A recent data breach at Epic Games may have been avoided if the company had simply installed a security patch. On Monday, Epic Games Epic Games declined to explain how the leak occurred, but a website that stores information on data breaches said hackers were responsible and that 808,000 users are affected. The anonymous attackers targeted the vBulletin forum software on Aug. 11, according to the website
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The promise of Android Pay is that all you’ll need is your phone when you reach the checkout counter. While it works rather splendidly for NFC payments, integration with loyalty programs has been another matter. You still have to awkwardly scroll through your saved cards and have the clerk scan your phone or dictate your phone number, which serves as the ID for many programs. Walgreens is the first retail store to fully embrace the vision of Android Pay by integrating its Balance Rewards program with the tap-to-pay function. This means when you use Android Pay, you’ll earn your rewards points and pay for your items with your phone all in one transaction.
Amazon's rumored music streaming service is all about hooking in to the rest of the Amazon universe.
Amazon packed every bell and whistle imaginable in this grayscale tablet, and the price tag reflects those choices.
Even though an early iteration of Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset is already shipping to enthusiasts, one of its key details has remained shrouded in mystery: What’s inside that funky “holographic processing unit” that works alongside the device’s CPU and GPU, anyway? During the annual Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on its secretive chip. The HoloLens’ HPU is a custom 28nm coprocessor designed by TSMC,
Strike another one off the hit list. Microsoft and Lenovo recently announced an agreement to preload Microsoft apps on Lenovo and Motorola Android devices. The preloaded apps are the same we’ve seen in previous Microsoft deals with Android vendors, including the Office mobile suite, OneDrive, and Skype. The announcement did not mention when the agreement takes effect. Lenovo says it expects “to ship millions” of Android devices loaded with Microsoft apps over the next few years.
The quick settings menu is one the unsung heroes of Android customization. With a little bit of work it can greatly enhance how effectively you use your phone. It got a helpful quick access bar in the move from Marshmallow to Nougat, along with a few other tweaks to be aware of. Now when you swipe down with one finger, you’ll see five settings that you can access with one tap. This enables you to turn off Wi-Fi, turn on the flashlight, or do another function vey quickly. Touch the arrow on the right to get the full drop-down menu. The quick settings menu puts a lot of options just a swipe away.
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Civil liberties and tech advocacy groups have opposed a move by the Department of Homeland Security to collect social media information from certain categories of visitors to the U.S. “This program would invade individual privacy and imperil freedom of expression while being ineffective and prohibitively expensive to implement and maintain,” wrote organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation The provision allows for
Android is better than ever, but it's still not perfect. These are the things we wish were included in the latest release.
Anonymous hackers probably gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential sales in the black market when they leaked valuable cyberweapons The hackers, known as the Shadow Brokers, posted a sample file of the cyberweapons earlier this month and at least some of them appear to be zero-day exploits, or attacks that rely on software defects that practically no one knew about. Before they were publicly leaked, each of these zero-day exploits could have sold for a great deal of money, according to security researchers. They’re designed to affect firewall and router products from Cisco, Juniper Networks and Fortinet, in addition to those from Chinese vendors.
