The Morning After: That Yahoo hack is back

It's Wednesday, October 04, 2017. Hey, good morning! We’re just a few hours away from meeting Google’s new Pixels -- check the liveblog here at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT. Until then, catch up on all the other news, including Tesla’s big-rig leak, and the bad news about Yahoo’s 2013 security breach. And ‘Halo Recruit’ is coming to mixed reality.   Samsung shows off its Windows Mixed Reality headset   Microsoft had big news to reveal about its “mixed reality” efforts, including Samsung’s $499 HMD Odyssey headset, which comes with high-quality headphones and an impressive AMOLED screen. To make the most of that picture quality when the next Windows update arrives, gamers may want to check out Halo Recruit. It’s a new arcade experience built just for VR and yes, we tried it. Gotta start somewhere.   How Google’s smartphones have evolved since 2007   Before we see the new Google smartphones, let’s take a look back at what came before. Chris Velazco recaps the company’s mobile history, from Sooner to G1 to Nexus and everything in between. Remember when phones had trackballs?   Quick update.   Yahoo’s 2013 hack impacted all three billion accounts   Remember last year, when Yahoo announced that in 2013 hackers stole a ton of info from one billion user accounts? Verizon announced that after further investigation it has revised that number -- turns out hackers snagged info from all three billion accounts that existed at the time.   Can TouchID read a green thumb?   The Grow planter is the ultimate no-fuss gardening kit   For $200, Grow is offering a connected planter, soil and even seeds. This system is meant to be outdoors and should make growing your own salads easy, by letting its app and sensors monitor water levels, light, humidity and temperature, so you know just what to do.   RIP Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini has passed away at 66   Paul Otellini, Intel’s previous CEO, died in his sleep on Monday. Otellini served as Intel’s fifth chief executive from 2005 through 2013 and leaves behind a legacy of the company’s dominance in x86 processors.   The dog ate it.   Former Equifax CEO blames breach on one IT employee   Now-former Equifax CEO Richard Smith spoke to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and explained how his company leaked all that info. A technician didn’t apply a patch, and an automated scan missed the vulnerability. And now the social security numbers for 145 million people are out there forever.   But wait, there's more... 1. Tesla's electric big rig spotted in the wild 2. 'Overwatch' Halloween bash begins on October 10th 3. North Korea now has a second internet link through Russia 4. A hyperloop route may zip between Kansas City and St. Louis The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

The Morning After: PlayStation boss calls it a day

It's Tuesday, October 03, 2017. Hey, good morning! This Tuesday morning, PlayStation’s boss steps down, Roku makes a 4K streaming stick and Google Street View offers one artist relief from anxiety.   New levels.   Andrew House steps aside as the boss of all things PlayStation   When Andrew House took over PlayStation in 2011, the brand was in rough shape, but he’s leaving it looking much stronger. The days of the PS3 and PSN hack are (almost) forgotten as the PS4 dominates its competition in system sales and exclusive game releases. That’s why it came as a surprise when Sony announced that the exec is no longer CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment and will leave the company at the end of this year.   $10 per month for monitoring and cloud storage.   Ring launches its own DIY home security system   Ring is expanding its product offerings beyond video doorbells, with a new security system. Ring Protect promises effective security at a fraction of the cost of regular setups, with a price starting at $199 for the base station, keypad, a contact sensor (for a window or a door), a motion detector and a range extender.   The Roku Ultra is just $100   Roku’s latest hardware refresh includes a 4K-ready stick   Roku’s capable family of media streamers is expanding, with several new options -- including its $70 4K-capable Stick+. The cheapest option is the $30 Roku Express, while the top-of-the-line Roku Ultra brings its 4K chops home for $100. All will support the new Roku OS 8 with new voice control features, a smart guide and single sign-on that can log in to all of your cable TV apps at once. Confronting anxiety with Google Street View.   Agoraphobic photographer Jacqui Kenny captures the world without leaving home   And her Manhattan exhibition opened last month. The first of many?   Open data from the Large Hadron Collider sparks new discovery   Back in 2014, CERN released Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment data on an online portal called the Open Data portal. It’s not completely up to date; there's a three-year embargo on results, so, generally speaking, the most recent data is from 2014. This was the first time results of any particle collider experiment have been released to the public, and now it’s produced results. This is revolutionary because there’s been a reluctance in particle physics to make information available publicly. Jesse Thaler, one of the scientists on the project, told Phys.org, “The worry was if you made the data public, then you would have people claiming evidence for new physics when actually it was just a glitch in how the detector was operating.”   Just credit.   New York’s next Shake Shack doesn’t want your cash   Later this month in New York City, Shake Shack is opening a new location that will play host to a few logistical quirks. Its Astor Place burger joint is going the self-checkout direction and will have digital kiosks rather than staff to customers’ orders. Whatever -- I’ll take a Smokestack and a vanilla milkshake.   But wait, there's more... 1. Facebook: 10 million people saw Russian political ads 2. What we're listening to: Rayana Jay, 'Destiny 2' and Cobalt 3. HP Enterprise let Russia review the Pentagon's security software 4. Scientists made the first 'unhackable' quantum video call 5. GM will have 20 electric car models on the road by 2023 6. Parrot's Mambo FPV puts you in the mini-cockpit The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

Editor's Pick: Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...

Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...

Rob Enderle Oct 2, 2017 10:56 AM PT
	Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. IBM made an announcement on advancements in tying the Weather Channel to its Watson artificial intelligence engine, and improvements in targeted marketing. We also found out about Oculus' Fall in Love VR project which is kind of like the The Bachelor. [More...]

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...
Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV
Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets
When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft
SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker

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Anticipating the Smart World of 2027: A Billion Cameras and AI, Oh My...
Nvidia went to China last week and made a series of interesting
announcements having to do with smart cities and autonomous cars. IBM
made an announcement on advancements in tying the Weather Channel to its
Watson artificial intelligence engine, and improvements in targeted
marketing. We also found out about Oculus' Fall in Love VR project which
is kind of like the The Bachelor .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84840.html

Google Assistant Goes to Work for Nvidia's Shield TV
Nvidia on Thursday announced that its Shield TV now includes Google
Assistant as part of its Shield Experience Upgrade 6.0 update. The
update also lets the Shield device work as a SmartThings Hub when paired
with a SmartThinks Link. The SmartThings Link, which can be used to
connect Shield TV as a SmartThings Hub, will be released in the coming
months with a promotional launch price of $14.99.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84846.html

Twitter to Test Drive Double-Wide Tweets
Twitter has announced a limited test to double the maximum tweet size to
280 characters. Twitter has been struggling to boost user engagement,
and its tweet character limitation has been the subject of a
longstanding debate among customers and company insiders. One reason for
the possible change is to correct for the information imbalance between
Asian and western language characters.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84842.html

When Quantum Computers Come, They May Speak Microsoft
Microsoft has been working on a language for a computer that doesn't
exist. The company unveiled the language -- as yet unnamed -- at its
Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida. Part of its Visual Studio
product, it will run on a quantum simulator and quantum computer.
"Quantum computing is the next phase in computing," said Jack E. Gold,
principal analyst at J.Gold Associates.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84837.html

SQL Server 2017 Embraces Linux, Docker
Microsoft on Monday announced the general availability of SQL Server
2017, now with support for Linux, at its Ignite conference in Orlando.
The company first announced its plans for the newest iteration of its
database software a year and a half ago. This is the first version of
SQL Server to run on Windows Server, Linux and Docker, noted Scott
Guthrie, EVP, cloud and enterprise, at Microsoft.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84834.html

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