final week in tech: facebook's breach, HP’s leather desktop, and a new Oculus

ultimate week's batch of tech information ran the gamut from pleasing new hardware to statistics breaches on a grand scale. It can be hard to hold tabs on the entire new tech trends, but we're here to support. right here's a rundown of every little thing you may additionally have ignored whilst you had been ready eagerly for midnight on October 1st to place up your Halloween decorations.

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A fb hack put greater than 50 million money owed at risk

Early remaining week facebook discovered that an take advantage of of its "view as" feature allowed hackers to take over person bills while not having entry to their usernames or passwords. The business reportedly fixed the vulnerability, informed the FBI, and then alerted the rest of us on Friday. facebook says bank card info is secure and, interestingly, so are the passwords, however's getting more and more more attractive to bury all of our contraptions in a hole within the woods just as a precaution.

HP made a leather computer

The high-end HP Spectre laptops have a acceptance for a lot of energy in a thin case, but the business's newest version of a "luxury" desktop is fabricated from leather (on the outside, at the least). Folded up, the Spectre Folio looks like a brown leather-based planner your attorney might bring into a meeting. inner, youngsters, it has a 13-inch screen and a really massive volume of processing power, founded across the new eighth-era Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors. regrettably, there's no matching correct hat or monocle accessories simply yet.

the new Oculus VR headset sees your surroundings

In a great deal improved fb information from ultimate week, the enterprise brought a brand new VR headset coming in spring of next year. It's called the Oculus Quest and it doesn't require a gaming pc to operate. It does, youngsters, use an onboard array of 4 sensors to track your environment so you can flow round your room and it'll translate to in-online game moves. simply make certain to tidy up first so you don't end up stepping on an old pizza box and incomes yourself a real commute to the ER.

MoviePass is resurrecting historic accounts

in case you subscribed to MoviePass, however then canceled when the company went again on its promise of unlimited motion pictures for $10 monthly (and practically each other promise it has made, in fact), then you definately could are looking to examine your account popularity. A recent development has some zombie bills coming back from the useless until you decide out.

TiVo made a DVR for wire-cutters

the new Bolt OTA container from TiVo doesn't care a few cable subscription. It has four tuners internal for recording content material, including HD content material pulled down from over-the-air antennas (hence the identify). it might cling as much as one hundred fifty hours of HD content material and helps 4K HDR streaming. It expenses $250 in addition to a $7 month-to-month price for the carrier (or you pays $70 for the yr).

It become a good week for digital cameras

final week turned into the massive Photokina alternate exhibit in Germany where all the digital camera producers trotted out their new fashions. there were some in reality astounding debuts including Panasonic's full-body mirrorless cameras, which surprised lots of the industry. at this time is a extremely excellent time to be a digicam nerd.

The SEC punished Elon Musk for his tweets

Elon is no longer the chairman of Tesla as a result of he tweeted a 420 weed comic story that also took place to reportedly misinform buyers. bear in mind, all and sundry, Twitter is critical enterprise.

the brand new Google Maps update helps out commuters

sooner or later, we'll all cyber-shuttle to work with the aid of jacking into the Matrix in the morning after having our espresso. unless then, we are able to use apps just like the new Google Maps replace. it may now tell you if your standard route will journey delays and exhibit you, in true time, where your instruct or bus is and when it's going to arrive. that you may also now handle song from streaming capabilities appropriate in the Maps app. just be sure to look up from your phone while crossing the highway.