Win+R. It’s a command any Windows power-user is familiar with, but the Run launcher has remained basically unchanged for generations. Today at its online-only Build 2020, Microsoft announced an optional, open-source replacement for the command, dubbed PowerToys Run. The idea is to make the Run launcher a more elegant, functional, and customizable tool for power…
British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled “highly sophisticated,” exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. In an official statement released today, EasyJet confirmed that of the 9 million affected users, a small subset of customers, i.e., 2,208…
Update 05/19/2020: We’ve remeasured both PC latencies. The test results now show a lower latency on aptX than on SBC. The Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 2 have okay Bluetooth connectivity. They don’t support multi-device or NFC pairing, which means that you can only connect to one device at a time, and their PC latency is…
At the end of its E3 2018 press conference, Bethesda played not one but two tantalizing teaser trailers. The first was for Starfield, a science fiction epic that marks Bethesda’s first new franchise in 25 years. The teaser was vague, showing space, a planet, and an odd-looking object floating around that could be a satellite,…
Android 10 is now rolling out to Nokia 5.1 Plus phones in India (and should head out to other countries soon). With this latest addition, HMD Global has updated a total of 15 Nokia smartphones to the latest version of the OS. The company has committed to two years of OS updates for the 5.1…
Telekom Slovenia (Telekom Slovenije) has hailed the rollout of its 5G-connected smart factory in Slovenia, deployed with local industrial networking provider Iskratel, claiming it is making rapid headway to define its 5G-geared Industry 4.0 proposition for the wider market. The state-owned network operator is following the Deutsche Telekom model with so-called ‘campus networks’ for industrial…
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola pandemic pals, Remember when everyone was ripping on millennials for eating avocado toast? The big idea was that they were spoiled because they smeared expensive fruit on their…
Brazil’s biggest cosmetics company Natura accidentally left hundreds of gigabytes of its customers’ personal and payment-related information publicly accessible online that could have been accessed by anyone without authentication. SafetyDetective researcher Anurag Sen last month discovered two unprotected Amazon-hosted servers—with 272GB and 1.3TB in size—belonging to Natura that consisted of more than 192 million records.…
Leaders are stepping up to the challenge of guiding teams in unprecedented times. These individuals deserve to be recognized. Connected World will be celebrating the achievements of the Women of Technology/IoT Awards, for the eighth year in a row at its annual Women of Technology Gala, which honors women as trailblazers and innovators in the IoT (Internet…
The cost-per-print of the Canon TR4520 is disappointing. While the cartridges are reasonably priced, the black ink cartridge can run out fairly quickly and if you’re always replacing it, it can add up in the long term. The color cartridge is slightly more cost-efficient but because it includes all colors in one unit, when you…
