Category: technology
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Apple’s WWDC 2016 Keynote Notes
Here’s what Apple announced at their WWDC 2016 Keynote, or you can just watch the video. WatchOS 3 Kevin Lynch spoke about the changes coming in WatchOS 3. Apps, that you pick, update in the background and launch faster as a result. The long button below the crown will no-longer launch your VIP contact list.…
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Even Thurrott Is Frustrated With The Windows 10 Upgrade Scheme
Paul Thurrott: Last week, Microsoft silently changed Get Windows 10 yet again. And this time, it has gone beyond the social engineering scheme that has been fooling people into inadvertently upgrading to Windows 10 for months. This time, it actually changed the behavior of the window that appears so that if you click the “Close”…
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This is Not Android on the iPhone
Nick Lee: Finally, Android on the iPhoneYou heard me. The holy war is over, brethren. At Tendigi, we’ve designed and built a case that allows iPhone devotees to sample the best Mountain View has to offer. Join me as I outline the steps taken to achieve this feat, as well as the numerous pitfalls encountered…
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Typosquatting Package Managers
Fascinating attack on unmoderated package managers for programming libraries (via former TimeDoctor contributor, Vogon) that would work just as well on unmoderated app stores: In the second part of 2015 and the early months of 2016, I worked on my bachelors thesis. In this thesis, I tried to attack programming language package managers such as Pythons PyPi,…
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Money in the Bank
The decades-old institution of civil asset forfeiture just got amazingly worse through the new practice of seizing cash in bank accounts at a whim without any due process: Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards. It’s called an ERAD,…