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A list of ten things that billionaire owners of EV, clean energy and rocket companies should and should not tweet – TechCrunch

Cyber AttacksBy Jessica Venkat July 16, 2018

So… apparently there’s been another kerfuffle on the Twitter about some asinine things that a certain wealthy, rocket-building, payment-revolutionizing, electric vehicle company-creating entrepreneur has written in tweets to millions of followers. This billionaire is, by all accounts, incredibly difficult to work for, very visionary and … a bit thin-skinned for someone with such a habit…

How to check the security of your Google Chrome extensions

Web technologyBy Jessica Venkat July 16, 2018

The other day, a friend called me and said that his Google Chrome browser is acting weirdly and may need reinstalling. According to him, every time he searched for something on Google some unknown website appeared with suspicious results. I asked him to remove every Chrome extension and only add those few that he really…

Most LokiBot samples in the wild are “hijacked” versions of the original malware

Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat July 16, 2018

Hacker himself got hacked. It turns out that most samples of the LokiBot malware being distributed in the wild are modified versions of the original sample, a security researcher has learned. Targeting users since 2015, LokiBot is a password and cryptocoin-wallet stealer that can harvest credentials from a variety of popular web browsers, FTP, poker…

An iPhone Survived Being Dropped in the Ocean for 48 Hours

DronesBy Shiv Eswar July 15, 2018

adrianhancu/123RF An iPhone 7 went for a dive, and lived a full 48 hours in the water to tell the tale. In what may be the most impressive story about a waterproof case ever, a scuba diver found a very rare form of marine memorabilia when she saw an odd light come from the bottom…

BannerZest Standard 3 review – Macworld UK

Web designer toolsBy Jessica Venkat July 15, 2018

BannerZest Standard 3 review It was only seven months ago that we reviewed BannerZest, but the animated advertising maker is back in version 3, with timely support for HTML5, incidentally. To bring everyone up to speed, we should explain that Bannerzest is a simple, wizard-based animation tool for chucking together animated advertising banners. You can…

France is finally poised to become a tech power – TechCrunch

Internet of ThingsBy Shiv Eswar July 15, 2018

Once America had an unassailable advantage, an economic flywheel that spun off innovation and Fortune 500 companies like a perpetual-motion machine. Bring in the best, brightest, and most driven from around the world; educate them or their children at its universities; then watch them start companies, succeed wildly, give back to their alma maters, and…

Sacha Baron Cohen is about to add jet fuel to Showtime’s rise, starting tonight – TechCrunch

Smart CarsBy Shiv Eswar July 15, 2018

Netflix has been killing competitors with its original TV shows and movies. A Morgan Stanley survey released back in May had 39 percent of U.S. consumers naming Netflix as offering the “best original programming” among subscription video services, with everyone else eating its dust, including HBO, which nabbed 14 percent, Amazon Prime Video (5 percent)…

Smartphone World Cup: The final

Latest Mobile PhonesBy Haslinda Bt Ghani July 15, 2018

It’s been a long and exciting tournament – passions high and tensions rising, especially in the two semi-final matches. We’ve tallied up the scores and the final is lined-up. It’s the Samsung Galaxy S9+, against the OnePlus 6. Samsung Galaxy S9+ OnePlus 6 Now, that’s a tough battle, if we ever…

Why BMW needs to own its customer experience from start to finish – TechCrunch

DronesBy Shiv Eswar July 15, 2018

For the last few years now, BMW has wrestled with the question of what it’ll mean to be a luxury car manufacturer in the age of electric cars, autonomous driving and rapidly changing — and increasing — customer expectations. What, after all, makes something the “ultimate driving machine” when the driver eventually stops driving? For BMW,…

EV startups Alta, Energica, and Zero could reboot the motorcycle industry – TechCrunch

RoboticsBy Shiv Eswar July 15, 2018

More posts by this contributor Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 million Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund Three e-mobility startups are accelerating into the U.S. motorcycle market. Italy’s Energica and California based Alta Motors and Zero Motorcycles have revved up promotion, distribution, and sales. You may see their machines zip by on American roads before…

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