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Close WhatsApp to share data with Facebook Drag WhatsApp just aounced that it updated its terms and conditions to permit the company to opt-in all one billion of its users to share information with Facebook. Facebook will take that information to find friends and also target ads better. WhatsApp is also working on ways for b...

Your 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 waed 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 th...

Close 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 ...

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Traces 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 aouncement 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 clea...

Traces 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 aouncement 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 clea...

Enlarge ImageIf you owned a boombox, it may be somewhere in this room. Trademe For years, I had a boom box that was the envy of all my friends. It boasted not one, but two cassette tape players, so I could pop a recorded tape in one slot, a blank tape in the other, and crank out mix tapes like I was ruing a factory. Need a love tape so your boyfriend knows just what that Duran Duran song meant to the two of you? Want another copy of that Jane's Addiction tune you taped off the radio? Longing to send a medley of your favorite alt-rock hits to the cute guy you met at camp? Come on over, I think we can do busine...

The Transportation Security Administration in the US has eaed 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 ...

Got 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 Vade...

An X-Wing model used in Star Wars Episode IV on display at the Califoia Science Center. Stephen Osman/Getty You might call yourself a Star Wars fan, but are you willing to pay $160,000 to prove it?A treasure trove of original Hollywood memorabilia went under the hammer last week, with original costumes and set pieces from "Star Wars", "Star Trek" and "Raiders of the Lost Arc" all up for grabs. The bidding war took place online, run by Califoia-based auction house, Profiles in History. There were plenty of highlights in the lots, and the fans were willing to bid. The golden headpiece from the Staff of Ra, used...

WhatsApp 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...

Enlarge ImageSpock, lend me your ears. Profiles in History Dr. McCoy wasn't shy about calling Mr. Spock out based on the look of his Vulcan ears. In the original-series episode "Bread and Circuses," he calls his friend a "pointed-eared hobgoblin." Those famous ears helped Leonard Nimoy's iconic character stand apart from the human crowd. Soon, a set of pointy ear tips made for the original '60s series could belong to you. The tips are crafted from foam latex made to fit Nimoy's ears. They are listed as being in vintage, very good condition. Auction company Profiles in History notes that "this pair lacks makeu...

Enlarge 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-c...