IT&Software
Vivo X50 Pro comes with stabilized camera in 'gimbal style'
The Vivo X50 Pro will have a quad-camera setup that consists of a periscope telephoto sensor, two unknown sensors - one of which can be expected to be an ultrawide sensor - and a fourth sensor that's housed in a large module and is presumably the primary sensor. [Full Article...]
Samsung unveils Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition for the US Department of Defense
Modern flagship smartphones are often perceived as delicate, but Samsung stands behind the design and security capabilities of its Galaxy S20 so much, that the South Korean giant has announced a special new version of it, tailored for operations in the federal government and Department of Defense. [Full Article...]
Google says it won't build AI tools for oil and gas drillers
A Google spokesperson said: "Google Cloud is a general objective infrastructure and data processing platform", they said. Greenpeace applauded Google's decision. Their tools have been deployed to speed up shale extraction, especially from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. Amazon and Microsoft have not pulled out of deals with some of world's largest oil and gas corporations. [Full Article...]
US Department of Agriculture announces details with Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Richard Fordyce is the administrator of the Farm Service Agency and said the aid will be helpful to agriculture producers who have been financially affected by the virus, but it won't fully compensate them for their losses. An individual can receive up to $250,000 on all commodities combined, and as many as three members who "actively provide personal labor or personal management" can receive paym... [Full Article...]
Gears Of War PS3 Footage Appears Online, Epic Games Comments
The new footage was posted online today by a person who goes by the name PixelButts and describes themselves as a former hacker. I don't know why it exists, I don't know why it was made. "Something with the way it was built was wrong", PixelButts tweeted on May 5 . The uploader notes that the game is running on a PS3 devkit that features more RAM than the retail model, meaning this build prob... [Full Article...]
Bluetooth Bugs Allow Impersonation Attacks on Legions of Devices
The paper details the report of the discovery, and the researchers explained extensively on how they found the bug in the post-bonding authentication procedure. "As such, any standard-compliant Bluetooth device can be expected to be vulnerable". Thankfully though, launching a successful attack is not that easy as an attacker's device would need to be within wireless range of a vulnerable Bluet... [Full Article...]
Apple Glass is the new device you definitely don't need
The second-generation iPhone SE has a conventional rectangular display with thick borders on the top and bottom. The iPhone comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB storage variants. The phone's has a 4.7-inch HD retina display, glass-metal construction, touch ID for biometric, and ingress protection (IP67) for water and dust resistance. [Full Article...]
'Mafia: Trilogy' Features A Full Remake Of The Original Game
They include a full remake of the original Mafia: City of Lost Heaven called Mafia: Definitive Edition , a HD remaster of 2010's Mafia 2 and a "reintroduction" of 2016's Mafia 3 that gives the game's DLC to existing owners for free. [Full Article...]