Category: Alt-Tech
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The Internet of Things Relies on Government Understanding the Technology
Government around the world play a key role in whether IoT becomes a mainstream technology sooner rather than later.
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Facebook Is Making Its Own VR World
After purchasing Oculus, Facebook has been trying to increase the popularity of the platform. In its latest attempt to entice you into the world of VR, they’re creating an immersive environment called Horizon.
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US Citizen Arrested for Creating a Gentoo Distribution for ISIS
A 20 year old student from Chicago, Thomas Osadzinski, has been arrested by authorities for lending his coding and Linux abilities to ISIS.
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Brave Browser 1.0 Released
WhatsApp / Facebook have discovered a new and severe vulnerability affecting users of the WhatsApp messaging software.
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Mozilla is Making Firefox Notifications Less Intrusive
Beginning with version 72 of Firefox, Mozilla will be modifying how the browser handles notification requests. In the new version desktop notifications will now appear as an icon in the URL bar that users have to click to see the notification.
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Major security flaw found in Mac / Linux “sudo” command
A new security flaw was recently discovered and patched for the well known “sudo” terminal program available on Mac, Linux & other Unix based systems.
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Major Security Flaw Found in LastPass
LastPass, the most well known password manager recently released a big fix that prevents malicious websites from stealing passwords previously entered using their browser extension. Google Project Zero’s Tavis Ormandy found the flaw and revealed it to the company behind LastPass. Luckily, the vulnerability was found by Google’s team before it was in use by…
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Best Privacy Web Browsers
Many of us suspected that the tech giants were funneling our private information directly to government agencies & third parties. However, there have been numerous news reports after the Edward Snowden revelations confirming this as fact. What can you do to protect your privacy? Well, a variety of things but in this article I’m going…
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Best Reverse Image Search Websites
Do you want to find out what type of flower is growing in your yard? What other user accounts someone has based on their avatar? Well, reverse image searching is your way of finding out that information. Here are best image search engines currently available: ImgOps This site is an aggregation for multiple reverse image…
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Video publishing alternatives to YouTube
Love it or hate it, YouTube is by far the biggest player in the game when it comes to online video publishing. The reason for its near monopoly on the market in the market is almost entirely because hosting videos is expensive. Last year, Alphabet/Google lost 70 billion in market cap that they directly attribute…