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  1. Google’s Nest thermostat gets a redesign and a bunch of new features

    It's smaller, and you can control it with the Google Home app.

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  2. The OnePlus 8 finally gets an always-on display—oh, yeah, and Android 11

    OnePlus catches up to the competition with an always-on display.

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  3. Undocumented backdoor that covertly takes snapshots found in kids’ smartwatch

    The X4, made and jointly developed in China, raises concerns.

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  4. Yesterday’s corporate network design isn’t working for working from home

    Almost a year into the grand work-from-home experiment, businesses are still adjusting.

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  5. Apple’s T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw

    Checkm8 vulnerability used to jailbreak iPhones hits Macs as well.

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  6. Android ransomware has picked up some ominous new tricks

    Mobile ransomware has undergone a worrying evolution, new research shows.

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  7. FBI/DHS: Government election systems face threat from active Zerologon exploits

    Zerologon gives attackers instant access to all-powerful domain controllers.

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  8. Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s October 13 “Hi, Speed” event

    Follow our liveblog at 1pm ET on October 13 for updates on Apple’s new iPhones.

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  9. Google wants to turn YouTube into QVC with new shopping features

    YouTube wants to become an e-commerce player with direct sales on video pages.

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  10. The unreasonable effectiveness of the Julia programming language

    Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work.

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  11. Apple pays $288,000 to white-hat hackers who had run of company’s network

    Hacker team led by 20-year-old finds 55 vulnerabilities, 11 of them critical.

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  12. AMD’s new Zen 3 Ryzen desktop CPUs arrive November 5

    AMD isn't letting up the pressure on Intel—Ryzen 9 5900X looks like a barn burner.

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  1. OnePlus shows off the OnePlus 8T design before launch

    The OnePlus 8T is launching next week, and we know everything but the price.

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  2. Now you can enforce your privacy rights with a single browser tick

    From the ashes of Do Not Track rises a new Global Privacy Control.

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  3. What to expect from Apple’s October 13 “Hi, Speed” event

    New iPhones are almost definite, but what else might we see next week?

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  4. Google releases new, cheaper Google Wi-Fi alongside Nest Wi-Fi

    The new Google Wi-Fi looks much the same as the original Google Wi-Fi.

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  5. Eero for Service Providers: Eero Wi-Fi mesh targeted at ISPs

    ISPs can offer customers self-install Eero options with co-branded mobile apps.

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  6. Behold the new icons for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Meet

    Google rebrands its business app suite to "Google Workspace."

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  7. “Hi, Speed”: Apple’s October 13 event is expected to reveal iPhone 12

    The iPhone was conspicuously missing from Apple's September event.

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  8. Dell updates its UltraSharp monitor lineup: USB-C, mini-LED backlighting, and more

    Most of them are office productivity models, but the UP3221Q is a beast.

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  9. YouTube Music drops monthly fee for Chromecast support

    The bring-your-own-music crowd can now use Google speakers without a monthly fee.

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  10. Disney, Marvel, and Pixar movies now available in 4K HDR on Apple TV and iTunes

    The change comes months after Disney+ offered 4K HDR versions of the same films.

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  11. Custom-made UEFI bootkit found lurking in the wild

    Attackers are going to great lengths to gain the highest level of persistence.

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  12. iPad (2020) micro-review: Battle-tested and more than fast enough

    The 8th-gen iPad changes nothing but the guts—but these are some solid guts.

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  1. Windows 10 machines running on ARM will be able to emulate x64 apps soon

    This addresses one of the biggest problems with Windows machines on ARM.

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  2. Comcast adds new tri-band xFi pods to home Wi-Fi lineup

    Comcast users in dense apartments will especially benefit from the new design.

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  3. Toyota’s ceiling-mounted robot is like GLaDOS for your kitchen

    This concept robot is mounted on an overhead cartesian coordinate CNC machine.

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  4. FAA chief tests a Boeing 737 MAX—including its infamous flight control software

    FAA Administrator Steve Dickson spent 2 hours at the controls, then spoke for 30 minutes.

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  5. Microsoft just introduced the new $549 Surface Laptop Go

    It’s stiff competition for Chromebooks like the Pixelbook Go.

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  6. Sourcegraph: Devs are managing 100x more code now than they did in 2010

    Developers manage more code, in more languages, for more platforms than ever.

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  7. The Google Home sequel, the “Nest Audio,” is official for $99.99

    Google's next-gen smart speaker offers more sound for less money.

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  8. Google’s Pixel 5 has a metal back, wireless charging and costs $699

    Google moves to cheaper, more midrange flagship for 2020.

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  9. Google merges Chromecast and Android TV with the “Chromecast with Google TV”

    Android TV is now Google TV, with a new interface.

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  10. Senator asks DHS if foreign-controlled browser extensions threaten the US

    State-sponsored hackers have used extensions to spy before. Will they do it again?

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  11. Intel, Heidelberg University team up to bring Radeon GPU support to AI

    The new collaboration puts teeth into Intel’s promises of hardware-agnostic AI.

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  12. Google announces crackdown on in-app billing, aimed at Netflix and Spotify

    Google gives developers one year to stop ignoring its in-app billing rules.

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