Netflix is the world’s leading internet entertainment service. The streaming giant boasts 137 million subscribers, 300 million total viewers. Fifty percent of its viewership is from outside the United States. Roughly 25% of US adult stream Netflix daily, generating an estimated $15 billion in 2018 alone. But enjoying the streaming site’s programming hasn’t always been […]
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Instagram’s Data Download Tool Leaked User Passwords
Instagram users have been notified by the company that a security bug in its system may have exposed users’ passwords to hackers. According to The Information (via Engadget) the company reports that the issue was discovered internally and, “Affected a very small number of people.” The bug was associated with a data download feature, installed […]
IBM buys Red Hat, Ubuntu to Profit
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has publicly addressed concerns regarding IBM’s game-changing purchase of Red Hat, and he calls it a “Significant moment in the progression of open source to the mainstream.” Open source refers to software whose source code is available without charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute. It may […]
Forget AI, Quantum is the Future of Computing
Thanks to Hollywood and sci-fi pop culture, artificial intelligence (AI) is on everybody’s minds and on everybody’s lips. It’s the doomsday red flag, the point at which potentially evil robots gain the power to self-govern and, inevitably, govern (and then oppress and/or destroy) the human race. But while AI is the center of a good […]
Even recently deleted files of your iPhone X can be hacked
A lot of people imagine that, when a file is deleted, it’s gone forever. In fact, photos and other files on your iPhone X can be easily hacked even long after you think you’ve wiped them from your device. Depending on what those are pictures of, that could be very embarrassing or much, much worse. […]
