Author: Randall

Amazon Prime shipping could shrink to just one-day

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In Amazon, business, gear, Internet, Mobile, Tech

[ad_1] One of the perks of Amazon’s Prime membership is free two-day shipping on Prime-eligible purchases. That, however, might change. In a call to investors following Amazon’s first quarterly earnings report today, CFO Brian Olsavsky said that the company is working on changing the two-day default to just one. Amazon already offers one-day Prime shipping […]

Windows 10’s May update won’t work on PCs with USB storage or SD cards

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In blocked, download, gear, install, may, may 2019, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, sd card, Tech, usb, usb drive, windows 10, windows 10 update

[ad_1] According to ZDNet, only users updating from Windows 10 v1803 (released April 2018) or Windows 10 v1809 (released October 2018) will run into this issue. Users running older versions of Windows 10 should be able to install the May update without any problems, regardless of USB devices and SD cards. Microsoft says it will […]

Apple fixes ‘terms and conditions’ iOS bug that blocked app downloads

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In app download, app store, app update, Apple, apple app store, gear, Internet, ios app store, Mobile, Robots, services, Tech

[ad_1] Based on social media reports, it appears the issue first started plaguing iOS device owners last night. It’s not clear exactly how many people have been affected by the bug. Apple’s system status page has not reflected any outages or other issues with the App Store and Apple hasn’t issued any official comment about […]

New York AG is investigating Facebook over email contact scraping

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In contacts, data collection, datacollection, Email, Facebook, gear, Internet, passwords, Privacy, Security, services, Social Media, socialmedia, Tech

[ad_1] Facebook claims 1.5M contact databases were harvested by its email verification process, but the total number of people whose information was improperly obtained may be hundreds of millions. It’s time Facebook be held accountable for how it handles consumers’ personal info. — NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) April 25, 2019 Facebook said the data collection […]

AI-analyzed tweets could help Europe track floods

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In Ai, arvix, data, efas, eu, europe's food awareness system, european commission, flooding, floods, gear, joint research center, machine learning, multilingual, Security, smfr, social media for flood risk, Tech, tweets, Twitter

[ad_1] The tool works in collaboration with Europe’s Flood Awareness System (EFAS). When EFAS identifies areas with heightened flood risks, it triggers SMFR to begin collecting flood-related tweets from users in those areas. Gathering reliable information from Twitter is no easy task, especially considering that EFAS covers an area with more than 27 languages. That’s […]

Google makes it easier for employees to report harassment

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, discrimination, gear, Google, google walkout, googlewalkout, harassment, misconduct, organizers, policy, protest, sexual harassment, sexualharassment, Tech, walkout

[ad_1] She said the new site will provide employees with a simpler, clearer way for them to raise concerns. It’s setting up a similar site for its vendors and temporary workforce, which should be ready in June. Following a four-month trial period, the company is expanding its Support Person Program, which allows employees to bring […]

‘Days Gone’ will get weekly challenges and Survival Mode in June

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In gadgetry, Gaming, Internet, Tech

[ad_1] The Survival mode will challenge players by getting rid of Fast Travel and Survival Vision. Players will be forced to brave the post-apocalyptic wilderness of the Pacific Northwest without on-screen indicators or a mini-map. With the weekly updates, players can expect of battles and opportunities to earn in-game rewards. From Resident Evil to Dying […]

Epic Games throws down an ultimatum for Steam

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In av, epic games, epic games store, Gaming, personal computing, personalcomputing, steam, Tech, valve

[ad_1] This has given Epic an edge, and the company has lured a slew of high-profile developers away from Steam, complete with plans to launch their titles exclusively on the Epic Games Store. The list includes Super Meat Boy Forever, Metro: Exodus, The Division 2, Borderlands 3, Detroit: Become Human, Afterparty and the final season […]

First laser radio paves the way for ultra-fast WiFi

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In Design, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, harvard, harvard school of engineering and applied sciences, radio laser, radio laser transmitter, Tech

[ad_1] The development builds upon previous advances made by the lab, which found it was possible to use an infrared frequency comb in lasers to generate terahertz wavelengths capable of moving data — and do it at speeds hundreds of times faster than today’s wireless internet services. The latest findings make it possible to extract […]

Snapchat will let you play as your Bitmoji in games

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In bitmoji, Gaming, Mobile, snapchat, Tech, unity, unityengine, unrealengine

[ad_1] “Our vision is for gamers to open up their favorite game, regardless of what device it’s on, and easily “scan and play” to bring their Bitmoji directly into the game. At the option to choose an avatar or character, gamers will be shown a Snapcode on screen, prompting them to scan the code via […]