Apple says iPhone 7 Plus can make you absurdly popular
In an charming new ad, Cupertino wants you to use Portrait Mode on your iPhone 7 Plus. It's a sure way to make people admire you.
The young woman is clearly a success. She has an iPhone 7 Plus. Because she's a millennial, she immediately whips it out.
FM now stands for 'fleeting mortality' in Norway
The Scandinavian nation has begun a gradual shutdown that will see FM broadcasts start to be phased out later this month, and concluding entirely by the end of the year. Nationwide broadcasts will instead be offered through digital radio channels.
Reuters notes that there is still opposition to the DAB migration from both the public and members of the government, who estimate that while more than half of the population has moved to digital radio, millions of cars and homes that do not yet have a DAB receiver will be cut off from radio broadcasts – including emergency notifications
France begins opt-out organ donation
This means that any adult who dies will now donate their organs by default, regardless of their survivors' wishes, unless they have signed a refusal registry in advance.
The law, which was passed last year, creates a national refusal registry, where about 150,000 of France's 66 million had signed up already. In France, there were about 19,000 people on organ donation waiting lists as of April of last year when the law was signed.
Russian hackers strike at US electrical grid, report says
The code, which is associated with Grizzly Steppe, the Department of Homeland Security's name for a Russian hacking operation, was detected on a laptop associated with the utility but not attached to the grid, the utility said Friday.
"This is beyond hackers having electronic joy rides - this is now about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of winter," the Democratic senator said in a statement.
Revealed: British councils used Ripa to secretly spy on public
Councils were given permission to carry out more than 55,000 days of covert surveillance over five years, including spying on people walking dogs, feeding pigeons and fly-tipping, the Guardian can reveal.
Among the detailed examples provided were Midlothian council using the powers to monitor dog barking and Allerdale borough council gathering evidence about who was guilty of feeding pigeons.
Ariana Grande felt 'sick and objectified' after fan encounter
Ariana Grande took to Twitter on Tuesday to speak out against the pervasiveness of female objectification in society after an insulting run-in with a misogynistic fan left her feel degraded.
"I am not a piece of meat that a men gets to utilize for his pleasure," she wrote. "I'm an adult human being in a relationship with a man who treats me with love and respect."
"We need to share and be vocal when something makes up feel uncomfortable because if we don't, it will just continue. We are not objects or prizes. We are QUEENS."
Congressional Report Backs Strong Encryption, Police Decryption Rights
The report released by a bi-partisan study group underscores law enforcement’s need to decrypt data while highlighting the importance of supporting strong encryption.
While finding that “any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest,” the report also concluded that Congress needs to consider legislation that could help law enforcement gain access to digital information during investigations and work with technology companies to find solutions.
Company Bricks User's Software After He Posts A Negative Review
A user of Ham Radio Deluxe wasn't too happy with its apparent incompatibility with Windows 10. He posted a negative review of the software at eHam.net, calling out the company for its seeming unwillingness to fix the underlying issue.
HRD Software reserves the "right" to "disable a customer's key at any time for any reason." Then it told him the blacklisting would be revoked if he removed his negative review.
Uber's self-driving tests in SF end after the DMV steps in
The self-driving Uber pilot in San Francisco has ended, now that the DMV revoked registrations for the vehicles. Last week, the company faced off with government officials both state and local in an attempt to insist its cars did not need a permit or autonomous testing. Regulators disagreed, and things quickly escalated.
Street Fighter V ragequitters to be publicly shamed with profile icon
This is just Capcom's latest tactic in a battle against ragequitters that has been going on for months. After Street Fighter V launched in February with absolutely no penalty for quitting in the middle of a match, Capcom began manually penalizing frequent quitters by docking their League Points and overall ranking in weekly sweeps starting in March. By August, the company had also implemented a stronger automatic "ragequitting penalty" that locked players out of matchmaking for 24 hours after three disconnects in a two-hour period.