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Pixel 8 And 8 Pro Reviews, Pixel Watch Problems, Honor Magic Vs2 Launched

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Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes the latest reviews of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, problems with the Pixel Watch, Samsung’s ambitious update plans, a new Honor Magic V for China, and Apple faces more RCS messaging pressure.

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).

Pixel 8 Review

It’s a little smaller, it’ has one less lens in the primary camera, and there’s nothing incredibly exciting about the new Pixel 8; but it’s a great day-to-day phone where a lot of tiny advantages add up to something pretty damn smart for a phone:

“Cool design, a better display than before and super-fast performance all make the Pixel 8 a highly usable phone that, unless you really must have the significantly better camera set-up on the Pro, is easy to recommend. The price has gone up this year to $699, compared to $599 last time around. But that’s a great deal cheaper than the $999 you need to splash out on the Pro. Last year’s Pixels were flagship phones at mid-range prices. That’s not the case any longer, but the Pixel 8 still represents good value.”

(Forbes).

Pixel 8 Pro Review

The larger Pixel 8 Pro picks up where last year’s model left off, although the popularity of the flat display on the Pixel 7 compared to the curved Pixel 7 Pro has led to the 8 Pro using a flat display as well. As for everything else, the hardware has been iterated on while the AI software makes the real difference:

“All this positioning is lovely, but is it a “good smartphone” for consumers? As an upgrade from last year’s Pixel 7 Pro, there are not enough points of difference in the hardware, and I’d expect much of the AI-based software to be backported over time. Coming from the Pixel 6 Pro, there’s an argument that there is now enough of a difference to be considered.”

(Forbes).

Pixel Watch 2 Review

Last year saw Google debut the first Pixel wearable in the Pixel Watch. Targeting the sports/fitness crowd and working with the Fitbit platform was a…

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Computer security expert explains Augusta's problems after cyberattack

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John Shier, field chief technology officer for Sophos gives us more insight on Augusta’s cyberattack than just about anyone else has.

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SLU get email back, but computer problems persist 11 days later

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HAMMOND, La. — State cyber security teams, the state police and the campus IT department continued to bring computers systems back online at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.

The school took down the college’s computer network 11 days ago after noticing some sort of cyber incident.

As of Tuesday, the SLU email system and website have been restored.

The campus Wi Fi and online learning platform “Moodle” are still offline.

SLU spokesman Mike Rivault told WWL-TV, “the teams working on things are making good progress, but we are also ensuring we balance speed with safety.

Rivault also said he could not comment on whether this was a cyber-attack or whether any personal information has been compromised. He also would not say if SLU received any sort of ransom demand.

There is no timetable for when all systems will be restored.

“Working as fast as we can make sure the system comes back online safely,” Rivault said.

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Leak probe highlights U.S. Supreme Court’s problems protecting information

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WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The investigation into the leak of a draft of last year’s Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion laid bare a persistent problem at the top U.S. judicial body and the broader federal judiciary – creaky tech systems and lax security protocols for handling sensitive documents.

The inquiry, detailed in a 20-page report released on Thursday, failed to uncover who leaked the draft authored by Justice Samuel Alito to the news outlet Politico last May, a month before the ruling was formally issued – in part due to information technology record-keeping deficiencies.

The investigation, ordered by Chief Justice John Roberts and headed by the court’s chief security official Gail Curley, found that “technical limitations” made it “impossible” to rule out whether any employees emailed the draft to anyone else and said the court lacked the ability to identify those who printed it out.

Investigators could not search and analyze many event logs maintained by the court’s operating system because, the report said, “at the time the system lacked substantial logging and search functions.”

The report said 34 court employees – out of the 97 interviewed – acknowledged printing out the draft. The investigators found few confirmed print jobs because several printers at the court had little ability to log print jobs and many were not part of its centralized network.

Cybersecurity expert Mark Lanterman, who has conducted training at the Supreme Court, said it appeared the court could stand to bolster controls to guard against leaks but noted that even highly secure networks can remain vulnerable to bad actors.

“People – we’re the weakest link,” said Lanterman, chief technology officer at the firm Computer Forensic Services. “They could invest millions of dollars in the federal judiciary’s cybersecurity, but all it takes is one person with a motive to leak.”

Carrie Severino, a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas who now heads the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, said Roberts bears much of the responsibility for creating an environment where “security measures were so inadequate.”

“It’s never going be possible to perfectly protect against leaking,”…

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