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Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories
As 2019 splutters to a close, it's time for our annual lookback at our most-read tech stories, and to ask: "What happened next?".
Facebook and its family of apps dominates this year's list with four entries - it probably won't be a surprise that none of them were particularly brand-enhancing. The Chinese viral video app TikTok makes the cut for the first time. And many of the other "big tech" names are there too in one form or another. But there are a few notable exceptions. Neither Elon Musk nor Tesla made it, despite the window-smashing launch of the Cybertruck and plans to hack our brains. Google's co-founders were originally on the list after deciding to give up day-to-day control of their empire, but were squeezed out just before publication. Video gaming also missed out, even though Prince Harry attracted lots of attention for suggesting Fortnite should be banned. And both Huawei and Samsung are absent, even though the former's loss of Google's apps and the latter's folding phone fiasco were two of the year's standout developments. -
@DustinB3403 The Wyzecam breach is a non-issue as I always assume email addresses are already known.
But it does provide more information for social engeering attacks with the camera nicknames being part of it.
That said, the supposed security researcher and news organization that posted it did not follow any kind of responsible reporting delay either. They outed the breach mere minutes after sending in a notice to Wyze. I've not seen but one news article mention that.
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Pokemon Go: Documents show Canadian military's struggle with game
The arrival of Pokemon Go left a baffled Canadian military struggling to understand a surge in trespassing, newly released documents show.
When the game was launched in 2016, civilians started walking and driving on to operational bases at all hours. "Plse advise the Commissionaires that apparently Fort Frontenac is both a PokeGym and a PokeStop," one email from a major read. "I will be completely honest in that I have no idea what that is." The documents were released to national broadcaster CBC in response to an information request. The news organisation had spotted a criminal advisory in July 2016 - eight days after the game's release, warning police that many defence locations were "game landmarks". -
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H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression.This is pretty interesting.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression.I like that they are just using a drone for the initial test. They are talking about the possibility of powering air planes with it.
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@dafyre said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression.This is pretty interesting.
Hydrogen has long been a great power source. just storing it safely and producing it have been cost prohibitive.
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
But the article wasn't about dirigibles.
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@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hydrogen was the source for lift
That's actually a misnomer. H doesn't produce lift, it just displaces heavier items that cause it to sink. That's different than a fuel source. You could do the same with a vacuum, but wouldn't consider a "vacuum" to be a power source. Or throwing a chunk of wood into water. If floats, but not due to life or a fuel source. Just a lack of gravitational pull.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
That is definitely not what I think of, especially when talking about power sources.
Hydrogen wasn't the fuel source.
It is. It's an article specifically about fuel sources.
Correction: fuel source for dirigibles. Hydrogen was the source for lift
But the article wasn't about dirigibles.
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When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames. -
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames.
And my exact response was that that definitely doesn't come to mind when hydrogen is brought up as a fuel source. I was responding to exactly that statement stating that it seems like a weird connection to make when the two are so completely unrelated (building a ship from H gas vs. powering a plane with H fuel).
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scotth said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hydrogen was the source for lift
That's actually a misnomer. H doesn't produce lift, it just displaces heavier items that cause it to sink. That's different than a fuel source. You could do the same with a vacuum, but wouldn't consider a "vacuum" to be a power source. Or throwing a chunk of wood into water. If floats, but not due to life or a fuel source. Just a lack of gravitational pull.
The regular air is what lifts it, not the hydrogen. Same with an airplane. Air lifts the plane, engines propel it forward, jet fuel fuels the engines.
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Dynabook Unveils Light, But Sturdy 13-Inch Windows Laptop
The PC vendor formerly owned by Toshiba has announced the Portégé X30L-G, a Windows 10 business laptop that runs Intel's 10th-generation Core chips and weighs only 1.9 pounds.
At CES, the PC vendor announced the Portégé X30L-G, a Windows 10 business laptop that's slated to go on sale in February. Dynabook is the PC business unit that was formerly under Toshiba before it was sold to Foxconn-owned Sharp. Dynabook claims the Portégé X30L-G is the world's lightest 13.3-inch laptop with Intel's 10th-generation Core processors. The upcoming model weighs in at 870 grams, but can get slightly heavier, depending on the configuration. To achieve the light weight, DynaBook fitted the laptop in a magnesium metal chassis. The same casing was engineered with US military standards in mind to withstand drops, temperature swings, and dust. -
Fedora Project Leader Envisions The Project Becoming An "Operating System Factory"
Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller has shared his vision for Fedora over the next decade and is encouraging discussions about the direction of this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution over the next five to ten years. -
TikTok fixes 'serious' security flaws
Security flaws on the TikTok video-sharing platform, that could have let hackers add or delete videos, change privacy settings and steal personal data, have been fixed after they were highlighted to developer ByteDance.
Researchers at security firm Check Point found multiple issues, all ripe for exploitation by hackers. It informed ByteDance of the problems in November. TikTok said they were fixed and thanked the security firm for alerting them. "Like many organisations, we encourage responsible security researchers to privately disclose zero-day vulnerabilities to us," it said in a statement. "Before public disclosure, Check Point agreed that all reported issues were patched in the latest version of our app. We hope that this successful resolution will encourage further collaboration with security researchers."
