Samsung recently won a patent battle that began in 2012 against Apple, which saved them from the $399 million settlement they were originally ordered to pay for stealing iPhone designs. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a patent violator should not be forced to pay the full amount of profits […]
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How To Become Zoom Superstar in 15 Minutes
I work remotely as a product manager for two teams at Wrike and spend roughly 20 hours each week on Zoom calls. During video calls, the context is often lost due to a lack of physical contact, and if you don’t have a quality camera, you’ll see a “blurry mess” […]
Verizon Finally Embraces RCS, Now the Lone Holdout Is Apple
Verizon will make its Android Messages app the default in 2022, though its own Messages app will also get RCS implementation. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Starting next year, Verizon will make Android Messages the default texting app on all its Android devices. Verizon announced it’s joining the ranks of […]
Use This Tool to Check If Your Phone’s Been Hacked by the NSO Group’s Spyware
Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP (Getty Images) If you’ve been watching the news this week you may have heard something about the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that currently stands accused of helping bad actors to hack journalists, politicians, and human rights activists throughout the world. You’d be forgiven […]
Apple under pressure over iPhone security after NSO spyware claims
NurPhoto | Getty Images Apple has come under pressure to collaborate with its Silicon Valley rivals to fend off the common threat of surveillance technology after a report alleged that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used to target journalists and human rights activists. Amnesty International, which analyzed dozens of smartphones […]
“Clickless” exploits from Israeli firm hacked activists’ fully updated iPhones
Getty Images Smartphones belonging to more than three dozen journalists, human rights activists, and business executives have been infected with powerful spyware that an Israeli firm sells, purportedly to catch terrorists and criminals, The Washington Post and other publications reported. The handsets were infected with Pegasus, full-featured spyware developed by […]
This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone – TechCrunch
Over the weekend, an international consortium of news outlets reported that several authoritarian governments — including Mexico, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates — used spyware developed by NSO Group to hack into the phones of thousands of their most vocal critics, including journalists, activists, politicians and business executives. A […]
Why You Should Care About Your Right to Repair Gadgets
Why should I care? Tech products are among our most expensive household purchases, and their prices keep climbing. Not long ago, the price of a high-end smartphone was $650. Today, new Apple and Samsung phones start at $700 and $800. The average household would save $330 a year if it […]
This Week in Apps: Android ad prices jump, TikTok resumes, Google Play’s antitrust lawsuit – TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes […]
How to Lock Images in Google Photos
Google just rolled out a new feature in Google Photos that will help you hide your sensitive images from prying eyes. Available first on Pixel devices and coming later this year to more Android devices, the new Locked Folder lets you store photos that you don’t want anyone to see. […]