Popular ebooks platform, Scribd has quietly removed digital comics from its subscription reading service. According to a report on The Digital Reader, the feature was added in February 2015, and may have been pulled as part of a cost-cutting measure….
Specs of Qualcomm's First ARM Processor Capable of Running Windows 10 Leaks
Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 835’s specs have leaked ahead of its CES reveal. An anonymous reader writes: According to the leaked press release, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 sports the Qualcomm Kryo 280 CPU (quad-core), Qualcomm Adreno 540 GPU, and Qualcomm Hexagon DSP…
Washington Post Retracts Story About Russian Hackers Penetrating US Electricity Grid
Those anonymous U.S. officials who reported Russian hacking code had been found “within the system” of a Vermont power utility must’ve been surprised to learn the code was on a laptop that wasn’t actually connected to the grid. The Washington…
Work Emails After Hours Finally Banned in France
An anonymous reader quotes Fortune: A new French law establishing workers’ “right to disconnect” goes into effect today. The law requires companies with more than 50 employees to establish hours when staff should not send or answer emails. The goals…
Lucasfilm Creates A 4K Ultra-HD Restoration of the Original 'Star Wars'
An anonymous reader quotes 4K.com: When the first ever of the Star Wars films, “A New Hope” turns 40 in 2017, millions of dedicated fans of the immensely popular franchise might get a very unique treat in the form of…
Wikipedia Announces Their Most Viewed Articles Of 2016
Slashdot reader westand writes, “Wikipedia’s 5000 most-visited articles of 2016 have been released, and Donald Trump leads the pack.” (Though the site’s second-most popular article was about a porn site.) The top 5000 pages account for 21.6 billion views, with…
Changing Other People's Flight Bookings Is Too Easy
“The security of online travel booking systems are stuck in the 1990s, according to security researchers,” reports Computerworld. An anonymous reader quotes their article, which argues that the ancient systems are also “woefully insecure”: This allows attackers to easily modify…
Creepy Site Claims To Reveal Torrenting Histories
Slashdot reader dryriver writes: The highly invasive and possibly Russian owned and operated website IKnowWhatYouDownload.com immediately shows [a] bittorent download history for your IP address when you land on it. What’s more, it also [claims to] show the torrenting history…
Let's Raise A Glass To The Many Tech Pioneers Who Died In 2016
In technology, you’re always “standing on the shoulders” of those who came before you — and together, each individual’s contribution becomes part of a larger ongoing story. So as this year finally winds to a close, click through to see…
Google and Facebook Dominate The List of 2016's Top Ten Apps
After surveying over 9,000 Android and iPhone users, Nielsen’s “Electronic Mobile Measurement” has calculated the 10 most popular apps of 2016. Interestingly, the #1 and #2 most popular apps of the year were Facebook and Facebook Messenger. BrianFagioli writes: Facebook…