Category: Internet

Cloudflare wants to protect the internet from quantum computing

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In circl, cloudflare, cryptography, data, encryption, hackers, Internet, open-source, post-quantum, Privacy, quantum computing, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] While Cloudflare hasn’t solved the problems that cryptography raises for encryption, it’s been trying to “quantum-proof” TLS, the encryption technology formerly called SSL, which protects connections between web browsers and servers. Cloudflare plans to continue this work, and it hopes that by sharing CIRCL, it will help other researchers prepare for a post-quantum world. […]

YouTube tests moving comments to a separate window on mobile

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In app, button, comments, gear, Google, Internet, Mobile, relocating, Security, Tech, testing, Youtube

[ad_1] In YouTube’s current iOS and Android mobile apps, users have to scroll past the video, engagement buttons and recommended content to reach the comment section. As XDA Developers first reported, some Android users are now seeing a new button at the top of the page. To view comments, users must click that button, which […]

A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In deepfake, deepfakes, gear, Internet, services, Tech, tomorrow, usc, usc information sciences institute

[ad_1] Standard deepfake detection models analyze videos frame-by-frame to spot any sign of manipulation. The new technique created by USC researchers requires far less computing power and time. It reviews an entire video all at once, which allows it to process information much quicker. It stacks frames of the video on top of one another […]

Chevy owners can order Domino’s with their car

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In Cars, chevrolet, chevy, Delivery, dominos, dominos pizza, Food, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, gm, Internet, Pizza, Tech, Transportation, xevo

[ad_1] The feature is available on “millions” of compatible Chevy models from the 2017 model year onward. This isn’t billed as an exclusive, though. The Domino’s app is the product of a partnership with Xevo, whose software should work with any compatible car. Don’t be surprised if pizza ordering becomes more commonplace in the future. […]

Netflix’s pop-out player test is perfect for procrastination

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In av, Entertainment, Internet, multitasking, Netflix, player, pop out player, popup, streaming, streaming tv, Tech, Video, window

[ad_1] To use the pop-out player, users will click a small icon along the bottom of the screen. Once the new window appears, you can resize it and position it wherever you’d like. At the moment, subtitles are not yet available in the window. Only one staff editor at Engadget has the option, but it […]

Google Maps is flooded with ‘millions’ of fake business listings

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In business, Google, Google Maps, google my business, Internet, Tech, tomorrow, whitepages, yellowpages

[ad_1] Why would someone create a fake business listing? WSJ found out that there are a variety of motives behind such scams. Some businesses will create fake profiles for their competitors listing wrong phone numbers or addresses. Scam artists will also impersonate legitimate businesses and lure unsuspecting customers. One federal employee profiled in the story […]

Netflix experiment rumbles your phone during shows

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In Ai, Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, gear, hack day, haptic, haptic feedback, Internet, Mobile, Netflix, rumble pak, services, streaming, Tech, terravision, Video

[ad_1] Other projects are more clever than pragmatic, but they could still have their uses. The Voice of Netflix uses a neural network to grab dialogue from streaming shows and turn them into new sentences on demand. If you want to hear characters from The Crown recite something silly, you can. TerraVision helps show producers […]

Senate panel schedules a hearing on Facebook’s cryptocurrency

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In Blockchain, calibra, Cryptocurrency, david marcus, Facebook, gear, hearing, Internet, libra, regulation, senate, senate banking committee, Tech

[ad_1] It didn’t even take 48 hours after Facebook announced its cryptocurrency scheme for the government to raise an eyebrow. House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters called for Facebook to halt development, and now the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has scheduled a hearing to cover both Libra/Calibra and privacy issues. […]

Movie sanitizing service ordered to pay $62 million in piracy suit

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In 20th century fox, 20thcenturyfox, business, disney, Entertainment, Internet, movie streaming, moviestreaming, piracy, Tech, vidangel, warner bros, warnerbros

[ad_1] A jury has ordered “family-friendly” movie service VidAngel to pay $62.4 million to Hollywood studios for pirating their content. Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. sued the company over copyright infringement. VidAngel bought retail DVDs of mainstream movies and ripped the video file. It pulled out adult content, cursing, sex and violent aspects […]

Microsoft’s reworked Edge browser is available to try on Windows 7

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In browser, chromium, edge, gear, Internet, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, preview, software, Tech, web, windows 7, windows 8

[ad_1] Dev channel builds will be coming to earlier Windows releases “soon,” Microsoft added. While this probably won’t be a must-have release for a home PC (especially if you’re comfortable using Chrome), it could be an important first step for corporate web surfers stuck with old Windows releases. Many office dwellers don’t have control over […]