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Foxconn installs Pork Explosion backdoor into Android gear

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Porca misera Android devices containing Foxconn firmware might have a backdoor thanks to a debugging feature left inside the OS bootloader. According to Softpedia the feature acts as a backdoor and bypasses… Go To Full Article

IBM, Google and seven others gang up on Intel’s datacentres

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Biggish Blue, Google and seven others have linked up to give Intel a good kicking in the datacentres. The gang has come up with an open specification that can boost datacentre server performance by up to ten… Go To Full Article

Burns to Samsung from Note 7 less than expected

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Samsung is warning that the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco will set it back $5 billion dollars, which, though terrible, is much less than the $15 billion the Tame Apple Press has been claiming. Samsung said that that… Go To Full Article

Xerox spin-off opposed by shareholder

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One of Xerox’s largest shareholders has sued the photocopy maker over its spin off plans. For those who came in late, Xeros wants to spin off its document outsourcing business into a new publicly traded company.… Go To Full Article

GM's car-sharing service Maven lands in San Francisco

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There's a new option to getting around the streets of San Francisco. GM has announced the immediate availability of its car-sharing platform Maven in the City by the Bay. The automaker -- which has a substantial $500 million investment in… Go To Full Article

The Weeknd's new music video is the FPS you never wanted to play

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Canadian music artist The Weeknd dropped a music video today for his just-released single False Alarm, and it's a doozy -- a bank heist gone bloody from a gun-toting robber's first-person perspective. If you love a bleak FPS experience of… Go To Full Article

HP will cut up to 4,000 jobs over the next 3 years

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HP is no stranger to large-scale job cuts, and it's unfortunately gearing up for another round. A filing from the PC maker (not the split-off enterprise company) has revealed that it plans to cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over the… Go To Full Article

Evernote fixes bug that could wreck your Mac's notes

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If you use Evernote for Mac to organize your life, you'll want to update the app as soon as you can. The note-taking and sharing service is telling macOS users that it has fixed an app bug that would delete… Go To Full Article

PS4 adds 360-degree videos and photos in time for PSVR

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Now that the PSVR has finally been released to the public, Sony can now bring new PS4 features online that take advantage of the new peripheral. A few of these come in an update to the console's Media Player, which… Go To Full Article

Mars astronauts could use VR to remind them of home

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To put it mildly, Mars astronauts are likely to feel isolation on a level that even the most daring space explorers can't understand. How do you feel connected when Earth is just a dot in the sky? NASA, Smart Information… Go To Full Article

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