Category: Tech

T-Mobile and Sprint can now verify calls across their networks

[ad_1] “We’re in an arms race with these scammers, and we’ve got to join forces as an industry to keep all wireless customers protected,” T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a press release. T-Mobile is also expanding its Caller Verified feature to 23 smartphones. Soon, customers with more devices will see “Caller Verified” on their […]

Google Photos bug sent private videos to strangers

[ad_1] Whoa, what? @googlephotos? pic.twitter.com/2cZsABz1xb — Jon Oberheide (@jonoberheide) February 4, 2020 As you can see, Google will tell you clearly if any of your files were affected. Further, the warning notes that backups made during that five-day period may be incomplete. Google says it has already identified and resolved the issue and suggests deleting […]

The Morning After: BlackBerry / TCL split, and Iowa’s primary app problem

[ad_1] This could take a while to clear up.Iowa Caucus results delayed, link to mobile app problems is unclear By the time you read this, maybe you’ll have some idea about which Democratic Party presidential candidate came out on top of the Iowa Caucus yesterday. The results were supposed to have come in last night, […]

Sony’s PlayStation business is slowing faster than expected

[ad_1] The figures, which account for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2019 — October 1st to December 31st — indicate that sales were “significantly” down (by 20 percent) year-on-year due to a decrease in PS4 hardware and third-party software sales. Operating income was also down, with a 19.6 billion yen (around $180 million) […]

Ancestry fought a police DNA database request and won

[ad_1] Ancestry told BuzzFeed News that the warrant came from a court in Pennsylvania, though it didn’t say what case it was for. It did tell the publication, however, that the warrant “was improperly served” and that it didn’t “provide any access or customer data in response.” The company also noted in its report that […]

Ford thinks the Mustang Mach-E’s frunk is a good tailgate cooler

[ad_1] This likely won’t lead to a significant uptick in reservations ahead of the Mach-E’s late 2020 debut. First… ew. And if that isn’t a factor, there’s a good possibility that you have better (or at least, more sanitary) ways to use 4.8 cubic feet of free space. This does highlight the practicality of frunks […]

Now certain 2019 LG TVs have the Apple TV app too

[ad_1] Late last year LG started to add AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to its TVs with firmware updates. Then at CES last month the company announced it would add the full Apple TV app that adds all of the video bits from iTunes, as well as access to the Apple TV+ service. Now, if you […]

Twitter admits ‘bad actors’ exploited phone number matching feature

[ad_1] We recently discovered an issue that allowed bad actors to match a specific phone number with the corresponding accounts on Twitter. We quickly corrected this issue and are sorry this happened. You can learn more about our investigation here: https://t.co/Z6Q4geQ8jo — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 3, 2020 The company says that after suspending the […]

Twitter's anti-spam rules foiled Planters' Super Bowl stunt

[ad_1] Planters is learning that there is such a thing as being too thirsty for social media stardom. Twitter has suspended three accounts tied to Baby Nut, the resurrected Mr. Peanut mascot that made his debut during the Super Bowl, for violating policies… [ad_2] Source link