Smartphone Attachment Can Analyze Pollution In Water
Apr 02, 2018 16:31 pm UTC| Technology
Most people dont realize just how far technology has come in giving the common people capabilities that would have been exclusive to the governments military or science branches in the past. Smartphones are incredibly...
Facebook Could Be Fined $2 Trillion By The FTC, That’s Trillion With A ‘T’
Apr 02, 2018 16:31 pm UTC| Technology
Facebook is now under official investigation by the Federal Trade Commission following the discovery that it had been collecting users SMS and call data without making it explicitly clear that it was doing so. Users were...
PUBG Finally Considers Region-Locked Servers, No Specifics On Where
Apr 02, 2018 16:31 pm UTC| Technology
Fans of PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds have been begging the developers to create region-locked servers for some time now and it seems theyre finally getting their wish, though, perhaps not as they envisioned. The main...
Apple Exec Believes Giving Law Enforcement Agents Backdoor Access Is Dangerous
Apr 02, 2018 16:30 pm UTC| Technology
Law enforcement agencies are once again pushing for more access to mobile devices by being given backdoor privileges. Naturally, tech experts are not happy and the vice president of software engineering for Apple, Craig...
Facebook Blames Users For SMS And Call Data Collection, Stocks Plunge Following FTC Investigation
Apr 02, 2018 16:30 pm UTC| Technology
When it was recently reported that Facebook had been collecting SMS and Call data from its users without asking for permission, there was another big commotion with regards to the companys inability to respect user...
'Big Tech' isn't one big monopoly – it's 5 companies all in different businesses
Mar 25, 2018 23:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Public concern about Facebooks power in society and in politics has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that users data was analyzed by a U.K.-based marketing firm and used to construct highly targeted political...
Former Modern Warfare 2 Strategist Criticizes Rumored Absence Of Multiplayer In Remaster
Mar 25, 2018 23:42 pm UTC| Technology
Following the rumors that the also rumored Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remaster would not come with multiplayer, Activision is being bombarded with criticisms left and right. Among the latest to add their voice to the...
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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Nintendo Confirms Switch Successor Announcement Within Current Fiscal Year