Here’s FaceTime’s Extremely-Not-Good Eavesdropping Bug In Action
A glitch with FaceTime in iOS 12.1.2 allows a user to call another iPhone and then listen through the other phone’s microphone (and occasionally see through the other phone’s front-facing camera) while the call is ringing.
January 29, 2019 at 07:59AM
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Serious FaceTime bug allows you to listen remotely before anyone answers
In other words, if you see your iPhone ringing with a FaceTime video call, it’s possible that the person calling you could listen to your microphone before you’ve picked up.
January 29, 2019 at 07:40AM
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Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea
This cheaper, easier way to map surface currents could be a boon to the renewable energy industry.
January 28, 2019 at 08:09PM
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Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours
A number of organizations, including ProPublica, have developed tools to let the public see exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers. Now, Facebook has quietly made changes to its site that stop those efforts.
January 28, 2019 at 05:51PM
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Tabletop Drummer Turns Alexa Into The Ultimate MC
While he may have broken his virtual assistant, it was worth it for the bops.
January 28, 2019 at 11:02AM
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What Became Of Steam’s First Early Access Games?
In 2013, Steam players were first offered the option to pay for unfinished games. The Guardian uncovers the fate of that first wave of titles — some of which were never released.
January 28, 2019 at 09:41AM
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I Studied Buttons For 7 Years And Learned These 5 Lessons About How And Why People Push Them
Rather than discuss whether buttons are good or bad we should instead examine who gets to push them and who doesn’t.
January 28, 2019 at 08:40AM
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A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’
Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump “to start building their damn computers and things in this country,” Apple is unlikely to bring its manufacturing closer to home.
January 28, 2019 at 07:29AM
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The State Of AI In 2019
This is what’s happening in artificial intelligence right now.
January 28, 2019 at 07:29AM
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Why Choosing Between Windows And macOS Still Matters
Sometimes it feels like the operating system doesn’t matter. But it really does matter which OS you use, and not just because there might be a learning curve if you make a switch.
January 28, 2019 at 05:42AM
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