E-scooter venture "Unicorn" fails, no refunds for customers
Unicorn was a startup from Nick Evans, co-founder of gadget security company "Tile", and promised its customers an elegantly designed electric scooter which uniquely integrated with smart devices. The company recently announced its closure due to online advertisement expenditure, below target orders received for the scooter, and non-refundable advance payments to manufacturers, and customers were informed that they would not be receiving refunds for their pre-ordered scooters.
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Amazon is launching smart grocery carts
Amazon is launching shopping carts that track items as shoppers add them, then automatically charges them when they remove the grocery bags, allowing them to skip the checkout line. The Dash Carts will roll out at Amazon’s new Los Angeles-area grocery store, which is slated to open in 2020, the company announced Tuesday. Dash Carts are embedded with cameras, sensors and a smart display that automatically track a shopper’s order
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Apple mistakenly reveals hidden Airtags feature
In a support video uploaded to their Youtube channel, smartphone giant Apple has mistakenly revealed a hidden feature called Airtags, thought to be Apple's planned competitor to personal devices tracker Tile. The video was guiding users about resetting their iPhone, and the Airtags option was seen included in the Find My iPhone setting under the Settings page, in the Enable Offline Finding option.
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Security tips every teacher and professor needs to know about Zoom
It may not be practical to password protect every meeting, but conference organizers should use this measure as often as possible. Organizers should allow all participants to share screens only when the host knows and fully trusts everyone in a meeting. Disable the Join Before Host setting so that organizers can control the meeting from its very start.
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Zoom shelves development to address privacy issues
Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of video conferencing app Zoom, which has shot to 200 million daily active users amid the coronavirus pandemic, has announced that the company will be putting roll-out of new features on hold after Zoom received widespread criticism over its treatment of user privacy and security. Yuan says the company will instead focus on fixing the issues users are facing with the software.
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