Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:A look at signature verification software deployed to expedite mail-in ballot verification in US, as signature discrepancies are the main reason for rejections — As of early October, more than 84.2 million […]
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Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google’s Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) –
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:Profile of Maddie Stone, who leads Google’s Project Zero team that studies and neuters actively exploited Android malware — The Project Zero reverse engineer shuts down some of the world’s most […]
Users working from home are running into internet usage limits as ISPs reinstate data caps they suspended at the beginning of the pandemic (Lillian Rizzo/Wall Street Journal) –
Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal:Users working from home are running into internet usage limits as ISPs reinstate data caps they suspended at the beginning of the pandemic — As more people rely on their […]
Google purges popular children apps from Play Store due to data privacy violations –
Developers of apps targeting children are guided by an especially stringent set of policies, unlike general audience app creators. Among the stipulations is that the content provided should be appropriate for children. They are also […]
Sources: Airbnb has seen its valuation rise 10.4% from the end of Q2 to September 30, as the board of directors approves share split ahead of its planned IPO (Bloomberg) –
Bloomberg:Sources: Airbnb has seen its valuation rise 10.4% from the end of Q2 to September 30, as the board of directors approves share split ahead of its planned IPO — – The value of company’s […]
Right to repair gains ground with proposed regulations in US and EU that would force companies to share parts, tools, and info with consumers and repair shops (Paola Rosa-Aquino/New York Times) –
Paola Rosa-Aquino / New York Times:Right to repair gains ground with proposed regulations in US and EU that would force companies to share parts, tools, and info with consumers and repair shops — Both Republicans […]
Facebook reportedly bracing for US election chaos with tools designed for “at-risk” countries – Kim Lyons
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook is planning for possible chaos around the November 3rd US presidential election with internal tools it’s used before in countries like Sri Lanka and Myanmar, The Wall […]
Sense energy monitor review: Your patience will be rewarded with great insight into your home’s electricity use – Martyn Williams
Sense is a bright-orange box that sits in your electrical breaker box and gives in-depth insight into your home’s entire power usage. The whole system is quite clever and—thankfully—free of any monthly charges. But it […]
Sources: Facebook plans measures for possible post-election unrest, like slowing the spread of viral content, that it previously used in countries like Myanmar (Wall Street Journal) –
Wall Street Journal:Sources: Facebook plans measures for possible post-election unrest, like slowing the spread of viral content, that it previously used in countries like Myanmar — Tools include slowing the spread of certain posts and […]
New Trailers: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Prom, News of the World, and more – Kim Lyons
Chadwick Boseman stars in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | Netflix So in between catching up with episodes of Grace and Frankie and watching the presidential debate, I tried to watch the new Netflix version of […]