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Jul 20, 4:04 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Julio Cachila 07/20/19 AT 3:25 AM Despite the talk about it, Huawei’s Hongmeng OS still won’t be able to replace Android anytime soon, the company admitted.Huawei reportedly worked on getting its own mobile platform, Hongmeng OS or Ark OS, trademarked in a number of countries after U.S. President Donald Trump banned the Chinese company on U.S. shores. Hongmeng OS, Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei boasted, is faster than both Google’s Android and Apple’s MacOS and is capable of powering a lot of devices not limited to smartphones.After some time, however, President Trump softened his stance on Huawei and allowed U.S. tech firms to sell widely available technologies to the Chinese company. While the Chinese tech giant said it acknowledges the U.S. President’s decision, it cannot make any comment regarding whether it is going to … [Read more...] about Huawei Hongmeng OS Won’t Replace Android Anytime Soon

Jul 20, 3:26 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Julio Cachila 07/20/19 AT 3:10 AM Experts have found that some browser extensions also leak private and sensitive data -- and could even put them up for sale.While many have come to know the dangers of letting cookies have their way and steal sensitive user data, not as many people know that another culprit is busy doing the same thing and more. This culprit is not often viewed as a threat to privacy because they are packaged as helpful tools offered by legitimate sources. These are browser extensions.The Washington Post, working with an independent security researcher named Sam Jadali, found that browser extensions have been busy keeping track of netizens activities on the internet, stealing sensitive information that belongs to them, and keeps them stored on the internet. What’s more, these companies behind these extensions can sell these information … [Read more...] about Browser Extensions Steal Your Data, Expert Finds

Jul 20, 3:19 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Julio Cachila 07/20/19 AT 2:43 AM Many apps today are capable of tracking people’s whereabouts and what they are doing on their smartphones. Some popular apps, like Facebook and Instagram, even have a feature that lets users post their current location. The feature, commonly known as “geotagging,” tells viewers where the social media user is at the moment the post is made.With the number of posts revealing a person’s location, it’s not difficult to understand that people just don’t care about others knowing where they are. These “others” include family, friends, and potential stalkers. This is something that people should be concerned about.WhereaboutsIn an attempt to show just how much people don’t mind sharing sensitive data to others via Instagram, an app aptly named “Who’s In Town” was … [Read more...] about This App Tells Your Instagram Followers Where You Are

By Thomas Barrabi Published July 19, 2019 Transportation FOXBusiness Facebook Twitter Comments Print video Kennedy Space Center to feature statues of the Apollo 11 crew Steven Barber, a filmmaker with Vanilla Fire Productions, on his role in the creation of the bronze statues to honor the Apollo 11 crew the Kennedy Space Center. Five decades after NASA’s Apollo 11 space shuttle competed the first lunar landing in history, several firm led by some of the world’s most recognizable business leaders are competing to offer space tourism for the public – for a steep price. Continue Reading Below Three companies have emerged as early leaders in the fledgling space tourism industry. Virgin Galactic, founded by Sir Richard Brandon, SpaceX, founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Blue Origin, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, have all conducted successful flight tests with an eye toward offering commercial space travel in the coming … [Read more...] about Apollo 11 moon landing: The cost of space tourism flights