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Comcast Want To Offer Discounts For People Who Share Their Online Activity
How much do you like a discount? With the topic of using your internet activity to provide “personalized” services arguing against those who believe that what you do online is private, companies and governments are still trying to determine what is considered acceptable for companies to use. Comcast has now…
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Scientists Can Implant False Memories
We’ve all seen the movies based on memories. Peering into people’s memories to extract evidence against giant government plots and having their memories wiped to create entirely new identities. We are now one step closer as researchers in Japan have developed a trick to implant false memories, or rather visions,…
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Privacy Concerns Are Driving People Offline
Constantly we report day after day of one security breach or a privacy concern affecting thousands as companies continue to suffer at the hacks of malware and hackers. If you’ve sometimes felt like you just want to remove yourself from the internet and live offline, you’d be one of many…
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Smartphones are now the UK’s Most Popular Web Surfing Device
Ofcom has conducted a survey into the browsing habits of UK citizens and discovered the majority of users prefer mobile devices for internet browsing. Previously, laptops held the top spot with 40% of the vote while smartphones only attributed to 22%. The 2015 results signify a major shift as 33%…
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Startphones May Be Able to Predict When the next Earthquake Will Be
The common smartphone can do more than track movement, personal health or geographical position. The gadgets nowadays can also warn users of potential earthquakes thanks to advancements in GPS technology. A team of researchers from the United States reveal how a crowdsourced early warning system can look like. They say…
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Jawbone UP3 to Finally Ship Beginning April 20th
Jawbone announced today on its blog that the UP3 would finally start to ship out starting April 20th to those who had pre-ordered. In case you were unaware, the UP3 was supposed to be ready for Christmas 2014 but ran into manufacturing problems. The new fitness and activity tracker was…
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Intelligence Agencies Point to Russian Involvement in Recent White House Hacking
The recent White House power outage has turned into being something more than that. CNN reports that US officials have admitted that the White House’s network has been hacked in the process, but the affected computers were part of a non-classified network serving the executive office. Still, the attackers were…
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Google Working on New VPN Service for Open WiFi Networks
Android 5.1 appears to come with a new network security feature, as reported by Pocketables. They have found a new VPN feature on Google’s latest Android build called Google Connectivity Services, which can be found in Settings > Apps > All and by scrolling down, users can see it under…
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Facebook Bans ‘Feeling Fat’?
Facebook users know that you can post a vast number of activities on your timeline, from what you are doing, like watching a certain movie, to how you are feeling at a moment in time. But have you ever wanted to post that you are feeling a bit ‘fat-ish’ after…
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Google Demos First Five Glass Minigames, Not Looking So ‘Normal’ In Public
According to The Verge, Google has demoed their first five minigames for Glass. Up until now, Glass has been shown to send messages, make calls, and do other standard things that smartphones can do, but it’s still lacking in games. But Google apparently did not like its Glass to be…
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Sony Resets User Passwords Following Irregular Network Activity
A number of times in the news we have seen reports that Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) security has been compromised and as a result the user names and passwords of many users, along with their personal information has been illegally accessed. Sadly it looks like the same thing may have…
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