OnePlus and McLaren have ended their phone partnership
“Our partnership with OnePlus, which came to its scheduled conclusion recently, has been a highly successful collaboration between two iconic and innovative brands.
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Day: May 30, 2020
‘Sign in with Apple’ flaw let attackers take over accounts
‘Sign in with Apple’ flaw let attackers take over accounts
‘Sign in with Apple’ is potentially more private than other login options, but it apparently included a serious security flaw. Researcher Bhavuk Jain recently received a $100,000 bug bounty for discovering (via Hacker News) a flaw in the sign-in service when available through third-party apps.
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Microsoft cuts dozens of staff as it shifts to AI for MSN news stories
Microsoft cuts dozens of staff as it shifts to AI for MSN news stories
The concept of AI choosing and even writing news isn’t new. However, this is a real-world case where jobs at a major site have been affected. The question is whether or not the heavier automation will be effective.
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Senator Ted Cruz asks DOJ to investigate Twitter over Iran sanctions
Senator Ted Cruz asks DOJ to investigate Twitter over Iran sanctions
Twitter is facing yet more scrutiny over its approach to politicians, albeit for different reasons. Axios (via The Verge) has learned that Senator Ted Cruz sent letters to the Justice and Treasury Departments ‘urging’ them to investigate Twitter for allegedly violating sanctions against Iran.
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Toyota’s RAV4 plug-in hybrid will be available this summer for $40,000
Toyota’s RAV4 plug-in hybrid will be available this summer for $40,000
Toyota’s RAV4 Prime will be available for purchase this summer, and its prices will start at $38,100, not including the company’s $1,120 fee for delivery, processing and handling.
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SpaceX’s historic launch attempt succeeds on its second attempt
SpaceX’s historic launch attempt succeeds on its second attempt
A new era of American spaceflight began Saturday as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke through Earth’s upper atmosphere carrying veteran astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley atop a pillar of flame.
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Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Americans’ trust in medical scientists has grown since the coronavirus outbreak first upended everyday activities at workplaces, homes and schools across the nation. But there are growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the confidence they have in medical scientists.
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Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Partisan Differences over the Pandemic Response Are Growing
Americans’ trust in medical scientists has grown since the coronavirus outbreak first upended everyday activities at workplaces, homes and schools across the nation. But there are growing divisions between Republicans and Democrats in the confidence they have in medical scientists.
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Waymo’s self-driving vans will return to Bay Area streets on June 8th
Waymo’s self-driving vans will return to Bay Area streets on June 8th
In a statement, Waymo told Engadget that it was ramping up after “careful consideration” and that its team’s health and safety was its “number one priority.” You can read the full statement below.
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Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers
Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers
Zoom has been improving security ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to shortcomings in its software. Critics like the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Gennie Gebhart are already attacking the decision as potentially harmful, though.
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Watch SpaceX’s second attempt at launching astronauts at 3:22PM ET
Watch SpaceX’s second attempt at launching astronauts at 3:22PM ET
Watch SpaceX’s second attempt at launching astronauts at 3:22PM ET It’s time for take two. NASA and SpaceX are making their second attempt at launching the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission after scrubbing the first due to weather, and they’re once again livestreaming the potentially historic event.
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How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
As the coronavirus crisis takes a massive toll on global markets, officials are increasingly raising alarms about the food supply. Maximo Torero Cullen, chief economist with the U.N.
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How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
How ‘Cognitive’ Tech Can Prevent a Food Crisis
As the coronavirus crisis takes a massive toll on global markets, officials are increasingly raising alarms about the food supply. Maximo Torero Cullen, chief economist with the U.N.
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Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight
Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight
Four decades after Tesla and Edison waged their “War of Currents,” a similar struggle unfolded in the skies overhead as a pair of daring entrepreneurs — Hugo Eckener, protege of Count von Zeppelin, and Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airways — fought for technological supremacy be
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Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight
Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight
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Earth’s first off-world colonies will be built on soil
Earth’s first off-world colonies will be built on soil
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Earth’s first off-world colonies will be built on soil
Earth’s first off-world colonies will be built on soil
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Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic
Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic
Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic Worst. Deal. Ever.Noah Kirsch, ForbesIn November, Eric Baker’s online ticket marketplace Viagogo purchased rival StubHub for $4 billion. Baker was actually one of StubHub’s co-founders before he was fired from the company.
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Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic
Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic
Recommended Reading: He bought StubHub right before the pandemic Worst. Deal. Ever.Noah Kirsch, ForbesIn November, Eric Baker’s online ticket marketplace Viagogo purchased rival StubHub for $4 billion. Baker was actually one of StubHub’s co-founders before he was fired from the company.
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Waymo’s robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak
Waymo’s robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak
Waymo’s robot minivans are ready to roll in the Bay Area for the first time since COVID-19 outbreak Andrew J. Hawkins Waymo’s self-driving cars are returning to Bay Area roads for the first time since the company halted its public testing in early March because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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