An internet-connected vibrator is rubbing at least one consumer the wrong way. A lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a Chicago federal court, alleges Standard Innovation’s We-Vibe secretly collects “highly intimate and sensitive” data and transmits it back to the company’s servers in real time. The lawsuit, filed by an Illinois woman identified only by …
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Univision Communications, the new owner of Gawker Media Group, has deleted six posts from the online publisher that are the subject of litigation, Reuters reported Saturday. Univision, which bought Gawker for $135 million in a bankruptcy proceeding last month, said it wants to create a “clean slate” for the site, according to a memo from company executives that Reuters obtained. …
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The Windows 10 notifications system is still a work in progress — universal-ish app notifications that appear on your lock screen, on your desktop and in your action center. In the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft has added more notifications (Windows can now link to your Android phone via the Cortana app and mirror Android notifications on your desktop) and …
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Now playing: Watch this: FCC wants to help you ditch the cable set-top box 1:13 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has revised a controversial proposal to free consumers from renting set-top boxes from cable companies and other pay-TV providers. Screenshot by CNET US regulators have revised a proposal that’s supposed to free consumers from set-top box rental fees after months of …
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Feeling guilty that Brave blocks ads on websites you actually might want to support? A new version of the web browser lets you contribute money directly. Brave 0.11.6 lets you contribute monthly to sites you visit with a feature called Brave Payments now in beta testing. About $5 a month is about enough to replace lost revenue from advertising, said …
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A lawsuit is accusing the Golden State Warriors of a real-life technical foul, claiming the NBA team’s free app secretly uses smartphones’ microphones to listen in and record user conversations. The app, which delivers up-to-date scores, schedules and news, asks for permission to access the microphone on users’ phones. But, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in San Francisco federal …
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Now playing: Watch this: Keep prying eyes off your laptop screen with this built-in… 1:22 Hacking fears keep many up at night, worried about everything from malware to phishing. But it’s easy to overlook the most primitive form of hacking, simply eyeballing someone’s computer screen while they enter passwords or read confidential material. If you’ve ever sat in a crowded …
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It’s OK to be a little afraid. Over the last few years, hackers have stolen customer data from household names like Target, Home Depot and T-Mobile. A hacker reportedly has 200 million Yahoo credentials for sale. You can’t be blamed for feeling paranoid. That goes double when it comes to your phone, which is increasingly the center of your life. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Google Translate and the refugee who wants to be Justin… 2:22 This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Of the memorable conversations I had with refugees in Greece, and there were many, this simple exchange stands out: …
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Software that lets websites check the battery life of your mobile devices could also be compromising your privacy. Privacy researchers have pointed out before that the HTML 5 battery status API, a web standard intended to allow sites to serve up low-power version to phones running out of juice, could also be used to identify specific phones by their battery …
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