David Hanak Welcome to our daily column, where we recap the biggest (and not only) IT and tech stories that happened in the last 24 hours that we feel you should know about.
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Facebook comes with a new reaction, it will now be possible to add the "worry" emoticon
Facebook released today for use a new one reaction, which users of this social network can use. The new reaction symbolizes the "roast” and Facebook issued her in connection with the current one global pandemic coronavir. According to company representatives, the new emoticon will help with better expression understanding a empathy users, especially in this one complicated time. Some users have had this new reaction available for several days, it should have been "unlocked" for us today. Facebook from time to time some you new reaction releases, for example in connection with some essential events. Whether the "concern/understanding" emoticon will be available for longer remains to be seen depending on Facebook users' use of it respond.
The Tesla tractor will be delayed, it won't arrive until next year
The long-awaited tractor Tesla Seeds, which according to the original plans was supposed to reach the first customers already in the year 2019, again in a few months will be late. Tesla company during yesterday conference call with shareholders stated that there would be a delivery the first ones made pieces up to progress the next one year. For what reason to this (to another) delay occurred no one more did not specify, but the current situation in connection with the coronavirus certainly does not help, given that even Tesla had to conclude a few of their own factories, where the Tesla Semi model was also produced. Despite the current situation, the car company is still doing well and the first quarter of this year was very successful, with almost 90 thousandth delivered cars to customers. Year-on-year, the number of vehicles delivered increased by roughly 40%.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced a new camera with interchangeable lenses
The Raspberry Pi Foundation, the company behind the very popular microcomputer Raspberry Pi, she introduced new camera module, with which it will be possible to install the vast majority of Raspberry Pi computers. These will allow IT enthusiasts to fit the motherboards of these relatively capable microcomputers camera system, which fundamentally will expand palette functions, which is currently being done with these mini computers. The new module is called “High Quality Camera” and is built on a 12,3 megapixel sensor Sony IMP477. The module can be equipped with lenses that are compatible with C or CS mounts. Various reductions will also be sold, so it will be possible to mount the module with almost any lens from standard manufacturers. The novelty will go on sale today, and for the price of 50 dollars. If you want to build, for example, a simple homemade camera system and learn something in the process, this will be a great solution.
Xiaomi secretly tracks some of its users' activities
He came with interesting news today Forbes, which reports on a newly published case involving a Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. American security expert Gabi Cirlig found out that his Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 records suspiciously velké amount information about the use of the telephone, which are subsequently sent na Chinese servers (which is managed by another Chinese giant Alibaba). For example, the phone tracked detailed motion users on the Internet, recorded all searches passwords (via both Google and DDG) and the articles that the user clicked on - even through usage anonymous regime. The device allegedly stored i motion in the operating system - which folder the owner of the phone he opened, between which windows he was skipping, or information about Settings phone. All this data was sent to remote servers in Singapore a Russia through web domains with hosting in Beijing. Further investigation revealed that the same dataset of information they collect and browsers Mi Browser Pro a Mint Browser, which are commonly available in the Google Play Store and have been downloaded by millions of users so far. A big problem can also be that this data they are not not complicated at all encrypted.
Well, that's news, I wouldn't expect it from an IT expert. I guess everyone does that, especially the USA. It's like when a thief screams, catch the thief?
When they spy on Americans, everything is fine, when someone else does the same thing, it's a fire on the roof.