It's only been out for a week, but already we have a competitor that is thinner, has a bigger screen, and folds flatter. Say hello to Huawei's Mate X. The Mate X has an 8 inch wrap around display that, when folded, is just 11mm thick. Its packing the Huawei's latest in house designed processor, [...]
While specifications won’t be finalized until later this year, USB 4 should support speeds of 40 Gbps. The USB-IF is using Thunderbolt 3 as the foundation for USB 4. Intel originally developed the Thunderbolt interface with Apple back in 2011. It was supposed to be a faster and more versatile interface that supports multiple protocols. [...]
Users are complaining that the phone number Facebook hassled them to use to secure their account with two-factor authentication has also been associated with their user profile — which anyone can use to “look up” their profile. Worse, there is no option to opt-out. But even if users haven’t set up two-factor, there are well [...]
A white hat hacker is an ethical computer hacker who searches for security vulnerabilities. Their job plays a vital role in protecting your data from cyber-criminals, protecting your Bank information from their view. But soon these so called white hat hackers may be out of a job themselves. Called Mayhem, the machine is a water-cooled [...]
Why disabling Safari’s Do Not Track feature is the right thing to do Apple introduced support for Do Not Track (DNT) in iOS 7 but removed the feature in Safari 12.1. The problem with DNT is that the signal it sends to websites, analytics firms, plug-in makers, and ad networks is a voluntary request and [...]
While AMD may be on an all time high with their Ryzen CPU's, almost making up for the years of little to no development. AMD may be facing a class action law suit for their previous generation processors. The claim encompasses both their Bulldozer and Pile-driver generations. According to the class action, AMD misrepresented the [...]
Scammers are becoming more sophisticated with each passing month and are still scaring clients with threats of arrest over outstanding tax debts. If you get a call claiming to be from the ATO, hang up. Go to the ATO website and call them back if you there is a genuine concern. ATO and other organisations [...]
Many Australian's now use Gumtree as a means to get rid of items cluttering around our homes or to get cash to go buy the next upgrade. Once you post an item for sale you will attract the attention of scammers. Gumtree has a list of scams to avoid on their site. If it sounds [...]
Current Airbag technology helps protect car occupants from serious injury, but it could be improved. Hyundai and Kia are working on bringing new hi-tech multi-collision airbags to vehicles. Authorities state that in 30 per cent of accidents involve more than one impact. This new technology works by readying the airbags not deployed to go off [...]
Amazon has over 100,000 robots working at its warehouses, this will always pose a safety threat to the good old human workforce. Amazon has recently designed a solution to help keep robot-human relations safe. They call it the Robotic Tech vest. It is simply a tool belt that has a built in computer to enable [...]
