ARKit 2.0 and group FaceTime calls, the next version of Apple’s […] Read the original post by Michael Simon