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California might have more comprehensive data breach notification rules if a new bill becomes law. The golden state's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, and Assemblymember Marc Levine want to require companies to notify customers if their passport num… Source: Engadget | California bill aims to strengthen data breach notification law
February 22, 2019 | by RaheelJapan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully touched down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu to accomplish one of its ultimate goals: collect samples for scientists back on Earth. The probe has briefly landed on the asteroid to fire a bullet into its… Source: Engadget | Japan's Hayabusa2 lands on asteroid Ryugu to collect samples
February 22, 2019 | by RaheelResearchers have published research into a gene at the heart of a controversial human gene-editing experiment, lending more weight to the theory that it inhibits cognitive function. But no one knows how the method may have affected the minds of the C… Source: Engadget | CRISPR gene-editing experiment may have impacted twins' brains
February 21, 2019 | by RaheelYou no longer have to wonder how Jordan Peele would handle a reboot of The Twilight Zone. CBS All Access has shared the first trailer for the streaming series, and it appears to be what you'd hope for from the Get Out director: a more disturbing tak… Source: Engadget | Trailer for Jordan Peele's 'Twilight …
February 21, 2019 | by RaheelNASA says its new Mars weather website will be "geeky fun for meteorologists." For the rest of us, it's a daily reminder that Mars is ridiculously cold. The website shares a daily weather report with temperature, atmospheric pressure and wind speed c… Source: Engadget | NASA is giving us daily weather reports from Mars
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February 21, 2019 | by RaheelAs YouTube continues to struggle with the issue of child predators latching on to content for kids, the video platform has lost another major advertiser. AT&T has decided to pull its ads from YouTube, according to CNBC. The telecom giant joins Di… Source: Engadget | AT&T pulls ads from YouTube over pedophilia controversy
February 21, 2019 | by RaheelFacebook still has some work to do if it wants to eliminate racist criteria from its ad targeting. The company has pulled numerous audience groupings from its ad plaform after the LA Times discovered that advertisers could target ads for people inte… Source: Engadget | Facebook allowed advertisers to target users interested in Nazism
February 21, 2019 | by RaheelThe specs on Samsung's Galaxy S10+ are bonkers. This baby has up to 12GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage, with the option to add 512GB more via microSD and a vapor-chamber cooling system a lot like the one in the Xbox One X. Samsung is talking up… Source: Engadget | 'Gaming phones' are …
February 21, 2019 | by RaheelAfter almost 13 years in the job, Nintendo of America COO and president Reggie Fils-Aimé is stepping down. He's set to retire in April, with sales and marketing SVP Doug Bowser (yep, that's actually his name) taking over. Source: Engadget | Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé is retiring
February 21, 2019 | by Raheel