[ad_1] (Image: file photo) A security flaw in iOS devices that went largely unreported after it was revealed to have been fixed had the potential to be one of the most damaging security vulnerabilities this year. The bug exploited a flaw in how Apple’s iCloud Keychain synchronizes sensitive data across ...
Read More »Weekly Rewind: Atari hats, Reebok space boots, Comic-Con highlights
[ad_1] A lot can happen in a week when it comes to tech. The constant onslaught of news makes it nigh impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week’s top tech stories, from what we expect at Comic-Con ...
Read More »Missing Malaysia Airlines flight search yields valuable seafloor data
[ad_1] Existing maps of the Indian Ocean floor didn’t have enough detail to allow for safe navigation during the search, so researchers first mapped the floor with much more detail than before. The researchers collected 278,000 square kilometers of seafloor topography data within the search area and 710,000 square kilometers ...
Read More »New Steven Universe Character Revealed for Save the Light
[ad_1] Share. Be in a Steven Universe music video at Comic-Con. By Chloi Rad Steven Universe: Save the Light dropped its first official gameplay trailer today, which unveiled new and returning characters and showed off some of the “fusion characters” that will be available in battle. While the upcoming action ...
Read More »Asus ZenBook 3 Deluxe UX490UA review – CNET
[ad_1] If laptops could be twins, the Asus ZenBook 3 and Asus ZenBook 3 Deluxe would be nearly identical, although the latter would be the smarter of the two. That’s because the ZenBook 3 Deluxe is essentially the ZenBook 3, but with a larger 14-inch display (instead of a 12.5-inch screen) ...
Read More »Mobile savings and investment service Acorns is on track to do 1 billion trades in 2017
[ad_1] Acorns is quickly turning into an oak tree in the financial services space. The company now boasts more than 2 million investment accounts (with 600,000 opened in 2017 alone) and is on track to do 1 billion trades in 2017 through the proprietary broker-dealer that it created. Those are ...
Read More »Fintech startup Klarna taps Permira for around $250M at $2.5B valuation
[ad_1] Klarna, the Swedish startup that works with e-commerce businesses and retailers to provide financing and other payment services, today announced that it has picked up yet another large investment, its third inside of two months. Permira, the private equity firm and prolific late-stage tech investor, has taken a minimum ...
Read More »T-Mobile adds 1.3 million customers in Q2, continues to grab wireless share
[ad_1] T-Mobile delivered second quarter results that were well ahead of expectations as the company continues to grab market share and add customers. The wireless carrier said it delivered 1.3 million total net additions with 817,000 postpaid (786,000 postpaid phone) and postpaid churn of 1.1 percent. As for the financials, ...
Read More »A.C. Slater hosts ex-reality stars playing competitive Candy Crush. What?
[ad_1] A CBS creative team must’ve done a lot of acid while bingeing 90s TV on their smartphones – that’s the only conceivable reason this Candy Crush TV series, hosted by Mario Lopez and featuring contestants pulled from past seasons of Survivor and Big Brother exists. That or CBS looking ...
Read More »Crazy vine robot will grow to rescue survivors, put out fires, and more
[ad_1] Why it matters to you A quick-growing soft robot could be used in search and rescue missions — or even to crawl through your blood vessels for surgery. Just when you thought you had seen every kind of robot under the sun, researchers at Stanford University and the University ...
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