OnePlus backdoor means hackers could take over your phone

From CNET: Hackers who get hold of some OnePlus phones can get virtually unlimited access to their files and software through use of a testing tool called EngineerMode the company evidently left on the devices.

Robert Baptiste, a freelance security researcher who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on...

Firefox's big-bang update brings you speed and a new look

From CNET: Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox Quantum, and even if you long ago switched to Google Chrome, it's worth giving the browser upgrade a spin.

Why? First and foremost, version 57 of the open-source browser is faster -- twice the speed of Firefox 52 from March as measured by the...

MMO Tera Disables In-Game Chat Due to Malware Threat

From PC Mag: Ask anyone to name a massively-multiplayer online game and chances are their response will be World of Warcraft. But there are many more MMOs out there that have been running for years and continue to attract millions of players. One of those games is Tera, developed by Bluehole Studio...

Qualcomm rejects $105 billion takeover bid from Broadcom

From CNET: Qualcomm to Broadcom: Take your billions and go homecomm.

The board of directors at Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips and processors for phones, unanimously rejected a massive unsolicited takeover bid from Broadcom, which makes chips for everything from cable modems to set-top...

Google’s Pixel Buds have started shipping

From The Verge: It might feel like Google is following Apple’s script right now: remove the headphone jack from your flagship phone, ship the phone with a depressingly bad dongle adapter, and announce a new pair of revolutionary Bluetooth headphones to divert the you-caused frustrations of your...

Facebook Takes on Yelp With Newly Rebranded 'Local' App

From PC Mag: Got no plans this Friday night? Facebook wants to help you find something to do.

The social network last year launched a standalone app called Events to help users discover activities — from festivals and 5Ks to neighborhood fairs and nightlife. Today, that app is getting some Yelp...

Edifier S2000 Pro Review (Page 1 of 4)

Do Asians really not age? A few weeks ago, I was hanging out with a few of my friends who are currently in their first year of university. There were a few new people in our group as well when someone brought up the topic of the age difference between me and one of the girls. "Probably around the same age," he said. "Maybe one or two years of age difference at most." Although this probably was not the first time it happened, we still looked at...

TP-Link Deco M5 Review (Page 1 of 5)

Over the past month or two, I have been playing table football, or foosball, during my breaks in the office. While I never considered myself to be terrible, when I got shutout repeatedly by several people, I knew I also had lots to learn. For one, it took me a while to get used to this table, as I had become used to the cheaper, lighter bars. I also was accustomed to different rules, such as no scoring on first touch and no five bar scoring. I...

Asus laptops now have the latest quad-core Intel processors

From The Verge: Asus has revealed its new line of laptops that feature 8th-generation Intel core processors. They include laptops from the ZenBook and VivoBook lines, complete with the latest quad-core processors that double the amount of cores from the previous models. Asus claims a 40 percent...

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