We told you that YouTube would support 360-degree videos . Now, they’re here: as of today, Google’s streaming video service now serves up videos that let you look in any direction —not just where the camera is pointing. Needless to say, this could be a Big. Freaking. Deal. Read more…
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YouTube’s Ready To Blow Your Mind With 360-Degree Videos
I can’t even begin to understand how this little boy’s brain is working, or exactly what the method is, but it’s fascinating. (more…)
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Watch this Indian kid compute math astonishingly fast with an unusual method
Android 5.1 has been available to Nexus devices for a little while now, and it looks like one of its neatest features – sorry HD Voice and Device Protection – isn’t quite ready for public consumption yet. Thanks to a little bit of sleuthing by Pocketables editor-in-chief John Freml, it looks like you’ll eventually be able to log into a Google VPN when you connect to one of those potentially sketchy open WiFI networks out there. To be clear, it takes a bit of work to even get the service responsible for that secure surfing running, and even then it doesn’t yet work the way it’s supposed to — all Freml could coax out of it was a dialog box touting the feature and a link to a still-inactive Google support page. Still, considering just temperamental (not to mention potentially tricky) some of those wireless networks can be, Google’s onto something really, really important here. The inclusion of a system-level VPN is a great idea on its own, but it takes on even more significance in light of Google’s recently confirmed MVNO plans. Google SVP Sundar Pichai noted in an interview at this year’s Mobile World Congress that it’ll eventually roll out the “Nexus” of wireless services ; that is, it won’t necessarily compete with the industry’s lumbering giants for customers. Still, it’s clear that WiFi is going to play a crucial role in Google’s newest mobile push – the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that it’ll essentially combine T-Mobile and Sprint service with available WiFi networks for phone and data connectivity, and you can bet the search juggernaut has a vested interest in keeping its users’ information safe from ne’er-do-wells. Filed under: Mobile Comments Source: Pocketables
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The latest version of Android could keep your data safe on public WiFi
The fallout from Hillary Clinton’s homebrew email setup is getting weird. The Department of State just shut down part of its unclassified email system in an attempt to eradicate malware they just found from Russian hackers. But State’s spokespeople say everything is okay. Probably. Read more…
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Fearing Hackers, U.S. State Dept. Has Shut Off Part of Its Email System
Google leaked the complete hidden whois data attached to more than 282,000 domains registered through the company’s Google Apps for Work service, a breach that could bite good and bad guys alike. The 282,867 domains counted by Cisco Systems’ researchers account for 94 percent of the addresses Google Apps has registered through a partnership with registrar eNom. Among the services is one to shield from public view all personal information included in domain name whois records. Starting in mid 2013, a software defect in Google Apps started leaking the data, including names, phone numbers, physical addresses, e-mail addresses. The bug caused the data to become public once a registration was renewed. Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group discovered on February 19 and five days later the leak was plugged, slightly shy of two years after it first sprung. Whois data is notoriously unreliable, as is clear from all the obviously fake names, addresses and other data that’s contained in public whois records. Still, it’s reasonable to assume that some people might be more forthcoming when signing up using a privacy-enhancing service that promises to hide such data. Even in cases where people falsified records, the records might provide important clues about the identities of the people who made them. Often when data isn’t pseudo-randomized, it follows patterns that can link a person to a particular group or other Internet record. As Cisco researchers Nick Biasini, Alex Chiu, Jaeson Schultz, Craig Williams, and William McVey wrote: Read 4 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Epic Google snafu leaks hidden whois data for 280,000 domains
We last checked in with TechReport’s grand SSD torture test back in June , when the first drives in the six-drive roundup had failed. The drives to first fall victim to the unending barrage of data writes were the Intel 335, one of two Kingston HyperX 3Ks (the one tasked with an non-compressible workload to stymie its compression-happy Sandforce controller), and the Samsung 840. All three failed short of 1PB of writes, but it’s also important to note that all of them—even the TLC-equipped Samsung 840—far exceeded their manufacturers’ stated write lifetimes. But now the experiment has come to its grand conclusion : all the drives have finally gone silent, their controllers unresponsive, their NAND cells heavy with extra electrons . The TechReport’s post-mortem is glorious in its depth and detail, with tons of data points and charts describing the course of the experiment and the fate of each of the drives. Tech-savvy buyers who might be worried about SSD lifetime decreasing even as SSD capacity skyrockets should have their fears assuaged by the ridiculous number of writes the tested drives endured; the drive that survived the longest survived more than 2.4 petabytes worth of sustained writes. That’s probably about 240x as much writing as a typical consumer SSD would need to endure over its lifetime. Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Consumer SSDs benchmarked to death—and last far longer than rated
Did you know that the United States Postal Service has its own police force? It’s true . While the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is typically tasked with looking into mailbox vandalism and mail fraud, an investigation in Denver reveals that they’re also installing hidden cameras at post offices and spying on Americans . Read more…
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U.S. Post Offices Have Installed Hidden Spy Cameras to Film Customers
NVIDIA has officially launched the GTX 960M , and a number of manufacturers have revealed new, thin gaming laptops the video card was designed for at the same time. One of those laptops is the ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) G501, which measures 0.81-inch in depth (0.30-inch thicker than the new Macbooks ) and weighs 4.54 pounds. The GTX 960M card inside it can deliver “sharp, vivid visuals, high-quality textures and smooth framerates in the most demanding games, ” at least according to Asus. In addition to the video card, you can find a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 4GB of GDDR5 and a 512GB SSD under the hood, encased in typical ROG brushed metal body with red accents. The device comes pre-installed with Windows 8.1 and has a 15.6-inch 4K/UHD display, three USB 3.0 ports and an Intel Thunderbolt connection. Plus, it uses the company’s dual-fan cooling system for super slim laptops called ASUS Hyper Cool Technology. It will set you back $1, 999 when it becomes available in April. If you want a gaming laptop right now , though, ASUS is also rereleasing a couple of older models equipped with NVIDIA’s new graphics cards today. First is the lower-end version of the G751 called the G751JL, which comes with the new GTX 965M graphics card instead of the GTX 980M/970M, like you can find inside the former. It costs $1, 399, or $100 cheaper than the previous model’s cheapest unit. Finally, the company is updating its GL551 laptops with the GTX 960M cards to release two versions that cost $1, 099 and $1, 299, depending on their SSDs. All these laptops are (or will be, in G501’s case) available in various retail outlets, but make sure to check out the ASUS G-Series website first for more info and a list of stores that where you can find them. Filed under: Laptops , ASUS Comments Source: ASUS
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ASUS’ G501 gaming laptop comes with NVIDIA’s new graphics card
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies—aka HGST, aka a subsidiary of Western Digital—was recently showing off its gigantic new 10TB hard drive at the Linux Foundation Vault tradeshow in Boston. But unfortunately you won’t be packing 10, 000 gigabytes into your laptop anytime soon because the drive is designed for use in servers, and mostly because it requires special software to work. Read more…
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Glenn Fleishman answers questions about the digital dark matter OSX keeps around . Blame Unix.
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