More than 500 browser extensions downloaded millions of times from Google’s Chrome Web Store surreptitiously uploaded private browsing data to attacker-controlled servers, researchers said on Thursday.ARS TECHNICAThis story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED’s parent company, Condé Nast.The extensions…
The number of Airbnb listings in London has quadrupled in the last four years as more and more of the city’s housing stock has been gobbled up by short-term rental companies. As of May 2019, 80,770 properties in London were listed on Airbnb, with a staggering 23 percent, or 11,200, of these thought to be…
If you’re reading this, chances are you feel like you need more information. Welcome to the club. This week we followed a bunch of transportation players in search of more nuggets of knowledge. Retailers jumping on the ecommerce bandwagon are hoping to discover how to lose fewer deliveries, which is costing them tons of moolah.…
The millennial generation’s discretionary cash isn’t being mashed into avocado toast. It’s being spent on cell phones, smartwatches, wireless headphones, and Netflix subscriptions. Senior reviewer Adrienne So says we pay this much for little things because the big things are broken. If we can’t fix health care, rid ourselves of student loan debt, or compete…
First up, let’s get a few quick bits of news out of the way. Last week, New Hampshire held its Democratic presidential primary, which didn’t bring too many surprises beyond the fact that Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota did quite well. Also, Parasite won big at the Oscars, which got a lot of people talking…
The physical world will likely always retain an emotional primacy that the digital one lacks. I suspect that millions of evolutionary years without screens have primed us to enjoy a Polaroid taped to a bathroom mirror over Instagram, any day of the week.At least, that’s what Polaroid is hoping. Polaroid Originals’ new Lab printer takes…
One sunny day last summer, Mathias Kolle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, took a couple of eminent colleagues out sailing. They talked about their research. They had some drinks. Then Kolle noticed something was off: A rowboat tied to his boat had come loose and was drifting toward the horizon. As he…
Since commercial air travel took off in the 1950s, much has changed—tighter seats, safer flights, the rise and fall of seat-back screens—but not the nature of the planes themselves. The tube-and-wing design, after all, is reasonably efficient and structurally sound. And what other shapes would fly? Cubes?Probably not. But one idea that’s been in the…
Dark mode is coming: to phones, laptops, websites, and even individual apps. If you’re not already taking advantage of it, we’re going to show you how, across all the apps and devices you use.Dark mode is both easier on your eyes and easier on your device’s battery life. The darker tones are more relaxing for…
Ubisoft has announced that Tachanka, Rainbow Six Siege’s beloved-but-terrible Operator, will be reworked and overhauled this year. The new design completely removes his turret, although he’ll remain a destructive defense operator.Announced at the Six Invitation as part of the roadmap for Years 5 and 6, Ubisoft explained that Tachanka is finally going to be redesigned.…
