Sheer Oculus Joy

Editor Anthony Nielsen tries the Oculus Rift while a visiting team from CUNY, Annie Berman and Tim Whitney, look on.

Exclusive: Google Banned Major Chinese App Developer CooTek From The Play Store And Its Ad Platforms 18 July 2019

CooTek, based in Shanghai, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and had hundreds of Android apps in the Play store, including the popular TouchPal keyboard apps. As of this writing, more than 60 of its apps have been removed from the Play store, and CooTek is now completely banned from Google’s lucrative ad […]

Bluetooth exploit can track and identify iOS, Microsoft mobile device users | ZDNet 18 July 2019

While this technique works on Windows, iOS, and macOS systems, the Android operating system is immune as the OS does not continually send out advertising messages. Instead, the Android SDK scans for advertising nearby -- rather than advertising itself in a continuous fashion.

FCC gives ISPs another $563 million to build rural-broadband networks | Ars Technica 17 July 2019

More than 220,000 unserved rural homes and businesses in 24 states will get broadband access because of funding authorized yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission, the agency said. In all, the FCC authorized more than $563 million for distribution to ISPs over the next decade. It's the latest payout from the commission's Connect America Fund, […]

Trump threatens to ‘take a look’ at Google for China ties - The Washington Post 17 July 2019

Trump’s shot at Google came in a tweet that cited recent comments from Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and one of the president’s top supporters, who this week called for the FBI and the CIA to probe the company on grounds it may have committed treason while conducting operations in China.

The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t - The New York Times 17 July 2019

“It doesn’t penetrate,” said Christopher M. Collins, a professor of radiology at New York University who studies the effect of high-frequency electromagnetic waves on humans. Dr. Curry’s graph, he added, failed to take into account “the shielding effect.”

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