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What to Do When You’ve Been Hacked
Face it, our government probably knows everything there is to know about you. Other governments do, too. Forgot your email password? Just ask the FSB! But security agencies don't use this data for simple, criminal attacks. A criminal hacking team that gets access to...
iPhone X Has One Small Problem
Early looks at the iPhone X are missing something—a little bit of every video and a chunk of many games. That's because some content on full-screen apps in landscape mode is covered by the "notch," or the black area at the top of the screen housing the front-facing...
How AI Is Helping Wage War on Counterfeit Goods
Counterfeit goods are big business; $460 billion worth of fake merchandise was bought and sold in 2016, according to the International Trademark Association, with sneakers, luxury handbags, electronics, and sunglasses among the most popular items. In the wake of...
Road Tripping With Cabin, the ‘Moving Hotel’
People take 48,000+ daily trips between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most drive, others fly, and the rest go via bus or train. One such bus option is Cabin, which takes the regular road trip up a notch. Co-founders Tom Currier and Gaetano Crupi see it as a "moving...
These Rugged Cat Devices Can Handle Dunks, Drops
BERLIN—Cat might be better known for its bulldozers and construction equipment, but for some time now the company has produced a handful of rugged smartphones like the Cat S60, which packed plenty of protection while including useful features like thermal imaging...
Inside Dolby Laboratories, and the Future of Sound and Vision
Dolby Laboratories recently invited 40+ international journalists, some from as far away as China and India, to its San Francisco headquarters for an inside peek at Dolby's biophysical lab, where staff studies the science of sound and vision and its effect on the...
Juicero, the Pricey High-Tech Juicer, Goes Kaput
In the market for an extremely expensive, internet-connected cold press juicer? Don't ask Juicero. The company on Friday announced it's "immediately" suspending the sale of its Juicero Press—a product we here at PCMag gave a spot in our list of 10 Weird High-Tech...
10 Dangerous Data Breaches That Should Freak You Out
Are you safe from a cyber attack? Probably not. You can turn on two-factor authentication, get a password manager, and surf the web via VPN, but if the companies with which you do business are breached, your personal information can quickly wind up on the dark web....
Unexpected Demand Prompts BlackBerry KeyOne ‘Black Edition’
BERLIN—The KeyOne is an Android-powered smartphone with an an excellent keyboard and some unique BlackBerry customization. And it seems to be a hit in new markets like China, often selling out in a matter of hours after launch, the company says. That unexpected...