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ادامه مطلبYour airline will soon be able to tell you when your flight is delayed via WhatsApp. WhatsApp WhatsApp users, get ready for messages from companies looking for your business.That's the upshot from Thursday's update to WhatsApp's terms and conditions. The company outlined in a blog post the kind of interactions it wants to enable, including being notified by your bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction or being wa ed about a delayed flight. These are things we might currently be informed about by a text message or phone call. WhatsApp hopes to enable these notifications too, all while keeping spam and third-party banner ads out.This is the first time WhatsApp has updated its terms in four years, meani...
ادامه مطلبClose Smuggled phones and a wall of silence: Reporting on Australian detention Drag Smuggled phones and a wall of silence: Reporting on Australian detentionThis is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all.I was in the kitchen at my parents' house when my phone vibrated. It was a WhatsApp message from a refugee in a camp in the mid...
ادامه مطلبTraces of deleted WhatsApp chats can linger on an iPhone, says security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Photothek/Getty Images If you're a WhatsApp user with an iPhone, your chats might not be as secure as you think.Despite the popular messaging app's announcement earlier this year that it would encrypt all user data, a security researcher said Friday that the latest version of WhatsApp for Apple's iOS software for iPhones leaves some information vulnerable. The researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, found traces of deleted chats, which can be pieced together into conversations, he said, and that's even if you've cleared or archived them.Zdziarski wrote in a blog post that such traces can linger "for months." And ...
ادامه مطلبTraces of deleted WhatsApp chats can linger on an iPhone, says security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Photothek/Getty Images If you're a WhatsApp user with an iPhone, your chats might not be as secure as you think.Despite the popular messaging app's announcement earlier this year that it would encrypt all user data, a security researcher said Friday that the latest version of WhatsApp for Apple's iOS software for iPhones leaves some information vulnerable. The researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, found traces of deleted chats, which can be pieced together into conversations, he said, and that's even if you've cleared or archived them.Zdziarski wrote in a blog post that such traces can linger "for months." And ...
ادامه مطلبThe Transportation Security Administration in the US has ea ed a pretty bad rap for spending gobs of money on a simple app, getting mad at teenagers and gawking at naked passengers. Somebody in the social media department, however, has a sense of humor. The TSA shared a post on Instagram Tuesday about how it's A-OK to bring a mummified head on board your next flight.The TSA runs an AskTSA service through Twitter and Facebook Messenger that lets travelers inquire about what they can take on a plane and what needs to stay home. Someone sent in this rather odd request: "wondering if it's OK to bring this mummified head of Jeremy Bentham as a carry-on item. Thanks!"The TSA responded with "Jeremy Bentham's mummified head is allowed in carry-on as long as it's properly packaged, labeled, and dec...
ادامه مطلبIt's official: Ghost Rider is coming to ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." this fall. No, not Nic Cage (I mean Johnny Blaze), but a more recent inca ation: Roberto "Robbie" Reyes, who drives a muscle car instead of a motorcycle. Gabriel Luna of "True Detective" will play Reyes. In the comics, Reyes is a teenager resurrected by the Spirit of Eli Morrow and transformed into Ghost Rider -- he made his first appearance in "All-New Ghost Rider #1" in May 2014.The panel announcement also came with a brief teaser of the fiery chain-wielding cast member. In other news, it sounds like Daisy (Chloe Bennett) might get a new love interest next season -- wait, is Reyes the right age to meet our new black-haired biker chick? Clark Gregg ( who plays Phil Coulson) quipped, "...
ادامه مطلبGot an HTC Vive headset? You can become a Jedi in the Star Wars universe for free this Monday.Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, a lightsaber virtual-reality experiment we checked out in March, is coming to the Steam VR platform as a free download, said ILMxLab, Lucasfilm's immersive-entertainment division.During a panel discussion Saturday at Star Wars Celebration Europe, ILMxLab also said it's working on a future Star Wars VR experience that will focus on everyone's favorite Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader. Details are sparse, but screenwriter David Goyer (who's previously worked on "Batman Begins" and ...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp CEO Jan Koum Albert Gea/Reuters/Corbis A Brazilian judge has frozen 19.5 million reais ($6.07 million, £2.2 million, $4 million AU) in Facebook funds after the social networking company repeatedly ignored federal orders to release WhatsApp messages related to a drug investigation. The messages could contain evidence linking a cocaine smuggling ring in Brazil to local cohorts in Bolivia, Paraguay and Spain, according to a Reuters report Thursday.Brazilian police have repeatedly asked WhatsApp for the messages, Reuters said. After determining non-compliance, a judge blocked parent company Facebook from accessing money in its Brazilian bank account. The amount is equal to the fines incurred over the l...
ادامه مطلبEnlarge ImageTime to use your Jedi powers. Tom Spina Designs When you're hanging upside down in the cave of a bloodthirsty wampa, what you really want is a nice hot cup of coffee and good table to set it on. Tom Spina Designs built a detailed wampa-cave coffee table for just such an eventuality. It replicates the look of the creature's lair from "The Empire Strikes Back" and features Luke Skywalker's lightsaber stuck into the snow. The lightsaber is removable in case you need to actually battle a wampa.The coffee table is made from hand-carved foam with a glass top. Tom Spina Designs is known for its custom-crafted fu iture for themed rooms like home movie theaters. The company created a series of Death Sta...
ادامه مطلبThe new Atom AR2 will also double as a light bulb. Aloysius Low/CNET Debuting at Computex in Taiwan, the Amaryllo Atom AR2 is a 360-degree home security camera that cleverly uses a home's light socket as a power source, saving you the need to mount it on the wall.The Atom AR2 comes with auto-tracking and heat sensors (so you can't approach it from behind), and now comes with LED lights so the socket doesn't get wasted, an issue with the older Atom model.It features a paid cloud storage service for videos, or users can store videos on a microSD card or a local network-attached storage (NAS) server. It will be available at the end of the year, and while pricing has not been disclosed, the previous Atom model ...
ادامه مطلبPhotothek via Getty Images If you want to get in on the Bitcoin action (and have the bank to back you up), now's a good opportunity. The Australian police will be auctioning 24,518 bitcoins seized as the proceeds of a crime. The exchange rate at the time of writing sees one bitcoin equal $534.18 -- so that's over $13 million worth of the digital cryptocurrency. It will be second time that such an auction has taken place, following the auction of over 144,000 bitcoins by the US Marshals Service last year.According to The Guardian, the Victorian state gove ment confirmed that the bitcoins were seized in 2013 from a Melbou e drug dealer. This is potentially Richard Pollard, a Silk Road drug dealer who was arr...
ادامه مطلبAloysius Low If you're a Telegram or Viber user and wondering why there's no one else to message, well the answer could lie in the fact that these apps just aren't as popular on Android compared to WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Research from data analytics firm SimilarWeb shows that the Facebook-owned WhatsApp is currently the world leader as the most popular messaging app in 109 countries, while Facebook's own Messenger app is a distant second at 49 countries.That said, these two apps still outshone other messaging apps such as Viber, Line, WeChat or Telegram, though Viber is the only one of the four to claim more than ten countries. Interestingly, apps like KakaoTalk are really only popular in South Ko...
ادامه مطلبNothing says "please don't sue us" quite like lots of pairs of socks. 3nder A legal spat has broken out in the world of dating apps between popular, twosome-focused service Tinder and its less well-known rival, threesome-focused service 3nder.Tinder, which is owned by online dating giant Match, is currently suing 3nder due to the similarity in their names. 3nder has taken issue with the lawsuit, launching a campaign against its rival called Tinder Sucks My Socks. It is encouraging users to tweet pictures of their socks at Tinder along with the campaign hashtag to protest the lawsuit. It is not entirely clear why socks have been chosen as the campaign mascot, but at least it's keeping things safe for work."O...
ادامه مطلبEnlarge ImageHayley Atwell starred as agent Peggy Carter on ABC for two seasons. ABC/Richard Cartwright Peggy Carter knew her worth. Fans knew her worth. But sadly, ABC didn't. The network canceled "Marvel's Agent Carter" on Thursday after just two seasons.The compelling post-WWII plot lines and stellar cast, including Hayley Atwell in the lead role, ea ed respect from both TV critics and Marvel fans. But ABC decided to pull the plug after low ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Of course -- major spoiler! -- Peggy Carter's fate was already sealed in the new movie "Captain America: Civil War." She also got a quick shout-out in a recent "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" episode.Unless Marvel decides to give...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps for smartphones in use today. But to use it on a desktop, you had to run a Web app through your browser.Now the Facebook-owned app is streamlining the process with the launch of a desktop app that syncs with your mobile device. WhatsApp said the new desktop app, which was released Tuesday, mirrors your mobile device, allowing you to message friends and family while your phone is in your pocket.And because it runs natively on your desktop as opposed to through an app on your browser, the app allows for native notifications and better keyboard shortcuts, WhatsApp said.After downloading the app for either desktops running Windows 8 and above or Mac OS 10.9 and above, open the app and scan the QR code with your phone to sync the devices.Let's block...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp is back in Brazil.A nationwide three-day blackout of the popular Facebook-owned messaging app was overtu ed on Tuesday by Judge Ricardo Múcio Santana de Abreu Lima, reported The New York Times. A lower court judge ordered the ban after the company failed to comply with a court order to tu over data tied to a criminal investigation. "Thankfully, WhatsApp is now back online," wrote WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum in a Facebook post Tuesday. "We have no intention of compromising people's security and we hope those impacted by this decision join us in making their voices heard in support of an open and secure inte et. The last thing we want is to see WhatsApp blocked again."This may not signal a total victory for WhatsApp. The decision to lift the ban was based on process rather than the meri...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp has tangled with authorities in Brazil before. Aloysius Low/CNET WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned texting app, is going dark for a few days in Brazil.A judge ordered the blackout after the company failed to comply with a court order asking WhatsApp to tu over data tied to a criminal investigation. The story was first reported by local newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. This isn't the first time WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion, has clashed with authorities in Brazil. In December, a judge ordered the shutdown of WhatsApp for the country for two days after not complying with a criminal investigation, but the ruling was overtu ed the next day. In March, a Facebook executive was jailed for...
ادامه مطلبTechnically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageAn arrow. A big arrow. How hard can that be? Sandesh B/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET No, really. How long does it take to build an app that has precisely two arrows, one pointing left and one right? Ever since developer Kevin Burke alleged this week that the Transportation Security Administration paid IBM at least $336,413 or possibly even $1.4 million for the app, the Web has been muttering. Known as the Randomizer, the app decides whether people should go right or left as they pass through security. The TSA told me that the actual app development cost $47,400. It said the larger sum wa...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum said in a blog post that all users' communications will now be encrypted. © Lino De Vallier/Demotix/Corbis, Lino De Vallier / Demotix WhatsApp has no idea what you're talking about.Why? As of this mo ing, all communications on Facebook-owned WhatsApp are encrypted. That means the messages sent by the service's more than 1 billion users are scrambled up as they travel through WhatsApp's systems and across the Inte et, and only the recipient can see or hear them."The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to," wrote WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton in a blog post published Tuesday...
ادامه مطلبTechnically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.You go left, you go right. You go right, you go left. TdoggE/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You might not have encountered it yet, but it glories in its Apple-like simplicity. It has two arrows and, should you see one of those arrows displayed on an iPad as you're going through airport security, you should follow it.It's called the Randomizer app. It's there to stop you from predicting which of the Transport Security Administration's pre-check lines might make you more likely for a random check.However, it's causing one or two heads to sway invol...
ادامه مطلبWhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum said in a blog post that all users' communications will now be encrypted. © Lino De Vallier/Demotix/Corbis, Lino De Vallier / Demotix WhatsApp has no idea what you're talking about.Why? As of this mo ing, all communications on Facebook-owned WhatsApp are encrypted. That means the messages sent by the service's more than 1 billion users are scrambled up as they travel through WhatsApp's systems and across the Inte et, and only the recipient can see or hear them."The idea is simple: when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to," wrote WhatsApp co-founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton in a blog post published Tuesday...
ادامه مطلبTechnically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.You go left, you go right. You go right, you go left. TdoggE/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You might not have encountered it yet, but it glories in its Apple-like simplicity. It has two arrows and, should you see one of those arrows displayed on an iPad as you're going through airport security, you should follow it.It's called the Randomizer app. It's there to stop you from predicting which of the Transport Security Administration's pre-check lines might make you more likely for a random check.However, it's causing one or two heads to sway involuntarily from left to right without stopping.This is becau...
ادامه مطلبEnlarge ImageThe galaxy's deadliest toothpick. Bandai/Dengeki Hobby Web Let's have a competition for the silliest Star Wars merchandise ever created. I'll see your Chewbacca Crocs and your Jar Jar Binks Pez container and raise you a Darth Vader toothpick dispenser. Go ahead and fold. There's no shame in that. The Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser is a thing of absurd beauty. I wish I was in the room when it was dreamed up. I wonder what the moment of epiphany -- when a creative, free-thinking person connected the dots between toothpicks and lightsabers -- must have been like.Purely as a figurine, the dispenser is a model of cool. Darth Vader stands ready for action, arm extended and cape swooping back as if m...
ادامه مطلبEnlarge ImageThe galaxy's deadliest toothpick. Bandai/Dengeki Hobby Web Let's have a competition for the silliest Star Wars merchandise ever created. I'll see your Chewbacca Crocs and your Jar Jar Binks Pez container and raise you a Darth Vader toothpick dispenser. Go ahead and fold. There's no shame in that. The Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser is a thing of absurd beauty. I wish I was in the room when it was dreamed up. I wonder what the moment of epiphany -- when a creative, free-thinking person connected the dots between toothpicks and lightsabers -- must have been like.Purely as a figurine, the dispenser is a model of cool. Darth Vader stands ready for action, arm extended and cape swooping back as if m...
ادامه مطلبMore tech companies want to enhance the encryption for their products. CNET Facebook and Google are among the major tech players increasing their efforts to make sure your data is as secure as possible from prying eyes, including those of the US gove ment.Facebook already encrypts the messages of its WhatsApp instant-messaging service. Now the social network is aiming to apply encryption to the service's voice calls and group messages, The Guardian reported Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Facebook is also looking into enhancing the security of its Messenger chat tool.Google is investigating whether the encryption used for emails as part of its End-To-End project can be applied to other p...
ادامه مطلبWhatsapp is the latest company to thwart the gove ment with its built-in message encryption. Whatsapp WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned maker of an instant-messaging app, may face the same legal conundrum as Apple in a case that centers on the tho y issue of privacy versus security.The US Department of Justice is eager to view a series of WhatsApp messages for a criminal investigation, a move that has been given the go-ahead by a federal judge, The New York Times reported Saturday. But the messages are encrypted, meaning no one, not even WhatsApp, can unscramble them so that they're readable.The Justice Department is reportedly trying to decide if it should ask a judge to force WhatsApp to find a way to decode ...
ادامه مطلبEnlarge Image Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment If you like thrillers, you might just be thrilled by this week's giveaway. We've got a copy of the movie "Hitman: Agent 47," along with some Agent 47 swag. The 2015 film, which is based on the Hitman video game series, recently came out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. You'll get a Blu-ray copy with a prequel comic book enclosed. You'll also get a briefcase with a gunmetal finish, cushioned interior and combination lock. And a "Hitman: Agent 47" shirt bearing a barcode (because the mysterious elite assassin at the film's center is known only by the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on his neck). And a red tie. Because that's Agent 47's preferred s...
ادامه مطلبThe Facebook executive detained in Brazil on Tuesday has been released. James Martin/CNET A day after a Facebook executive was jailed in Brazil, he's now been released.Here's what happened. On Tuesday, Diego Dzodan, Menlo Califo ia-based Facebook's vice president for Latin America, was arrested for not tu ing over information from a WhatsApp account linked to a drug trafficking investigation. The reason is that Facebook-owned WhatsApp, a free instant-messaging application, says it doesn't store messages on its service and so has nothing to give.That didn't stop Brazilian authorities from jailing Dzodan for obstructing their investigation. That is, until Wednesday, when a judge ordered his release, calling t...
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