Epic Games lawsuit against Apple was planned every step of the way: Alex Kantrowitz
Epic Games lawsuit against Apple was planned every step of the way: Alex Kantrowitz – YouTube
The Logic Around Contact Tracing Apps Is All Wrong
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, many people were excited by the idea that technology could help us track and contain the virus’s spread. Singapore was one of the first to release a digital contact tracing app. Countries from Iceland to Australia soon followed, while Apple and Google built a platform that allows…
A Plan to Turn Military Bases Into ‘Sandboxes’ for 5G
The US government thinks the military could help whip the country’s 5G industry into shape.Michael Kratsios, the acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Thursday laid out a plan to turn US military bases into sandboxes for 5G experimentation. He also described a vision for advancing US military use of 5G, microelectronics, and artificial…
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live Review: Weird But Good
If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more.Go back a couple of hundred years and a man named Jack would probably bury Samsung’s latest earbuds in the ground and wait for them to sprout.Take one look at them and it’s hard to blame the impulse. The pink,…
Photoshop Will Help ID Images That Have Been … Photoshopped
Adobe’s photo-editing flagship Photoshop is so successful that the brand is a synonym for digital fakery. Later this year it will become a standard bearer for a proposed antidote: technology that tags images with data about their origins to help news publishers, social networks, and consumers avoid getting duped.Adobe started working on its Content Authenticity…
She Helped Wreck the News Business. Here’s Her Plan to Fix It
Nandini Jammi remembers the moment she learned she was accidentally destroying the news industry. Like so much else in 2020, it came as an unpleasant surprise. As the cofounder of a social media campaign called Sleeping Giants, Jammi had perfected the art of pressuring advertisers to stop funding websites that peddle hateful content. In 2017,…
Should We Conserve Parasites? Apparently, Yes
Whether it be finding a tick buried in your socks after a walk in the woods or yanking off a few leeches after a pond swim, parasites trigger revulsion in most of us. And forget about those worms in our guts. Parasites are bad news for both people and animals, the thinking goes, because they…
One IT Guy’s Spreadsheet-Fueled Race to Restore Voting Rights
This past April, in the lead-up to Wisconsin’s spring election, there was a ruckus that, from afar, made no sense. There didn’t seem to be much to vote for. Bernie Sanders had already conceded, so the Democratic primary was a dud, and President Trump had no opponents. There was a state supreme court judgeship on…
An Alexa Bug Could Have Exposed Your Voice History to Hackers
Smart-assistant devices have had their share of privacy missteps, but they’re generally considered safe enough for most people. New research into vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa platform, though, highlights the importance of thinking about the personal data your smart assistant stores about you—and minimizing it as much as you can.Findings published on Thursday by the security…
‘Spree’ Is Nasty, Clever Satire for the Influencer Era
It’s a scene that’ll be familiar to anyone who has lost a few hours to YouTube: A blandly handsome young man smiles and adjusts his camera. “Hey guys,” he greets the screen. “What’s up?” He introduces himself. He’s Kurt Kunkle, a self-identified influencer and “content creator” living outside Los Angeles. Played by Stranger Things star…
