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Instagram tests letting users post Stories directly to WhatsApp

January 4th, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Last October, Facebook extended the usage (and flexibility) of Instagram Stories — the Snapchat-like feature that lets you patch together photos and videos into a slide show — by making it easy to directly post a Story to [...]

Google’s Project Zero team discovered critical CPU flaw last year

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

In a blog post published minutes ago, Google’s Security team announced what they have done to protect Google Cloud customers against the chip vulnerability announced earlier today. They also indicated their Project Zero team discovered this vulnerability last [...]

Tesla made 2,425 Model 3s in Q4 2017, aims to make 2,500 weekly by end of Q1 2018

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Tesla produced a lot more Model 3 cars during the last quarter of 2017 than it did during Q3: it produced 2,425 cars during the quarter, adding to its production total of 23,565 vehicles overall, including Model S [...]

Responding to ‘incorrect’ reports, Intel says major flaw affects ‘many different vendors’

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Reports this morning that Intel processors are affected by a serious flaw that may reduce performance significantly hit the company’s credibility and stock hard. Intel has now officially responded to these reports, calling them “incorrect” and “inaccurate,” and [...]

Apple Developer Program fee waivers are now available for nonprofits, schools and government

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Apple announced today it will begin allowing select publishers to waive the membership fees associated with its App Developer Program. Specifically, the new fee waivers will be offered to “nonprofit organizations, accredited educational institutions, and government entities,” says [...]

Google is about to force you to use its new Calendar design

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Last October, Google announced a redesigned look and feel for Google Calendar on the desktop. Not everybody loves the design (including me, though some people have told me I’m wrong), but soon your opinion won’t matter because Google [...]

A major kernel vulnerability is going to slow down all Intel processors

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

A significant vulnerability has been discovered in all Intel processor chips and it’s going to have a huge impact going forward. The Register first noticed this major design flaw in Linux kernel patch notes. All operating systems will [...]

Baidu teams up with BlackBerry on self-driving and connected car tech

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Chinese internet tech giant Baidu will work with Canada’s BlackBerry in a partnership that will see QNX used as the basis for Baidu’s Apollo self-driving platform, and which will also see Baidu’s CarLife smartphone software for in-car use, [...]

Netflix is officially making a ‘Bright’ sequel

January 3rd, 2018|Categories: Gizmo News|

Reports suggested Netflix had been optimistic about a sequel to its blockbuster Bright, the fantasy/buddy cop genre mashup starring Will Smith with a budget of $90 million that seems to have gone down well with fans, despite hitting [...]