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February 21, 2020

Some Android Malware Can Break Your Phone When You Delete It

If your Android smartphone or tablet is running more slowly than a 1995 desktop computer, chances are you've downloaded an infected app. Pop-up ads that bypass your Google settings, and a hanging or flashing screen are other indicators that your device is under threat. To stop a malware attack and clean your device, follow these steps.

Extortion Artists Prey on AdSense Users

A new extortion scheme targets users of Google's AdSense program. The scam threatens to flood a website with bogus traffic until Google suspends the site's AdSense account, unless the owner pays $5,000 in bitcoin to avoid or stop the attack.

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AI in the Courts: The Jury Is Out

A session on the role of emerging technologies in the courtroom was part of last month's New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting in New York City. The group discussed the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom. The session addressed the role that AI could play in judicial decision making.

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The Drones Are Coming

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ACLU Blasts Clearview's Facial Recognition Accuracy Claims

Clearview apparently has been telling law enforcement agencies that its technology underwent accuracy testing modeled on the ACLU's 2018 test of Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition tool.

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Hasbro's $60 'Baby Yoda' toy is coming this fall

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Outside the park.

'Westworld' season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle

The latest Westworld trailer shows Dolores, Maeve and Westworld's other characters leaving the confines of the park that defined so much of the show's past two seasons. Additionally, there’s more of the futuristic city we saw glimpses of in the first trailer HBO shared last July. Watch the three-minute video right here and get ready for season three to start on March 15th.

Meet the next Peacock.

CBS plans a ‘broad’ streaming service based on All Access

The company has outlined a three-tier plan, with the free Pluto TV sitting at the bottom and Showtime, up top. In the middle is CBS All Access, which is currently just the home of (mostly) CBS-related content and originals from the CBS stable. Across the next year, however, the platform will broaden to include material from all corners of the ViacomCBS family.

A small touch up.

Windows 10 icons are getting an overdue redesign

Microsoft hadn't really touched Windows 10's main icons since its debut in 2015, but now Insider beta testers are starting to see some new updates. First up are the Calendar and Mail apps. The design team explains it wanted to break away from the flat, colorless icons you see today in favor of ones that are more consistent with newer branding and different enough to make them easier to find.

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‘This is fine.’

Google is disappointing the Stadia community

According to Jessica Conditt, "It feels like there's an asterisk after every bold claim Google makes about Stadia, adding invisible barriers to a system that's supposed to be borderless." Also, there are literal asterisks with footnotes on nearly every line of the Stadia homepage, explaining the compromises between what’s promised and what you’ll actually get.

And VR headset supply is getting squeezed as ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ approaches.

Sony and Facebook withdraw from GDC due to coronavirus concerns

As the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to be felt worldwide, tech companies are adjusting their plans accordingly. On Thursday, Facebook and Sony both dropped out of the upcoming Game Developers Conference, while Valve warned there will be “far fewer” Index VR headsets released over the next few months than it had originally planned.

But wait, there's more...

1. 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' will offer island terraforming

2. HTC's Project Proton is a preview of its next-gen VR headsets

3. Sony's Xperia L4 is an entry-level phone with a 21:9 display

4. YouTube Music explains how its long-overdue cloud locker will work

5. Hunt the high seas as a hyper-evolved super shark in 'Maneater'

6. Google parent Alphabet is pruning its 'other bets'

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