Month: August 2016

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How Apple will convince us to love the dongle

As it stands now, Apple’s use of the dongle has been… clever? My MacBook always has its little USB port dongle attached, a port that costs $79 and does little other than allow me to charge my iPhone. But still it hangs there, like a forlorn growth in form but absolutely essential in function. It’s…

How Apple will convince us to love the dongle was originally published on iSeeTech

How Apple will convince us to love the dongle was originally published on iSeeTech

How Apple will convince us to love the dongle was originally published on iSeeTech

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How Apple will convince us to love the dongle

As it stands now, Apple’s use of the dongle has been… clever? My MacBook always has its little USB port dongle attached, a port that costs $79 and does little other than allow me to charge my iPhone. But still it hangs there, like a forlorn growth in form but absolutely essential in function. It’s…

How Apple will convince us to love the dongle was originally published on iSeeTech

How Apple will convince us to love the dongle was originally published on iSeeTech

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Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR

Whenever a new platform opens up, one of the first challenges is dealing with those less-than-friendly users who want to ruin it. In virtual reality, you’re dealing with trolls who aren’t just slinging words on a screen – they’re digital figures in an immersive world. Google has some ideas about how to keep VR safe,…

Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR was originally published on iSeeTech

Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR was originally published on iSeeTech

Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR was originally published on iSeeTech

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Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR

Whenever a new platform opens up, one of the first challenges is dealing with those less-than-friendly users who want to ruin it. In virtual reality, you’re dealing with trolls who aren’t just slinging words on a screen – they’re digital figures in an immersive world. Google has some ideas about how to keep VR safe,…

Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR was originally published on iSeeTech

Here’s how Google is planning to tackle trolls in VR was originally published on iSeeTech

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A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens

Later this week at the Usenix security conference in Austin, a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham and the German engineering firm Kasper & Oswald plan to reveal two distinct vulnerabilities they say affect the keyless entry systems of an estimated nearly 100 million cars. One of the attacks would allow resourceful thieves to…

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

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A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens

Later this week at the Usenix security conference in Austin, a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham and the German engineering firm Kasper & Oswald plan to reveal two distinct vulnerabilities they say affect the keyless entry systems of an estimated nearly 100 million cars. One of the attacks would allow resourceful thieves to…

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

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A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens

Later this week at the Usenix security conference in Austin, a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham and the German engineering firm Kasper & Oswald plan to reveal two distinct vulnerabilities they say affect the keyless entry systems of an estimated nearly 100 million cars. One of the attacks would allow resourceful thieves to…

A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens was originally published on iSeeTech

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Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome

Chrome 55, which the web giant plans to release in December, will replace Flash with HTML5, Google said on Monday. Noting that the browser plug-in has played a key role in the proliferation of video on the internet, Google said the change will lead to improved security, reduced power consumption and faster page load times.…

Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome was originally published on iSeeTech

Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome was originally published on iSeeTech

Google to push Flash closer to extinction with new version of Chrome was originally published on iSeeTech