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2 | These are the Daily Tech Headlines for Wednesday, December 15, 2021. I'm Rich Stroffolino. | |||||
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6 | Google announced that its lightweight Android Go OS reached over 200 million daily active users. The company also announced that the Go edition of Android 12 will roll out to some devices in 2022, opening apps up to 30% faster and providing smoother animations. | https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/14/22833932/android-go-edition-200-million-daily-users-12-update | ||||
7 | CISA believes hundreds of millions of devices are likely to be affected by the Log4J vulnerability and is creating a dedicated website to collect information companies need to protect themselves. CISA ordered all federal civilian agencies to patch Log4J bv December 24th. Microsoft and the security firm Mandiant report they observed groups with ties to China, Iran, Turkey, and North Korea launching attacks with the exploit. | https://www.cyberscoop.com/log4j-cisa-easterly-most-serious/ | ||||
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10 | The US Department of Homeland Security launched a bug bounty program called Hack DHS. This invite-only program provides access to select external systems, with payments up to $5,000. Bugs will be verified within 48 hours, with patches applied within 15 days. | |||||
11 | The Finacial Times' sources say the US Treasury will add eight Chinese companies, including DJI, to its "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" list, blocking US citizens from investing in the companies. The US Commerce department already named DJI to its entity list, which bars US firms exporting to it without a license. | |||||
12 | Microsoft is partnering with iFixit to sell official Microsoft service tools for surface devices through iFixit.com. The tools include those for precision debonding and rebonding for adhesives as well as weights and accessories. Sales will be limited to authorized repair technicians. | https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-teams-ifixit-bring-official-repairability-tools-pros | ||||
13 | Apple removed mentions of its announced program to scan iCloud Photos for child sexual abuse materials, or CSAM, from its Child Safety webpage. Apple announced it would indefinitely delay the feature back in September following concerns from privacy and security researchers. | |||||
14 | Oppo announced its first in-house chip design, a Neural Processing Unit or NPU for machine learning image performance called MariSilicon X. It will show up in Oppo's next Flagship in Q1, and be manufactured by TSMC. Oppo also announced Air Glass, an AR device, launching early next year in "limited release" in China. This projects 2D monochrome info into your field of view instead of overlaying 3D. Air Glass weighs 30g, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4100 processor, and 3 hour active battery life with 40 hours on standby. | https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/14/oppos-first-self-developed-chip-is-all-about-imaging-performance/ | ||||
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16 | T-Mobile announced the TVision Hub, a Google TV streaming stick. It includes a remote with power and input controls for a TV, the dongle includes an Ethernet port, and runs Android TV OS 11. The device will be free with new T-Mobile Home Internet Customers, although retail pricing and release are unknown. | https://9to5google.com/2021/12/14/tmobile-google-tv-ethernet-dongle/ | ||||
17 | Dell showed off three protoype products designed for a "seemless work experience," the Concept Flow, Concept Stanza and Concept Pari. Pari is a magnetic webcam that can stream 1080p footage over WiFi. Flow is a dock to link a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and charger seemlessly over Bluetooth. And Stanza is an 11-inch "companion device" tablet that can convert handwriting to text. No plans to bring these to market were announced. | https://www.engadget.com/dell-ces-2022-concept-pari-flow-stanza-hands-on-050112791.html | ||||
18 | Microsoft added end-to-end encryption suport for one-on-one calls in Microsoft Teams. The feature isn't on by default and must be toggled on by IT admins for an organization. | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-rolls-out-end-to-end-encryption-for-teams-calls/ | ||||
19 | Twitter rolled out auto-generated captions for videos. These are available on the web, iOS, and Android, across 30 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Thai, Chinese, and Hindi. Users cannot edit these captions. | |||||
20 | iOS 15.2 supports erasing and reseting a locked device without connecting it first to a PC or Mac. Users will now see an Erase iPhone option when a device is in Security Lockout mode, although this does require a network connection. | https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/15/reset-a-locked-iphone-without-pc/ | ||||
21 | Snap launched the Story Studio app for iOS, a standalone video editor with access to Snap Lenses, captions, triming, and timing tools. Videos created in the app can be uploaded directly to Snachat Spotlight. | https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/14/snap-launches-standalone-story-studio-video-editor-for-iphone-users/ | ||||
22 | Analogue announced that firmware version 1.1 for Pocket handhold console will let users export Game Boy Camera images to an SD card. One of the earlier consumer digital camera, the Game Boy Camera cartridge can save 30 images internally, but never had officially supported export options beyond printing. | |||||
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