Care.com pulls nearly 47,000 daycare listings following report
Care.com is considered the go-to site for caregivers in the US, but it just faced a serious shakeup. The company has confirmed that it took down 46,594 daycare center listings (45 percent of the listings in its database) after a Wall Street Journal… …read more
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Hackers obtain millions of cards from Planet Hollywood’s parent company
More than a few restaurant-goers in the US will want to check their bank statements. Earl Enterprises has confirmed that hackers used point-of-sale malware to scoop up credit and card data at some of its US restaurants between May 2018 and March 2019… …read more
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Man pleads guilty to hijacking Apple IDs of rappers and sports stars
The end to Celebgate didn’t mark the end to attempts to exploit superstars. Georgia resident Kwamaine Ford has pleaded guilty to hijacking Apple IDs of athletes (including NBA and NFL players) and rappers for the sake of spending sprees. From “at l… …read more
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DEA never checked if its bulk surveillance data was legal
If you thought the DEA’s mass surveillance was irresponsible, you’re not the only one. The Justice Department’s Inspector General has released a report showing that the DEA “failed to conduct a comprehensive legal analysis” of three bulk data gather… …read more
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Facebook gives you more control over what you see in your News Feed
Facebook has announced a new feature called “Why am I seeing this post?” which will help you better understand the content that shows up on your News Feed from friends, Pages and Groups you follow. Not only that, but this will also give you more cont… …read more
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Finished Atari VCS design pays homage to its 2600 roots
Now that the Atari VCS team has once again delayed its retro console to give it more powerful innards, it’s ready to show what that redesign looks like. The developers have unveiled what they say is the “production-ready” system design, and it pays… …read more
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Google Maps adds a city-themed ‘Snake’ game
Google has a habit of introducing goodies on April Fools that last long after the gags are over, and that isn’t changing for 2019. The company has added a Snake game to Google Maps that lets you play the classic title themed around major cities. You’… …read more
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The best 360-degree camera
By Geoffrey Morrison
This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter’s independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may earn affiliate commission. Read the full 3060-degree camera guide here…. …read more
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Apple recruits Tesla’s head of electric powertrains
Just because Apple scaled back its self-driving car team doesn’t mean it’s out of the game. If anything, it made a potentially significant hire. The company has hired Michael Schwekutsch, the Tesla VP overseeing electric powertrains, as a Senior Di… …read more
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Why Garfield phones have littered French beaches for 35 years
There’s no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and ’80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form of the aggressively unfunny cat, have been washing up on French beaches for decades. However, the novel… …read more
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