Jun 01
The EU is challenging the legality of the new tariffs and aims to hit U.S. goods with retaliatory measures.
Jun 01
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Jun 01
Nissan has an updated version of its GT-R NISMO GT3 racer that will begin deliveries in January 2019. The racing car is built-to-order and will be supplied to racing teams around the world. Nissan says that the 2018 model of the racer reflects the advances made on the base Nissan GT-R (R35) NISMO car and lessons learned from race data … Continue reading
Jun 01
No one marvels at minivans. Well, except maybe at car-stereo events (you can get so many woofers in the back of a van). But in real life, on the streets, the world treats the minivan like a defeat: It’s what you buy as an adult when you’ve given…
Jun 01
Although ARM-based PCs are now available, apps that utilize native 64-bit architectures on Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM have been relegated to legacy support for 32-bit apps. Microsoft introduced the proper frameworks for 64-bit apps at its recent B…
Jun 01
Sea of Thieves was an opportunity for Microsoft and studio Rare to do something completely new. The multiplayer pirate simulator promised endless hours of entertainment. A sandbox world steeped in lore in which you make your own adventures. But upon…
Jun 01
During the software development process, depending on the way the software has been coded, it can leave itself open to exploits by hackers who are familiar with the coding process and know how to take advantage of the system’s weakness. No software is ever perfect, although ideally bugs should be discovered and patched quickly.
Unfortunately for Valve’s Steam desktop client, it appears that the software had a particularly nasty bug that existed for the past 10 years, a bug which if exploited would have allowed hackers to take over the person’s PC. This was discovered by Context’s Tom Court (via Gizmodo) who penned a lengthy and detailed blog post about the issue.
According to Court, the problem was only addressed back in July last year when Valve compiled their code with modern exploit protections enabled. However he claims that even with these protections, the bug could still be exploited and cause the client to crash, which we guess isn’t as bad as taking over a computer completely, but definitely not ideal.
However the good news is that Valve has since fixed it properly earlier this February where it was pushed to the stable branch in March where the company thank Court in their release notes. It is unclear as to whether or not there have been any victims as a result of this bug, but Court has uploaded a video that shows the exploit in action.
Steam’s Desktop Client Had A Bug That Existed For 10 Years , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jun 01
There have been rumors swirling that suggests that Apple could be launching the iPhone SE 2 later this year. Some rumors have pointed at a WWDC 2018 reveal, while others suggest that it could arrive much later, possibly in September alongside the other iPhones. Now thanks to a tweet by Sonny Dickson, possible details about the iPhone SE 2’s design might have been revealed.
According to Dickson’s tweet, he posted an image of what appears to be screen protectors for the iPhone SE 2. The screen protector in the image below and to the left is allegedly that of the iPhone SE 2, while the one on the right is the iPhone X. One is bigger than the other, obviously, but other than the size difference, it seems that they both share a notch design.
https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/1002388867041751040k
Since screen protectors aren’t an official iPhone accessory, one could argue that accessory makers are simply speculating. However given that Dickson has a very good track record when it comes to iPhone related leaks, plus this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about the iPhone SE 2 featuring a notched design, it’s starting to look more compelling.
In any case it’s probably best to take this report with a grain of salt for now, but do check back with us during WWDC 2018 to see if there might be more details to be had.
Alleged iPhone SE 2 Screen Protector Hints At Notch Design , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jun 01
Just like how apps on our smartphones usually fulfill one purpose, the same can be said for Alexa skills. For example if you wanted a Domino’s pizza, you’d use the Domino’s pizza skill to ask Alexa to order you a hot pie. Or if you wanted an Uber not a Lyft, you’d use Uber’s skill for Alexa.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with this system, except that it doesn’t feel as “natural”, which is something Amazon is hoping to change with its CanFulfillIntentRequest interface for developers. Basically what this does is that it lets developers tell Amazon what kind of questions their skills can answer, and from there in the event that a user asks Alexa something vague, Amazon can then cycle through various skills that could possibly match the command and make a suggestion to the user.
According to Amazon, “For example, if a customer asks, ‘Alexa, where is the best surfing today near Santa Barbara?’ Alexa can use CanFulfillIntentRequest to ask surfing skills whether they can understand and fulfill the request. A surfing skill with a database of California beaches might be able to both understand and fulfill the request, while one with a database of Hawaiian beaches might only be able to understand it. Based on these responses, Alexa would invoke the skill with the database of California beaches for the customer.”
That being said, Amazon does note that the feature is currently in beta so don’t expect it to be widely available just yet.
Alexa Could Soon Suggest Appropriate Skills For Users To Use , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jun 01
A year after actor James Woods lashed out at C.J. Duron, the 11-year-old is receiving a huge honor.
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