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How to use your Android or iOS device as a webcam

April 22, 2020
A good webcam, let alone any webcam, is tough to find these days. Just to put a time marker on this post: the coronavirus pandemic has moved much of America’s workforce into a work-from-home environment. With so many people in need of basic tech supplies, demand for webcams has surged, and as supplies dwindle, prices have unsurprisingly skyrocketed. My colleague Chris Welch has reported on the…
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How to use Sonos Radio including local stations on iPhone and iPad

April 22, 2020
Sonos has rolled out a new way to listen to your favorite content and even local stations with its own streaming radio. Follow along for how to get up and running with Sonos Radio on iPhone and iPad. Sonos Radio has arrived as a free streaming option that offers both ad-supported and ad-free content ranging from stations curated by DJs and artists, local stations, and more. The new feature is…
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Google Home 2.21 hints at in-app Android TV set-up process [APK Insight]

April 21, 2020
Last month, we exclusively revealed Google’s plans for a new Chromecast Ultra based on Android TV. The latest Google Home app is now showing signs of picking up a set-up process for televisions. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case…
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iOS exploit reportedly used in China to monitor minority group

April 21, 2020
An iOS 12 exploit has reportedly reemerged, being used by a group of hackers in China known as the “Evil Eye.” The latest Insomnia exploit gives attackers root access to iPhones running iOS 12.3 to 12.3.2. Details have been shared about a reemergence of an iOS flaw…
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Facebook’s AI detects fake accounts with fewer than 20 friend requests

April 21, 2020
In a paper highlighted today in a Facebook blog post, engineers describe an algorithm — SybilEdge — to detect fake accounts that evade Facebook’s anti-abuse filters at registration time but that haven’t friended enough people to perpetuate abuse. The goal is to mitigate the accounts’ ability to launch attacks against other users, in part by comparing the way users add friends to their…
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