Two key policy changes will be introduced to overcome privacy concerns about My Health Record, the embattled online service that stores a summary of your key health information. After discussions with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Greg Hunt, minister for health, announced that significant changes will be …
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Lots of folks still get their phones the old-fashioned way: Lease it from a Big Four carrier and spread out the payments over a couple years. For many people that’s the only way to afford a premium model like current-gen iPhone or Samsung Galaxy. If that arrangement still appeals to you, Sprint just delivered a whopper of a deal: From …
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Can we talk VPNs? I know: Sounds about as exciting as talking about tax law, but it’s important. For starters, based on an informal Twitter poll I ran a while back, nearly half of Cheapskate readers either don’t use one or don’t know what a VPN is. Read more: The Best VPN Services for 2018. Let me tackle the latter …
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Google banned cryptocurrency mining Android apps from the Android Play Store, following in Apple’s footsteps. The company continues to allow mining as long as the processing takes place in the cloud, but on-device mining on Android hardware is no longer allowed, CNET sister site ZDNet reports. “We don’t allow apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices. We permit apps that remotely …
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Feels like summer just started, but here we are planning the next school year already. For example: Kids need a laptop for homework and whatnot? Today’s deal might be the perfect fit, albeit with one caveat. For a limited time, Best Buy has the Lenovo Yoga 710 15.6-inch 2-in-1 laptop for $550 shipped (plus tax). It normally sells for $800, …
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Update, Aug. 9: The Galaxy Note 9 is now official, and we’ve gone hands-on. Original story follows. From subtle transparent coverage to basic black and rugged, Samsung’s accessories for its forthcoming Galaxy Note 9 have popped up online in what really look like leaked marketing photos. And despite rumors to the contrary, Clear Silicone Case and purple S Pen shots indicate that …
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When you pair a couple of Bluetooth devices, like your phone and computer, they exchange encryption keys. But it turns out the Bluetooth specification didn’t require that both of them completely validate those keys. Well, it does now. This comes after it was revealed Tuesday that an attacker within wireless reach could insert themselves into communications between the two devices …
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A Mozilla engineer says Google’s redesign has made YouTube slower on Firefox and Edge. Chris Peterson, the software community’s technical program manager, tweeted on Tuesday that the video sharing site loads at a fifth of the speed on non-Chrome browsers due to its architecture, as first reported by Sofpedia. YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge than …
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Just 10 days into its life, the My Health Record opt-out system was looking particularly… unhealthy. It didn’t quite cark it, but Australians looking to opt out of the all-in-one digital record of personal health information that they probably didn’t even sign up for in the first place were temporarily unable to do so. The My Health Record opt-out system …
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Need to record a college lecture? A podcast interview? Anything at all? Any phone can handle that job, but that’s not always the best or most practical option. Indeed, sometimes it’s better to use a dedicated recorder. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Evistr 8GB digital sound recorder is $22.30 with promo code EVISTR20. …
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