Month: August 2020
Samsung will let you reserve a Galaxy Z Fold 2 today ahead of official preorders
Samsung has opened its online reservation system for the new Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable announced earlier today at its Unpacked event. For those unfamiliar with this approach, Samsung now occasionally uses reservations ahead of preorders for devices it expects to be in immediate high demand but for which there…
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Disney has no idea what it’s doing with ‘Mulan’
Who wants to pay $30 to watch the live action Mulan remake on Disney+? No seriously, who? I'm asking, because Disney also seems pretty confused about this whole thing. And I'm fairly sure they're just making everything up as they go along. Disney ann… Source
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Mozilla Firefox update protects users against redirect tracking Redirect Tracking
After rolling out Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) by default last year, Mozilla has announced that the latest version of Firefox will ship with ETP 2.0 which is capable of blocking a new advanced tracking technique called redirect tracking. When users browse the web they constantly navigate between sites. For instance…
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Instagram’s Reels Looks An Awful Lot Like TikTok
On Wednesday, Instagram launched possibly its most anticipated US update since Stories or the dog filter: its TikTok competitor, Reels. And, I gotta say, Reels sure looks a lot like TikTok. Of course, this all couldn’t come at a better time for Instagram or its parent company, Facebook. President Donald…
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The Nvidia RTX 3080 could be closer as another Turing GPU may have bit the dust Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super
Nvidia has reportedly discontinued the GeForce RTX 2070 Super as it prepares for the arrival of its GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. According to online rumors, Nvidia has already halted production of many of its high-end Turing GPUs, including the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super. Chinese website MyDrivers is…
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Security flaw in Twitter Android app might have exposed Direct Messages
Twitter acknowledged today that there was a security vulnerability in its Android app that would have exposed private data such as Direct Messages (via CNBC). The issue is now fixed and is related to an underlying Android OS security issue that only… Source
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