There's a reason why Samsung tells users to avoid using facial recognition screen locking on Galaxy S10 smartphones.
Read More »WhatsApp bans people who are using knock-offs of the app – CNET
The Facebook-owned messaging platform is cracking down on third-party apps.
Read More »Quitting the five tech giants: Could you abandon Amazon?
Imagine your life without Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft. David Gewirtz begins his five-day look at quitting the Big Five tech giants with Amazon. Sure, he can quit. He can quit anytime he wants...
Read More »Nvidia’s purchase of Mellanox turns up heat on Intel rivalry, data center ambitions
Nvidia's $6.9 billion purchase of Mellanox highlights the company's bet that next-gen data center architecture will revolve around data and artificial intelligence.
Read More »Samsung Bixby Routines: Automation based on your daily work-life processes
Bixby isn't that popular with people, but Bixby Routines is only related in name. Bixby Routines learns your daily usage patterns and then helps you develop automation for these routines. Your new Galaxy phone truly does work for you with Bixby Routines.
Read More »Windows 10 tip: When you should (and shouldn’t) pause updates
If you're too busy to deal with the latest Windows 10 update right now, just hit Pause to delay Windows Update for up to five weeks. This option even cancels pending updates, leaving you free to keep working without fear of interruption.
Read More »Protests in Russia target internet ‘iron curtain’ legislation – CNET
Russian politicians are pushing the idea of disconnecting from the worldwide internet to test the country's cyberdefenses
Read More »Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The problem’s not robots, it’s the system
The congresswoman from the Bronx says that the prospect of robots should excite us. If only society didn't treat those without work as corpses.
Read More »Scientists discover a new ‘wallaby-sized’ dinosaur in Australia – CNET
These small dinosaurs were pretty good runners.
Read More »Open source advances deeper into hardware: The CHIPS Alliance project
The Linux Foundation welcomes the CHIPS Alliance Project, with its plans to open-source CPU chip and SoC designs for a new day of hardware innovation.
Read More »A strange deep-sea shark gets a name, almost 30 years after discovery – CNET
Shark researcher Bradley Wetherbee named it Laila, after his 17-year-old daughter.
Read More »Apple Watch Series 3 deal: Just $199 – CNET
That's tied with the all-time-best price on what's still a fantastic smartwatch.
Read More »Palmer Luckey’s company reportedly working on secretive military drone project – CNET
The Oculus founder's company seems to be filling a void left by Google when it didn't renew its contract with the Pentagon last year.
Read More »The new MacBook Pro’s most hideous design flaw
Some flaws seem so obvious, and complaints so widespread, that it's hard to understand why they've not been fixed.
Read More »Propel’s excellent Star Wars drones: On sale again for just $40 – CNET
These are definitely the drones you're looking for, at a price too good to pass up.
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