When you drop hundreds on an HDTV, you expect it to work out of the box. Yet somehow, in 2016, we still have to tweak color settings, adjust brightness, and make other changes to get the best picture. How is it possible that with all the technical leaps televisions have made over the years, TVs still require calibration? Read more…
For the past year YouTubers have been trying to navigate a deluge of false copyright claims and a changing algorithm that rewards needlessly-long videos. Now, allegedly, the platform is starting to withhold paychecks. Read more…
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YouTube Stars Are Blowing Up Over Not Getting Paid (Update)
Earlier this month, Leoni AG, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wires and electrical cables, informed investors that the German company lost almost 40 million euros (or about $44.6 million) to online scammers. Today, we finally know how: According to investigators, the thieves simply spoofed emails to look like official payment requests, a tactic known as “ CEO fraud .” Read more…
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An Email Scam Cost One of Europe’s Biggest Companies $40 Million
For the second time in five months, the Transmission BitTorrent client for Mac has been infected with malware. Read more…
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Mac BitTorrent Client Transmission Gets Infected With Malware Again
If you grew up in the 90s, you probably saw one of the legendary ITT Technical Institute commercials in the wee hours of the morning. Now, you’ll probably never see one again. Read more…
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Rest In Peace ITT Tech, You Bastards
Kaby Lake, Intel’s latest processor family, wasn’t supposed to exist . Earlier this year Intel announced the end of its well-known tick-tock release schedule, whereby it trots out a new processor every September. The tick is the shrinking and improvements of the current microarchitecture, while the tock is a whole new architecture. Instead last year’s “tock, ” Skylake , was going to hang around a while, with no new “tick” in sight. Read more…
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Intel’s New Kaby Lake Processors: What You Need to Know
Apple just sent out press invites for its next major event. As expected, the event will take place on September 7. Like last year, the iPhone event will be at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Read more…
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Apple’s Big iPhone Event Is September 7
The Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant on the home of Manuel Alfaro, former executive director of assessment design and development at the College Board, which develops the SAT, an aptitude test for college bound high schoolers, according to a report by Reuters . Read more…
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FBI Raids SAT Critic Over Leaked Test Questions
Today, Facebook announced that human curators will no longer write short descriptions that accompany trending topics on the site. Instead, the company will rely on an algorithmic process to “pull excerpts directly from stories.” The company also said it will stop using human curators to sort through the news. Read more…
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Facebook Removes Human Curators From Trending Module
Denuvo, an advanced form of anti-piracy tech, withstood cracks for years . But 2016 may well be seen as the year it finally succumbed its opponent’s advances in an age-old arms race. Read more…
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The PC’s Best Piracy Control Is Wavering