Tuesday 7 November 2017

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Marcher Malware Poses Triple Threat to Android Users
Dilbert vs. Trump: Why False Facts Have Power
Call of Duty WWII Kicks Off Holiday Season With a Bang
Razer Debuts Cutting-Edge Mobile Gaming Phone
Sony's Aibo Resurrected From Robot Pet Cemetery
New Collaborative Platform to Spur Open Source AI Development
iPhone X Delivers on Apple's Promises and That's Plenty, Say Reviewers

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Marcher Malware Poses Triple Threat to Android Users

A three-pronged banking malware campaign has been infecting Android
phones since the beginning of this year, according to Proofpoint.
Attackers have been stealing credentials, planting the Marcher banking
Trojan on phones, and nicking credit card information. So far, they have
targeted customers of BankAustria, Raiffeisen Meine Bank and Sparkasse,
but the campaign could spread beyond Vienna.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84936.html

Dilbert vs. Trump: Why False Facts Have Power

We've been having a lot of interesting weeks since the presidential
election, making more than a few of us wish for simpler times. One of
the most interesting things I've read of late is by Dilbert creator
Scott Adams, who predicted the election outcome and tied it to Trump's
brilliant use of intentional false facts, which he used to dominate the
news up to the election.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84927.html

Call of Duty WWII Kicks Off Holiday Season With a Bang

Activision's Call of Duty WWII has made its long-awaited debut with a
splash, kicking off what is expected to be a robust holiday season for
the gaming industry. The most anticipated multiplatform title of the
season, based on the Nielsen Game Rank, Call of Duty WWII latest
installment reaches back to the iconic gaming franchise's origins.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84933.html

Razer Debuts Cutting-Edge Mobile Gaming Phone

Razer has unveiled its Razer Phone, a handset that clearly targets
gamers. It boasts the world's first 120 Hz Ultramotion display, which
has the potential to deliver fast refresh rates and provide the
smoothest graphics available on a mobile smartphone. "It's common
knowledge that I'm obsessed with my smartphones. I play a ton of games
on them," said Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84932.html

Sony's Aibo Resurrected From Robot Pet Cemetery

Sony has revived its robot dog, Aibo, which it put down, so to speak, in
2006. The autonomous entertainment robot brings fun and joy to the
entire family, Sony claimed. It can bond emotionally, give people love
and affection, and let them experience the joy of nurturing and raising
a companion. Aibo has ultra-impact 1- and 2-axis actuators that let it
move smoothly and naturally along 22 axes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84929.html

New Collaborative Platform to Spur Open Source AI Development

The Linux Foundation has announced an agreement with AT&T and Tech
Mahindra to launch the Acumos Project, a new platform for open source
development of artificial intelligence. The new platform is part of a
broader effort to open up opportunities for AI collaboration in the
telecommunications, media and technology sectors. AT&T is a Platinum
Member of The Linux Foundation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84926.html

iPhone X Delivers on Apple's Promises and That's Plenty, Say Reviewers

Reviews of Apple's next generation iPhone X have started appearing
online, and for the most part, critics have showered praise on the
product. "The iPhone X is clearly the best iPhone ever made," wrote
Nilay Patel. "It's thin, it's powerful, it has ambitious ideas about
what cameras on phones can be used for, and it pushes the design
language of phones into a strange new place."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84925.html

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The Morning After: Samsung gets back to trolling

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Nike is battling sneaker bots with augmented reality, Assassin’s Creed creators somehow included the most recent Great Pyramid discovery into its latest adventure and Samsung-Apple trolling is back.

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The technology has become the company’s unexpected weapon against bots.

For Nike, augmented reality is the perfect way to sell hyped sneakers

Buying limited-edition shoes is complicated and not as fun as it should be. The rise of violence in sneaker culture (people have been murdered for a pair of Air Jordans) led companies like Nike to launch hyped products almost exclusively on digital channels. But selling sneakers on a website or doing raffles on Twitter came with challenges of its own. Resellers started using bots, automated computer scripts, to buy or reserve pairs faster than a human could. But Nike may have a secret weapon against auto-buying tools, and the only way sneakerheads could buy the company’s latest limited edition pair was through a new AR feature.

Talk about attention to detail.

‘Assassin’s Creed’ predicted the new pyramid chamber discovery

Just days ago, scientists found a previously undiscovered chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. As it turns out, the makers of Assassin’s Creed: Origins had the jump on them. The space itself is already built into the game, which came out almost a week prior to the findings getting published.

From storage space to that notch.

Samsung trolls every generation of the iPhone in one video

The iPhone X marks ten years of the iPhone. Samsung has its own sassy tribute.

Mighty will also update your playlists while you sleep.

The iPod Shuffle for Spotify can actually shuffle your songs now

Mighty is basically an iPod Shuffle for offline Spotify playback, but it didn’t actually shuffle.. Well, not anymore. Thanks to a software update for the compact device, Mighty can now randomize songs in a playlist rather than having to go through them in order. Next on our Mighty want list: adding music sources outside of Spotify.

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3. Sony will turn your PSN trophies into (a little) real cash

4. Yesterday, Comcast's internet service went down in several major US cities

5. The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is a brutally fantastic EV supercar concept

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Monday 6 November 2017

The Morning After: Good and bad things about your OLED phone

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It's Monday, November 06, 2017.

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Good Monday morning to you! We’ve had a weekend of bad news involving investors in the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Meanwhile, Apple is reminding its customers about both the pros and cons of its new screen technology on the iPhone X and Microsoft ends its free upgrades for Windows 10.

This complicates social networks’ bids to distance themselves from Russia.

Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through tech magnate

Russia’s entanglement with American social networks just got decidedly complicated. Leaked documents obtained by the Guardian and others have revealed that two state-owned Russian institutions, the oil giant Gazprom and VTB Bank, funded investments in both Facebook and Twitter through Russia-born tech luminary Yuri Milner’s investment company, DST Global. Milner acknowledged the investments in chats with the Guardian but maintained that neither Facebook nor Twitter were told where the funding for the investments had come from. He added that he didn’t know Gazprom had supported the Facebook stake, and that VT’s backing didn’t give it a say over Twitter’s decisions.

Prince Al-Waleed has money in Apple, Lyft, Twitter and other tech giants.

Saudi Arabia arrests one of tech’s biggest investors

Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a crackdown on alleged corruption, and its dragnet has caught one of the tech world’s most important investors: The country has arrested Prince al-Waleed bin Talal on money laundering charges. He has major stakes in satellite TV providers and in recent years has been one of the largest individual investors in a number of well-known tech giants, including Apple and Lyft. The royal is particularly important to Twitter’s fate. He poured $300 million into the social network in 2011, and his stake is second only to that of Twitter co-founder Ev Williams.

Cupertino is dealing with OLED technology’s technical limits for the first time.

Apple reminds iPhone X owners they’re using an OLED display

Apple’s bezel-less X is its first iPhone with an OLED screen -- a technology known for its greater contrast and saturation but also for its tendency to get burn-in. To make sure customers understand that their $1,000 phone might suffer from image persistence in the future, the company has updated the iPhone X’s display support page to explain how an OLED screen works... And why you might have complaints.