Google’s New Site Helps Tourists Plan City Breaks

Google has launched a new site designed to help travelers visiting new cities for the first time. Touring Bird is essentially a planning tool for tourists, listing the top attractions and activities to enjoy, and sharing tips from both locals and travel experts. Touring Bird has emerged from Google’s Area 120 division, an incubator that
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What Is GrayKey? A Tool That Breaks iPhone Encryption and Passwords

Encryption is a boon to anyone using a digital device. The internet would be a dangerous place without encryption, as would Wi-Fi access points and password-protected devices like iPhones. However, the iPhone is no longer the bastion of security it once was. US law enforcement agencies are using a cheap tool to bypass iPhone encryption,
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What Is Machine Learning? Google’s Free Course Breaks It Down for You

If you still don’t get what artificial intelligence is all about, you may want to start by exploring these Google AI experiments. That may just interest you enough to take the next big step: learning more about AI. Google has designed a free online course to teach you the fundamentals of machine learning, and it’s
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Facebook Is Now Inserting Ad Breaks Into Videos

If you regularly watch videos on Facebook then prepare to see more adverts, because Facebook is now actively inserting ad breaks into the middle of videos. This applies to both on-demand videos and Facebook Live videos. In other words, there’s no escaping these ads. Facebook enjoys a huge userbase at this point, with at least
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This New iOS Exploit Breaks the Messages App

There’s a new iOS exploit doing the rounds that will render the Messages app on your iPhone unusable. Thankfully, there are a couple of workarounds allowing victims of this particular “prank” gain access to their Messages again. Unfortunately, there are no workarounds for having friends dumb enough to send you this in the first place.
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