IT&Software
Xiaomi Officially Announces Mi TV Stick; Starts From 40 Euros
Okay, so it's not the first casting device to offer a remote, but since Google has apparently pushed back the launch of its own Android TV dongle it's another example of someone beating Google to the punch - and with something pretty obvious. [Full Article...]
IPhone 12 to come with new Lightning to USB-C braided cable
A new leak suggests that Apple will include a new braided Lightning to USB-C cable in the box with iPhone 12 - a phone that is not expected to ship with the charging brick. On top of that, first-time iPhone users who opt for the iPhone 12 would have to find new USB-C chargers for this which is a hassle, honestly. Apple has never offered braided Lighting cables for the iPhone or iPad but does o... [Full Article...]
Mobile's 'Scam Shield' offers free caller ID and spam call blocking features
But since Sprint and T-Mobile's networks haven't merged yet, they won't have access to the Spam Shield app and its full set of protections yet. If you subscribe to Scam Shield Premium, you'll be able to manage your block list and send calls to voicemail, send categorized call types to voicemail, get information with reverse phone number lookup, and get voicemails texted to you automatically. [Full Article...]
Israel court dismisses Amnesty bid to stop NSO Group exporting spyware
Furthermore, she said that the petitioners, which included Amnesty and New York University's Brennan Center for Justice, had not provided enough evidence to support their claim that attempts were made to monitor a human rights activist through their mobile phone, or that this surveillance was carried out by the NSO Group. [Full Article...]
Ted Lasso Trailer: Jason Sudeikis is a Bad Soccer Coach
Ted Lasso's premise sounds like something dreamed up for a sketch comedy and turned into a full-fledged comedy series - a small-time college football coach from Kansas gets hired to coach a professional soccer team in England (because football in the United Kingdom means soccer in the USA, get it!) - and it kind of is. [Full Article...]
Apple’s Twitter Account Hacked by Bitcoin Scammers
Numerous tweets were quickly deleted. Here's a screenshot from Biden's hacked account. In a sign of the seriousness of the problem, Twitter warned that many of its more than 166 million daily users might be unable to tweet or reset their passwords while the company addressed the security breach. [Full Article...]
Google Cloud's Confidential Computing encrypts customer data in-use
The Confidential VMs concept is built on the foundation of Google's Shielded VMs , which are essentially hardened VMs created to protect against threats such as rootkits, and it utilizes the Asylo open-source confidential computing framework that Google introduced in 2018. [Full Article...]
Gmail redesign brings changes flawless for the times
Going forward, Gmail for G Suite will become a hub encompassing all of Google's productivity platforms, giving you access to videoconferencing, chats , Docs, and more collaboration tools without having to open another website or app. What Google is trying here is to offer a unified space for all the productivity apps you might need when working from home, and even the office. Like Slack or Mic... [Full Article...]