Apple Is Compensating the Kid Who Figured Out Its Sketchy Eavesdropping FaceTime Bug
Apple has finally delivered a fix to its Group FaceTime bug that let users eavesdrop on others with an accidental workaround. But the real hero of...
NASA releases the “last light” image taken by Kepler before it retired last year
NASA Kepler space telescope’s “last light” image NASA has released the final view taken by Kepler in September, shortly before the space telescope was retired after...
Apple Reportedly Threatens to Yank iOS Apps Recording Users’ Screens Without Their Knowledge
Following a Wednesday report from TechCrunch that popular iPhone apps are recording the in-app activity of users without their knowledge through analytics companies like Glassbox, Apple...
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Brings Out Star Trek: Discovery’s Best
Pretty much every other episode of Star Trek is a good “Hey, everything’s broken?” or “We encountered a thing and everything’s broken?” type of episode. On...
Google makes it easier for cheap phones and smart devices to encrypt your data
Encryption is an important part of the whole securing-your-data package, but it’s easy to underestimate the amount of complexity it adds to any service or device....
Spotify May Suspend Your Account If It Catches You Using Ad Blockers
Spotify announced Thursday that it’s updating its terms of service, and that includes seriously cracking down on user attempts to bypass ads, according to the Verge....
Beautiful Battlefield “Trailer” Was Shot Entirely Using Unsuspecting Real Players
By day, Gage Allen makes video game trailers. But for this Battlefield clip, he wanted to do something different. Instead of carefully staging every shot and...
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he is being blackmailed with nude selfies by AMI, owner of the National Enquirer and reportedly protector of the president’s reputation,...
Will Tech Workers Rise Up Around Automation, Too?
Over the last year or two, it’s sure felt like a seismic shift’s been underfoot in the way tech employees think about labor conditions and work—or,...
Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Using Unpublished Nude Photos as Blackmail
The saga of Jeff Bezos’s very public divorce slouches onward. The Amazon CEO published a personal post on Medium this evening containing leaked emails purported to...
