Famous Android phones can be deceived into snooping on their owners
Security researchers have discovered many famous Android phones can be deceived into snooping on their owners by misusing a weakness that gives accessories way to the phone’s underlying baseband software. How Does This Work? Attackers can use that way to deceive weak phones into giving...
Alpaca grabs $6M for stocks API so that anyone can create a Robinhood
Stock trading app Robinhood is estimated at $7.6 billion, but it just works in the U.S. The Introduction of Alpaca Freshly funded fintech startup Alpaca does the dirty work, so developers worldwide can start their competitors to that investing unicorn. Like the Stripe of stocks,...
Facebook’s primary experimental apps from its ‘NPE Team’ division centers on students, chat & music
This July, Facebook introduced a new division called NPE Team, which will create experimental consumer-facing apps, enabling the company to work out new ideas and features to see how people would respond. It shortly after that hit former Vine GM Jason Toff to accompany the...
Twitter comes back to the Mac
Twitter has come back to the Mac with the introduction of a new Catalyst-powered app for macOS Catalina, started on Thursday. The company in June had been between the first to announce its plans to take the support of Mac Catalyst. What Is The Mac...
Google reportedly in talks to acquire Fitbit
Google’s parent company Alphabet is in talks to purchase wearable company Fitbit, Reuters reports. Currently, there is no confirmation that the agreement will take place. According to sources close with the talks, it is not known how much Alphabet has proposed to acquire the US-based...
Apple launches iOS 13.2 with Deep Fusion
Apple has issued iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 for the iPhone and iPad. This update highlights the general bug fixes and safety improvements. But Apple is also combining a handful of innovations to its operating system. Apple Brings Innovations to the Table First, iOS 13.2...
MIT’s Innovative Approach: Helping Autonomous Vehicles See Around Corners
We are yet not at the point where autonomous transportation systems can replace human drivers in all situations. Although, the hope is that ultimately, technology in self-driving cars will be able of things humans can’t even fathom, like viewing around corners. There has been a...
Base Operations Raises $1M for Employee Emergency Security Services
In 2017, a devastating earthquake hit Puebla, Mexico, sending shock waves to Mexico City, while damaging buildings in the nation’s megalopolis and its neighboring suburbs. This is when both public and private emergency services rose into action. For multinational companies running in the city, it...
Instagram to examine hiding “Like counts” in the US, which could bother influencers
Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri stated that they would make decisions that disturb the business if they help people’s well-being and health. To that point, next week, Instagram will extend its test of hiding Like counts from everyone except a post’s author to some users in...
Roku sets a remote on your wrist with the latest Apple Watch app
The Roku remote is appearing to your wrist. The company published today the start of an Apple Watch app that allows you to control your Roku device. This includes Roku media players and Roku TVs, with a tap — quite like the Roku mobile app,...
