Month: February 2020
A ‘stalkerware’ app leaked phone data from thousands of victims
A spyware app designed to “monitor everything” on a victim’s phone has been secretly installed on thousands of phones. The app, KidsGuard, claims it can “access all the information” on a target device, including its real-time location, text messages, browser history, access to its photos, videos and app activities, and…
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Vizio is adding Disney+ to its smart TV platform
Since its major update last year, Vizio’s SmartCast TV platform has included most of the major streaming services you might need, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Vudu. But if you wanted to watch Disney+, you had to stream it from another device using Chromecast or AirPlay 2. Good news: Disney…
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Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to Nvidia’s GeForce Now on launch day
One of the most anticipated titles of 2020, Cyberpunk 2077, is coming to Nvidia’s cloud gaming service this year. GeForce Now members who purchase CD Projekt Red’s upcoming title through Steam will be able to stream the game to Windows or Mac computers, Android devices, or Nvidia’s Shield TV streaming…
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DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M, profitability
DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider targeting smaller business and younger companies, announced today that it has secured $100 million in new debt from a group of investors, bringing its 2016-era debt raise to a total of around $300 million. The company’s nearly $200 million debt raise in 2016 was preceded…
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Google is disappointing the Stadia community
"This is fine." Andrey Doronichev is in charge of gamer experience at Stadia, Google's fledgling cloud-gaming service. In a conversation with him about the company's confidence in Stadia three months post-launch, Doronichev was unflappable. Th… Source
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Windows 10 could make installing and updating drivers easier than ever
Microsoft is beginning the rollout of changes to the way updates work in Windows 10, with a new system of optional updates now being implemented for drivers which aren’t a compulsory installation. Bringing in optional updates has been in the works for quite some time, and what Microsoft is doing…
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