News in the Technology category

Google Chrome Uses New Feature to Prevent Unexpected Page Jumps

With little fanfare, Google added a new Chrome feature that prevents the content of current pages from jumping up or down as other content gets loaded on the same page.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12, 2017
- 07:08 AM
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Firefox Will Add a Settings Section That Lets You Control "Performance"

Mozilla engineers are working on a new section in the browser's preferences that will let users control the browser's performance.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 11, 2017
- 04:32 AM
- 1
Scientists Create New Material That May Lead to Self-Healing Electronics

Scientists have developed a new type of material that could be used in the future to create self-healing electronics, such as smartphones, batteries, speakers, robotics, and others.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 09, 2017
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Server Snafu Exposes Ask.com User Search Queries via Internal Status Page

The Ask.com search engine went through some sort of technical issue late last night, as its servers were exposing the internal Apache server status page, revealing recently processed search queries.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 08, 2017
- 08:30 AM
- 0
Researchers Troll Google Video AI with Images of Audi Cars and Spaghetti

Google's recently launched video classification API is not as smart as people expected, according to new research published by a three-man team from the Univerisity of Washington.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 07, 2017
- 02:38 PM
- 2
New Malware Intentionally Bricks IoT Devices

A new malware strain called BrickerBot is bricking Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world by corrupting their storage capability and reconfiguring kernel parameters.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 12:55 PM
- 0
Crooks Founded Two ISPs to Hide Illegal TV Streaming Platform

A group of criminals went as far as to register and manage two Internet Service Providers in two different countries in order to manage an illegal TV streaming platform that offered IPTV (IP Television) service to customers all over the world.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 10:00 AM
- 0
Amazon to Refund $70 Million of Unauthorized In-App Charges Made by Children

Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have agreed to drop all ongoing litigation, paving the way for Amazon to refund over $70 million to customers whose kids made unauthorized in-app purchases.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 06, 2017
- 06:52 AM
- 2
IoT Vendor Bricks Customer Product Following Negative Reviews

Over the weekend, a disgruntled customer was taught a lesson in civility after the owner of an IoT company disabled client's product after a post on the vendor's forum and a negative Amazon review.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 05, 2017
- 02:57 AM
- 10
This IoT Dildo Has an Embedded WiFi Streaming Camera and Laughable Security

A "smart" dildo with an embedded video camera, sold under the name of Siime Eye and created and assembled by US manufacturer Svakom, contains a slew of security flaws that allow attackers to watch video streams without authorization and even go as far as to replace firmware and completely take over the device.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 03, 2017
- 01:45 PM
- 7
Tech News Brief: Twitter's New Avatars, CodePlex Shuts Down, IAAF & NY Post Hacked

A quick round-up of various stories going on in tech right now
- Catalin Cimpanu
- April 03, 2017
- 10:56 AM
- 2