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Sony blindsides PS5 team with news of Microsoft partnership

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by on May 20, 2019 at 8:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


The team-up announced last week between gaming’s eternal blood rivals, Microsoft and Sony, came as a surprise to many — including, apparently, Sony’s PlayStation team. Other industry whispers suggest that Nintendo might also be considering a team-up with Microsoft. And while it sounds like blasphemy, the three companies do know each other far better than they know any potential interlopers. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony did most of their negotiations with Microsoft without informing its internal PlayStation team about the development. When the news hit, the employees who worked on the PlayStation (and the upcoming PS5) were “caught off-guard,”…

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I’m walking Huawei: here are 4 great Android phones you can buy instead

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 4:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Huawei‘s in a spot of bother. Google has suspended its business operations with the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, meaning Huawei no longer has access to Android and a raft of other Google services. So what does this mean for you as a consumer? Well, there’s more info here, but if you already have a Huawei device, it’s not going to receive the latest version of Android. You can keep on using the device (the Google Play store will still work, as will app updates), but the OS itself is going to stay the same. Basically, as long as the company provides…

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Listen, parents, here are 3 reasons you shouldn’t use child tracking apps

May20
by on May 20, 2019 at 3:52 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Social Media, syndication, world


The use of self-tracking and personal surveillance technologies has grown considerably over the last decade. There are now apps to monitor people’s movement, health, mindfulness, sleep, eating habits and even sexual activity. Some of the more thorny problems arise from apps designed to track others, like those made for parents to track their kids. For example, there are specific apps that allow parents to monitor their child’s GPS location, who they call, what they text, which apps they use, what they view online and the phone number of their contacts. As a bioethicist who specializes in the ethics of emerging…

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Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing bugs in cryptocurrency projects

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by on May 20, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


In the past seven weeks, white hat hackers earned at least $32,150 by fixing security flaws in popular cryptocurrency and blockchain platforms like TRON, Brave, EOS and Coinbase. According to data reviewed by Hard Fork, 15 blockchain-related firms have paid rewards to security researchers between March 28 and May 16, split across 30 publicly-released bug reports. Omise, the software firm behind cryptocurrency OmiseGo, fielded the most fixes (six). Blockchain-powered prediction market Augur disclosed three reports, as did Brave Software, makers of the Brave browser, which features its own native token. Projects adjust their HackerOne rewards to the severity the discovered security…

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ABN AMRO signs on Accenture and ING Bank for its blockchain inventory platform

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by on May 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Despite abandoning plans to build its own Bitcoin wallet, ABN AMRO is not quite done with blockchain tech. The Dutch banking giant has announced plans to launch a decentralized trade inventory platform in collaboration with Accenture and ING Bank, according to a press release (spotted by CoinDesk). Codenamed Forcefield, the project will employ Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to provide “real-time insight into trade inventories.” ABN AMRO claims the platform’s monitoring features “will lead to more secure physical handling processes and a reduction of costs.” Upon launch, the project will focus on “refined metals,” but “functionality will be expanded across other dry…

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