January, 2018

• 23 January

  Regulate Facebook like tobacco, says Salesforce CEO

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Scorning lesser tech souls? Kimberly White And now they turn on their own. It used to be that Silicon Valley was one vast love-in, with so many of its senior figures believing they were angels brought together to deliver the …

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• 23 January

  Donald Trump blames Samsung for lost FBI text messages

  

  Thousands of text messages between FBI agents apparently have gone missing, and US President Donald Trump is suggesting that Samsung may have played a role. “In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI now says it is missing five months worth of lovers Strzok-Page texts, perhaps 50,000, and all in prime time,” Trump tweeted early Tuesday. …

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• 23 January

  Acer announces new affordable Chromebook duo

  

  Fresh off the heels of a successful CES 2018, Acer unveiled a new duo of modest Chromebooks. First up is the Acer Chromebook 11 C732. It’s a simple, fan-less notebook with a durable build and features a spill-resistant keyboard. It has two USB-C ports, 4G LTE connectivity and an estimated 12-hour battery life. It goes on sale in March starting …

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• 23 January

  Apple patches Meltdown on Sierra and El Capitan

  

  You want to stay safe from hackers while still using an older version of Apple’s MacOS, the underlying software that runs its laptops and desktops. Now, there’s a patch for that. On Tuesday, the company released updates to the Sierra and El Capitan operating systems that will protect users from Meltdown, the design flaw that could let hackers access sensitive …

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• 23 January

  5 privacy tips for iPhone texting

  

  I’m not up to anything untoward, I assure you. I just don’t want my kids, who are constantly borrowing my phone to play music or Google something, reading my texts as they go by.  If you want to restrict the contents of the iOS Messages app to its intended audience only (read: you), then here are five tips to to …

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• 23 January

  Intel addresses faulty Spectre patch, Murdoch wants Facebook to pay for content

  

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• 23 January

  Intel’s patches for Spectre and Meltdown causing reboots

  

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• 23 January

  Apple HomePod arrives Feb. 9

  

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• 23 January

  DJI Mavic Air is the folding 4K camera drone for everyone

  

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• 22 January

  Facebook ‘flicks’ redefine time for programmers, at least

  

  If Facebook gets its way, maybe the next time you want your friend to hold the door for a second, you’ll say, “Hang on for 705,600,000 flicks.” Well, OK, you probably won’t. But you could, because Facebook introduced a new unit of time on Monday called the flick. The company thinks it’ll be useful for programmers if not for talking …

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