The RCS Texting Protocol Is Way Too Easy to Hack – WIRED

The RCS Texting Protocol Is Way Too Easy to Hack – WIRED

Ask practically any phone carrier, and they’ll tell you that the future of smartphone features from texting to video calls is a protocol called Rich Communication Services. Think of RCS as the successor to SMS, an answer to iMessage that can also handle phone and video calls. Last month, Google announced it would begin rolling…

Phoenix Point Is A Bigger, Messier XCOM – Kotaku

Phoenix Point Is A Bigger, Messier XCOM – Kotaku

Phoenix Point is a new turn-based tactics game designed by Julian Gollop, the driving force behind the original XCOM, released back in 1994. In 2019, he’s back to build on the experience he helped pioneer all those year ago.Slight problem, though: he’s not coming in to fix anything that’s broke. XCOM 2 did so much…

Google’s next chat service is… Photos – Engadget

Google’s next chat service is… Photos – Engadget

Now when you’re sending pictures and videos to your friends or family, you can share them in an ongoing, private conversation in @googlephotos. ? Here’s how sharing within the app just got simpler https://t.co/aBDfhzSyyt pic.twitter.com/QJ2j0crME9— Google (@Google) December 3, 2019When you share individual photos and videos, you can add them to a private chat in…

Genius Sues Google for Allegedly Stealing Lyrics After Busting It With Hidden Code, ‘Red Handed’ – Gizmodo

Genius Sues Google for Allegedly Stealing Lyrics After Busting It With Hidden Code, ‘Red Handed’ – Gizmodo

Genius has filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the tech giant copied lyrics from its song-annotation platform.In the suit, which first reported by Wall Street Journal, Genius claims that the lyric licensing company LyricFind pulled lyrics from Genius’ pages, and that Google used those lyrics in its search result displays.As the lawsuit explains, Genius…