Google is preparing to launch a new set of parental control features for users of its Chrome browser. The announcement was made in an email sent this week to users of its current system for parental controls and other restrictions called “Chrome Supervised Users,” which is soon shutting down. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
After years of lingering questions about Skype’s commitment to protecting user data, it will soon offer end-to-end encryption to its 300 million monthly users.
Source: Wired
Y Combinator is pulling the curtains off of a new experiment, YC Bio. The idea is to fund early-stage life-sciences companies that are still in the lab phase, YC President Sam Altman wrote on the YC blog today. YC Bio’s first area of focus will be on healthspan and age-related disease. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Party described in Vanity Fair article and forthcoming book was at a home of Steve Jurvetson, a founding partner of venture-capital firm DFJ who left the firm in November.
Source: Wired
Using Open Whisper System’s Signal Protocol, Skype has released a preview of end-to-end encrypted “Private Conversations” to select users, providing an extra layer of security for Skype content.
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Source: Digital trends
With big-name guests from a number of different industries stopping by our booth, catch up on everything that went down during Day Two of CES 2018 with Digital Trends’ wrap-up video.
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Source: Digital trends
D-Link unveiled five new home Wi-Fi router products in three categories today at the Consumer Electronics Show. Each focuses on fixing a different problem common to home Wi-Fi: Security, speed, or coverage.
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The House of Representatives Thursday strengthened spying powers authorized under Section 702 of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act.
Source: Wired
NAD’s D 3020 V2 amplifier is a blend of old-school analog and digital music with an even more attractive price point than before.
Source: CNET
Take a stroll with us through the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center and feast your eyes on some of the largest tech-show booths around.
Source: CNET