You might expect a high-profile (and controversial) facial recognition startup like Clearview AI would have its data locked down, but it turns out it’s just as vulnerable as almost any other company to malicious individuals. In a notification obtained by The Daily Beast, the company says a recent vulnerability allowed someone to gain “unauthorized access” to a list of all of…
Broadcom chip flaw left select iPhones vulnerable to network eavesdropping, researchers say
February 26, 2020
A flaw in Wi-Fi chips made by Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom left “billions of devices” open to an eavesdropping vulnerability, reports today. The flaw was announced by researchers at the RSA security conference today, and has already been patched by most…
As Microsoft’s Surface Duo slowly approaches for release later this year, LG is getting out in front with its third dual-screen smartphone. The trick to LG’s approach, if you’re unfamiliar, is the second display is part of a case that can be separated from the main…
Could you live with this budget Android for four years?
February 26, 2020
Five years ago, Sharad Mittal had a dilemma. He and his wife had just watched , a movie starring Russell Crowe with a heavy environmental message underneath its retelling of the classic Biblical tale. The movie moved him deeply, giving him a new perspective of the world that he says literally changed his life. “I became a hardcore environmentalist that day,” he told Engadget.
At the…
LG V60 ThinQ 5G hands-on: Two screens, not enough polish
February 26, 2020
LG’s smartphone business spent most of last year struggling to turn a profit, but the company has found at least one strategy it wants to stick with. Instead of giving people unpolished, unproven, expensive foldables, it starting building phones you could attach…
Apple releasing third developer beta of iOS 13.4 and more today
February 26, 2020
Apple today is releasing the third developer beta of iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4. This update comes a week after the second release of iOS 13.4 for developers. iOS 13.4 includes new features like iCloud Drive folder sharing and much more.
Update: The third developer betas of…
Today, LG announced the latest in their V series of Android enthusiast phones, the absolute mouthful that is the LG V60 ThinQ 5G, and gave some reviewers special early access to the phone to compensate for the cancellation of MWC 2020. From what we’ve seen in hands-on takes so far though, the LG V60 doesn’t improve enough on last year’s equally dual-screened V50.
LG has been floundering in…
Knives Out and The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has said that Apple won’t let the bad guys in movies use iPhones. “Apple… they let you use iPhones in movies but — and this is very pivotal if you’re ever watching a mystery movie — bad guys cannot have…
Apple planning over-the-air OS recovery for iOS devices based on iOS 13.4 beta code
February 26, 2020
Apple is currently running tests with the iOS 13.4 beta, and we found out that the company is working on a new CarKey API based on system codes. Now, with the latest beta release available for developers, has found evidence showing that Apple may be working on an Internet…
Rian Johnson: Apple won’t let movie villains use iPhones on camera
February 26, 2020
Product placement in Hollywood has existed almost since the advent of movies themselves, so by now we’re all fairly immune to seeing glaringly obvious logos and brands on the big screen. And while no company wants to be associated with negative connotations, it seems that one tech giant is particularly twitchy about its reputation: Apple.
According to Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last…
