Author: Zach_Wilson
LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app
Password management app LastPass has announced it will be discontinuing its native macOS app on February 29th, directing users in an email to switch over to the new web-based version of the app that will replace it. According to the email, LastPass is making the change to “provide the best…
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Nest thermostats can alert homeowners of potential heating or cooling problems
Google is testing a feature that can send Nest owners alerts about their furnaces when “unusual or unexpected patterns” are detected. The HVAC alerts will be automatically sent to subscribers of the Nest Home Report email list, notifying homeowners of any small issue in their heating, cooling, or ventilation system…
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Delta is limiting flights between the US and China due to coronavirus outbreak
Delta announced today that it will be temporarily reducing flights between the US and China due to “significantly reduced customer demand” that has resulted from concerns about the coronavirus. This marks the third US airline to drastically change its operations in response to the outbreak, after United and American announced…
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A proposed House bill is threatening to rework NASA’s plans to return humans to the Moon
A proposed piece of legislation from the House threatens to change NASA’s efforts to return humans to the Moon, worrying NASA officials and space advocates. The bill — a new authorization act for NASA — could significantly rework the space agency’s lunar plans by changing what kinds of vehicles and…
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FTC says audio cloning is getting better
Rapid progress in voice cloning technology is making it harder to tell real voices from synthetic ones. But while audio deepfakes — which can trick people into giving up sensitive information — are a growing problem, there are some good and legitimate uses for the technology as well, a group…
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30 million payment cards listed on fraud marketplace
Hackers have put the payment card details of more than 30m Americans and over one million foreigners up for sale on the Internet’s largest carding fraud forum, Joker’s Stash. The latest “card dump” was listed under the name BIGBADABOOM-III on Joker’s Stash but security experts at Gemini Advisory have traced…
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