Tuesday, October 10, 2017

North Korean hackers allegedly stole South Korean and US war plans 

According to a report, North Korean hackers acquired military intel last year from South Korea that included a plan to 'decapitate' North Korean leadership. According to a South Korean lawmaker, the 235 GB of data were stolen from SK and contained de...
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Porsche's $2,000 Passport subscription swaps cars on demand

Like the idea of Cadillac's car subscription service, but feel its lineup is a little too... proletarian? If you live in Atlanta, you're in luck. Porsche is launching a Passport service in the city that gives you "frequent" vehicle swaps, unlimited...
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Accenture left four servers of sensitive data completely unprotected

UpGuard has yet again uncovered a trove of corporate data left unprotected, this time from major consulting and management firm Accenture. The data -- contained on four cloud-based storage servers -- were discovered by UpGuard Director of Cyber Risk...
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‘Overwatch’ Halloween event brings back last year’s spooky brawl

Blizzard teased that its hero shooter Overwatch would get Halloween seasonal event last week, but didn't release any details. But now it's live, which brings back last year's spooky players-vs.-AI brawl mode with the standard slew of new character sk...
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Hyundai hopes it can make online car shopping simpler

Dead-simple online shopping has spoiled us all, and Hyundai wants car shopping to feel just as painless. With its newly announced Shopper Assurance program (which launches first in Miami, Orlando, Dallas and Houston) potential car buyers visiting dea...
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Medium expands its reading subscription to any author or publisher

Last March, publishing platform Medium introduced its Partner Program, a Netflix-style subscription model that gave members exclusive pieces of writing, access to features before anyone else, an offline reading list and an ad-free experience. The pro...
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Meet Alice: The virtual assistant from Russian search giant Yandex

Russian search giant Yandex has unveiled its virtual assistant Alice. Like Alexa or Siri, Alice provides users with directions, weather forecasts and news as well as incorporating access to other Yandex offerings like its music service. And, of cours...
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Twitter’s ‘Happening Now’ feature groups tweets about ongoing events

Twitter is introducing a new feature to timelines that will keep you up to date on particular ongoing events. At the top of your timeline, you'll start to see a Happening Now label that will show you all of the events and current topics Twitter think...
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DefCon event shows how easy it is to hack voting systems

It's no secret that it's possible to hack voting systems. But how easy is it, really? Entirely too easy, if you ask researchers at this year's DefCon. They've posted a report detailing how voting machines from numerous vendors held up at the security...
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Dow Jones reported a fake story about Google buying Apple

As 9to5Mac reports, the Dow Jones newswires had a bit of a shakeup this morning after a "technical error" led to the announcement of some rather ridiculous fake news. Dow Jones reported that Google would be buying Apple for a mere $9 billion -- which...
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Cadillac’s Super Cruise maps are key to our robotaxi future

Cadillac is doing something new with LiDAR. Instead of sticking a puck on its cars, it's using the sensors to map the highways of the United States and Canada and geofence its semi-autonomous Super Cruise feature, instead of letting drivers use it an...
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Multi-use Trail Project - Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

The new multi-purpose trail in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve will provide an opportunity to celebrate Canada’s rich natural and cultural heritage.
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Apple reportedly taps Spielberg for new 'Amazing Stories'

Looks like Apple found someone to spend some of that billion dollars it earmarked for original TV and movies on: Steven Spielberg. Each episode of the revived Amazing Stories anthology series will cost about $5 million, according to Wall Street Journ...
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Google can add new features to Android Wear through its app store

One of Google's most important decisions for Android was to separate key feature updates from new firmware -- you don't have to suffer through months of delays from your manufacturer and carrier just to get a new messaging app or a vital behind-the-s...
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Amazon reportedly wants one-time access to your home for deliveries

The extensive lengths Amazon goes to deliver packages can be stymied by a different kind of last-mile problem: Thieves nabbing stuff left on the doorstep. To combat these so-called 'porch pirates,' Amazon is considering a new program that would give...
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'Until Dawn' headlines this month's horrific PS Now additions

Two years later and Sony finally got the timing right for PlayStation 4's choose-your-own-horror adventure Until Dawn. The Hayden-Panettiere-starring interactive movie is perfect for Halloween frights, and if you're a PlayStation Now subscriber, you...
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Backgrounder: Five public transit projects in Manitoba receive government funding

The Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) is helping improve commute times, cut air pollution, strengthen communities and grow Canada's economy by supporting the rehabilitation of public transit systems, the planning of future system improvements and expansions, enhanced asset management and system optimization and modernization.
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Backgrounder: Eleven water and wastewater projects in Manitoba receive government funding

The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) supports projects that provide communities with more reliable water and wastewater systems.
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After 10 years, I've finally accepted that 'Half-Life' is dead

Ten years ago today, Valve released Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It was the second of three announced games that directly continued the story that started in 2004's heavily lauded Half-Life 2. Episode One and Episode Two were released in 2006 and 2007,...
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'Gilmore Girls' creator's Amazon series debuts November 29th

If you were wondering how Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino would tackle her Amazon original series beyond the pilot episode, you now have a good idea. Amazon has posted the first trailer for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and you can tell tha...
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Dubai airport will scan your face as you walk through a video tunnel

A lot of passengers come and go through Dubai airports and by 2020, they're expected to play host to some 124 million people. So in an effort to increase the efficiency of security checkpoints, Dubai International Airport is installing a tunnel outfi...
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Apple Music's latest short stars Niall Horan from One Direction

Niall Horan might be a member of the celebrated boy band One Direction, but he's ready to strike out on his own with the release of his first solo album Flicker. Now, Billboard reports that thanks to Apple Music, Horan will debut a short film called...
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NVIDIA opens up its Holodeck VR design suite

Hardware makers have figured out that enterprises are the best way to make money off of VR and AR, not consumers. NVIDIA, a company that does both things well but has been particularly strong on the business side lately, has just opened up its Holode...
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Uber’s app will stop UK drivers working excessive hours

Earlier today, executives from Uber, Deliveroo and courier company Hermes addressed the UK government's Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, which is investigating how it might be possible to balance the flexible "gig economy" working...
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Samsung's new robot vacuums banish Darth Vader to cleaning duty

If you've lamented the lack of Star Wars-themed home cleaning appliances, then Samsung has just the robot vacuums for you. Today they announced limited editions of their POWERbot VR7000 vacuum cleaner inspired by the iconic sci-fi franchise. There ar...
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Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario announce funding for additional clean water and wastewater infrastructure projects in Ontario

A new list of water and wastewater projects has been approved under the Canada-Ontario Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) agreement, which is designed to improve the safety and quality of water for Canadian families, while supporting a clean economy.
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Snapchat just made tagging places a lot more useful

More and more places are getting their own Snapchat location filters, but what good are they? Well, now they link to further information about where your pals are sending evaporating updates from. The ephemeral photo app is calling them Context Cards...
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