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Intel's Skull Canyon NUC is the future of tiny desktops

What if you could have a desktop that easily slips into a messenger bag or purse? That's what Intel has been aiming for with its Next Unit of Computing (NUC) devices. [Read more...]

LG's V20 smartphone may be as modular as the G5

Just a few days ago, LG revealed that it will introduce its first Android Nougat phone in San Francisco on September 6th. [Read more...]

How to hack a government

Last month members of the Turkish military experienced an attempted coup to oust president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [Read more...]

Facebook finds a way around desktop ad blockers

Facebook has decided to fight back against ad blocking. In a blog post today, the company recognised that a growing number of users have installed desktop ad blockers to avoid advertising they consider annoying or irrelevant. [Read more...]

NASA built an HDR camera to film rocket tests

We enjoy the hell out of static rockets tests, but NASA doesn't do them for the lulz -- they're the crucial last step before a new booster launches. [Read more...]

Google Maps for Android lets you save maps to an SD card

After testing it in a limited rollout, Google has officially unveiled "WiFi only" mode for Maps on Android. [Read more...]

Netflix explains how and why it's switching to HTTPS streaming

Netflix has always used DRM to keep studios happy and make an effort to stop people from copying its video streams, but now it's added a new layer of protection. [Read more...]

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 9, 2016

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AMD's Budget-Friendly Radeon RX 460 Makes It Easier to Get in the Game
Nucleus Home Intercom Gets Alexa Advantage
Is the Internet Turning Donald Trump - and You - Into an Idiot?
Apple to Enlist the Aid of a Few Good Hackers
Alexa Takes On Smart Home Security Responsibilities
Linux Botnets on a Rampage

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AMD's Budget-Friendly Radeon RX 460 Makes It Easier to Get in the Game

AMD on Monday introduced its budget-priced Radeon RX 460 graphics card
designed for e-sports gamers. It delivers the high frame rates DirectX
9-based shooters and action games demand, but also handles the more
robust next-generation DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs. The Radeon RX 460
offers a peak performance of 2.2 TFLOPS with support for 1080p frame
rates at 1080p.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83784.html

Nucleus Home Intercom Gets Alexa Advantage

The smart home of the future could be a wee bit smarter with the
addition of the Alexa-powered connected intercom system Nucleus
announced last week. The Nucleus intercom, which last fall made its
debut without Alexa, is a tablet that connects to a home network through
WiFi or Ethernet to allow family members to communicate with each other
both inside and outside the home.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83782.html

Is the Internet Turning Donald Trump - and You - Into an Idiot?

President Obama was viewed as the first techie presidential candidate
when he launched his campaign, and he has been connected at the hip with
Google for a large part of both terms. However, the brilliance his teams
displayed with using analytics never seemed to carry over into running
the country, which was disappointing. Most of the U.S. government still
has systems that are decades out of date.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83776.html

Apple to Enlist the Aid of a Few Good Hackers

Apple has introduced its first bug bounty program, set to launch in
September. Ivan Krstic, head of Apple security engineering and
architecture, announced the program at the Black Hat security conference
in Las Vegas. The focus reportedly is on an exceptionally high level of
service, and on quality over quantity. Participation in the program
initially will be by invitation only.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83779.html

Alexa Takes On Smart Home Security Responsibilities

Millions of customers using Amazon's Alexa voice assistant technology
now can add locks that can be controlled remotely to the growing
ecosystem of smart home capabilities. August Home last week announced
that Amazon's line of voice-assisted products, including the Echo, now
support its smart products, allowing users to lock and unlock their
doors using voice commands.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83775.html

Linux Botnets on a Rampage

Linux-operated botnet Distributed Denial of Service attacks surged in
this year's second quarter, due to growing interest in targeting Chinese
servers, according to a Kaspersky Lab report released this week. South
Korea kept its top ranking for having the most command-and-control
servers. Brazil, Italy and Israel ranked among the leaders behind South
Korea for hosting C&C servers, according to Kaspersky Lab.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83773.html

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Mick Brady Aug 9, 2016 9:00 AM PT
	After surviving well over a year as a cord-cutter, I recently returned to the cable fold -- and after less than a month, I'm having major regrets. The problem isn't with the service itself or even with the pricing. The problem is with the lies. I wasn't entirely happy with my cord-cutting solution, but I wasn't eager to go back to a high-priced cable service either. [More...]

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Is the Internet Turning Donald Trump - and You - Into an Idiot?
President Obama was viewed as the first techie presidential candidate when he launched his campaign, and he has been connected at the hip with Google for a large part of both terms. However, the brilliance his teams displayed with using analytics never seemed to carry over into running the country, which was disappointing. Most of the U.S. government still has systems that are decades out of date. [More...]

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