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| | | Hands-On with the World's First Chrome OS Tablet | | Laptop Mag | "It's a Chromebook. It's a tablet. It's both. Acer just unveiled the world’s first Chromebook tablet: the Chromebook Tab 10. And yes, you can play Fortnite and PUBG on it. But outside of fighting tooth and nail for that illustrious chicken dinner, Acer is targeting educators and students with this handsome new slate. The company has yet to share pricing or launch dates. Instead, here are my first impressions," writes Rami Tabari. | | You Know That Silly Fear About Alexa Recording Everything and Leaking It Online? It Just Happened | | The Register | It's time to break out your "Alexa, I Told You So" banners – because a Portland, Oregon couple received a phone call from one of the husband's employees earlier this month, telling them she had just received a recording of them talking privately in their home. At first the couple thought it might be a hoax call. However, the employee – over a hundred miles away in Seattle – revealed the pair had just been talking about their hardwood floors. The recording had been sent from the couple's Amazon Alexa to the employee's phone. "I felt invaded," the woman said. "A total privacy invasion. Immediately I said, 'I'm never plugging that device in again, because I can't trust it.'" | | Google, Microsoft Find Another Spectre, Meltdown Flaw | | CNET | Intel and Microsoft last week disclosed a newly found variant of the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws, revealing another vulnerability in chips used in hundreds of millions of computers and mobile devices. Intel is calling the new strain "Variant 4." While this latest variant taps into many of the same security vulnerabilities that were first revealed in January, it uses a different method to extract sensitive information, according to the company. | | Don't Be Phooled: 10 Phishing Techniques to Look Out For | | BetaNews | Since it’s no longer easy to spot a phishing scam, this article will share some of the more sophisticated techniques used by hackers, so you know what to look for, and can prevent your company from being ' phooled .' |
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| | | A Gorgeous Guide to the First Wave of Personal Computers | | Motherboard | Photographer James Ball knows what a computer is. He’s spent part of his career lovingly photographing the machines of yesteryear, from the giant mainframes of the ‘50s and ‘60s to the first wave of personal computers in the late ‘70s and ‘80s. To honor those machines, Ball has created a series of high resolution animated gifs honoring 16 machines from the era of the birth of the personal computer. Stare at these animated gifs and marvel at the computers that got us where we are today. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: May 21 – May 25 | | BetterCloud Monitor | Last week we saw lots of exciting announcements in the SaaS world. Microsoft announced that it’s bringing the SharePoint work environment to virtual reality headsets. Slack released Actions, a feature that turns any Slack message into a follow-up or next step, and Dropbox released new features for its mobile app. It was a big week, in particular, for Okta. At Oktane 2018, they announced Project Onramp, an initiative that will allow IT professionals to try out new apps and services with one click from the Okta admin console, as well as a new public browser extension, PassProtect, that helps everyone choose stronger passwords. Okta is also innovating to define a secure passwordless experience for their customers, enabled by their new ThreatInsight feature. And of course, Google rolled out a few new features for G Suite (in particular, Calendar, Sites, and Hangouts Meet). |
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