Jan 30
Paul Ryan Urges GOP Not To Use Memo Attacking Trump Probe To Attack Trump Probe
Posted in: Today's ChiliPaul Ryan implored Republicans not to broadly disparage law enforcement or undermine an ongoing criminal investigation.
Jan 30
Talk about déjà vu: many gaming critics are raving about a little game called Shadow of the Colossus today. No, you didn’t stumble into a wormhole and find yourself back in 2005, as these critics are posting reviews of the game’s highly-anticipated remake. Anyone who has played the original knows to expect a well-crafted game, but does this remake do … Continue reading
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Netflix has a habit of reviving old series that have long been canceled by their networks. Fans of the popular Full House series were happy when Netflix announced that it was reviving the series and they will be even happier to find out that Netflix has confirmed a new Fuller House season. The revival/spinoff is called Fuller House on Netflix and the streaming giant has now confirmed that there’s going to be a fourth season.
It features the entire adult gang featuring Danny, Joey, Jesse, and Rebecca, that fans know and love moving back to San Francisco. No further details have been revealed by the storyline for the fourth season at this point in time.
Netflix launched this revival/spinoff a couple of years ago and has released three seasons since. The title must be doing something right and bringing in viewers because Netflix’s commitment to invest in a fourth season shows that it’s not a flop.
It’s unclear, though, just how popular Fuller House is given that Netflix doesn’t release ratings so it’s difficult to ascertain just how popular a particular show is.
Given that a fourth season has only just been confirmed, it’s going to be a while before the new Fuller House season hits Netflix.
New Fuller House Season Confirmed By Netflix , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
The Strava fitness app ties into the handset’s GPS to let users map their runs, distances, and even trails. It has a feature called heatmap which provides a visualization of activities across the globe. Many users rely on this feature to find places to be active in their hometown or when they travel. However, it was reported recently that the feature may have inadvertently revealed locations of secret U.S. military bases. Strava has now said that it’s going to focus more security and will work with military officials to address potentially sensitive data.
The heatmap feature shows where all Strava users have run over a two-year period, their areas of activity are illuminated on the map. On closer inspection, the heatmap feature revealed locations in Iraq and Syria, it revealed the locations and outlines of known U.S. military bases and might have revealed some potential secret locations as well.
James Quarles, Strava CEO, wrote a letter to the community today that the company is taking this matter seriously. It’s working with military and government officials to address potentially sensitive data.
It’s also reviewing the feature to ensure that it can’t be compromised by bad actors. Strava’s engineering and user experience teams are also simplifying privacy and safety features to ensure that users are better informed at how they can control their own data.
Strava To Focus On Privacy As App Reveals Secret Military Bases , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
Hawaii residents received a text alert a couple of weeks ago informing them about an incoming ballistic missile threat. It took almost half an hour for a clarification to be sent out that the alert was false and there was no danger. The FCC launched an investigation into the matter that was initially blamed on human error, an officer clicking on the wrong alert by mistake. Its preliminary report reveals that the officer who pushed the missile alert really believed that there was an incoming ballistic missile threat.
It was initially claimed that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency officer pushed out the real alert by mistake but the FCC’s report says that the officer sent it out knowingly because they misinterpreted a mangled message.
It adds that the midnight shift supervisor had played a standard recording which included both the “exercise, exercise, exercise” intimation as well as the “this is not a drill” text from the real Emergency Alert System message. Other officers saw this and figured out that it was a drill, the one who pushed out the alert got convinced that it was real.
The FCC has pointed out that there was a “lack of preparation” on how to deal with a false alarm and that there were “inadequate safeguards” for false alerts. Hawaii has taken steps to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again in the future and the FCC is going to make its own recommendations on the matter in its final report.
Officer Who Pushed False Hawaii Missile Alert Believed It Was Real , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
Apple released a software update about a year ago that essentially throttled the processors of old iPhones with chemically degraded batteries. The company acknowledged this following reports that it was intentionally slowing down old iPhones. While many believed it was doing this to get people to upgrade, Apple offered an entirely different explanation. Despite an apology and an olive branch, the company is facing investigations in many countries over this and now one has been launched at home in the United States.
Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether or not Apple broke securities laws concerning its disclosures about a software update that slowed older iPhones.
The probe is said to be private so it hasn’t been officially confirmed by both the DOJ and SEC. These government bodies have requested information from Apple and the inquiry is in early stages so it’s unclear if any enforcement will follow.
Apple has already apologized for not communicating that a software update was slowing down old iPhones with degraded batteries to prevent unexpected shutdowns. It’s now offering $29 battery replacements for out of warranty devices. Apple has also confirmed that it will give users the ability to opt-out of this functionality with the next iOS update.
Despite that, the company is facing multiple lawsuits in the United States as well as investigations in a handful of other countries, particularly in countries where this behavior a.k.a planned obsolescence is illegal.
Apple Facing U.S. Government Probe Over Slowing Down Old iPhones , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
U.S. News & World Report Uses Apparent Image Of Sikh Man For Terrorism Story
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe outlet has since replaced the image.
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