Saturday, 29 June 2019

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Welcome to your weekend. If you don’t know what SIM swapping is and whether or not it could be used to attack your email or bank account, then we know which article you should read next. Beyond that, we’ll recap some highlights from the last week, and further consider the impact of Jony Ive leaving Apple.

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How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining lives

Violet Blue explains how SIM-swap attacks have been used to steal online accounts and even as much as $100,000 from a victim’s bank account. In these attacks, someone uses pieces of personal information to convince your cell service provider to transfer (port) your number and associated phone account to a device in the attacker's possession.

If you use accounts that verify identity with a text message, then you could be vulnerable to them too. One man who lost $25k, his Gmail and his Twitter got his phone number back only to see T-Mobile give it over to a hacker again.

Now what?

Reactions to Jony Ive’s departure from Apple

Now that we’ve had some time to think about the news that Apple’s design chief Jony Ive -- the man behind iconic products like the iPod, iPhone and more -- is leaving, what does it mean? Nicole Lee considers Ive’s legacy and how he helped make the company what it is today, noting that "Ive was inextricably tied to Jobs' and Apple's comeback, and therefore to the company's meteoric rise to where it is today."

Meanwhile, Daniel Cooper focuses on Apple’s shift from hardware to services. For the devices we’ll see in the future, he wonders if Ive’s successors "loosen up on some of his more famous hangups" in favor of bigger batteries or a more functional keyboard.

Hands-on with iOS 13’s tablet-focused version.

iPadOS makes Apple's tablets feel like a priority again

After using the tablet edition of iOS 13 for a few days, Chris Velazco says he’s "already impressed with the changes Apple has made… Apple addressed many of the criticisms that prevented the iPad Pro from being the do-it-all computer it aspires to be. As for everyone else, they'll benefit from subtle performance improvements and some extra polish."

Microsoft’s attempts to win at mobile were unremarkable.

Bill Gates says his ‘greatest mistake’ was not beating Android

The founder of Microsoft recently admitted in an interview at venture-capital firm Village Global that his biggest mistake was not making what Android came to be. Gates admitted that the company struggled to adjust to mobile, as both the iPhone and Google’s Android swept up customers in the smartphone revolution. If you don’t remember Windows Mobile, well, let’s just say you’re not missing out on much.

It also packs better Bluetooth and USB connectivity.

The new Raspberry Pi 4 is ready for 4K video

The newly released Raspberry Pi 4 Model B combines familiar tiny computer-on-a-board design with some major boosts to performance, particularly for media. With a more potent 1.5GHz quad-core Broadcom processor with H.265 decoding, two micro-HDMI ports and up to 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, the Pi 4 can output 4K video at 60 fps. It could well be your next, slightly more future-proofed DIY media hub.

Someone has to push the envelope.

Valve Index review: Next-level VR

Priced at $1,000, Devindra Hardawar notes that the Valve Index is "not even vaguely affordable" compared to other VR options. Still, this "aspirational" piece of gear impresses, with a comfortable headset, slick finger-tracking controllers and excellent image quality. Take a look and see why the Index "has almost everything we want in a next-generation PC VR headset."

But wait, there's more...

1. The best 2-in-1 tablets for 2019

2. The Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial will start next summer

3. SpaceX plans to launch Starship's first commercial flight in 2021

4. NVIDIA 'Super' GPU leaks hint at not-so-super speed boosts

5. Scientists think some supermassive black holes didn't start as stars

6. FAA discovers another potential risk with the Boeing 737 Max

7. Oppo's under-screen camera is real and taking photos in Shanghai

8. SpaceX's 'challenging' Falcon Heavy mission launch goes 2/3 on booster landings

9. Amazon's Prime Day will be two days this year

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Jonny Ive is leaving Apple

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It's Friday, June 28, 2019.

Hey, good morning!

Welcome to Friday! We made it. The big news we’re waking up to? Jony Ive is leaving Apple, launching his own design firm that will work with a number of companies. Including, er, Apple. Elsewhere, the Pentagon has a laser that can ID you from your heartbeat, 200 meters away, and Philips’ Hue bulbs are getting a Bluetooth version, which means you won’t need to buy a hub to use them.

LoveFrom’s first customer is… Apple?

Jony Ive is leaving Apple to start his own design firm

In an interview with the Financial Times, Apple design chief Jony Ive announced that, after more than two decades of making its products look and feel the way they do, he's leaving the company. His new venture is called LoveFrom, and it will have Apple as its first client. Ive felt that it was time given the completion of projects like the new Apple Park headquarters.

In a statement, CEO Tim Cook said “Apple will continue to benefit from Jony's talents by working directly with him on exclusive projects, and through the ongoing work of the brilliant and passionate design team he has built.” Once Ive’s transition is complete later this year, VP of industrial design Evans Hankey and VP of Human Interface design Alan Dye will report directly to Apple COO Jeff Williams.

A vast majority of teenagers buy vape supplies online, not in stores.

San Francisco's grand plan to ban online e-cigarette sales

Nearly 90 percent of all San Francisco high school students who vape get their fix by shopping online or through friends. Just 13.6 percent actually buy their pods at a physical store. So how will the city confront these sales, after announcing that it will ban the sale of e-cigarette products at stores based in the area? Jessica Conditt reports.

Taking a nine-year road trip to Saturn’s largest moon that starts in 2026.

NASA's Dragonfly mission is sending an eight-rotor drone to Titan

Dragonfly, the latest mission from NASA's New Frontiers program, was selected because of Titan's unique makeup, which makes its one of the more promising candidates for discovering signs of microbial life. It will spend nine years in flight, covering 840 million miles before finally making a two-hour descent to the surface of Titan. Once it lands, the dual-quadcopter will spend 2.7 years making short flights of up to 5 miles around the moon.

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These Bluetooth lightbulbs make setting up smart lighting easier.

New Philips Hue smart bulbs don't need a hub

So I’m probably going to buy some now. The new Hue bulbs connect through Bluetooth, meaning the Hue hub bridge is no longer needed -- and they will work with both Alexa and Google Assistant. If you want your lighting to work with Siri, however, you’ll still need that hub.

There's a standard white light for $14.99, a white ambience light that lets you adjust its color temperature for $24.99 and a white and colored option for $49.99.

You can't disguise your heartbeat.

The Pentagon has a laser that identifies people by their heartbeat

The Pentagon has developed a laser that can identify people -- from a distance -- by their heartbeat. The technology, known as Jetson, uses laser vibrometry to identify surface movement on the skin caused by a heartbeat. It can work from 200 meters away.

Everyone's cardiac signature is unique, and unlike faces and fingerprints, it can't be altered in any way. As with facial recognition and other biometrics which rely on optimal conditions, though, Jetson does have a few challenges. It works through regular clothing, such as a shirt, but not thicker garments, such as a winter coat. It also takes about 30 seconds to collect the necessary information,

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How much did you love your Sega Dreamcast?

As the 20th anniversary of the Dreamcast's release in the United States and Europe approaches this fall, we’re asking you, reader, to reflect upon the things you miss and appreciated about the console. What game would you love to be able to play again? Tell us how you feel about the Dreamcast, past or present, with a user review.

#SaveODAAT did it.

This time a canceled Netflix show got saved by one of the TV networks

The fourth season of the rebooted series One Day at a Time will run on CBS-owned Pop TV for 13 episodes next year, with the whole core cast returning. The first three seasons will stay on Netflix for the foreseeable future, though Pop will be able to air them, too. Sony Pictures Television, which produces the show, was prohibited from taking it to another streaming service for several years under its Netflix deal, though there was no such clause preventing it from selling the series to a broadcast network.