At least 40% of Australian households now have at least one home "Internet of Things" device. These are fridges, window blinds, locks and other devices that are connected to the internet.
Internet security at Mar-a-Lago -- the private club President Trump owns and has dubbed the "Southern White House" -- is weak, based on a recent investigation. Trump has used the resort to meet with staffers and foreign heads of state on official business. In February, he took a call about a North Korean ballistic missile launch in Mar-a-Lago's dining room, with members and waiters present.
A phishing scam that surfaced earlier this week used Google Docs in an attack against at least 1 million Gmail users. However, that amounted to fewer than 0.1 percent of Gmail users were affected, according to the company. Google last year put the number of active monthly Gmail users at more than 1 billion. Google shut down the phishing scam within an hour, it said.
Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed.
Most people who spend time on the Internet will likely have asked themselves whether things are really getting worse, or whether it just feels that way. Constant online exposure to the world’s troubles no doubt encourages an end-of-days mood, but the consequences of using social media as a news channel are more complex than your run-of-the-mill existential dread. To blame “monotony,” a blasé description in the context of “people killing each other,” is to miss that the defining feature of social media is a mismatch of scale. The feed is where we go both to be informed about the world and to escape its violence. It is designed to accommodate the personal and the planetary, political awareness and head-in-the-sand retreat. These opposite poles of life are dressed in identical trappings, and we’re invited to react to them with a single, limited set of coded responses. The same thumb goes up when friends post photos of their Canadian camping trip and when they check in safe after an attack in Brussels or Nice or New York or Berlin. As a result, the social-media news cycle demands of us a bifocal gaze, one that comes with a particular emotional toll.
Parents don't need a poll to tell them their teenagers are addicted to smartphones. After all, smartphones are a permanent fixture rather than accessories on the visages of kids of all ages these days. Even so, polls move these everyday observances from anecdotal to official problem when the numbers tilt in that direction -- and a Common Sense Media poll hit full tilt.
Pandora and Sirius XM are getting closer ties at long last, but it’s not quite the same relationship the parties were initially planning. Sirius XM has agreed to invest $480 million in Pandora. This investment causes a ripple effect, changing some other business avenues that Pandora had also been considering. Continue Reading →
ABC Radio announced that it has entered a collaboration with Spotify to create a podcast called Brilliant Minds. In addition to the joint project, ABC Radio podcasts hosted by the network’s anchors, correspondents, and contributors will now be available on Spotify via a non-exclusive agreement. Continue Reading →
For all his criticisms, America's most celebrated architect wasn’t intrinsically opposed to cities. Instead, he urged us to examine what they had become and recognize that none of their failures were inevitable.
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Binky is an app that does everything an app is expected to do. It’s got posts. It’s got likes. It’s got comments. It’s got the infinitely scrolling timeline found in all social apps, from Facebook to Twitter, Instagram to Snapchat. But none of it is real.
With shadowy botnet armies lurking around the globe and vigilante gray-hat actors inoculating susceptible devices, the appetite for Internet of Things security is stronger than ever. "If you throw IoT on a con talk, you've got a pretty good chance to get in," remarked information security professional Jason Kent, as he began his presentation at Chicago's Thotcon conference last week.
Featured General news Witness appeals Missing people Your local area Campaigns Collections Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed. See more news
A few years ago, when Oracle was busy buying companies to fill out its front-office cloud offering, RightNow developed a "day in the life" video that has stuck with me. It was shown at RightNow's last user meeting as an independent company. In fact, at the conference where it debuted, Oracle announced its acquisition of RightNow. The video's importance was as a harbinger of things to come.
A second helicopter lands on London Bridge as police are responding to three incidents in the capital, amid reports that a vehicle collided with pedestrians on London Bridge, Scotland Yard said. Officers are dealing with reports of stabbings in Borough Market, where armed officers attended and shots were fired. They are also at an incident in the Vauxhall area
Audioburst announced that it has secured series A funding of $6.7 million for its mission of automating the indexing, organization, and discovery of audio content. The company’s platform promises real-time analysis of an audio clip, which allows fast and easy searching of content. The metadata it applies to each audio clip guides the creation of audio streams personalized to a listener’s preferences and patterns. Continue Reading →
Facebook has announced the beta launch of Facebook Spaces, a new app that allows users to connect with friends and colleagues in an interactive virtual reality environment. It provides a way for social media users to hang out as they might otherwise in person -- even bridging great distances -- noted Rachel Franklin, head of social VR at Facebook. An avatar represents each user in the VR world.
China’s online giants serve content, games and news to hundreds of millions of people across the country -- Tencent’s QQ and WeChat alone host more than a billion users, combined. Online news services however have always operated in a regulatory gray area. They’re not authorized to provide original content and technically aren’t allowed to hire reporters or editors. Still, outlets have recently published investigative stories on official corruption cases, and covered sensitive social issues from demonstrations to human rights. For instance, NetEase ran a feature in April after the party announced an investigation into a senior Hebei provincial official, Zhang Yue. The story was later removed from the internet.
The change in the guidelines on original reporting also comes weeks after China replaced its chief internet regulator. Xu Lin, a former Shanghai propaganda chief who worked briefly with Xi during his half-year stint as Shanghai party boss in 2007, succeeded Lu Wei in June as head of the cyberspace administration.
A 7-year-old flaw in Intel chips could enable hijackers to gain total control of business computers and use them for malicious purposes. The Intel AMT vulnerability is the first of its kind, according to Embedi, which released technical details about it last week. Attackers could exploit the flaw to get full control over business computers, even those turned off but plugged into an outlet.
Webcast listening in March inched upward by three percent compared to the previous month, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics monthly Top 20 Ranker, released today. Year-over-year listening to streams gained 13%. Click through for long-term trends. Continue Reading →
Home Featured Featured General news Witness appeals Missing people Your local area Campaigns Collections Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed. See more news
"This combines two of my pet peeves," Robert Kosara, a research scientist with Tableau Software in Seattle, says. "Maps being used in weird ways, and rankings."
A better word than “monotony” for this chronic mixing of moods would be “bathos,” which describes the deflation or anticlimax that occurs when two opposing tones or registers clash in a work of art. We owe the term to the eighteenth-century English poet Alexander Pope, who coined it in a corrosive treatise called “Peri Bathous; Or, the Art of Sinking.” While Western writers had long been interested in language’s ability to transport the listener or reader to an exalted, sublime plane of experience, Pope saw in the work of his peers a tendency in the opposite direction. Lacking the genius necessary to reach the lofty heights of sublimity, they unintentionally followed “the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos.”
"Depression, fear, pain, anxiety — you name it," Wim Hof’s voice boomed through the speakers. "We are able to get into any cell and change the chemistry. We are able to get into the DNA."
The biggest provider, MTN Cameroon, denied it had violated customer privacy by forwarding the ministry's warning texts and added that all its services remained accessible. That was on 15 January and since then it has not commented.
In the biggest shake-up to provisioning since it launched fibre services in 2010, Zen Internet is offering a super-easy, self-install option across all its FTTC products. This gives partners and their customers the freedom to install fibre broadband on their own timescale, removing many unnecessary headaches and delays.
Hulu has announced a new live-streaming television service for $39.99 per month, which will place the company in direct competition with newly launched services from DirecTV Now, YouTube and other OTT content providers. The Hulu with Live TV beta will offer 50 channels of live-streaming television -- including sports, news, entertainment, children's programming and local network affiliates.
At least 40% of Australian households now have at least one home "Internet of Things" device. These are fridges, window blinds, locks and other devices that are connected to the internet. Jun 08, 2017 in Internet 18 0
"Fake news" is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump lambasting media "bias", or the spread of "alternative facts". May 30, 2017 in Internet 10 5
Internet news Cortana can now help you score deals through Microsoft Edge By Parker Wilhelm Microsoft augments the Edge browser with another Cortana feature to save you a few bucks shopping. A fitting name for your website – finding the perfect domain name By Sponsored TechRadar Pro Finding the perfect name for your business just got much easier. Ethical hackers show that Windows 10 isn’t immune to WannaCry By Darren Allan Here’s why a future WannaCry-style assault could well hit even Microsoft’s most secure operating system. Apple cuts the cost for 2TB of iCloud storage in half By Michelle Fitzsimmons Flying under the radar of all the new hardware at WWDC 2017 is an iCloud price change. Samsung is about to launch a mesh Wi-Fi system of its own By Parker Wilhelm For those looking for a new home project, Samsung has announced pricing and release date for its new Wi-Fi hub. Google is adding an ad blocker to Chrome in 2018 By Michelle Fitzsimmons Tired of annoying ads? Starting next year, Google will remove all ads from sites that don't fall in line. Gmail gets new powers to fight phishing, ransomware and more By Darren Allan TechRadar Pro Google’s webmail service can now block malicious emails with an incredibly high accuracy. How to hide your identity from snooping ISP's By Sponsored TechRadar Pro ISP's have started tracking user data – but you can stop them if you encrypt your online activity. Twitter just changed the way you can receive Direct Messages By Michelle Fitzsimmons Want greater control over your DMs? Twitter introduces Accept and Delete for missives from users you don't follow. Google makes it easier to find your own stuff from the search box By David Nield In a significant update to its search engine, Google now helps you search your own content as well as the web. More news
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Have we since outgrown this taste? Televised news, unlike eighteenth-century English poets, has always been wary of bathos, which is why those cheering stories that form the news’s lighter side are typically reserved for last, often with a cushion of sports or weather in between. This format imposes a crude narrative structure on the day’s events, with peril ultimately usurped by a happy, or at least whimsical, conclusion. Yet such careful management of emotional tone is absent in the social-media news feed, which in this sense is closer to the rawness of real life, with its moments of shock and unexpected shifts in mood.
The regulator has since tightened its grip on online news reports, such as by warning news or social network websites against publishing news without proper verification. In another sign that the government is exerting influence over information, the publishers of a private purchasing managers index suspended that popular gauge without explanation.
Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Learn more about Thomson Reuters products:
The party has long been sensitive to the potential for negative reporting to stir up unrest, the greatest threat to its decades-old hold on power. Regulations forbidding enterprise reporting have been in place for years without consistent enforcement, but the latest ordinance suggests “they really mean business,” said Willy Lam, an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Center for China Studies.
Internet security at Mar-a-Lago -- the private club President Trump owns and has dubbed the "Southern White House" -- is weak, based on a recent investigation. Trump has used the resort to meet with staffers and foreign heads of state on official business. In February, he took a call about a North Korean ballistic missile launch in Mar-a-Lago's dining room, with members and waiters present.
A phishing scam that surfaced earlier this week used Google Docs in an attack against at least 1 million Gmail users. However, that amounted to fewer than 0.1 percent of Gmail users were affected, according to the company. Google last year put the number of active monthly Gmail users at more than 1 billion. Google shut down the phishing scam within an hour, it said.
Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed.
Most people who spend time on the Internet will likely have asked themselves whether things are really getting worse, or whether it just feels that way. Constant online exposure to the world’s troubles no doubt encourages an end-of-days mood, but the consequences of using social media as a news channel are more complex than your run-of-the-mill existential dread. To blame “monotony,” a blasé description in the context of “people killing each other,” is to miss that the defining feature of social media is a mismatch of scale. The feed is where we go both to be informed about the world and to escape its violence. It is designed to accommodate the personal and the planetary, political awareness and head-in-the-sand retreat. These opposite poles of life are dressed in identical trappings, and we’re invited to react to them with a single, limited set of coded responses. The same thumb goes up when friends post photos of their Canadian camping trip and when they check in safe after an attack in Brussels or Nice or New York or Berlin. As a result, the social-media news cycle demands of us a bifocal gaze, one that comes with a particular emotional toll.
Parents don't need a poll to tell them their teenagers are addicted to smartphones. After all, smartphones are a permanent fixture rather than accessories on the visages of kids of all ages these days. Even so, polls move these everyday observances from anecdotal to official problem when the numbers tilt in that direction -- and a Common Sense Media poll hit full tilt.
Pandora and Sirius XM are getting closer ties at long last, but it’s not quite the same relationship the parties were initially planning. Sirius XM has agreed to invest $480 million in Pandora. This investment causes a ripple effect, changing some other business avenues that Pandora had also been considering. Continue Reading →
ABC Radio announced that it has entered a collaboration with Spotify to create a podcast called Brilliant Minds. In addition to the joint project, ABC Radio podcasts hosted by the network’s anchors, correspondents, and contributors will now be available on Spotify via a non-exclusive agreement. Continue Reading →
For all his criticisms, America's most celebrated architect wasn’t intrinsically opposed to cities. Instead, he urged us to examine what they had become and recognize that none of their failures were inevitable.
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Binky is an app that does everything an app is expected to do. It’s got posts. It’s got likes. It’s got comments. It’s got the infinitely scrolling timeline found in all social apps, from Facebook to Twitter, Instagram to Snapchat. But none of it is real.
With shadowy botnet armies lurking around the globe and vigilante gray-hat actors inoculating susceptible devices, the appetite for Internet of Things security is stronger than ever. "If you throw IoT on a con talk, you've got a pretty good chance to get in," remarked information security professional Jason Kent, as he began his presentation at Chicago's Thotcon conference last week.
Featured General news Witness appeals Missing people Your local area Campaigns Collections Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed. See more news
A few years ago, when Oracle was busy buying companies to fill out its front-office cloud offering, RightNow developed a "day in the life" video that has stuck with me. It was shown at RightNow's last user meeting as an independent company. In fact, at the conference where it debuted, Oracle announced its acquisition of RightNow. The video's importance was as a harbinger of things to come.
A second helicopter lands on London Bridge as police are responding to three incidents in the capital, amid reports that a vehicle collided with pedestrians on London Bridge, Scotland Yard said. Officers are dealing with reports of stabbings in Borough Market, where armed officers attended and shots were fired. They are also at an incident in the Vauxhall area
Audioburst announced that it has secured series A funding of $6.7 million for its mission of automating the indexing, organization, and discovery of audio content. The company’s platform promises real-time analysis of an audio clip, which allows fast and easy searching of content. The metadata it applies to each audio clip guides the creation of audio streams personalized to a listener’s preferences and patterns. Continue Reading →
Facebook has announced the beta launch of Facebook Spaces, a new app that allows users to connect with friends and colleagues in an interactive virtual reality environment. It provides a way for social media users to hang out as they might otherwise in person -- even bridging great distances -- noted Rachel Franklin, head of social VR at Facebook. An avatar represents each user in the VR world.
China’s online giants serve content, games and news to hundreds of millions of people across the country -- Tencent’s QQ and WeChat alone host more than a billion users, combined. Online news services however have always operated in a regulatory gray area. They’re not authorized to provide original content and technically aren’t allowed to hire reporters or editors. Still, outlets have recently published investigative stories on official corruption cases, and covered sensitive social issues from demonstrations to human rights. For instance, NetEase ran a feature in April after the party announced an investigation into a senior Hebei provincial official, Zhang Yue. The story was later removed from the internet.
The change in the guidelines on original reporting also comes weeks after China replaced its chief internet regulator. Xu Lin, a former Shanghai propaganda chief who worked briefly with Xi during his half-year stint as Shanghai party boss in 2007, succeeded Lu Wei in June as head of the cyberspace administration.
A 7-year-old flaw in Intel chips could enable hijackers to gain total control of business computers and use them for malicious purposes. The Intel AMT vulnerability is the first of its kind, according to Embedi, which released technical details about it last week. Attackers could exploit the flaw to get full control over business computers, even those turned off but plugged into an outlet.
Webcast listening in March inched upward by three percent compared to the previous month, according to Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics monthly Top 20 Ranker, released today. Year-over-year listening to streams gained 13%. Click through for long-term trends. Continue Reading →
Home Featured Featured General news Witness appeals Missing people Your local area Campaigns Collections Get updates via RSS feed Appeal following fatal traffic incident on the M3 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M3 yesterday morning (Monday 5 June). Fatal road traffic collision in Odiham 6 Jun 2017 - Witness appeal We’re appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Odiham. Bravery and dedication celebrated at our Chief Constable's Awards 2 Jun 2017 - General news From a dramatic rooftop rescue, to the brave capture of a knife-wielding robber - there was plenty to celebrate at the Chief Constable's Awards. Summer drink and drug drive operation 1 Jun 2017 - General news Too many people are still taking the risk to drink and drug drive and that is simply unacceptable – Superintendent Simon Dodds. Policing plan for a safe Isle of Wight Festival 2017 7 Jun 2017 - General news A dedicated policing plan is in place to ensure residents and visitors stay safe on the Isle of Wight during this year’s Festival season. Man given life sentence for assaulting officers 26 May 2017 - General news When police officers put on their uniforms, they don’t expect to end their shift lying in a hospital bed. See more news
"This combines two of my pet peeves," Robert Kosara, a research scientist with Tableau Software in Seattle, says. "Maps being used in weird ways, and rankings."
A better word than “monotony” for this chronic mixing of moods would be “bathos,” which describes the deflation or anticlimax that occurs when two opposing tones or registers clash in a work of art. We owe the term to the eighteenth-century English poet Alexander Pope, who coined it in a corrosive treatise called “Peri Bathous; Or, the Art of Sinking.” While Western writers had long been interested in language’s ability to transport the listener or reader to an exalted, sublime plane of experience, Pope saw in the work of his peers a tendency in the opposite direction. Lacking the genius necessary to reach the lofty heights of sublimity, they unintentionally followed “the gentle down-hill way to the Bathos.”
"Depression, fear, pain, anxiety — you name it," Wim Hof’s voice boomed through the speakers. "We are able to get into any cell and change the chemistry. We are able to get into the DNA."
The biggest provider, MTN Cameroon, denied it had violated customer privacy by forwarding the ministry's warning texts and added that all its services remained accessible. That was on 15 January and since then it has not commented.
In the biggest shake-up to provisioning since it launched fibre services in 2010, Zen Internet is offering a super-easy, self-install option across all its FTTC products. This gives partners and their customers the freedom to install fibre broadband on their own timescale, removing many unnecessary headaches and delays.
Hulu has announced a new live-streaming television service for $39.99 per month, which will place the company in direct competition with newly launched services from DirecTV Now, YouTube and other OTT content providers. The Hulu with Live TV beta will offer 50 channels of live-streaming television -- including sports, news, entertainment, children's programming and local network affiliates.
At least 40% of Australian households now have at least one home "Internet of Things" device. These are fridges, window blinds, locks and other devices that are connected to the internet. Jun 08, 2017 in Internet 18 0
"Fake news" is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump lambasting media "bias", or the spread of "alternative facts". May 30, 2017 in Internet 10 5
Internet news Cortana can now help you score deals through Microsoft Edge By Parker Wilhelm Microsoft augments the Edge browser with another Cortana feature to save you a few bucks shopping. A fitting name for your website – finding the perfect domain name By Sponsored TechRadar Pro Finding the perfect name for your business just got much easier. Ethical hackers show that Windows 10 isn’t immune to WannaCry By Darren Allan Here’s why a future WannaCry-style assault could well hit even Microsoft’s most secure operating system. Apple cuts the cost for 2TB of iCloud storage in half By Michelle Fitzsimmons Flying under the radar of all the new hardware at WWDC 2017 is an iCloud price change. Samsung is about to launch a mesh Wi-Fi system of its own By Parker Wilhelm For those looking for a new home project, Samsung has announced pricing and release date for its new Wi-Fi hub. Google is adding an ad blocker to Chrome in 2018 By Michelle Fitzsimmons Tired of annoying ads? Starting next year, Google will remove all ads from sites that don't fall in line. Gmail gets new powers to fight phishing, ransomware and more By Darren Allan TechRadar Pro Google’s webmail service can now block malicious emails with an incredibly high accuracy. How to hide your identity from snooping ISP's By Sponsored TechRadar Pro ISP's have started tracking user data – but you can stop them if you encrypt your online activity. Twitter just changed the way you can receive Direct Messages By Michelle Fitzsimmons Want greater control over your DMs? Twitter introduces Accept and Delete for missives from users you don't follow. Google makes it easier to find your own stuff from the search box By David Nield In a significant update to its search engine, Google now helps you search your own content as well as the web. More news
https://newsklic.com
Have we since outgrown this taste? Televised news, unlike eighteenth-century English poets, has always been wary of bathos, which is why those cheering stories that form the news’s lighter side are typically reserved for last, often with a cushion of sports or weather in between. This format imposes a crude narrative structure on the day’s events, with peril ultimately usurped by a happy, or at least whimsical, conclusion. Yet such careful management of emotional tone is absent in the social-media news feed, which in this sense is closer to the rawness of real life, with its moments of shock and unexpected shifts in mood.
The regulator has since tightened its grip on online news reports, such as by warning news or social network websites against publishing news without proper verification. In another sign that the government is exerting influence over information, the publishers of a private purchasing managers index suspended that popular gauge without explanation.
Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Learn more about Thomson Reuters products:
The party has long been sensitive to the potential for negative reporting to stir up unrest, the greatest threat to its decades-old hold on power. Regulations forbidding enterprise reporting have been in place for years without consistent enforcement, but the latest ordinance suggests “they really mean business,” said Willy Lam, an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Center for China Studies.
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