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Card readers at electric vehicle charging stations will weaken security, researchers say 9 hours ago – Electric vehicle charging stations could become one of the next big targets for fraudsters — thanks to proposals in several state that researchers say would weaken their security. Most electric vehicle (EV) charging stations rely solely on a credit card linked to an app or through contactless pay...
Foodles raises another $10 million for its cloud canteen 9 hours ago – French startup Foodles is raising a $10 million funding round (€9 million). The company provides canteen-like services using connected fridges and daily deliveries. Creadev, DN capital and Adelie are participating in today’s round. This isn’t just fresh capital as existing shareholder Elior is se...
Have I Been Pwned is looking for a new owner 9 hours ago – Troy Hunt has revealed he’s looking for an acquirer for the breach notification service he set up more than five years ago — aka: Have I Been Pwned. In a blog post discussing the future of the service, Hunt details how traffic to the site has exploded since January when he uploaded a massive 773M...
Charging an electric car in America is about to get a little less painful 6 hours ago – As electric vehicle charging infrastructure grows, a nagging complexity has popped up. Each electric vehicle charging networks has its own system with memberships. For an EV owner, that translates into a handful, or more, of standalone apps or RFID dongles used to activate and pay for charging. ...
Tesla’s shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect 6 hours ago – Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to take the stage Tuesday for the company’s annual shareholder meeting following a volatile year that saw swings between profitability and wider-than-expected losses, production goals met and deliveries milestones missed, and a securities fraud charge, and subseque...
Alyce picks up $11.5 million Series A to help companies give better corporate gifts 6 hours ago – Alyce, an AI-powered platform that helps sales people, marketers and event planners give better corporate gifts, has today announced the close of an $11.5 million Series A funding. The round was led by Manifest, with participation from General Catalyst, Boston Seed Capital, Golden Ventures, Morni...
Liberty’s challenge to UK state surveillance powers reveals shocking failures 3 hours ago – A legal challenge to the UK’s controversial mass surveillance regime has revealed shocking failures by the main state intelligence agency, which has broad powers to hack computers and phones and intercept digital communications, in handling people’s information. The challenge, by rights group Lib...
Some sage security advice after Radiohead’s unreleased music hack 3 hours ago – Bad news: Radiohead was hacked. Last week, a hacker stole the band’s lead singer Thom Yorke’s private minidisk archive from the band’s third album and subsequent major worldwide hit, “OK Computer.” The hacker demanded $150,000 or they’d release it to the public. Stuck between a ransom and a hard ...
Opera launches a ‘gaming browser’ with Twitch integration 4 hours ago – “You’re probably asking, ‘what is a gaming browser?,’ ” Opera PM Maciej Kocemba says in the opening of the Opera GX introduction video. Fair enough. My first thought when the Norwegian browser company mentioned the concept to me was something akin to Google Stadia, with remote game streaming. Tur...
Dropbox relaunches as an enterprise collaboration workspace an hour ago – Dropbox is evolving from a file storage system to an enterprise software portal where you can coordinate work with your team. Today the company launches a new version of Dropbox that allows you to launch apps with shortcuts fo G Suite and more plus use built-in Slack message-sending and Zoom vide...
Animal Crossing for Switch gets delayed 2 hours ago – Fans had few expectations rolling into Nintendo’s E3 Direct that were more pronounced than hopes for more details on Animal Crossing for Switch. We got some insight into the title’s storyline, but the bigs news is that the originally announced 2019 release timeframe is getting pushed back. Now, A...
Mobile games now account for 33% of installs, 10% of time, and 74% of consumer spend 2 hours ago – Mobile gaming continues to hold its own, accounting for 10% of the time users spend in apps — a percentage that has remained steady over the years, even though our time in apps overall has grown by 50% over the past two years. In addition, games are continuing to grow their share of consumer spen...
Watch the first trailer for Square Enix’s Avengers game, coming on May 15th, 2020 16 hours ago – Square Enix’s Avengers game finally has a trailer, revealed this evening during the publisher’s E3 2019 press conference. The game was first announced two and a half years ago, when Marvel Entertainment revealed it was working with Square Enix and its studios Eidos Montréal (Deus Ex) and Crystal ...
Final Fantasy VIII is finally getting a remaster 17 hours ago – A remastered version of Final Fantasy VIII is heading to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam later this year. The news was announced today during Square Enix’s E3 press conference. Originally released in 1999, Final Fantasy VIII follows a group of students at an elite military sch...
The past is not what it seems in the latest Frozen II trailer 6 hours ago – Disney’s back with another trailer for Frozen II, the sequel to its earworm-inducing animated blockbuster that hints at Elsa’s larger magical destiny to save her kingdom. Like the first teaser, the new trailer is remarkably light on details for the film. The darker tone is still here, with nary a...
The gold version of the OnePlus 7 Pro is now available 7 hours ago – OnePlus has announced that the gold color version of the OnePlus 7 Pro is available to purchase in the US and Canada starting today. Dubbed “almond,” this color joins the mirror gray and nebula blue models already available. It has the same glossy finish as the mirror gray model, as opposed to th...
Amazon’s Restaurants delivery service is shutting down 4 hours ago – Amazon will wind down its Amazon Restaurants delivery service in the US at the end of this month, reports GeekWire. Combined with its closure in London last year, this means that Amazon’s Uber Eats rival will officially be no more. “As of June 24th, we will discontinue the Amazon Restaurants busi...
HTC staggers on with a pair of forgettable midrange Android handsets 2 hours ago – HTC has announced a pair of new smartphones for the Taiwanese market, the HTC U19E and HTC Desire 19 Plus, indicating there’s still a little life left in the company’s once dominant smartphone division. The HTC U19E is powered by a midrange Qualcomm Snapdragon 710, flanked by 6GB of RAM and a 3,9...
HTC staggers on with a pair of forgettable midrange Android handsets 2 hours ago – HTC has announced a pair of new smartphones for the Taiwanese market, the HTC U19E and HTC Desire 19 Plus, indicating there’s still a little life left in the company’s once dominant smartphone division. The HTC U19E is powered by a midrange Qualcomm Snapdragon 710, flanked by 6GB of RAM and a 3,9...
Facebook will pay you to let it track what you do on your phone 25 minutes ago – Facebook will once again begin paying people to monitor how they use their phone through a new app called Study. The app will monitor which apps are installed on a person’s phone, the time spent using those apps, the country you’re in, and additional app data that could reveal specific features y...