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Latest News - April 2020
- Apple iPhones And iPads Are Crashing Because Of This Viral Text Bomb
- Nintendo Admits 160,000 Accounts Compromised In Global Hacking Campaign
- Apple Confirms 0-Day iPhone Mail App Security Exploit, Denies That Customers Were In Danger
- Intel Confirms Launch Window For Next-Gen 10nm+ Tiger Lake Processors
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Dev Update Reveals Impending Arrival Of Iconic 747 Jumbo Jet
- Borderlands 3 Revenge Of The Cartels Seasonal Event Is Now Available
- More DJI Mavic Air 2 Photos And Specs Leak Along With Rumored $799 Price Tag
- Verizon Extends 15GB Extra Data Policy Through May During COVID-19 Crisis
- This Latest Microsoft Windows 10 Cumulative Update Fail Unleashes BSOD Mayhem
- LG G8X ThinQ Review: Dual OLED Screens, Affordable Android
- Watch Ford's 1400HP Mustang Cobra Jet Electric Dragster Lay Rubber At The Track
- Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Turns Rescue Dog As COVID-19 Telemedicine Assistant
- Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Camera Autofocus Woes Probably Can’t Be Fixed With Software
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus Chip Might Not Happen This Year, Here's Why
- Apple MacBooks With 5nm 12-Core Arm Processors Coming In 2021
- AMD Ryzen 3 3300X And Ryzen 3 3100 Benchmark Leaks Show Potent Multi-Core Value
- Valve Confirms Team Fortress 2 And CS:GO Source Code Leak, Downplays Potential Threat
- Magic Leap Reportedly Laying Off 1,000 Employees As It Abandons Consumer AR Business
- Call Of Duty: Mobile World Championship Tournament Announced With $1 Million Prize Pool
- Apple iPhone Mail App Zero-Day Security Exploit Potentially Exposed Private Data Of Millions
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All News for April 2020
For what feels like the umpteenth time this has happened, a string of specific text is causing iOS devices to crash when received, including iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. The malicious text is going viral, and as of this writing, has not been addressed with an iOS update (we imagine one will arrive soon). Even...
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Hackers recently targeted Nintendo Switch owners, leading to the recommendation that users enable two-factor authentication (2FA), which is generally solid advice anyway. In the aftermath of the hacking campaign, Nintendo is no longer allowing Switch owners to log into their Nintendo accounts through a Nintendo...
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Earlier this week, it was reported that a zero-day exploit has been running in the wild that targets the iOS Mail app. First discovered by the researchers at ZecOps, the vulnerability has been labeled as "zero-click" because it allegedly needs no intervention from the user to attack an iPhone or iPad running even the...
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Intel is planning to release its Tiger Lake CPUs in a few months, and there is nothing Carol (*bleeping*) Baskin can do about it. How do we know this? Intel CEO Bob Swan confirmed the launch time frame during a conference call with investors, in relation to the chip maker's first quarter financial results that were...
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Microsoft has issued a new update for Flight Simulator 2020, noting that players wanting to get in on the Alpha action can register for the insider program/pre-release build testing and update their DX Diag file until Sunday. The developers are issuing an update on the deliverables that were postponed several weeks...
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A new seasonal event is going on in Borderlands 3 called Revenge of the Cartels. The seasonal event has a bit of Miami Vice flavor to it with promises of neon colors and busting crime like it's the 1980s. The event runs from April 23 through June 4 and features an all-new area, new enemy types, limited-time...
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Last week, we brought you some images and specifications for the forthcoming DJI Mavic Air 2 drone. As the follow-up to the popular Mavic Air, the Mavic Air 2 boasts a 50 percent larger battery (flight times of up to 34 minutes) and a maximum flight speed of 43 mph.
Leading up to the official unveil of the drone...
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Verizon has updated its Emergency Management policy to help eliminate worry for customers during the coronavirus pandemic. The wireless carrier has announced that it is reinforcing its pledge to keep Americans connected and to protect those who are most vulnerable. Verizon says that it will waive overage charges and...
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Security updates for Windows are supposed to make the operating system more secure and stable, but when bugs slip through, they can create headaches. That appears to be the case with the recent KB4549951 update for Windows 10. After installing the cumulative update, some users report they are experiencing blue screen...
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The LG G8X ThinQ was announced a few months back and right from the get-go it was apparent that LG was heading in a somewhat different direction than many of its competitors – at least for the time being. Whereas large format, foldable devices are all the rage as of late, LG took a different approach with the G8X (and it's bigger-brother,...
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Ford is wasting no time shifting its mindset towards electric vehicles. While the company has embraced EVs in the past with the Focus Electric, it was more of a “compliance vehicle” than something that most Americans would actually want to own. Since then, the company has announced the Mustang Mach-E crossover, which...
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Boston Dynamics has built some fantastic robots over the years, and though we often joke about an inevitable uprising in the vein of Skynet, their is a ton of engineering that goes into making these contraptions highly useful in the right settings. Serving as a reminder, hospitals are reaching out to Boston Dynamics...
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When the first reviews of the Galaxy S20 Ultra started being posted, there were a few complaints about autofocusing problems with the 108MP primary camera and zoom lens. Since its initial release, Samsung has rolled out a number of firmware updates meant to address the autofocus problems.
However, even with its most...
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Around 8 months passed between the time Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 855 and Snapdragon 855 Plus chipsets. The expectation was that Qualcomm would stick to a similar time frame for its Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865 Plus, which could mean the latter would be unveiled in July. It doesn't look like that will...
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Here we are again, folks; the latest chapter in the ongoing "will they or won't they saga" of Apple's inevitable transition to Arm processors for its Mac computers. Today, we're receiving additional information that Apple's Arm conversion will start in 2021, and it comes from a very reliable source.
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If processors were free, we would all be rocking top shelf SKUs, like a Threadripper part or a Ryzen 9 3950X. Silicon does not come free, of course, and so we have to balance a budget with performance expectations. Sometimes that balance exceeds expectations. That appears to be the case with AMD's recently announced...
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Valve has confirmed a major source code leak earlier this week involving two of its most popular competitive multiplayer games, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2. Players of the games have been concerned that the code leak for the popular and active games would allow hackers to find ways to develop...
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There have been lots of ups and down over at Magic Leap, a company that jumped onto the primetime stage a few years ago with an outrageous augmented reality demo that featured over-the-top weapons, killer robots, and tanks blasting through an office complex. As it turns out, that demo was too good to be true.
Since...
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Activision has teamed up with Sony Mobile to announce the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2020 Tournament. The tournament will kick off on April 30 and Call of Duty: Mobile players ranked veteran or higher in multiplayer will have the chance to compete. Activision and Sony have promised that the tournament...
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If you're an Apple iPhone or iPad owner that uses the native Mail app for emailing purposes (and that probably includes a marjory of iOS users), we have a word of caution for you. The folks over at ZecOps have uncovered a vulnerability in the app that is currently active in the wild, pending a fix from...
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Users have been having a love-hate relationship with Zoom, the popular video conferencing application that has a seen a surge in activity since the COVID-19 outbreak. The startup was not quite prepared for the influx of mainstream users, and Zoom's CEO admitted to some security and privacy "missteps." Some of those...
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Fortnite gamers can obtain a free, exclusive loading screen this week by taking part in a new Astronomical Challenge. Like most Fortnite challenges, these are only available for a limited time, and one of the challenges is to dance for 10 seconds on the dance floor at The Yacht or Apres Ski.
This particular...
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