Google updates Home Hub, Assistant to take on Alexa for the holidays

From CNET: The Google Home Hub will now help you decide what to cook. It can save your favorite recipes. You can respond to broadcast messages and tell your significant other to pick up a missing ingredient. You can speed up the playback of your favorite podcast so it finishes by the time you're...

Valve Pays Hacker $20K for Bug That Generated CD Keys

From PC Mag: Steam contained a rather serious security flaw until recently that made it possible for an attacker to generate an activation key for any game available on the digital store with no payment necessary. Luckily for Valve, a security researcher discovered the bug first and has been duly...

Google outage pushed traffic through Russia, China and Nigeria

From CNET: Google suffered a brief outage and slowdown Monday, with some of its traffic getting rerouted through networks in Russia, China and Nigeria.

Incorrect routing instructions sent some of the search giant's traffic to Russian network operator TransTelekom, China Telecom and Nigerian...

ROCCAT Horde AIMO Review

Years ago, before I had any idea of how a computer works, my brother started to play World of Warcraft. I would always enjoy watching my brother play different video games. From Star Wars: Phantom Menace, to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, I tried to play the games, but I was horrid at them. One game I wish I could replay was this pod racing Star Wars game, which held hours of fun. This game took you to different planets to race and you...

Samsung Shows Off Foldable Phone With 'Infinity Flex Display'

From PC Mag: Samsung today finally showed off its foldable phone: a device that can convert from a handset to a mini tablet through the use of two displays.

The device uses what Samsung calls an Infinity Flex Display and functions like a book. When closed, it resembles a compact smartphone. But...

T-Mobile says it's blocked 1 billion scam calls

From CNET: T-Mobile says it's ready to block more scam calls.

On Thursday, the wireless carrier said it had integrated new spoof identification technology into its network to better guard customers against scam calls. The company also said it'll comply with the Federal Communication Commission's...

Facebook Starts Shipping Portal Smart Displays

From PC Mag: Now that our homes are full of smart speakers, there seems to be a new focus on getting us to adopt smart displays as well. Amazon has been pushing them for a while in the form of the Echo Show, which is now in its second generation. Google also entered the fray with the Home Hub, and...

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