IT&Software
Oh No: Pixel 4 Owners Getting "Can't Verify Face" Message
The issue apparently surfaced back in November and has been escalating ever since. Users are seeing a "Can't verify face". The launch of the fourth generation of Google Pixel flagships saw it abandon a long-standing feature - the fingerprint scanner - to be replaced entirely with face unlocking made possible by the tech giant's Project Soli radar technology . [Full Article...]
The next OnePlus flagship may cruise on Verizon's super fast 5G network
Unfortunately, with this switch to courier stores with a "high degree of confidence", Verizon pre-loads the OnePlus 8 with Verizon's range of applications. Verizon is apparently "waiting for new equipment" before it can expand 5G Home's availability any further, and that equipment isn't expected to arrive until the second half of 2020. [Full Article...]
Microsoft Finds A New Way To Stop Buggy Windows 10 Updates
We see this, too, in AV, where Windows 7 users can expect those vendors to likewise continuing supporting the platform for as long as it makes sense to do so. To help avoid issues Microsoft says that it will delay releasing drivers that need approval one day before or after monthly "quality update" releases. [Full Article...]
NY court formally indicts Virgil Griffith in North Korea case
According to theIndependent, the Department of Justice claimed Griffith allegedly traveled and appeared live at a Cryptocurrency and Blockchain conference in Pyongyang, North Korea back in April 2019. The court also wants all properties that Griffith acquired or earned as a result of his activities in the DPRK to be forfeited. Prosecutors believe that Virgil did so together with the help of ot... [Full Article...]
Facebook's Zuckerberg drops annual challenges to focus on longer-term goals
Other sections of his post focused on Facebook's new Oversight Board, which will serve as a limited court of appeal for users who feel that their posts have been wrongly removed from Facebook's services, and on the rise of virtual reality, which Mr Zuckerberg said could bridge the gap between urban and rural communities and arrest "ballooning" house prices. [Full Article...]
Cheap Android Phones Funded by US Government Infected with Unremovable Malware
Adups is a Chinese company that has previously been caught collecting data, creating backdoors and developing auto-installers. Interestingly enough, the malware originates from China , and so does the UMX. "Although we still have to reproduce the dropping of additional malware, our users have reported that indeed a variant of HiddenAds is suddenly installed on their UMX mobile device", Malwa... [Full Article...]
LG CEO: LG mobile business is going to be profitable by 2021
At CES 2020 , however, an LG leader promised that the company's mobile division would make a profit next year. How will LG do this, I hear you ask - "LG Electronics will expand our mobile lineup and steadily release new ones attached with some wow factors to woo consumers ". [Full Article...]
Android bloatware: Google pushed to take action in letter
As per the researcher, the carrier can regulate the request originates from the user's device, but does not require any interaction from the user which cannot be automated. This should include any related background services that continue to run even if the apps are disabled. At times there are 23 different apps being uploaded to the Play Store under this malware family, whereas, sometimes there... [Full Article...]