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Two prominent investors urge Apple to take action and develop tools that could help protect children from using their iPhones too much. According to a joint letter written by the two major shareholders, Apple CEO Tim Cook, should issue health warnings for children using iPhones, detailing the mental and... Read more
Mark Zuckerberg’s Promises To Fix Facebook In 2018
NewsSocial Media January 9, 2018
Facebook CEO vows to do the job he already has, but better… That in a nutshell is Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year Resolution, but it will be interesting to see if he comes through by the time 2019 roll around. In previous new year mission statements, he’s vowed to learn... Read more
Decade old kernel memory leak in Intel, AMD, and ARM processors design requires Windows, Linux, and MacOS redesign. Two security flaws known as Spectre and Meltdown, has been found in virtually all Intel, AMD, and ARM processors that will require fixes within Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems, according to reports.... Read more
Military-based cyber warfare unit to clean up the internet. Vietnam is reportedly in the middle of deploying a 10,000 members strong military-based cyber warfare unit to combat what the government has claimed is the growing threat from “wrongful views” by its population, according to several news agencies. The news,... Read more
Report shows why using a quality antivirus is vital. The past year has seen hacking events and accusations of unheard of proportions, everything from possible interference in foreign elections to hacking the CIA. It was a year in which Kaspersky Lab came under a lot of attack, even to... Read more
Logan Paul, one of YouTube’s biggest ‘stars,’ has faced a barrage of criticism after he posted a video online showing a man who had killed himself in a forest in Japan. The video received millions of views before it was removed by Paul amid a tsunami of criticism, with... Read more
Video Game addiction is to be officially recognized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an actual disorder for the first time. The term “Gaming disorder” will make its debut appearance in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) later this year. “Hazardous gaming” and “gaming disorder…due to substance... Read more
Facebook concedes to demands from Israeli government, say Al-Jazeera. The term “fake news” has been tossed around by so many different sources that it’s almost become laughable, if not a downright badge of honor. It’s basically become the go-to insult for any news you don’t like, or simply refuse to... Read more
French Privacy Watchdog Gives WhatsApp One Month to Stop Facebook data sharing
NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media December 30, 2017
France’s Privacy Regulator questions legality of WhatsApp transferring data to Facebook. France’s privacy watchdog, CNIL, has formally issued notice to WhatsApp, requesting that the popular mobile messaging app to stop sharing collected user data with its parent company, Facebook, within a month. If WhatsApp fails to co-operate with CNIL, and... Read more
Self-healing glass could mark the end of the dreaded shattered phone screen. A new type of polymer glass that can heal itself when cracked by simply being pressed together by a person’s hands, is now in development by scientists at the University of Tokyo after a student there discovered it… by accident. Graduate school student Yu... Read more
New Findings On Dangerous Cell Phone Radiation
News December 28, 2017
Don’t keep cell phones next to your body, warns California Health Department. You might have thought this old theory was debunked some time ago, but the truth is, the jury is still out on the hazards of prolonged proximity to your cell phone. When mobile devices first became a... Read more
Holiday Software Deals
News December 27, 2017
Grab a bargain in our ’12 deals of Christmas’ software event! The Holidays are nearly upon us and to celebrate, we’ve got a fantastic range of Christmas savings on some of the biggest names in security, antivirus, utilities, mutli-media and creative software. Enjoy amazing deals from: Acronis, Audials, Avast,... Read more
Driverless Cars On UK Roads By 2021
News December 27, 2017
UK government announces plans to change road and traffic regulations allowing autonomous cars test vehicles on open British roads. The UK Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, made the decision public during his budget speech for the coming year. Hammond stated that the technology was being introduced because the Government sees it... Read more
WannaCry Blamed On North Korea
News December 26, 2017
US and UK governments say North Korea was responsible for the global WannaCry malware attack. While multiple sources have long called the attack the work of state-sponsored North Korean operatives, the US and UK–reportedly along with several other countries–are now formally declaring that responsibility for the attack rests on... Read more
Move from analog to digital radio, making the Scandinavian country the first to shut down all national FM radio broadcasts. Norway’s government have been planning the FM switch off for several years, but the actual physical switch only began in January of this year. The move to Digital Audio... Read more
Airline Computer Error Might Cancel Christmas
News December 23, 2017
American Airlines glitch leaves 15,000 Christmas flights without a captain. If you haven’t already finished your holiday shopping, here’s a handy gift idea: video chat technology. Why? Because if you booked your flight home for Christmas on American Airlines, video chat might be the only way you’re gonna see... Read more
Oops! Police Live Stream Plans For N Korean Arrest
News December 22, 2017
Australian police accidentally broadcast plans on Twitter’s live video streaming service, Periscope. Last August, the BBC had a little apology to make to nearly four million of its viewers for inadvertently broadcasting a pornographic film. The incident occurred during a typical nightly news broadcast when someone else in the... Read more
New Amazon S3 Breach Exposes Every US Household
NewsPrivacy and Security December 21, 2017
Massive data breach caused by unsecured AWS S3 cloud server. Amazon Web Services hosts database servers for a wide variety of clients, but someone might need to take a look at the instruction manual. Once again, another company’s data has been accessed via an unsecured S3 server, and this... Read more