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• What I Learned From the Hacker Who Spied on Me

  By Shaun on February 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Should you cover your webcam? WSJ’s Joanna Stern asked an ethical hacker to get into as many of her webcams as he could. In the process, she identified important tips for being safer online. Photo: Natalia Osipova/The Wall Street Journal…… Read More ›

• Snowy Tokyo

  By Shaun on February 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Tokyo is getting some cold weather right now, including a rare bit of snow. So it seems timely to introduce the photography of Yusuke Komatsu, who recently published a self-explanatory series of photographs titled Snow in Tokyo… More here. Great… Read More ›

• We got through the war and we’ll get through this

  By Shaun on February 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  A MAN born more than three decades after the Second World War is acting like he flew Spitfires against the Luftwaffe. Martin Bishop, 41, from Lincoln, has declared that ‘we got through the war, and we will get through Brexit’… Read More ›

• There are new features and there are real features

  By Shaun on February 8, 2019 • ( 2 )

  I have found that I am using almost none of the latest iOS features that Apple has released. If they need any kind of effort on my part I am discovering that I am not even touching them. If they… Read More ›

• Sunrise Records buys HMV, but why?

  By Shaun on February 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Canadian music store chain Sunrise Records has struck a deal to buy British retailer HMV out of bankruptcy in a deal that will keep most of the locations in Britain open… More here. This Is not a new story of… Read More ›

• Telecom companies sold data intended to be used by 911 operators

  By Shaun on February 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location data, according to documents obtained by Motherboard. The documents also show that telecom companies sold data intended to be used by 911 operators and… Read More ›

• No thank you, Mr. Pecker

  By Shaun on February 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Well, that got my attention. But not in the way they likely hoped. Any personal embarrassment AMI could cause me takes a back seat because there’s a much more important matter involved here. If in my position I can’t stand… Read More ›

• A $162,500 Tudor Big Crown Submariner

  By Shaun on February 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For a little context, the previous record holder is a bit of a nontraditional example. The ref. 7923 is the very first Tudor Sub, from 1953) and the only reference powered by a hand-wound movement. This example surfaced on eBay… Read More ›

• The DOOGEE S90

  By Shaun on February 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Nice, very nice in a retro tough as nails kind of way.

• The U1-EN BGW-09

  By Shaun on February 7, 2019 • ( 0 )

  High horology is a rarified world. We are, after all, talking about a space in which you can create mechanical feats that seem almost impossible—and that come with a price-tag to match. The Unimatic U1-EN BGW-09 isn’t cheap, but it’s… Read More ›