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Google’s Gallery Go is a lightweight Photos alternative that works offline

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


Google has boosted its app lineup for Android Go – a lightweight alternative of its operating system for low-end phones – with a new addition: Gallery Go, a stripped-down substitute for Photos that uses machine learning to automatically organize your pics. The best part about the new app is that it also works offline. The Big G says Gallery Go will sort images based on the people or things you snap pics of. This ought to make it easy to quickly find selfies (or any other type of photos) and keep track of important documents. Gallery Go automatically labels images…

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Facebook gets away with $5B FTC fine for leaking your data

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a $5 billion fine on Facebook in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its other data leaks. In an agreement filed today, the FTC has also ordered the social network to make privacy-related changes to avoid such mishaps in the future. The new order requires the company to ban developers who don’t comply with its privacy policy. Facebook also has to make a new committee focused on privacy-related risks. In a statement posted on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, said the company will review its systems and bring new privacy controls: We have a…

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Android vulnerability lets hackers hijack your phone with malicious videos

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


If you use a phone running any version of Android between 7.0 and 9.0 (Nougat, Oreo, or Pie), you ought to immediately install the latest security update – or risk getting your handset hijacked by devious video malware. The culprit is a vulnerability in the aforementioned Android versions (CVE-2019-2107), which enables hackers to remotely execute arbitrary code by sneaking in “specially crafted files,” like videos laced with a malicious payload. Once a victim has opened the file, attackers can gain access to their device. Developer Marcin Kozlowski has already uploaded a proof of concept for the attack vector on GitHub. “You can own the mobile…

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Ripple Q2: Market share is down, but price is up – here’s what happened

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by on July 24, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Cryptocurrency and blockchain were built to usurp centralized authorities like governments and banks. And then came Ripple, a corporate and institutional reimagining of what a digital currency should be and do. Ripple has managed to make cryptocurrencies and corporate institutions play nice, and is developing distributed ledger (DLT) technologies for such clients. It has often drawn criticism for ‘not being a real cryptocurrency’ and not being truly decentralized. This criticism comes from the fact that Ripple’s blockchain doesn’t have any miners, and access to it is heavily permissioned. It’s a far cry from open and censorship-resistant platforms, like Bitcoin. However,…

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UE’s Wonderboom 2 Bluetooth speaker is my brilliant, bombastic summer buddy

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by on July 24, 2019 at 1:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


After covering the announcement of UE’s Wonderboom 2, I finally got my hands on one. And you know what? It’s an exciting-sounding, portable Bluetooth speaker that’s perfect for summer (and pretty much everything). First off, UE? UE, or Ultimate Ears (sigh), are an American audio company owned by Logitech. I’ve been a huge fan of its equipment for some time, especially the UE Boom range. And if I was going to sum up their hardware? It’d be as ‘reasonably-priced, well-designed, and exciting-sounding.’ So… the Wonderboom 2? As the name suggests, the Wonderboom 2 is the second device in the Wonderboom range.…

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