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Opera To Support Sites Using the .Crypto Top-Level Domain

Opera has updated its lightweight browser for Android so that it can access unofficial .crypto domains, primarily to exchange cryptocurrency. The Register reports: Support for .crypto in Opera will “bring the blockchain-browsing experience to a new level,” the Norwegian software maker gushed on Monday. Crucially, dot-crypto simply doesn’t exist in the global domain name system, and is not recognized by DNS…

School Quits Video Calls After Naked Man ‘Guessed’ the Meeting Link

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A school in Norway has stopped using popular video conferencing service Whereby after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link to a video lesson. According to Norwegian state broadcaster NRK, the man exposed himself in front of several young children over the video call. The theory, according to the report, is that the…

Apple’s A14 Chip Rumored To Become First Arm-Based Mobile Processor To Exceed 3GHz

Apple’s A14 processor that’s expected to debut this fall in Apple’s iPhone 12 models is rumored to have a frequency reaching 3.1GHz. “This would be 400MHz higher than Apple’s current A13 Bionic chip with a frequency of 2.7GHz,” reports MacRumors. From the report: At such a frequency, the chip’s Geekbench 5 running points have surged. The report mentions that the A14’s…

Leaked iOS 14 Build Hints at Unreleased Apple Hardware and Software Features

News outlet 9to5Mac, which tracks Apple news, has gotten hold of an iOS 14 build that uncovers a range of hardware details and software features that Apple intends to reveal later this year. The devices are:
1. An upcoming iPad Pro will include three cameras — like the iPhone Pro — plus an additional time-of-flight sensor for help with AR.
2. An iPhone…

Facebook Sues SDK Maker OneAudience For Secretly Harvesting User Data

Facebook filed today a federal lawsuit in a California court against OneAudience, a New Jersey-based data analytics firm. From a report: The social networking giant claims that OneAudience paid app developers to install its Software Development Kit (SDK) in their apps, and later used the control it had over the SDK’s code to harvest data on Facebook users. According to court…

Fifty years of data show spring and fall bird migrations changing

A study of bird-banding data in North America for black-throated blue warblers, spanning 50 years, shows that their spring migration has become progressively earlier with each decade. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/fifty-years-of-data-show-new-changes-in-bird-migration…

China Enlists Tech Titans To Help It Track Coronavirus With Color-Based QR Codes

In its latest dystopian stab at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the Chinese government has employed two of the biggest tech giants in Asia to help it roll out a nationwide color-based tracking system to keep tabs on those suffering from coronavirus symptoms, according to a new report. From a report: Companies enlisted for this real-life sci-fi movie endeavor to contain…

Watch Out: This Verizon Smishing Scam Is Crazy Realistic

Slashdot reader Iwastheone shared a warning from the editor-in-chief at How-To Geek about a “shockingly convincing” scam:
The scam text message says, “Your Verizon account security needs validation” and invites you to tap a link to “validate your account.” Once you do, you end up at a phishing website that looks almost exactly like Verizon’s real website. The fake website asks for…

15-Year-Old Fights the FAA’s Anti-Model-Flying NPRM With Social Media

NewtonsLaw writes: The FAA has issued an NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) that would effectively see the end of the traditional hobby of flying RC planes, helicopters and drones. As well as mandating remote ID on store-bought products it would effectively (over time) outlaw scratch-built craft as well. This stands to have a hugely negative impact on those STEM/STEAM programs…