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Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year

Google will introduce an ad blocker to Chrome early next year and is telling publishers to get ready.

7 years, 6 months ago

The Essential Phone: A First Look At The Hardware

Immediately after Essential CEO Andy Rubin finished up his interview with Walt Mossberg at the Code Conference, I headed out into the hotel to track the phone down and see it for myself.

7 years, 6 months ago

Apple Leak Reveals iPhone 8 'Shape Change'

We already know the iPhone will change significantly in 2017, but now a new report has shed light on another radical alteration - and it comes from one of Apple’s largest manufacturing partners…

7 years, 6 months ago

Google Just Killed What Might Be The Biggest Android Ad Fraud Ever

Google has thrown more than 40 apps out of its Play store after it emerged they were quietly forcing Android users to click on ads. As the apps been downloaded as many as 36 million times, security researchers said it appeared to be the biggest ever case of ad fraud perpetrated via Google Play and probably the most successful malware in terms of installs from the official store.

7 years, 6 months ago

China's DJI Unveils $499 Drone That Flies From Your Hand

China’s SZ DJI Technology Co. unveiled a small camera drone starting at $499 that can take off and land from the palm of a hand, seeking to appeal to the broader consumer market.

7 years, 6 months ago

Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Hacked In Three Simple Steps

A video showing how to defeat Samsung's iris scanner has appeared online. It seems almost implausible that this would be enough to get around security that Samsung claims is 100 times more secure than fingerprints.

7 years, 6 months ago

Deciding where to post on social media is too damn hard now

Social media used to be so easy. You put your photos on Facebook and your definitely-not-million-dollar shower thoughts on Twitter. It was nice, simple, and stress-free. It’s not like today where you waste half of your day deciding where to post shit to.

7 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft's new Surface Pro has 13.5 hours of battery life and LTE option 115

Microsoft is launching a new Surface Pro today, and it’s dropping its numbering scheme as a result. While many were expecting a Surface Pro 5, Microsoft’s new tablet / laptop hybrid is simply the Surface Pro from now on.

7 years, 6 months ago

Google AI beats Chinese master in ancient game of Go

A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major feather in the cap for the firm's AI ambitions as it looks to woo Beijing to gain re-entry into the country.

7 years, 6 months ago

The 10 Biggest Announcements from Google I/O 2017

Google just concluded its I/O 2017 keynote, where executives led by CEO Sundar Pichai laid out the company’s future roadmap for Android, Google Assistant, Google Home, virtual reality, and much more.

7 years, 6 months ago

Facebook fined $122 million by EU for ‘misleading information’ about WhatsApp acquisition

The European Commission has fined Facebook €110 million ($122 million) for “providing incorrect or misleading information” about its 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp.

7 years, 6 months ago

Google's chat app Allo can now create emoji based on your face

Google's messaging app Allo — one of the several confusingly similar communication apps Google has launched in the past year or so — has a new trick: It can create a Bitmoji-like, cartoon version of yourself.

7 years, 6 months ago

Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new …

When the investment arm of Amazon’s Alexa division led a $5.6 million investment in his startup, Nucleus founder and CEO Jonathan Frankel was ecstatic.

7 years, 7 months ago

Google: Microsoft's Windows Security Could Be Hacked With One Unopened Email

As bad flaws go, this one was particularly nasty. Google found a flaw in a security tool used in all modern Windows systems, known as the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, that allowed total remote control over a vulnerable PC by just sending an email.

7 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft's future phones might not even look like phones

Microsoft is such a damn tease. Despite launching its last flagships, the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, in November 2015, Microsoft's not giving up on phones yet. In fact, Microsoft's future devices may not even look like phones as we know them today, according to the company's CEO.

7 years, 7 months ago

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Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year

The Essential Phone: A First Look At The Hardware

Apple Leak Reveals iPhone 8 'Shape Change'

Google Just Killed What Might Be The Biggest Android Ad Fraud Ever

China's DJI Unveils $499 Drone That Flies From Your Hand

Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Hacked In Three Simple Steps

Deciding where to post on social media is too damn hard now

Microsoft's new Surface Pro has 13.5 hours of battery life and LTE option 115

Google AI beats Chinese master in ancient game of Go

The 10 Biggest Announcements from Google I/O 2017

Facebook fined $122 million by EU for ‘misleading information’ about WhatsApp acquisition

Google's chat app Allo can now create emoji based on your face

Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new …

Google: Microsoft's Windows Security Could Be Hacked With One Unopened Email

Microsoft's future phones might not even look like phones

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