Pitt has a sharp eye for AI

Pitt has a sharp eye for AI

Every episode of HBO Pitt contains a degree of medical trauma that makes a hospital drama almost feel like a horror series. Some patients deal with severe lacerations, while others battle nasty blood infections that could cost them limbs, and the chaos of working in the ER is often left behind. PittThe central characters are … Read more

Price drop: When your iPhone says storage is full, do this instead of wiping

CleanMy®Phone opened on an iPhone device

CleanMy®Phone by MacPaw frees up storage space on your iPhone by finding duplicate photos, large videos, forgotten screenshots, and other silent space eaters. CleanMy®Phone offers a smarter and more Apple-like way to take control of the storage on your iPhone or iPad. And for a limited time, one year of access is on sale for … Read more

A $10,000+ reward awaits anyone who can disconnect Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud

A $10,000+ reward awaits anyone who can disconnect Ring doorbells from Amazon's cloud

As Ring faces fierce backlash over its Search Party feature, a new program encourages developers to move Ring’s doorbell footage from Amazon’s cloud — to users’ own devices. The Fulu Foundation, a consumer advocacy group co-founded by YouTuber Louis Rossmann, is offering an initial $10,000 reward to anyone who can integrate Ring doorbells with a … Read more

FBI Says ATM Jackpot Attacks on the Rise, Hackers Get Millions in Stolen Cash | TechCrunch

a close-up photo of a person punching in their PIN on an ATM in a wall.

In 2010, famed security researcher Barnaby Jack spectacularly hacked into an ATM on stage at the Black Hat security conference, forcing it to spit out wads of cash in front of an astonished audience. More than a decade later, ATM jackpotting—as it’s called—has broken out of the realm of theoretical security research into big business … Read more

At a critical moment, Snap loses top Specs exec | TechCrunch

Snap Spectacles

Snap has big plans to release the latest version of its Specs AR glasses later this year. Despite the strategic priority the hardware product represents, the company recently fired one of the top executives associated with the project, reportedly due to a dispute with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. Tech blog Sources initially reported that the … Read more

Cellebrite suspends Serbia, citing misuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others? | TechCrunch

An engineer shows devices and explains the technology developed by the Israeli firm Cellebrite's technology on November 9, 2016 in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

Last year, phone-hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as a customer after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its tools to hack into the phones of journalists and activists and spread spyware. This was a rare instance of Cellebrite publicly cutting off a customer after documented allegations … Read more