Saturday, 28 September 2019

SpaceX's plan for in-orbit Starship refueling: a second Starship

During an update on the SpaceX Starship program, Elon Musk just showed off a brief clip that explained part of the plan for using these vehicles to reach Mars. It involved a Starship in orbit around Earth, meeting a similarly-sized vehicle to refuel...

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Second SIM card attack can send texts and phone location data

Simjacker isn't the only SIM-based attack that could put phones at risk. Ginno Security Lab has detailed another exploit, WIBattack, that compromises the WIB (Wireless Internet Browser) app on some SIM cards to take control of key phone functions....

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Google Assistant is now available for most Chromebooks

Google has started rolling out Chrome OS 77, and it makes Assistant widely available to the devices the platform powers. The voice AI used to be a Pixel exclusive, though adventurous users have been able to switch it on as a hidden feature for a whil...

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Treaty would force Facebook to share encrypted chats with UK police

A cross-Atlantic political agreement could put social networks in an awkward position. Sources for The Times and Bloomberg understand that the US and UK will sign a treaty in October that would force Facebook and other social networks to hand encryp...

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Minecraft Earth Is Launching In Early Access This October

Microsoft and Mojang held their annual Minecon live stream event this weekend, where they announced new information about the upcoming mobile game, Minecraft Earth. The game will be released in early access in October in some countries and will be rolled out to more countries after that.

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Recommended Reading: Uber wants to be the 'operating system' for city life

Inside Uber's plan to take over city life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge This week, ride-sharing giant Uber announced a test that puts both its car and food services in the same app. It's part of a larger plan CEO Dara Kh...

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A recap of all of our Apple Arcade coverage so far

Apple Arcade launched on September 19 on mobile devices, and as of today, is available in most regions for the iPad and Apple TV. That's a decent spread of devices for folks who don't own an iPhone, and a Mac rollout is scheduled for later in October.

So what is Apple Arcade? Well, it's a sort of grand experiment from Apple to reign in mobile game development under a monthly subscription umbrella. Priced at $4.99 a month (and shareable between family members) with a free trial, you can access roughly 100+ games by the end of the year. Right now there's a ton to choose from, including two brand new WayForward games, an updated Frogger, and a puzzle title from Capybara Games.

It can be overwhelming to log in and see everything all at once, so we created a short little rundown of some highlights. Here's a recap of our ever-growing coverage of Apple Arcade. Don't sleep on it!

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