May, 2018

• 9 May

  Hack of bike

  

  Over the weekend, Copenhagen-based Bycyklen, a bike-sharing service, experienced a hack that sent employees scurrying to individually reboot the tablet interfaces for all but 200 of the bikes in its fleet of almost 2,000, and tourists scurrying for alternatives. On its Facebook page, the company said that no data was stolen — someone simply deleted …

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• 9 May

  Qualcomm’s new chip to land in Wear OS smartwatches later this year

  

  Update: Check out Here’s how Qualcomm-powered Wear OS watches will take on Apple Watch for a more in-depth, detailed follow-up report on this story. Qualcomm is working on new chips for Wear OS smartwatches, according to a report from Wareable on Tuesday. “You will see this new platform, this new architecture, significantly improve the look and feel of the watch whether …

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• 9 May

  Apple will sell video subscriptions directly via TV app

  

  Apple’s TV app is aiming to cut out the middleman even further. The app, which offers iPhone, iPad and Apple TV users a central place to watch videos from services like Amazon’s Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Now, will begin selling subscriptions to those kinds of services directly, according to Bloomberg.  The report did not specify which subscription services might …

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• 9 May

  Nintendo’s first mobile game, Miitomo, officially dies today

  

  Today we bid farewell to Nintendo’s first, unlamented effort at a mobile game, Miitomo. The company had started its slow death back in January, but today the site’s home page informed what’s left of its fans that the servers have shut down, and points you to its collection of Miiphoto memories.

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• 9 May

  Surprising Fortnite bill? How to stop your kid from making iOS in

  

  Fortnite is a smash success on iOS. It has reportedly made more than $25 million in its first 30 days on the iPhone. In the first two weeks in April, Fortnite was second only to Netflix and ahead of Tinder in iPhone spending. That’s right, iPhone users are spending more money to look good and dance well in Fortnite than …

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• 9 May

  Apple reportedly cracks down on apps sharing location data with third parties

  

  Apple is reportedly cracking down on apps that share user location data with third parties by suspending them from the App Store. The company is informing developers if their apps violate terms within the App Store Review Guidelines, according to 9to5Mac. According to the guidelines, apps that share location data with third parties must get explicit consent from users and …

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• 9 May

  How to enable Gmail’s new offline mode

  

  Good news, Gmail users: You no longer have to be online to read, reply to and compose messages. At yesterday’s Google I/O conference (which also made Android P available to beta testers), Google flipped the switch to finally, finally allow offline mail. Ready to give it a try? First things first: This is available only for Chrome users. Second, you’ll …

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• 9 May

  Apple pushes FCC for more unlicensed airwaves for 5G

  

  Apple is urging the Federal Communications Commission not to sell big chunks of the super-high frequency spectrum it plans to open up for 5G wireless and instead allow innovators free access to the airwaves. In a filing last week, the company recommended the agency keep large slivers of frequencies between 95 and 3000 Gigahertz unlicensed with “the goal of encouraging …

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• 9 May

  Whirlpool’s skinniest fridge wasn’t its strongest performer

  

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• 9 May

  Top 5 ways you’re a menace on the road

  

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