For decades, science fiction has predicted that we will eventually control computers without a keyboard, mouse or controller. Instead, we’ll wave our hands and control the virtual world. Mark Zuckerberg announces hand tracking at Oculus Connect. Angela Lang/CNET Starting next year, Facebook says it’ll be a step closer to that promise. New software being created …
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25 September
Hackers set up a fake veteran
A website pretending to help find jobs for US military veterans was found to be infecting their computers with malware, Cisco‘s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group said Tuesday. The website was called hiremilitaryheroes.com, a Talos blog post said, and asked users to download a fake installer app that deployed malware and malicious spying tools. The system info retrieved by …
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25 September
iPhone 2020 could go back to the metal frame
The 2020 iPhone could go back to its iPhone 4 days and bring back the metal frame, MacRumors reported Wednesday, citing an analyst note by Ming-Chi Kuo. The design of the next iPhone will change “significantly,” the Apple analyst reportedly said. The iPhone 2020’s metal frame could come with “a more complex segmentation design, new trenching and injection molding procedures, …
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25 September
Oculus Connect 6: 3 things still keeping VR and AR from going mainstream
Oculus Connect 6 is happening right now. Here’s how to watch. When Facebook released its Oculus Rift headset in 2016, officially bringing virtual reality to store shelves for the first time in decades, it was the talk of the town in the tech industry. But in the three years since, CEO Mark Zuckerberg — who said he’s on a quest …
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25 September
Apple’s TVOS 13 is live with Apple Arcade and a new home screen
Apple’s TVOS 13 is out in the wild. The updated operating system for Apple TV streaming media devices launched Tuesday alongside updates to iOS 13 and iPadOS, bringing with it a new home screen, new screen savers, support for multiple users and expanded game controller support for Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox and Apple Arcade. Apple Arcade is Apple’s new …
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25 September
Uber gets two
Uber’s battle with London appears to be far from over. The ride-hailing company’s probationary 15-month license was set to expire Wednesday, and Uber was likely hoping to get the typical five-year extension. Instead, the city gave it two months. The regulator Transport for London said it’s still looking for “additional information” before deciding what kind of license to give the …
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25 September
Facebook reportedly facing another antitrust probe
The US Justice Department plans to investigate Facebook to determine whether it violated federal antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The investigation, reportedly begun at the urging of US Attorney General William Barr, comes as the Federal Trade Commission conducts its own investigation into whether the social media giant illegally harmed competition. While the FTC’s probe focuses on whether Facebook’s acquisitions …
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25 September
3 new ways to share iPhone photos and links in iOS 13
Prior to iOS 13 and iPadOS, the process for sharing a photo or link with one of your favorite Messages contacts was a convoluted and laborious task. You had to tap the share button, select the Messages app, type in the contact’s name, select the contact, compose the message and then hit send. That six-step process is trimmed down to …
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25 September
Intel promises bigger, cheaper SSDs for your computer
Solid state drives are way faster than traditional hard drives for storing data on laptops, but they still can’t match the old technology when it comes to cost and capacity. But Intel promises to help improve SSDs with new technology that squeezes more data into each memory cell. SSDs use flash memory, a type of chip that stores data in …
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25 September
Microsoft releases software for preventing election hacks
This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Microsoft’s open-source software aimed at protecting election is now available. The company released ElectionGuard on Tuesday on GitHub, saying election tech companies can begin integrating the software into their voting systems. In July, Microsoft demonstrated its ElectionGuard software aimed at protecting electronic voting systems from hack attacks. …
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