Google Promises ‘reCAPTCHA’ Isn’t Exploiting Users. Should You Trust It?
An innovative security feature to separate humans from bots online comes with some major concerns.

July 9, 2019 at 10:15AM
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Apple Discontinues 12-Inch MacBook
The non-Retina Air is finally gone, too.

July 9, 2019 at 09:51AM
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Zoom Vulnerability Lets Hackers Hijack Your Webcam
The security researcher who found the issues said it could be used in malicious adverts or phishing campaigns.

July 9, 2019 at 09:04AM
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This Is The Craziest Smartwatch Design You’ve Ever Seen, And It’s Not From Apple Or Samsung
The first thing I thought of when looking at this new smartwatch design patent from IBM, after noting that the watch display expands to become a smartphone on your wrist was that it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

July 9, 2019 at 07:58AM
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Does Your Cellphone Release Harmful Electromagnetic Waves?
Household appliances, power lines, wi-fi routers and all sort of technologies release radiation. Here’s why that radiation probably isn’t dangerous — but may give you a funny tingling feeling.

July 8, 2019 at 03:52PM
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Microsoft’s ‘Stranger Things’ Gag Doesn’t Make Sense Because No One Used Windows 1.0
Windows may be the winner now, but it was a cultural nonentity in 1985.

July 8, 2019 at 12:59PM
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Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Says Most People Should Get Off Facebook Permanently
Woz was stopped by TMZ at Reagan National Airport in DC recently and warned that the lack of privacy on the platform isn’t worth it for most people, adding a warning more generally, “who knows if my cellphone is listening right now?”

July 8, 2019 at 10:31AM
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In The Age Of Deepfakes, Could Virtual Actors Put Humans Out Of Business?
In film and video games, we’ve already seen what’s possible with ‘digital humans’. Are we on the brink of the world’s first totally virtual acting star?

July 8, 2019 at 09:16AM
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DNA Data Storage Is Closer Than You Think
Life’s information-storage system is being adapted to handle massive amounts of information.

July 8, 2019 at 07:59AM
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The Hidden History Of How The Government Kick-Started Silicon Valley
Author and tech historian Margaret O’Mara explains why it’s time to move past the tech sector’s creator myths

July 8, 2019 at 07:59AM
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