Month: July 2020
Trump’s vehicle emissions rollback faces EPA Inspector General probe
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General has opened an investigation into its own agency’s role in the Trump administration’s replacement of an Obama-era rule that curbed greenhouse gas emissions in cars. The Inspector General’s office will examine whether there were any “irregularities” during the process of crafting the new rule…
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Brave and Guardian launch new system-wide firewall and VPN for iOS Brave Firwall + VPN, powered by Guardian
Brave Software and Guardian have joined forces to launch a new service for iOS and iPadOS that provides both system-wide VPN and firewall functionality. Brave Firewall + VPN, powered by Guardian combines Brave Software’s privacy-focused Brave browser and Guardian’s VPN app, Guardian Firewall + VPN for iOS. The partnership between…
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Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 standard promises 50 percent charge in less than five minutes
Qualcomm has introduced Quick Charge 5, the company’s latest fast-charging standard, and it’s bringing some big promises: more than 100W charging speeds on a smartphone, with the ability to charge a device from 0 to 50 percent in five minutes or fully charge a phone in 15 minutes. It’s been…
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Lollapalooza 2020 will be online with new and old performances
Not surprisingly, the massive weekend-long music festival Lollapalooza isn’t happening in Chicago this year. Perhaps also unsurprising is the fact that there will be a massive Lollapalooza livestream in its place. As reported by the Chicago Tribune,… Source
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Tenet will be released internationally first because the US is a mess
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will skip the United States for its initial release because of ongoing safety concerns surrounding the pandemic. It will instead roll out to several international territories weeks before the US gets it. Warner Bros. is gearing up to release Tenet in 70 international territories, including Australia, Canada,…
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Thousands of Instacart customer details sold online null
The personal information of thousands of users of the grocery delivery service Instacart is being sold on the Dark Web for around $2 per customer. This data includes the names, last four digits of credit card numbers and order histories of the service’s users and even customers who used the…
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