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Google explains how its new Titan-M chip keeps the Pixel 3 secure

Oct18
by on October 18, 2018 at 9:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Despite its Google+ debacle, Google continues to claim that it pays close attention to the security of users. It has included a special chip in its new Pixel phones called Titan M, which protects consumers from bad actors. Google says that the enterprise-grade security chip protects your data and the operating system. Last year, Google included a security module in the Pixel 2 to protect the lock screen and on-disk encryption. This year the company has upped its game by including several features in the Titan M chip:   Protecting the boot process in order to prevent hackers from moving…

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12 effective methods for testing tech before launch

Oct18
by on October 18, 2018 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Website and app development is a necessary facet in today’s tech-based company culture. But as technological developments speed along, so too do the strings of potential bugs in new tech code. To discover the best methods for testing a product for errors before launch, I asked a panel of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: When developing or updating your website or app, what’s one tool or method you rely on to test the front end before a launch? Their best answers are below: 1. Rapid design methodology Before any update, we first identify and diagnose the current problems to justify…

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This Day In Deals: A pet tracker to stop the French firing your cat into space

Oct18
by on October 18, 2018 at 8:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. Meet Félicette. In France on October 18 1963, Félicette became the first cat launched into space. Even more impressively, she was the only cat to actually survive space flight. God bless you, Félicette. She was one of a group of cats who, as Space.com reported, “went through the same intensive training as human astronauts.” Which I somehow doubt, but hey. It wasn’t all plain sailing for her though, as the animals also…

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Apple might launch Macs with proprietary chips by 2020

Oct18
by on October 18, 2018 at 8:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Apple is already a powerhouse when it comes to designing processors for its phones. Now, it’s also reportedly working on chips for its computers, which will feature in Macs by 2020. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will launch MacBooks with a chip designed in-house, two years from now. He added that by 2023, the company would also have a processor ready for its car project. Apple’s trusted manufacturer, TSMC, because of its “superior design and capabilities.” He also noted that the Taiwanese company will soon be an exclusive supplier for iPhone processors, swallowing up Samsung’s share of the job. Kuo believes…

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WHO scientists used Photoshop to doctor images in cancer research

Oct18
by on October 18, 2018 at 7:23 am
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Researchers affiliated with WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have been exposed for manipulating images in multiple research papers they have published over the years. Between 2005 and 2014, Massimo Tommasino, head of Infections and Cancer Biology Group at IARC in Lyon, France, and his former colleague there Uzma Hasan, had published multiple papers with doctored images. Manipulated photos in studies can generally be anything from those of microscopic views of cells or tissues, images of glowing gels indicating chemical concentrations, or even graphical representation of data. There can be dire consequences to tweaking an image in a…

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