Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Windows 10 will soon run Edge in a virtual machine to keep you safe and other top stories.

  • Windows 10 will soon run Edge in a virtual machine to keep you safe

    Windows 10 will soon run Edge in a virtual machine to keep you safe
    Enlarge / Untrusted sites get a minimal set of Windows Platform Services and no access to the rest of the system.Microsoft reader comments 58 ATLANTA—Microsoft has announced that the next major update to Windows 10 will run its Edge browser in a lightweight virtual machine. Running the update in a virtual machine will make exploiting the browser and attacking the operating system or compromising user data more challenging. Called Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge, the n..
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  • People Are Drilling Headphone Jacks Into the iPhone 7

    People Are Drilling Headphone Jacks Into the iPhone 7
    This might seem obvious, but it’s a really, really bad idea to drill a headphone jack into the new iPhone 7. But that hasn’t stopped some people from trying it. A new video published to YouTube goog depicts YouTube user “TechRax” placing the iPhone 7 into a vice and getting out his 3.5mm drill bit. He then takes the bit to the iPhone 7 and drills a hole into the device. Best of all, the headphones fit into the hole he drilled. Since being published last week, the video has gone viral wit..
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  • Google Pixel bares all in leaked press render

    Google Pixel bares all in leaked press render
    Leaked Google Pixel render shows snazzy new interface It's coming Oct. 4, but now we know what's it going to look like.Image: Google By Stan Schroeder2016-09-27 08:24:32 UTC Google's upcoming Pixel phone won't look extraordinary on the outside, but it will have plenty of new software tricks. Some of these can be seen in a leaked press render of the device, courtesy of leaker of all things tech, Evan Blass and VentureBeat, which first shared the photo online.  We've already seen alleged li..
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  • Samsung says only 60 percent of Galaxy Note 7 phones have been replaced in US and Korea

    Samsung says only 60 percent of Galaxy Note 7 phones have been replaced in US and Korea
    More than 60 percent of defective Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in the United States and South Korea have now been returned and exchanged for new models, Samsung has claimed. In other words, 40 percent of the dangerous devices are still in consumer hands, almost four weeks after Samsung issued a global recall on the Note 7. The new figures appear to show a slowdown in the number of successful exchanges in the United States. Samsung said last Thursday that half of the potentially explosive phon..
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  • YouTube Go is a new app for offline viewing and sharing

    YouTube Go is a new app for offline viewing and sharing
    Google has announced YouTube Go, a new app designed to broaden the accessibility of the behemoth video-sharing service. Designed and developed with Indian users in mind, who will be able to test the app first before a broader rollout, YouTube Go is intended to work more effectively in areas where connectivity is more limited. YouTube Go allows users to save videos for offline viewing, giving options over quality and file size so it's clear how much data a download will use. The app also allows ..
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  • Movie pirate? Don't trust Plex Cloud

    Movie pirate? Don't trust Plex Cloud
    Plex is a pirate’s best friend. It’s by far the best way to get movies downloaded illegally from the computer to TV. Sure, Plex has a handful of useful, legal features, but let’s be honest, its big claim to fame is hosting and serving downloaded movies. And now the company behind the software announced a service where users can stream movies, photos and music stored on Amazon’s cloud as if the content was streamed locally. But don’t tell Amazon about the pirated stuff. The Plex Cloud, as the n..
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  • Snapchat Spectacles: Why $130 for a pair of camera-glasses isn't a crazy idea

    Snapchat Spectacles: Why $130 for a pair of camera-glasses isn't a crazy idea
    What would it take to get you to wear something on your face?Smartglasses -- or any sort of aggressive head-wearable eye tech -- is still the final frontier for tech. Google Glass died as an awkward joke. Most smartglasses look like the sort of oddball things a normal person wouldn't wear for more than a few seconds.Enter Spectacles. Can camera-glasses become a thing at last?Spectacles will arrive this fall, a surprise announcement by Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel alongside the launch of Snap, Inc...
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  • Disney's rumored Twitter bid raises doubts

    Disney's rumored Twitter bid raises doubts
    One is an entertainment giant famous for exacting tight control over its content.The other is a tech firm whose commitment to free speech has earned it a reputation as a hub for news and a haven for online harassment.  Together, they make for a brow-raising pairing. But stranger things have happened in the land of acquisitions than the chatter surrounding Walt Disney Co. and Twitter Inc.Bloomberg first reported Monday that Disney is considering bidding on Twitter, joining a growing list of pot..
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  • Elon Musk Expected to Detail SpaceX's Mars Ambitions

    Elon Musk Expected to Detail SpaceX's Mars Ambitions
    Speculation is rife that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is about to detail plans to take humans to Mars within a decade. The space, car and tech mogul is scheduled to speak before the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, today at 2:30 p.m ...
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