176666481
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TigerPlish writes:
Sometime yesterday 2nd-gen Chromecasts stopped authenticating at Googe, rending these devices useless.
Resets aren't having any effect, some sources in reddit suggest a certificate problem at Google.
This story at Android Police seems to reinforce that idea, as it details steps some have taken to restore functionality — this process involves back-dating the device itself to before March 9.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2F...
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TigerPlish writes:
Variety reports Rickman died after a short bout of cancer, and was surrounded by friends and family when he went.
While some may question how is this News for Nerds, I'm of the opinion that Harry Potter was, is, and will always be a nerd favorite.
73877465
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TigerPlish writes:
According to the Chicago Tribune, Allstate has been granted a patent — no. US 20140080100 A1 — that covers a "driving-behavior database that it said might be useful for health insurers, lenders, credit-rating agencies, marketers and potential employers."
The article continues, "...the invention has the potential to evaluate drivers' physiological data, including heart rate, blood pressure and electrocardiogram signals, which could be recorded from steering wheel sensors."
Imagine a world where you are denied employment or credit based on the information obtained from your car and sold by your insurer. Imagine a world where your insurer predicts how you may act or react in the future. Imagine your personal physiological information in Allstate's hands.
Good hands, indeed, right? What could possibly go wrong?
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TigerPlish writes:
AT&T has rolled out Wireless Emergency Alerts for iPhones, as this article explains.
The alerts are for huge catastrophes (a Presidential Alert), then for weather / natural calamities, and one for AMBER alerts. One can turn off the latter, but the Presidential alert cannot be turned off.
The article mentions only 4S and 5 get this update. That said, I have a 4 and it got the update this morning.
This was enacted in 2006, for those keeping track of such things.
I, for one, do not care for this any more than I like the idea of them reading my communications to begin with. Oh, I'm sorry, the "metadata" from my communications.
