Miscellaneous Tech News
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The sim swap the US isn’t using
Foreign phone carriers share data to stop SIM swap fraud; US carriers drag their feet.
Around a year ago, André Tenreiro was called into a meeting between the chief technology officer of the phone carrier he worked for—one of the largest in Mozambique—and an executive of the country's largest bank. -
Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution
The future of VPNs may be fighting quanta with quanta.
When reviewing the WireGuard VPN last fall, one of the things that came up was WireGuard's support for an optional, additional PSK (Pre Shared Key) layer of security. -
HOW MICROSOFT LEARNED FROM THE PAST TO REDESIGN ITS FUTURE
A new open design challenge for a 44-year-old company
One room at Microsoft’s headquarters represents everything that’s changed about its design philosophy. Inside, there are four rows of tables. -
Beats’ Powerbeats Pro earbuds will ship on May 10th for $250
Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd
There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro, which are the first true wireless earbuds coming from Apple’s Beats brand. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Beats’ Powerbeats Pro earbuds will ship on May 10th for $250
Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd
There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro, which are the first true wireless earbuds coming from Apple’s Beats brand.AKA: $10 generic headphones with "haha we can sucker Millenials" branding to ship for 25000% markup.
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Beats: Allowing Millenials to Self Identify and Mock Themselves
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Apple defends removing parental control apps
Apple has defended its decision to remove a number of parental control apps from the App Store, citing security concerns.
Several app-makers complained to the New York Times that Apple had taken their products off sale when it launched its own similar tools.
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An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands
This month, a judge in California cleared thousands of criminal records with one stroke of his pen.
The programmers behind it say: we’re just getting started solving America’s urgent problems. -
Googlers are calling Congress to end forced arbitration
Pushing for legislation to end the practice
Google employees are organizing a phone drive to press lawmakers to legally end forced arbitration.+ -
Samsung built a $16,000 vertical TV for (who else?) the millennials
Samsung's "Sero" is a 43-inch TV mounted on a rotating stand.
It's tough to stand out in the TV market, where everyone is shipping beautiful 4K panels in pretty much whatever size you want. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Samsung built a $16,000 vertical TV for (who else?) the millennials
Samsung's "Sero" is a 43-inch TV mounted on a rotating stand.
It's tough to stand out in the TV market, where everyone is shipping beautiful 4K panels in pretty much whatever size you want.Yeah, sure like they'd ever be able to afford it. College, rent, food, car.
They'd be lucky to have a 50" CRT.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Yeah, sure like they'd ever be able to afford it. College, rent, food, car.
Isn't that what Credit Cards are for? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
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@CharlesHTN said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Yeah, sure like they'd ever be able to afford it. College, rent, food, car.
Isn't that what Credit Cards are for? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
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@CharlesHTN said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Yeah, sure like they'd ever be able to afford it. College, rent, food, car.
Isn't that what Credit Cards are for? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Uh, I'm a Millenial and I wouldn't buy Beats, or a $14k TV, and could buy a ton of each in cash... (but don't want to)
So stop with Millenial bashing.
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@Obsolesce What age range is considered millennial?
I too have a good amount of savings, and I'm only 34 and I wouldn't purchase any of these toys.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce What age range is considered millennial?
I too have a good amount of savings, and I'm only 34 and I wouldn't purchase any of these toys.
You are also a millenial
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I would purchase a tank, but only for the cool factor if it came with Ammo!
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@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@CharlesHTN said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Yeah, sure like they'd ever be able to afford it. College, rent, food, car.
Isn't that what Credit Cards are for? :face_with_stuck-out_tongue_winking_eye:
Uh, I'm a Millenial and I wouldn't buy Beats, or a $14k TV, and could buy a ton of each in cash... (but don't want to)
So stop with Millenial bashing.
It's not just Millenials...I'm 45, live in a nice modest home that was just under $100k, drive a 1994 truck, and make over $60k/year. Bought my wife a nice, late model used car last year for $13.4k, so we have a car payment. I pay my bills, but I'm certainly not getting ahead. Then I see others my age and younger who have a $300k house, two brand new cars, and three kids that they store in day care because they are busy working all the time to pay the bills. I hate to imagine their debt, and I don't understand the desire to have all this "stuff", and no time to enjoy the important things.
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@CharlesHTN said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
important things.
Because the important things to them is to have the shiny things in life.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@CharlesHTN said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
important things.
Because the important things to them is to have the shiny things in life.
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