| AMD CPUs for the past 9 years are vulnerable to data leak attacks |
[08 Mar 2020|04:39am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/OcZet8bq6UA/  It's not just Intel chips that are vulnerable to hard-to-fix security flaws. Researchers at the Graz University of Technology have detailed a pair of side channel attacks under the "Take A Way" name that can leak data from AMD processors dating back...
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| Ring's next Video Doorbell will show what happened before an alert |
[08 Mar 2020|09:02am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1sRGihLnVCc/  You don't have to wonder how Ring will build on the Video Doorbell 2 -- the company has already spoiled its plans in advance. Zatz Not Funny spotted a briefly available product page (you're looking at the cached version) for a Video Doorbell 3 serie...
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| After Math: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing |
[08 Mar 2020|11:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/4mSMv8diZK0/  2020 is shaping up to be the year without conventions. Google I/O, Facebook F8, GDC, OMG, and MWC have already been called off, with exhibitors jumping ship from SXSW by the handful and Computex and E3 likely next on the chopping block. But these are...
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| Uber, Lyft will compensate drivers affected by coronavirus outbreak |
[08 Mar 2020|02:16pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/B4Rv6jhWE8Q/  The coronavirus outbreak is affecting many workers, but it could hit those in the gig economy particularly hard when many of them don't get sick leave or other benefits. Those companies may help soften the blow for some of their workers, though. To...
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| Pixel 4a photo leaks hint at a no-frills budget phone |
[08 Mar 2020|03:33pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/3g_0VFUdN_4/  Those early Pixel 4a rumors might just carry some weight. Photo leaks appearing on Twitter and Reddit appear to show Google's upcoming low-cost phone in the wild, and they seem to validate earlier claims. The well-worn prototype 4a in the pictures...
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| Google location data led police to investigate an innocent cyclist |
[08 Mar 2020|04:47pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/A2kKt3DtnPQ/  Those concerns about police indiscriminately collecting Google location data have some grounding in the real world. NBC News has revealed that police inadvertently made a suspect of an innocent cyclist, Gainesville, Florida resident Zachary McCoy, a...
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| Apple reduces capacity at store events to deal with coronavirus outbreak |
[08 Mar 2020|06:03pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ndMacCvReN4/  Apple is grappling with more than just iPhone shortages as it takes precautions against spreading the novel coronavirus. Company chief Tim Cook has sent a memo outlining a series of new steps to reduce the chances of people spreading the virus, incl...
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| Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra is surprisingly sturdy |
[08 Mar 2020|07:18pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/HcGnYBYnkCI/  If you're going to drop $1,400 on a top-of-the-line smartphone like the Galaxy S20 Ultra, you'd expect it to be tough enough to survive the abuses of daily life, wouldn't you? Thankfully, that appears to be the case. Both JerryRigEverything (aka Za...
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| Coronavirus home testing kits are coming to Seattle |
[08 Mar 2020|08:35pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/G3DsTWy48Co/  It might soon be much easier and safer to determine if someone has been infected by the novel coronavirus. The team behind a Gates Foundation-backed project told the Seattle Times that it's preparing to deliver home testing kits for the virus to Seat...
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| New York power plant mines Bitcoin using excess energy |
[08 Mar 2020|09:53pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/AZf5GT4BhY0/  A natural gas power plant can't always send excess energy into the grid, frequently leading to waste as the gas is flared or vented away. However, a plant in Dresden, New York thinks it has a solution: use that surplus to generate some digital cash....
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| Apple Watch might detect your blood oxygen levels |
[08 Mar 2020|11:40pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/xWXGiiYgvJ0/  In the future, your Apple Watch might detect more health trouble than an irregular heartbeat. Tipsters talking to 9to5Mac claim that Apple is working on the ability to detect blood oxygen levels through its wristwear. If your blood's oxygen saturat...
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