Nintendo confirms 160,000 Nintendo Accounts accessed in hacking attempts

From The Verge: Nintendo is disabling the ability to log into a Nintendo Account through a Nintendo Network ID (NNID), after 160,000 accounts have been affected by hacking attempts. Nintendo says login IDs and passwords “obtained illegally by some means other than our service,” have been used since...

Telegram Is Adding Secure Group Video Calls This Year

From PC Mag: Telegram is this week celebrating reaching 400 million monthly users, while at the same time promising a new feature arriving in 2020 that's sure to push the service's popularity even higher.

As Telegram founder Pavel Durov reveals in a blog post, the service has increased its user...

Zoom grows to 300 million users despite security backlash

From The Verge: Zoom has hit the headlines recently for a growing number of security and privacy concerns, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped people from flocking to the video conferencing app. Zoom has now revealed that it has surpassed 300 million daily Zoom meeting participants. That’s up 50...

Report: Apple to Launch a 12-Core ARM Mac

From PC Mag: Back in February, we heard the first report of Apple planning to launch a Mac powered by an ARM processor in 2021, then last month how several ARM Macs were planned, but now more details are starting to emerge regarding multiple Mac ARM chips in development.

As Bloomberg reports,...

Apple Music heads to Samsung TVs with new app

From CNET: Apple and Samsung surprised a lot of people last year when they brought an iTunes app to Samsung TVs. After upgrading that iTunes app to become Apple's TV app last fall, the budding ecosystem of Apple apps is gaining another member Thursday when the iPhone maker brings its Apple Music app...

Google Assistant Sensitivity Option Starts Rolling Out

From PC Mag: The struggle is real for smart speaker owners, who know all too well the frustration of accidentally awakening their digital assistant. Rest assured: Google is working on a fix, according to The Verge, which tipped customized voice detection sensitivity for Google Assistant devices...

Facebook takes $5.7 billion stake in Indian internet giant Jio

From The Verge: Facebook has made a huge bet on India by investing $5.7 billion into Jio Platforms, the tech subsidiary of multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries. Jio variously operates broadband, mobile services, and online commerce platforms, and Facebook’s investment gives it around a 10...

Motorola Edge Plus leak shows off phone ahead of launch

From CNET: Motorola is set to launch its new flagship phones, expected to be the Motorola Edge and Motorola Edge Plus, during a virtual event on Wednesday. There have been plenty of leaks about Edge Plus, and now we're getting a look at what appears to be a promotional video for the phone....

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