Month: September 2020
Facebook will ban ads that wrongly claim election victory
Facebook will ban ads that wrongly claim victory in the US presidential race. The news comes a week after the company announced it would reject ads from Donald Trump or Joe Biden claiming a premature win on November 3rd. The policy covers ads that claim legal forms of voting —…
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Hotspot Shield VPN client software has a serious security vulnerability null
A new vulnerability has been discovered in Hotspot Shield’s Windows VPN client that could allow for privilege escalation if exploited by an attacker. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-17365, is the result of improper directory permissions in versions 10.3.0 and earlier of the company’s VPN client for Windows. An attacker could…
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One of Google Stadia’s most interesting features, Crowd Choice, is finally coming this week
Google has always wanted its cloud game-streaming service, Stadia, to change how YouTube streamers interact with their fans. Nearly ten months after release, Google is finally bringing its “Crowd Choice” feature to its first two games. Crowd Choice allows viewers to vote on, say, which team a streamer joins in…
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Verizon’s mmWave version of the Pixel 4a 5G costs $100 extra
Earlier today, Google announced the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G, both of which Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) will carry. But if you want to purchase the latter through the carrier, you’ll have to pay $600 or $25 per month on a two-year Verizon Devi… Source
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Cloud sales topped non-cloud infrastructure sales for the first time null
The pandemic has led to a major shift in the way in which business and consumers use online services which is why the analyst firm IDC believes that the second quarter of this year marked a tipping point as cloud sales exceeded non-cloud infrastructure for the first time. According to…
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Peter Parker has been recast in ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered’
Developer Insomniac Games says the forthcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered for the PS5 will be different from the 2018 original in multiple ways. While we could have predicted changes like a higher frame rate and the addition of new spider suits,… Source
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