Month: May 2023
An auto CEO came very close to saying the right thing about heavy EV batteries
The race to cram heavier and heavier batteries into bigger and bigger electric vehicles hit a speed bump today when a major automaker CEO finally threw up his hands and asked why. “I have no idea what’s going on in this industry right now,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said during…
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TikTok sues Montana over controversial state ban
On Monday, TikTok sued Montana over a new law that would ban the app statewide next year. The lawsuit comes less than a week after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed SB 419, the first state bill to ban the popular video app. The law, set to go into effect January…
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Buyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
Western Digital has now tacitly admitted that its SanDisk Extreme Pro portable solid-state drives were critically broken after all — by issuing a firmware update that’ll hopefully keep the 4TB model from wiping your data all by itself. (Seriously.) But as Ars Technica reports, there’s no mention of any fix…
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This brute-force fingerprint attack could break into your Android phone
There is a way to “brute-force” fingerprints on Android devices and with physical access to the smartphone, and enough time, a hacker would be able to unlock the device, a report from cybersecurity researchers at Tencent Labs and Zhejiang Unversity has claimed. As per the report, there are two zero-day…
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26 Best REI Anniversary Sale Deals: Tents, Camp Chairs, and More
The sun is out, the flowers are budding, and it’s time to revel in your new running shoes and sleeping pads. Source
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Netflix is making it easier to find saved shows and movies you still haven’t watched
Netflix is making improvements to its My List feature so that you can more easily sort through the shows and movies you’ve bookmarked. Starting first on Android, you’ll be able to filter your list by movies, TV shows, “Haven’t Started,” “Started,” and sort by options like when you added something…
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