If you've had to call Verizon customer service recently, you might want to keep a close eye on your data. ZDNet has learned that an employee at a carrier partner, Nice Systems, exposed 14 million residential customer records from the past 6 months on...
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The Internet Archive is a treasure trove for software geeks. In recent months, the site has hosted everything from GIFs from Geocities to Macintosh games from the 80s. Its latest blast from the past is an entire section dedicated to AOL CD-ROMs.
Read More »So long and thanks for all the tech: Girt by CNET podcast 114 – CNET
We look back at the past two years of tech in Australia in the last episode of Girt by CNET.
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Movie and TV tie-in books and games are a thing of the past -- these days, it's all about virtual reality. Fox made one to go with The Martian and HBO created a VR Castle Black to promote Game of Thrones. We even got to explore Westworld's and The Ma...
Read More »The future of tickets might be ultrasonic audio from your phone
Dealing with paper tickets may become a thing of the past if Ticketmaster's new "Presence" digital system takes off. The ticket agency worked with data-via-audio company Lisnr to implement a new ticketing technology that uses a ultrasonic audio broad...
Read More »‘Baby Driver’ is an ode to iPod nostalgia
It took a while to get going, but it's safe to say we're living in a golden age of digital music. Terrible compression is a thing of the past, and the rise of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music give us instant access to almost anything w...
Read More »The freaky Pixar theory that could blow your mind – CNET
What if every Pixar movie was from the same universe? And what if one of them took place in the past AND the future?
Read More »OnePlus 5’s jelly scrolling possibly caused by upside-down screen
Some OnePlus 5 owners have reported encountering a strange "jelly-like" scrolling effect over the past few days since the phone was released. According to their posts on Reddit and other social networks, the text and images on their screen expand and...
Read More »Fidget Spinners exploding? Of course they are – CNET
The toy that skyrocketed in popularity over the past few months is suddenly facing a new and potentially dangerous problem.
Read More »Breezy ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ swings to teen comedy beats – CNET
Tom Holland's Peter Parker isn't weighed down by the past, making for a light, entertaining take on young Spidey's world.
Read More »Chinese tech giant LeEco can’t stop losing money
Chinese tech company LeEco has been busy over the past decade, producing everything from TVs to electric cars (or at least, trying to). But now, the conglomerate is in trouble: They are in a cash crunch and haven't been able to raise enough money to...
Read More »How Troy Baker’s Naughty Dog work influenced ‘Shadow of War’
Troy Baker has lent his voice and performances to some of the biggest games of the past decade. From six roles across Darksiders 2 to playing Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite or stepping into The Joker's shoes in Batman: Arkham Origins, you might n...
Read More »How Troy Baker’s Naughty Dog work influenced ‘Shadow of War’
Troy Baker has lent his voice and performances to some of the biggest games of the past decade. From six roles across Darksiders 2 to playing Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite or stepping into The Joker's shoes in Batman: Arkham Origins, you might n...
Read More »Google gives students interactive tools for STEM and internet safety
Google launched a new browser-based Google Earth this past April, adding educational tools to make it easier for teachers to show the world off to students without having to leave the classroom. The company also collaborated with the BBC to create a...
Read More »How iOS 11 makes the iPad (mostly) better – CNET
iOS 11 delivers more software changes to the iPad than anything in the past two years. Here's what you can expect when it hits later this year.
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