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There is something disturbing you should know about Chrome 69 before you update it. S. Bálint pointed out that starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome. Matthew Green describes the change as a “forced login policy”, which sounds pretty accurate to me. The easiest to understand explanation I found about this change
Amazon made it Rain Alexa! They announced so many different offerings of the devices that if it was not evident before it's now. Amazon is playing for keeps and they will flood the market with every conceivable Amazon Alexa device. No one knew and maybe I am still not convinced that I need an Amazon-powered wall clock. The folks at Geek
Are Google's American Values in Question? Likely most will never care. I do and so do a growing number of employees at Google. Call me old-fashioned I bleed Red, White & Blue and I get very irritated anytime I hear that companies that want or do business in Communist China are willing to let China walk over them when it
Anglepoise lamps are classic, timeless designs, with a pedigree going back to the 1930's. As any company with history, Anglepoise improves and updates the lamps, remaining faithful to its heritage. Last year, Anglepoise brought out a giant version of the Type 75, standing over 2 m tall. This year, Anglepoise have gone the other way with a small edition of
Today Amazon announced over 70 new Alexa related announcements with a whole stack of new devices and refreshes. You can tell that Amazon Alexa and the entire team there is serious about making these platform stick. The sheer number of devices gives Amazon an amazing head start. Today's show is unique I introduced a brand new live show deployment system
Amazon Fire TV Recast is the long-rumored product that is a Cord Cutters dream come true. This is a unique offering where you deploy the DVR anyplace in your home attach an Antenna to it and then it will record over the air content for playback at a later date. Amazon says dependent on the Recast model you buy it
Facebook has launched Facebook Dating in Colombia. One can assume that it will roll out to other countries eventually if the test goes well. In my opinion, Facebook Dating is an attempt by Facebook to attract younger users. In February of 2018, The Guardian reported that teens and young adults were leaving Facebook (in favor of Snapchat and other forms
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has hit credit reference agency Equifax with a GB£500,000 fine for the 2017 data breach. Equivalent to US$660,000, the fine is the largest ever imposed by the ICO and is the maximum permitted under the legislation in force at the time. Under the newer GDPR laws, the fine could've been as high as $20
Would you like to shop in a store where there aren't any cashiers? You might have the opportunity to do so in the next few years. Bloomberg reports that Amazon is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new AmazonGo cahsierless stores in the next few years. The Bloomberg article says this information is “according to people familiar
Sony PlayStation Classic Returns Dec 2018! Taking a page out of the Nintendo playbook Sony is bringing back it's original PlayStation Classic almost 25 years as it was introduced. Using modern electronics it will be a mini-me version 45% smaller than the original console. The device is going on pre-sale and will be available for $99.99. Fans can pre-order from
The goal of Geek News Central (Podcast) both the Audio and Video version of the show is to get the widest amount of distribution as possible, that ultimately brings the audience of the show back to the website where we have enough content to keep you coming back. As you may have noticed that I have started actively blogging again.
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