Hey DJI, your fly was open. Security researchers from Check Point said in March they found a vulnerability that allowed potential hackers to log into accounts for the consumer drone maker without needing a password. DJI said it fixed the flaw in September.  Once you have access to a DJI account, you’re able to view …

Vine is back — sort of. Dom Hofmann, co-founder of the six-second video platform, took to Twitter on Thursday to promote the launch of Byte, a “new looping video app” that is expected to debut in the Spring 2019. our new looping video app is called byte. launching spring 2019 pic.twitter.com/C3FMvkcIwc — dom hofmann (@dhof) November 8, 2018 Last year, …

This year, Black Friday will get started early. Like, on Thursday. You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day.  Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on …

Alongside the new iPad Pro ($249 at Amazon), a new Apple Pencil was also announced. The new Apple Pencil has a matte finish and a flat edge that breaks up the otherwise cylindrical device. Outside of a new look, the new Pencil also features a touch-sensitive area that developers are sure to get creative with. Here are six tips to …

Last week, AT&T rolled out a $20 discount on its prepaid unlimited data plans. A few days later Verizon responded with a $5 discount on its prepaid plans that cost $40/month or more. Now T-Mobile is following suit with a “limited-time offer” of $50/month for prepaid unlimited talk, text and data. You can check out the banner below for more …

Microsoft has made attempts to be more transparent with its privacy settings and, while it may have simplified some of the language of its policies, there is still work to be done. Here are five privacy-related settings you can change for a less invasive and more secure Windows 10 experience. Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft CEO on using tech for …

Unlike the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR doesn’t have 3D Touch, which lets you peek at messages or use shortcuts if you apply a little more pressure to your phone’s screen.  But iOS 12.1.1 will let owners of the iPhone XR use Haptic Touch to expand their notifications, a feature only iPhones with 3D Touch have had thus far, according …

Mark Zuckerberg, are you betting we all have a short memory? Do you and your team at Facebook really think people will look past all the controversies that have happened this year — TL;DR: 87 million Facebook users’ personal data co-opted by Cambridge Analytica — and buy a $200 internet-connected video camera and microphone from you, of all people, and …

Google’s computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that’ll appear in the newspaper’s features about history. The newspaper’s “morgue” has 5 million to 7 million photos dating back to the 1870s, including prints and contact sheets showing all the shots on photographers’ rolls of film. The …

Files Go is getting a new look and losing half its name. On Thursday, Google rebranded its Files Go app. It’s now called Files by Google, according to a company blog post. Google said it redesigned the app to focus on content in Android phones, such as telling you how much space you’re saving and how you can fill up …