Month: October 2020
Your new Samsung smart TV will soon double as a Google Assistant microphone
Google Assistant is now available on newer Samsung smart TVs in the US, the companies announced. The AI helper will be available on Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, 2020 Frame and Serif sets, and 2020 Sero and…
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Twitter’s massive outage may be over, company says ‘no evidence’ of hack
Twitter has been experiencing an outage that began in the early evening on Thursday, with some users reporting problems sending tweets and refreshing their timelines starting shortly after 5:30PM ET. Just after 7PM ET, tweets began to cross our timelines, and things may be returning to normal. “We have no…
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Go read about the dire working conditions for Ring’s call center employees in the Philippines
Amazon extended its work-from-home policy into 2021 for corporate employees, but call center workers in the Philippines contracted by the company’s Ring subsidiary continue to work in person with increased risk of COVID-19 infection, as detailed in a report for NBC News by Olivia Solon and April Glaser. Employees of…
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Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 aims to take on HoloLens with new update Meet for Glass
As business and employees around the world have made the transition to working from home, on-site essential workers whose roles cannot be carried out remotely have had to find new ways to work and collaborate with their teams. In order to make it easier for on-site workers to connect with…
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Facebook is accidentally locking some users out of their new Oculus headsets
Facebook says a “small number” of customers have been locked out of their new Oculus Quest 2 headsets, following a string of reports that buyers were unable to use the virtual reality headsets because their Facebook accounts were suspended. On Twitter, it urged users to contact Oculus if they had…
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Go read this hilarious story from the person who found Tony Abbott’s passport number
On March 22nd, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did something seemingly innocuous: he posted a picture of his boarding pass to Instagram. That post was the beginning of a convoluted six-month saga for hacker Alex Hope. In a blog post, Hope details how they were sent Abbott’s post by…
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