Verizon has become the first US wireless carrier to strike an international 5G roaming deal. All three US carriers are racing to deploy 5G networks, and are eager to tout their milestones and advantages. T-Mobile has the widest 5G coverage, while…
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Check Point Identifies Security Issue With Zoom URLs
Israeli security firm Check Point has worked with Zoom to fix an issue with Zoom vanity URLs. Vanity URLs give companies a way to add their branding to their Zoom URLs. Companies could even add a customized website to the…
Lyft Begins Testing Autonomous Cars On Public Roads Again
Lyft has begun testing its autonomous vehicles on California roads again. When the pandemic caused people to stay at home, Lyft’s public testing program was suspended. As California has eased restrictions, however, the company has resumed its testing program. “We’re…
Zoom Charts Path Toward End-to-End Encryption For All Users
Zoom is adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE ) for all users, reversing a decision made just weeks ago to reserve the highest security for paid plans. Zoom has been in hot water more than once in recent months over its encryption…
Apple Releases macOS 10.15.5 With Battery Health Feature
Apple has released macOS 10.15.5 with a new feature that should help maximize the lifespan of MacBook batteries. Like all lithium-ion batteries, the batteries in Apple’s notebooks age and gradually deteriorate over time. The older a battery is, the less…
APFS Bug In macOS 10.15.5 Impacts Bootable Backups
The makers of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) have discovered a serious issue in the latest version of macOS that affects the creation of bootable backups. According to CCC’s Mike Bombich, Apple changed something in the chflags() system call. As a…
Qatar Demonstrates Danger of Contact Tracing Apps
A major security vulnerability left Qatari citizens open to having highly sensitive, personal information stolen. Qatar is one of the many countries that has rolled out a contact tracing app. Contact tracing is widely considered to be one of the…
Verizon Activates 5G Uploads
Verizon has announced it has activated uploads on its Ultra Wideband 5G network. San Diego is the 35th city where Verizon has rolled out Ultra Wideband 5G. Ultra Wideband uses mmWave spectrum, the fastest flavor of 5G. mmWave provides speeds…
SD Express Cards Set to Quadruple Transfer Speeds
The next generation of SD Express memory cards are about to smoke the current generation, providing roughly quadruple the speed. Current SD cards, based on the SD 7.0 or 7.1 specification, have a maximum transfer speed of 985 megabytes per…
Robot Analyzes Your Gait to Detect Your Feelings
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed ProxEmo, an “end-to-end emotion prediction algorithm for socially aware robot navigation among pedestrians.” ProxEmo is designed to help robots interpret human feeling, based on their gait. This enables a robot equipped with…