“Google has just pushed an update to its Home smart speaker that lets you make calls to any phone number in the US and Canada for free.”
Review: Samsung T5 external SSD – a worthy, faster follow-up to the T3 [Video]
“Samsung just released the follow-up to its T3 line of portable, external SSDs. Sticking with the same nomenclature of the previous T1 and T3 drives, Samsung’s new T5 external SSDs include USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, making it the fastest T-series drive yet.”
An iOS 11 feature could let you quickly disable TouchID and keep cops out
“TouchID has always been a legal grey area when it came to cops and border patrol asking you to fork over your phone. But, with the new update in iOS 11 that no longer seems to be a problem.”
Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence presents ‘vastly more risk than North Korea’
“Elon Musk tweeted some warnings about artificial intelligence on Friday night. “If you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be.”
Super-thin semiconductors delay the ‘death’ of silicon
“Silicon has been the backbone of processors for decades, but it’s rapidly approaching its physical limits: making a chip on a process smaller than 5 nanometers is usually impossible without introducing problems.”
How to put your old phone to new use
“It’s time to upgrade to a new phone. So what do you do with your old one?If you’re like me, you probably have a drawer full of old smartphones collecting dust. You could always trade them in for cash, but unless you have a newer Android phone or an iPhone, you probably won’t get much for it.”
Over 50,000 digitized pieces of vinyl can now be listened to on Internet Archive
“New York’s ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) has been preserving audiovisual materials since 1985, and a little over a year ago, it partnered with the Internet Archive to bring its Great 78 Project to the public. Along with audiovisual digitization vendor George Blood L.P.”
IT’s 9 biggest security threats
“Years ago the typical hacking scenario involved a lone attacker and maybe some buddies working late at night on Mountain Dew, looking for public-facing IP addresses.”
Samsung reveals the Leader 8, its latest high-end flip phone
“We have heard quite a few rumors regarding Samsung’s high-end flip phone over the last few months, and can now confirm that most of them are true: the South Korean tech giant has just officially announced the device in China.”
Bluetooth Paper Airplane Kit is Ridiculously Awesome
“Flying paper airplanes has never been this fun. PowerUp Toys’ latest product lets you add a new element of interactivity to the old-fashioned paper airplane by attaching a battery-powered propeller and rudder, which can be controlled using an iPhone app via Bluetooth. The PowerUp 3.”
