Month: October 2020
Facebook and Twitter try to limit ‘NY Post’ story on Joe Biden’s son
Facebook and Twitter are both taking steps to slow the spread of a New York Post story that claimed to have obtained emails from the laptop of Joe Biden’s son.A Facebook spokesperson said Wednesday that the company was “reducing its distribution” unt… Source
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The Avengers of security teamed up to try and take down the TrickBot botnet null
The backend infrastructure of the TrickBot botnet has been disabled thanks to the work of Microsoft and a coalition of security firms and telecoms. The software giant’s Defender team worked together with FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT and Broadcom’s cybersecurity division Symantec to accomplish the feat which took…
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Spotify now has its own iOS 14 widget
In the weeks since iOS 14’s release, more and more apps have been adding new features that take advantage of what’s in Apple’s latest update. And now, Spotify is joining in. Today, the leading subscription music service announced the launch of its widget for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. Similar…
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How Apple Built 5G Into Its New iPhones
The faster wireless standard uses different chunks of the radio spectrum—but the technology remains nascent. Source
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Take a breather with the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
A Siberian tiger just gave the world the hug it needs in 2020. The intimate moment was caught on hidden camera by Sergey Gorshkov, whose photo, “The Embrace,” just won him the prestigious title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year. “A scene like no other” In the photo, the endangered…
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Zoom is getting into ticketed online events
By this point in the pandemic, chances are you’ve already used Zoom to not only attend work meetings but to take part in classes and workshops. So it should come as no surprise Zoom plans to capitalize on that trend. The company has started beta test… Source
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