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The Morning After: FBI arrests woman for massive Capital One hack

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. We're barely clear of the big Equifax settlement, and Capital One has suffered a hack that exposed information for more than 100 million Americans. In other news, Google posted more details about its Pixel 4, an… Source: engadget

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Huawei phone sales increased by over 20 percent despite sanctions

Huawei has seen its business hold steady through the first half of 2019 despite the international issues that surround it. The company has been accused of being too close to China's leadership, producing insecure products that could be used for surve… Source: engadget

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Zuckerberg Plans to Wiretap Whatsapp. He’ll Do the Same to Libra

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is reportedly working on a back-door content-scanner for WhatsApp, tantamount to a wiretapping algorithm. If the reports are correct, Facebook will scan your messages before you send them and report anything suspicious. It’s a huge violation of privacy and renders WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption pointless. Facebook will do the same thing with its […]

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AOC is Right on Stock Buybacks, But For All the Wrong Reasons

Last week, Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez made several misleading statements regarding stock buybacks in Congress, as part of her push to ban such buybacks. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC/@AOC) and @P4AD President David Mitchell on stock buybacks: 🎥 https://t.co/66n2jaBY2Z pic.twitter.com/XmVaIMAKkO — CSPAN (@cspan) July 26, 2019 That being said, AOC did make a good point regarding stock buybacks […]

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Oculus, Hololens and Vive headsets will soon be able to share apps

The Khronos Group has launched the first official version of the OpenXR specification, which could make cross-platform AR and VR applications a lot more common in the future. It allows developers to build apps that can run on various devices across b… Source: engadget