New Intel Chip Flaws Can Leak Confidential Data From the CPU

From PC Mag: Intel is facing a new set of hardware-based vulnerabilities in the company's chips that can leak confidential data processed inside the CPU.

On Tuesday, security researchers disclosed the flaws, which affect Intel chips made as far back as 2011. By exploiting them, a piece of malware...

Ford recalls Fusion, Ranger for separate transmission issues

From CNET: Whether it's to lessen the blow or to save time writing press releases, Ford loves issuing multiple recalls simultaneously. Sometimes, they have no relation to each other, but this time around, both recalls focus on pieces related to the transmission.

Ford's first recall of the day...

Spotify’s Storylines are like Instagram Stories for musicians

From The Verge: Spotify is testing a new feature called Storyline that gives you behind-the-scenes information from artists about their songs. The information is presented like an Instagram Story, with a carousel of cards featuring a combination of text and images that you can tap through. Android...

Lightroom Adds Pro Learning Tools, Texture Slider

From PC Mag: Despite a recent false alarm concerning price gouging and warnings from the company over use of older software, Adobe's Lightroom remains a highly popular photo workflow option. And the latest updates, announced today, highlight tutorial features powered by photo pros, new sharing...

Sonos launches Google Assistant on Sonos One and Beam speakers today

From CNET: Google Assistant has finally come to Sonos.

After first being announced in 2017, the company is rolling out Google's voice system to its speakers, including the Sonos One smart speaker and Sonos Beam sound bar today. Now Sonos owners can choose between talking and listening to either...

Waze for iOS now lets you stream music from Pandora

From The Verge: Maybe you’re not about the subscription music life and still get your tunes from Pandora’s many streaming stations. If so, you can now play that music directly through Google’s Waze navigation app on iPhone. Last year, Waze added an audio player feature with integration from Spotify...

Leaked Case Molds Show Square iPhone Camera Bump

From PC Mag: We've still got a while to wait until the expected iPhone model refresh in September, but that means there's also plenty of time for details to leak. The latest is news of a square camera bump expected to appear on the back of all three 2019 iPhones.

As 9To5Mac reports, news of the...

Russia-linked disinformation efforts target EU elections

From CNET: A group of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading misinformation and encouraging political discord just weeks ahead of the key elections in the European Union, The New York Times reported Sunday.

The campaign shares many of the same...

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