Garish horsepower numbers have become de rigueur in the world of muscle cars, where supercharged and big displacement V8 engines dominate drag strips and fuel fantasies of aerosolized rubber. The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro LT bucks that trend by proving that humble six-cylinder power is more than enough for the vast majority of drivers – and certainly easier on your bank … Continue reading
Given its financial and corporate woes, you might think that Yahoo is done doing mobile app experiments that end up getting swept under the rug. Ever the contrarian, the former Internet giant has launched a new app, for now iOS only, with a bent towards helping users plan for their next big trip. Curiously called “Radar”, the app is advertised … Continue reading
Your father Bob Villa wanted you to have these when you were old enough. They are an elegant weapon for a more civilized tool box. Thanks Obi-Norm-Abrams!
The people in the Star Wars universe wouldn’t survive a day without their droids. But you have to keep them running, so you need a good set of screwdrivers – something like these lightsaber screwdrivers.
The set will cost you $20(USD) from ThinkGeek. It includes two flathead drivers with Yoda and Darth Vader’s hilts as the handles, and a Phillips head screwdriver with Luke and Anakin’s lightsaber. Sadly, there is no star-shaped Torx driver.
You can’t fight with these, but you can fix a landspeeder and pop a restraining bolt off a droid.
Yes, the rumors were true: Hasselblad has been working on a world’s first type of mirrorless camera. Today, the Swedish company officially took the wraps off of its X1D, a compact shooter with a massive 50-megapixel, medium-format CMOS sensor. That i…
The luxurious Kindle Oasis is no longer the new kid on the block. Amazon just unveiled its new entry-level Kindle device, which is more portable and packs in twice as much storage as the last model. And yes, it’s still $80 (with Amazon’s “Special Off…
Although less flashy than some of their connected home competitors, Roost’s smart smoke alarms and smoke detector batteries are genuinely useful (and economical) pieces of a connected home. Now, for their next product, the company wants to protect yo…
Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and CEO of the world’s largest social network. He certainly wants us to share everything on Facebook, be it our photos, sorrows, triumphs, and now he even wants us to pick up our phones and start live streaming. Many privacy advocates regularly speak out against Facebook but if the only thing you’re concerned about is being spied on by the government or hackers you might want to use this simple trick that Zuckerberg himself follows.
Zuckerberg posted a photo on Facebook to celebrate Instagram reaching 500 million users. It’s a pretty big milestone for the Facebook-owned company so it’s fitting for Zuck to show support as well.
The photo looks simple enough but if you look closely as Chris Olson did, you’ll see that both the camera and the microphone on Zuckerberg’s laptop are covered with pieces of tape. It’s a pretty low-tech solution to ensure that even if hackers take control of your computer they’re not able to listen in on your conversations or use your camera to spy on you.
Perhaps we can understand why Zuckerberg feels paranoid about being watched. He’s one of the most powerful figures in the tech industry aside from the fact that he has a significant amount of money, so it makes sense even if it seems a bit ironic.
3 things about this photo of Zuck:
Camera covered with tape
Mic jack covered with tape
Email client is Thunderbird pic.twitter.com/vdQlF7RjQt— Chris Olson (@topherolson) June 21, 2016
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BlackBerry has been rolling out the beta version of BBM Video over the past few weeks. The feature has already been introduced in the United States and Canada, it enables people using iPhones and Android devices to make video calls to each other. The feature is already available to BlackBerry 10 OS users. The company has announced that BlackBerry Messenger video calling is now live in the Asia-Pacific region.
Starting today, BBM users in the Asia-Pacific will see the BBM Video beta feature in BBM automatically. This is the final phase of the company’s systematic rollout of the video calling feature in beta. It points out that the Asia-Pacific is home to its largest base of users.
BlackBerry said that it wanted to release the beta in smaller markets first to ensure that any issues that come up are addressed before the feature is opened up to the company’s largest user base. It’s stable now and that’s why BBM Video is being rolled out globally now.
All you need to use BBM Video is an Android device running version 4.4 KitKat and above or an iOS device running iOS 8 and above. A BBM contact is also required, the contact’s device must also meet the minimum requirements for this feature to work.
The company has also said that it’s planning a large BBM release for this summer which will bring some new features like phone number registration, expanded message retraction, improvements to group chats, and more.
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Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation Vue TV streaming service is expanding to Roku devices today. It has also confirmed when the service is going to be launched for Android devices. Sony decided to add support for Roku devices after launching PlayStation Vue nationwide, users provided feedback to the company that they wanted the service to have support for both Roku and Android.
Starting today, PlayStation Vue is available on the Roku Streaming Stick, Roku Streaming players, and Roku TV. Those who already have an account can simply download the PlayStation Vue app on their Roku device and begin streaming live TV.
Those who don’t have a PlayStation Vue account can sign up for the seven-day free trial through the service’s website. It’s also possible to sign up for the service through a PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4.
To find specific information about pricing and channel lineup that PlayStation Vue offers in your city visit the official website to get all of the details, including details on live local stations and regional sports programming.
Sony has also confirmed that it’s going to launch the PlayStation Vue mobile app for Android next week. This will enable users to take advantage of their existing subscription to stream TV through Vue on Android smartphones and tablets running version 4.4 or higher. It will have support for Chromecast at launch.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday is likely to pass a Republican-backed proposal to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s secretive surveillance powers after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week.
The spying bill is the Republican response to the massacre after a push for gun-control measures sponsored by both major U.S. parties failed earlier this week.
The legislation would broaden the type of telephone and internet records the FBI could request from companies like Alphabet Inc and Verizon without a warrant. The proposal met opposition from critics who said it threatened civil liberties and did little to improve national security.
The bill, which the Obama administration has sought for years, “will allow the FBI to collect the dots so they can connect the dots, and that’s been the biggest problem that they’ve had in identifying these homegrown, radicalized terrorists,’” Senator John Cornyn, the chamber’s No. 2 Republican, said Tuesday.
The vote also represents a bi-partisan drift away from policy positions that favored digital privacy, which had taken hold in the three years since former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the breadth of government surveillance programs.
The post-Snowden moves included the most substantial reforms to the U.S. intelligence community since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and a refusal to heed the FBI’s call for laws that would undermine encryption.
It is unclear if the House would pass the Senate proposal, given its alliance between libertarian-leaning Republicans and tech-friendly Democrats that has blocked past efforts to expand surveillance.
The legislation before the Senate Wednesday, filed as an amendment to a criminal justice funding bill, would widen the FBI’s authority to use so-called National Security Letters, which do not require a warrant and whose very existence is usually a secret.
Such letters can currently compel a company to hand over a user’s phone billing records. Under the Senate’s change they could demand electronic communications transaction records such as time stamps of emails and the emails’ senders and recipients, in addition to some information about websites a person visits.
The legislation would also make permanent a provision of the USA Patriot Act that allows the intelligence community to conduct surveillance on “lone wolf” suspects who do not have confirmed ties to a foreign terrorist group. That provision, which the Justice Department said last year had never been used, is currently set to expire in December 2019.
‘KNEE-JERK SOLUTIONS’
Privacy groups and civil liberties advocates accused Republicans this week of exploiting the Orlando shooting to build support for unrelated legislation.
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, criticized Senate Republicans for “pushing fake, knee-jerk solutions that will do nothing to prevent mass shootings or terrorist attacks.”
Though Republicans invoked the Orlando shooting in support of the bill, FBI Director James Comey has said Mateen’s transactional records were fully reviewed by authorities who investigated him twice for possible extremist ties.
Comey said there was “no indication” Mateen belonged to any extremist group and that it was unlikely authorities could have done anything differently to prevent the attack.
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