June, 2019

• 18 June

  Google Chrome blocks malicious web address tricks

  

  Google added two new Chrome security features Tuesday: a warning about website addresses with suspiciously substituted characters and a tool that lets you report suspicious websites. The moves augment a feature called Google Safe Browsing built into Chrome, Android, Gmail and other services designed to keep you from opening malicious websites. The character substitution detector …

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• 18 June

  LG V50 ThinQ 5G goes on sale at Verizon on June 20

  

  Verizon has another 5G phone coming for customers ready to experience a faster mobile network. However, those folks with the new device will have to be in certain areas to notice the difference. LG’s V50 ThinQ 5G phone will go on sale Thursday for Verizon customers for $999 according to a press release Tuesday. This will be the third phone …

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• 18 June

  Nintendo’s mobile Dr. Mario World cures your iOS, Android ills on July 10

  

  Nintendo’s mustachioed mascot brings his medical knowledge to iOS and Android in Dr. Mario World on July 10, and you can register for virus-killing puzzler now. In this match-three puzzler, you use colored capsules to kill corresponding viruses. Nintendo posted a video showing how it plays. The video also reveals how the game’s microtransactions work.You can use diamonds to continue …

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• 18 June

  Security firm Cellebrite says it can unlock any iPhone

  

  Apple continued its security push this month during its WWDC event, where the iPhone maker unveiled new iOS features designed to keep your data private. One security company, however, says it can unlock all Apple devices and extract the data. Israel-based Cellebrite says on its website that it can “bypass or determine locks and perform a full file system extraction …

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• 18 June

  App Store publishers pull in more cash from Apple than Google Play, report says

  

  Apple’s top app publishers are making around 64% more in gross income than those on Google Play, according to mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower. During the first quarter of 2019, the report said the top 100 App Store publishers made $83.8 million in average gross income, while Google Play’s top publishers saw around $51 million. People are continuing to …

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• 18 June

  Pixel 4 confirmed by Google with first official photo on Twitter

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Pixel 4 photo released by Google 1:45 After dozens of Google Pixel 4 leaks over the past weeks, Made by Google has tweeted the first picture confirming the upcoming flagship phone. The image seems to confirm that the device will have a square camera bump on the back with three rear cameras. Rumors earlier this week …

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• 18 June

  Man who shared New Zealand mosque shooting video gets 21

  

  A man who shared a video of the deadly New Zealand mosque shooting received a 21-month prison sentence on Tuesday. Philip Arps pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video of the March 15 attacks, which were livestreamed by the shooter as he killed 51 people. Judge Stephen O’Driscoll noted that Arps, who runs a business in Christchurch, sent …

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• 18 June

  Palm’s head

  

  The diminutive, glossy black, rectangular design of the Palm phone looks like a shrunken iPhone circa 2016. It evokes descriptions like “cute” and “adorable,” but also questions like “Who is this for?” and “Why does this exist?” Starting this week, even more people will be able to find out. The Palm is now getting new life with the ability to …

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• 18 June

  China has over 100 more supercomputers than US, Top500 says

  

  China is home to 219 of the world’s supercomputers while the US houses 116, the latest report from Top500 says. But the two highest-powered supercomputers are still Summit and Sierra, owned by IBM in the US. Supercomputers, massive computing machines, are used for power-intensive programs like quantum physics, forecasting global climate change effects, designing engines and aircraft, reconstructing the history …

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• 18 June

  Digital video piracy costs movie and TV industry at least $29 billion a year, study says

  

  Piracy doesn’t just affect the US entertainment industry, says a new government study. It’s capping the industry’s earning potential while also hurting the economy. Global digital piracy costs the US film and TV industry at least an estimated $29.2 billion and as much as $71 billion annually, according to a new study from the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy …

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