Jul 25
The popular debunking site claims it’s being held hostage.
Jul 25
With some caveats, of course.
Jul 25
Rep. Lamar Smith celebrates C0₂ for melting Arctic ice and improving Earth’s lushness.
Jul 25
If you preordered the SNES Classic from Walmart, take heed: Walmart is cancelling those preorders, leaving behind ample lamenting and gnashing of teeth. The company recently sold out of the models, as preorders went quickly, and you’d be reasonable in expecting that to be the cause — that is, the lack of available units. It’s not, however, at least not … Continue reading
Jul 25
Even as it pushes its Galaxy S8 and S8+ flagships hard, Samsung knows too well that not everyone will want or can even afford one. It also knows that there is a subset of such consumers who care not for the chains for carrier contracts. In an attempt to cover all its bases, Samsung is making available its Galaxy J3 … Continue reading
Jul 25
Windows’ Fall Creators Update will add a pack of new features to the platform, but it could also mark the beginning of the end for MS Paint. Microsoft has revealed in a list of removed and deprecated features that it will stop actively developing the…
Jul 25
When you watch a Roomba in action when it cleans a home, you might be impressed with how it can figure out when to stop, when to turn, and how it avoids objects and obstacles in its way. We have to admit that it looks pretty amazing in action, but did you also consider the fact that while it is navigating your home that it is also collecting data about it?
After all, in order to navigate the twists and turns of your home, Roomba has to create a map of sorts, and now it looks like the map of your home could soon be sold to the highest bidder, or at least that’s what a report from Reuters suggests that it quotes Colin Angle, the CEO of iRobot, the maker of Roomba.
According to Angle, he is hoping that iRobot could make a deal with one of the Big Three tech companies and sell them that data. “There’s an entire ecosystem of things and services that the smart home can deliver once you have a rich map of the home that the user has allowed to be shared.”
It sounds like it could be a privacy nightmare for Roomba owners, but the thing is a floorplan of your home doesn’t really tell anyone who stays in there, what you do, what your passwords are, and what kind of conversations you are having. In fact when viewing homes, more often than not you can get your hands on a floor plan relatively easily. The idea here is that the data could help tech companies improve on their products, like routers with better reach, aircon with better airflow, and so on.
Roomba Is Hoping To Sell The Maps Of Your Home To The Highest Bidder , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 25
Some 2012/2013 MacBook Pros That Need Battery Service Replaced With Newer Models
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As much as we would love our batteries to last us forever (in terms of use and lifecycle), that is obviously impossible since at the moment, the li-ion batteries that are commonly found in electronics tends to lose their charge over time. However thankfully in some instances, such as with laptops, batteries can be replaced without any issue.
Unfortunately for some 2012/early 2013 MacBook Pro owners, getting their batteries changed is running into some problems as there are reports of a severe constraint of top case assemblies with integrated batteries, so much so that apparently Apple is willing to replace some of these laptops that need battery service with a functional equivalent model.
We’re not sure how one might qualify to receive a new equivalent model, as a post on Reddit suggests that not everyone was successful in their attempts. However there were some that appeared to be very successful, like one user who claims that his laptop was replaced with a 2017 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and all they had to do was pay for the battery service fee of $199.
Some weren’t as lucky and got 2015 or 2016 models, so like we said it doesn’t seem like it is a guarantee that you will get a new laptop, but if your MacBook Pro is in need of a battery replacement or service, you can always try your luck.
Some 2012/2013 MacBook Pros That Need Battery Service Replaced With Newer Models , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 25
Implants for medical and research purposes aren’t new, but it seems like it could also be the way of the future in which implants can be used to verify who we say we are. In fact a company in Wisconsin is giving its employees the option of whether or not they want to be implanted with a chip that can be used at work.
This chip will be used to authentication at the workplace, where it will verify employees to come through the front door and even for PC sign-ins. It can also be used at the break room where the chips can help pay for food, meaning that employees don’t need to bring their wallets with them as they can pay using the chip. The company, Three Square Market, claims that this is the first company-wide move in the US.
For those with privacy concerns, not to worry as apparently these chips do not come with GPS tracking so it’s not as if the company can keep tabs on where you are all day. It will also be encrypted so hackers can’t (hopefully) steal your data. It is also not permanent as apparently users can “pop it out” when they want.
It is an interesting idea and this isn’t the first time we’re hearing about this. Earlier this year a company in Sweden ran a similar program where they embedded microchips into its employees for similar purposes.
Company In Wisconsin Offers Its Employees Chip Implants , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 25
Recently we reported that a fan-run server for legacy World of Warcraft had gone live where it featured the second World of Warcraft expansion, the Burning Crusade. We’re not sure why the developers thought that they could get away with it, especially after seeing previous efforts get shut down, but perhaps it had something to do with four years worth of work being done on it.
Unfortunately (and unsurprisingly), the Burning Crusade legacy server Felmyst has since been shut down thanks to a cease and desist letter being sent to them from Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp LLP, a lawfirm representing Blizzard. This happened only hours after the server had gone live (around five hours, according to reports).
According to Gummy52, Felmyst’s creator, he wrote in a post on Reddit, “I was in the process of upgrading the server’s upload speed when I answered the door and then basically sat around in disbelief for a few hours. During those hours I of course checked if the law firm was a real place, then checked if the number on the paper matched the number on their website, then called them to verify its authenticity.”
As to what the future of the server is, it seems that Gummy52 is pretty much done with it as he says, “The only thing stopping Blizzard from harassing me with court dates and whatever else is their decision to not to. It’s no skin off their nose if they decide to play games with me and I don’t think anyone is going to crucify them for it if they did. […] Here we are and there’s nothing I can do.”
Blizzard Shuts Down Another Fan-Run Legacy World Of Warcraft Server , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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