There's a bug stopping some iPhone XS and XS Max phones from charging

Some iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max owners are having trouble charging their devices.

Owners across the web are complaining that some of Apple's latest iPhones are not charging properly when plugged in, MacRumors pointed out Saturday. The problem seems to occur when users plug in their phones while they are in sleep mode and the screens are off.

SEE ALSO: How to use the iPhone’s most useful, most overlooked feature

YouTuber Unbox Therapy was alerted to this problem and performed a test where he plugged in a bunch of iPhone XS and XS Max devices to test whether they charge while asleep, and found that several XS and XS Max phones didn't start charging until after he woke up the phone. Not only that, one iPhone XS Max was stuck in sleep mode while plugged in and he couldn't take the phone out of its frozen state until he unplugged it. Read more...

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This vibrator (of sorts) can help you get a workout

Who doesn't have a love-hate relationship with exercise? 

In a perfect world, you'd have evenly toned extremities and six-pack abs without ever leaving the couch. The problem is that working out isn't fun. Ever. Who wants to go on a run when there are so many television shows to watch and snacks to devour? 

If you're looking to inject a bit of fun into your workout routine, Rock Solid's Whole Vibration Fitness Machine is here for you. Simply turn on the platform so it begins to vibrate, then use it to step, stand, or lunge. (What, you thought we were talking about a different type of vibrator?) Read more...

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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chairman following deal with US regulators

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A secret new Chromecast wound up on the shelves at a random Best Buy, apparently

In a media environment that thrives on leaks, tech companies do their best to keep the very latest and greatest iterations of their products away from prying eyes until the right moment. When they finally release them, it's with press conferences and fanfare, ad campaigns and endorsements.

Or, you know, they just show up a month early at some completely random Best Buy. 

SEE ALSO: Chrome 70 will let you opt-out of Google's controversial automatic sign-in feature

Google's new Chromecast, which was presumably not to be announced until the coming Oct. 9 reveal event, was accidentally sold to a Reddit user with the handle GroveStreetHomie. So of course, the buyer posted an image of his new hardware on r/google. Read more...

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Elon Musk has to pay $20 million to settle with the S.E.C.

Elon Musk's ill-advised weed humor is going to cost him $20 million dollars and his chairmanship of Tesla, in accordance with a settlement agreement Musk and Tesla made with the the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEE ALSO: Elon Musk sued by SEC for Tesla privatization tweet

Musk accepted the settlement on Saturday, Sept. 29, after initially rejecting a similar but less harsh settlement put forth when the SEC first announced it was suing Musk for fraud (the initial settlement called for a two-year suspension from the chairmanship and a $10 million fine).

The fraud in this case is the initial content of Musk's tweet, in which he announced that he would take Tesla private when the stock hit $420 and that he had "funding secured" to make that move.  Read more...

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Facebook already hit with a lawsuit tied to the latest data breach

That didn't take long. Hours after Facebook revealed that at least 50 million users were "directly affected" by a data breach, two of the social network's users have come together in a class-action lawsuit. 

It started early on Friday. Facebook alerted users that a security issue had been discovered on Tuesday, Sept. 25. A vulnerability in the site's "View As" feature — which lets users see what others do when viewing their profile — gave hackers the means to take over people's accounts.

SEE ALSO: Some basic steps to protect your Facebook account after hack hits 50 million users

It's a bad situation that subsequently grew worse. Hours after the initial news broke, it became clear that Facebook users who had connected their profile to an Instagram account — and, potentially, any other third-party service — were at risk on those other platforms as well. Read more...

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Conservative Party conference app flaw discloses MP's personal details

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Gmail's third-party app policy: Security experts explain the risks

The terms of service we hurriedly agreed to keep coming back to haunt us.

Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google confirmed previous reports about the far-reaching access third-party apps can have to Gmail users' accounts and personal emails.

When you download an app, it might request access to your Gmail account. But what you might not realize when you grant access is that these apps may analyze your Gmail data — including the content of your emails — for their product, and potentially for targeting ads. Apps are also allowed to share your information with third parties, as long as Google determines that it adequately discloses that to users. The Journal previously reported that "hundreds" of apps can scan the email of "millions" of users. Read more...

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Dyson Pure Cool air purifier review: Peace of mind for $549

Dyson Pure Cool

$549

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The Good

Crazy simple to use • Informative app lets you control purifier from anywhere • Vents can adjust to 'winter' mode so there's no cooling • Easily transportable • Scheduler and Night Mode make usage effortless

The Bad

Pricey • Filters are • too • Maximum fan setting is loud

The Bottom Line

You’ll probably pay more than you’re comfortable with for the Dyson Pure Cool air purifier, but the effortless experience and peace of mind justify the cost.

Mashable Score4.0

Cool Factor4.0

Learning Curve5.0

Performance4.0

Bang for the Buck3.0

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9 great reads from CNET this week - CNET

We check out Uber's plans to fly us around town; drop-test Apple's new iPhone XS; and take a look at NASA's future as it turns 60.

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9 great reads from CNET this week - CNET

We check out Uber's plans to fly us around town; drop-test Apple's new iPhone XS; and take a look at NASA's future as it turns 60.

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10 hidden features in macOS Mojave

7 of the best single-serve coffee makers for your instant caffeine gratification

If you need a quick caffeine fix to get your morning going but don’t want to deal with the mess and hassle of grinding your own beans and ensuring the perfect grounds-to-water ratio, a single-serve coffee maker is your best bet. 

SEE ALSO: 7 of the best coffee grinders to maximize your morning

There are more options than ever when it comes to choosing the best single-serve coffee maker for your needs. To help you figure out which option is right for you, we researched the internet's favorite models and broke them down based on the features coffee lovers care about most.

Whether you’re looking for a no-frills, single-serve coffee maker, something that can handle specialty beverages, or even an all-in-one carafe and single serve unit to brew a pot of java for a crowd, we’ve got the best single-serve coffee maker options to fit your needs and fuel your caffeine addiction. Read more...

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California governor signs country's first IoT security law - CNET

The new Internet of Things law calls for "reasonable" security features.

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California governor signs country's first IoT security law - CNET

The new Internet of Things law calls for "reasonable" security features.

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Scooting while drunk is a dangerous, lame way to get a DUI

Yes, you can get busted for scooting while drunk. 

With scooters swooping into more and more cities, it's no surprise that people are behaving badly on the electric devices. E-scooter rental company Bird celebrated its first anniversary earlier this month with 2.1 million riders in 100 cities. That's 10 million rides.  

But not all those rides have gone smoothly. Just this week Los Angeles had its first DUI case involving an e-scooter. The Bird scooter driver was three times over the legal limit when he crashed into a 64-year-old pedestrian, who fell to the ground, scraping their knees. Twenty-eight-year-old Nicholas Kauffroath rode off without helping the pedestrian. Read more...

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Your Instagram account may have been compromised by hackers, too

You didn't forget that Facebook owns Instagram, did you?

That little fact is extra germane today following the news that at least 50 million Facebook users, and possibly 90 million, had their accounts accessed by hackers. And, it turns out, those users' Instagram accounts could have been compromised, too. 

SEE ALSO: Facebook: 50 million accounts 'directly affected' by hack

Here's the key detail: You can log into your Instagram account with your Facebook account. And, if you used your affected Facebook account to log into your Instagram account, hackers would have been able to access that account as well.  Read more...

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Facebook briefly blocked breaking news stories about its security breach — and that’s a problem

This afternoon, Facebook held an emergency press conference to disclose a startling security breach. The company said 50 million Facebook accounts were affected in a hack that allowed attackers to control an account as if they were the account holders.

"Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused or any information accessed," said Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen during a morning press call. "We also don’t know who’s behind these attacks or where they’re based."

SEE ALSO: Facebook: 50 million accounts 'directly affected' by hack Read more...

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Some basic steps to protect your Facebook account after hack hits 50 million users

So Facebook just got pwned. Like, badly. 

The company announced today that hackers obtained access to 50 million users' accounts, and could use them as if the accounts were their own. But what does that mean for you? Was your account one of the ones affected, and, if so, what can you do to protect your account going forward? 

SEE ALSO: Facebook uncovers a new plot to manipulate its users — and proves they'll always be a target

While there remain a lot of unanswered questions about what data was stolen, and who is responsible, there are thankfully a few clear steps you can take to stop the bleeding. Whether it's too late to really matter, well, that's a different question.  Read more...

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The cigarette-loving robot that stole America's heart

Robots are a pretty normal part of modern life. We buy them as toys for kids, get some to help clean our homes, and sometimes see them on the big screen. Back in 1939, robots were a lot rarer, and if you did see one, it was probably some human inside a costume, sweating bullets. But not Elektro. He was his own cigarette-smoking, seven-foot-tall self. He wowed crowds across the U.S. and can rightly claim the title of being the first robot celebrity. Sorry, R2-D2.  Read more...

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Soul Electronics Emotion review: Affordable wireless earbuds that sound good

Soul Electronics Emotion

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The Good

Well-balanced sound • Bass isn't overmixed • Easy Bluetooth pairing • Comfortable to wear for long periods of time

The Bad

Slippery case with small indent can make it hard to open • Shorter than expected battery life • Microphone is basically unusable for phone calls

The Bottom Line

The Soul Electronics Emotion wireless earbuds aren't perfect. But when the price is just $50, it's easier to look past the negative and enjoy the well-balanced sound.

Mashable Score3.5

Cool Factor3.0

Learning Curve4.0

Performance3.0

Bang for the Buck4.0

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Learn how to become a project management titan with these online courses

If you have well-organized planners and calendars, are meticulous with money, hate being late (or people who are habitually late), possess excellent communication skills, and are great with motivating and hyping people up, then congratulations: you have what it takes to become a project manager.

SEE ALSO: Learn how to become a full-stack developer in less than 20 hours

But if you're at all interested in pursuing it as a career, knowing how to take charge and getting shit done does not suffice. It's vital that you also learn the art behind project management, and by art, we mean Lean Six Sigma and Six Sigma. Read more...

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Hacker backpedals on his brazen threat to delete Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account

Can this hacker really delete Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook account?

A Taiwanese bug bounty-hunter claimed this week that he would delete Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's account and promised to stream the attack live on Facebook.

Now, in an unexpected twist, he’s backtracking on his promise to livestream the deletion of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook account —  but not on the claim that he found a severe vulnerability within Facebook.

SEE ALSO: Russian hackers are taking their cyber warfare to the next level

The scandal first broke when Bloomberg reported on a scheduled Facebook Event created by the 23-year-old Taiwanese hacker Chang Chi-yuan in which the hacker described "live-streaming the deletion of [Facebook] founder Zuck's account."  Read more...

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Facebook: 50 million accounts could have been hacked

A million hacked Facebook accounts isn’t cool. You know what’s even less cool? Fifty million hacked Facebook accounts.

A Friday morning press release from our connect-people-at-any-cost friends in Menlo Park detailed a potentially horrifying situation for the billions of people who use the social media service: Their accounts might have been hacked. Well, at least 50 million of them might have been. 

SEE ALSO: WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton: 'I sold my users' privacy'

The so-called "security update" is light on specifics, but what it does include is extremely troubling. 

That's right, almost 50 million accounts were vulnerable to this attack. As for how many were actually exploited? Well, Facebook isn't sure.  Read more...

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