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A security vulnerability affecting Android that malicious apps can exploit to masquerade as any other...

Tech -- The Verge - Apple released macOS Catalina 10.15.5 today, adding a new battery health feature and new FaceTime...

Tech -- The Verge - Slack is exploring a wide variety of new features that could be making their way to the popular...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Amazon is in talks to buy self-driving car startup Zoox in a move that would advance the eCommerce giant's reach in autonomous vehicle...

Life -- Lifehacker - The Apple App Store is randomly asking users to redownload app updates that they've previously installed. A similar issue has affected...

Business Wire -- Measurement Computing Corporation announces the release of the MCC 172 IEPE Measurement HAT for Raspberry Pi. Ideal for Machine Condition Monitoring...

Media -- eeNews Europe - The Universities of Applied Sciences of Ulm and Heilbronn along with industrial partners have created "SALUS", a machine-learning...

Media -- Time - Science - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit failed Monday on its first attempt to launch a test satellite into space aboard...

Tech -- The Verge - The feature is intended for use with smart speakers and displays, according to Google.

Tech -- BGR - China's Mars mission is scheduled for July as the country ramps up its space exploration efforts

Chinese space group CASC is sending an...

Media -- The Next Web - On May 27, two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, are planning to launch from the Kennedy Space Center...

Media -- New Electronics - Infineon has developed a HAT for Raspberry Pi which it claims is the world's first fully self-contained Raspberry Pi audio...

AddictiveTips -- Do you have some sensitive files you want to send to a fellow Linux user over the internet or even your own local network? Don't trust other...

Tech -- The Verge - Amazon's Lab126, the hardware group responsible for developing the company's Kindle e-reader and its Echo smart...

Life -- Phys.org - Space is getting crowded. Aging satellites and space debris crowd low-Earth orbit, and launching new satellites adds to the collision...

Life -- Phys.org - Space Exploration Technologies Corp.-commonly known as SpaceX-is slated to send two astronauts into space on Wednesday. Despite not...

Globe Newswire -- Opera, one of the world's major browser developers, launched Opera Mini 50 today. In this major upgrade to its Android version, the popular browser...

Media -- Electronics360 - Infineon Technologies AG has developed what it claims is the first fully self-contained Raspberry Pi audio amplifier hardware...

Media -- The Next Web - Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, the lower orbit around the Earth has become an increasingly congested environment with...

Tech -- Wareable - Smash open your piggyback, have a dig down the back of the couch and maybe give the bank manager a call... Samsung's next flagship...

Tech -- Digital Trends - The Tesla CEO will also bring his Tesla Roadster on the show

Enterprise -- CRN-UK - Both vendors have admitted that job cuts are planned as COVID-19 hits their respective financial targets

U.S. News -- Data from millions of mobile phones shows varying behavior across the United States in May as people responded to...

Tech -- Digital Trends - Keep it in mind when you watch the historic SpaceX launch on May 27

Tech -- Mashable - Samsung didn't have an outdoor, 4K QLED TV in its portfolio - until now.

The Samsung Terrace, launched on Thursday,...

Business Wire -- WP Engine announced the public release of the full-length documentary make|SHIFT.

Media -- The Next Web - A new AI tool can track poverty levels in African villages over time by scanning satellite images for signs of economic well-being....

Tech -- TechCrunch - Less than a year after raising $25M led by Microsoft for its take on building API marketplaces, RapidAPI has rapidly followed that...

Tech -- TechCrunch - As we move deeper into the pandemic, it's clear that the way we conduct business is changing, maybe forever. That means that business...

Life -- NASA Image of the day - NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley listen as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks after...

Enterprise -- ZDNet Blogs - The move highlights how Samsung is pushing its devices into more industry use cases.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - The new American Customer Satisfaction Index offers some bracing results.

ABC - Technology -- The two astronauts who will end a nine-year launch drought for NASA are on their way to Kennedy Space Center, exactly one week before their historic...

Military -- NASA - NASA is naming its next-generation space telescope currently under development, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), in...

Media -- The Next Web - Microsoft hosted its first virtual Build conference for developers last night. The company announced a bunch of new stuff including...

Enterprise -- Silicon Republic - When it comes to the treatment of Covid-19 - a disease we are only even beginning to understand - time is of the essence....

Tech -- Liliputing - The Windows Terminal app is exiting beta, almost a year after the first public preview was released. The all-in-one command line...

Tech -- TechCrunch - At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service, is now in...

Tech -- GeekWire - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Microsoft campus last year, when the companies announced their partnership...

Tech -- GeekWire - Microsoft ImageMicrosoft is giving software developers the option to build apps for Teams in its Visual Studio development environment...

Tech -- GeekWire - The inaugural cohort of the new 5G Open Innovation Lab, before social distancing. (5G OI Lab Photo)A new program led by T-Mobile,...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Last week, U.S. unemployment claims hit 36 million over a two-month period. The results of pandemic-led closures have been devastating...

Media -- The Next Web - Pixel 4a leaks have been coming non-stop as the phone approaches launch date. Though the phone looks set to offer much of the...

Enterprise -- DevOps.com - Grafana Labs today released an update to the open source Grafana project that adds a viewer that simplifies tracking the path of...

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - There is a lot of confusion around artificial intelligence (AI) - what it is and isn't, how it works, what works and what doesn't,...

Web Marketing -- CMS Wire - Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration into human resources (HR) practices will make organizations better because these applications...

Tech -- The Verge - Microsoft has admitted it was wrong about open source, after the company battled it and Linux for years at the height of its desktop...

Enterprise -- The Register - Old treaties don't mention space mining and a new one could take forever the sign off. Enter the new 'Artemis Accords'

NASA has...

Media -- Electronics Maker - IOT OUT OF THE BOX by Wittra, powered by TT Electronics brings together the expert engineering, design and manufacturing...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Demand for Chromebooks has expanded from the education sector to the enterprise and consumer sectors, and the penetration may lead...