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Malicious actors are constantly finding ways to circumvent platforms’ policies and game their systems — and 2020 was no exception. According to online harassment tracker L1ght, in the first few weeks of the pandemic, there was a 40% increase in toxicity on popular gaming services including Discord. Anti-fraud experts…
We’re expecting a smaller iPhone notch this year, but a designer has put together a concept with a whole new approach to the notch.
Instead of a center notch to accommodate things like the front-facing camera and Face ID tech, designer Antonio De Rosa imagines lifting the…
Security researcher exploits Find My network to send messages over any nearby iPhone’s data connection
May 12, 2021
The Find My network is used by Apple to report locations of items and devices via the data connection of any nearby iPhone, Mac, or other Apple device. Security researcher Fabian Bräunlein has today released a blog post demonstrating how the Find My network can be exploited…
WhatsApp recently introduced new privacy policies for its users, focused on deepening integration with Facebook. The new privacy policy was first set to go into effect in January, but the rollout was delayed by three months.
The privacy policy change is now available, and those users who don’t agree will lose access to certain features in the app. Here are some more details, and two…
Xiaomi set to be removed from US trade blacklist
May 12, 2021
Xiaomi looks set to be removed from the controversial US trade blacklist after the US Department of Defense deemed the move “appropriate.”
Bloomberg reports that the Chinese smartphone firm has won a US court appeal over the initial ban, with the US Defense Department…
We have collated some of our favorite and some of the “best” Pixel 5 cases and covers, having tested a fair few since the staggered release schedule of the “flagship” Made by Google phone for 2020.
Of course, there’s more to smartphone cases than just protection…
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 might be one of the most important smartwatches outside of the Apple Watch in quite some time as it merges Samsung’s hardware with Google’s Wear OS, and now yet another report is backing up that change.
Korean news outlet MT reports that the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Active will both be running on top of Google’s Wear OS. This is the first time the Galaxy…
The most popular Android smartphones in the world are reportedly facing an obstacle. Samsung’s Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 are, according to a new report, victims of the ongoing pandemic-spurred global chip shortage.
The Elec reports that Samsung’s launches of both the…
The Tesla driver who has been spotted driving his Model 3 from the backseat several times in the Bay Area over the last few weeks has been arrested.
But he has already been released and claims to be back at it.
Last week, Electrek put a new Tesla owner on blast…
Over the past few months, Alphabet’s Google-branded ISP has been rolling out 2 Gigabit Internet in existing cities. Google Fiber now has a new logo for Fiber and Fiber Webpass after previously just using a wordmark.
For the entirety of its existence, the ISP’s logo has been a four-colored “Google” and “Fiber” — previously lowercased but now capitalized — in the company font. It…
