August, 2019

• 30 August

  Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account hacked

  

  Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked Friday, with the people responsible tweeting sexist, racist and anti-Semitic comments, as well as bomb threats.  The tweets began at around 12:45 p.m. PT Friday, and also urged people to get several hashtags trending. They were up for about 20 minutes before being deleted, and included shoutouts …

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• 30 August

  Samsung Galaxy Note 10: 7 key features and specs that are missing

  

  Samsung’s latest phones, the Note 10, Note 10 Plus and Note 10 5G, serve as the successors to 2018’s Note 9, and they pack many new features for a phone series that has been around since 2011. The Note 10 Plus, for example, is the company’s first “plus” version of its Galaxy Note phone, and the Note 10 5G is Samsung’s second 5G phone, …

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• 30 August

  Minecraft Earth beta opens to Android users

  

  Minecraft Earth has now opened up its beta to Android users. On Thursday, Minecraft Earth tweeted that it’s rolling out the Android beta, which is invite only, in five cities.  “The Android beta is finally here! We’re hard at work rolling out the update in five cities: Seattle, London, Tokyo, Stockholm, and Mexico City. Happy crafting everyone!” reads the tweet …

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• 30 August

  Dell XPS 13 deal: Save $600 on one of our favorite laptops (update: expired)

  

  Update, September 1: This deal is no longer available. Back in March, Dell introduced a new version of its already-very-good XPS 13 laptop. Dan Ackerman’s verdict: “We’ve finally run out of complaints.” The near-perfect system easily won a spot on CNET’s list of the best laptops for 2019. Of course, it’s not an inexpensive machine, especially when you start piling …

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• 30 August

  Google could pay up $200M to settle FTC investigation into YouTube, report says

  

  Google will reportedly pay between $150 million and $200 million to settle an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission into alleged violations of children’s data privacy laws on YouTube, Politico reported Friday. Last month, The Washington Post reported that Google had reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the FTC. The FTC investigation found that Google improperly collected the data of children …

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• 30 August

  Google says iPhone security flaws let websites hack away for years

  

  Google’s Project Zero security researchers have revealed that they found several hacked websites that slipped malware onto people’s iPhones for years. If people visited one of the sites, their messages, photos and location data could have been compromised. The team reported its findings to Apple earlier this year, and the vulnerability was patched in the same update that fixed the FaceTime …

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• 30 August

  Uber, Lyft pull out the stops to defeat bill that’d make drivers employees

  

  The battle over how to classify ride-hail drivers in California has intensified, with neither side backing down. After a caravan of drivers protested across the state earlier this week, Uber and Lyft began widely circulating online petitions on Wednesday. The companies’ goal: Get people to join them in defeating Assembly Bill 5 as it’s currently written before it becomes law. …

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• 30 August

  Note 10: Change these 4 settings for better battery life

  

  The Note 10 Plus offers impressive battery life, but it’s worth taking a few minutes to make sure you’re getting every last bit of battery life from your phone. You can do the standard things like adjusting display brightness and screen timeout to help cut back on battery use, but there are some settings and features of phones in Samsung’s Note …

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• 30 August

  Apple helps independent repair shops, malicious Android apps pulled

  

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• 30 August

  5 things you need to know about the 2020 BMW M340i

  

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