ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Google, Apple squash exploitable browser bugs

(2022/08/18)

Chrome flaw has public exploit, WebKit hole actively abused along with kernel escalation



Airbnb turns its anti-partying tech on American lodgers

(2022/08/17)

Looking to book a large house on a weekend? You'll have to clear a few hurdles



Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search

(2022/08/17)

Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial



After 7 years, long-term threat DarkTortilla crypter is still evolving

(2022/08/17)

.NET-based malware can push wide range of malicious payloads, and evades detection, Secureworks says



Rocket Lab to search for signs of life in the clouds of Venus

(2022/08/17)

As promised, Peter Beck is sending a Photon next year. Because he can



Attention Microsoft-oriented Linux devs: .NET 6 is on Ubuntu 22.04

(2022/08/17)

Linux distro announces the availability of Microsoft tooling on Jammy Jellyfish



TikTok wants your trust around US midterm elections data

(2022/08/17)

Misinformation's a concern, but Chinese media giant's own data privacy practices also have people worried



SOFIA observatory's last hurrah set back by damage from high winds

(2022/08/17)

Boeing 747-based platform now back in California with almost a month to go before science operations end



Cloud and datacenters start to feel the slowdown amid spiking energy costs

(2022/08/17)

While enterprises are spending more on infrastructure than ever before, what goes up must come down



Excel @ mentions approach general availability on the desktop

(2022/08/17)

@CEO, that macro looks sus, amirite?



UK launches 'consultation' with EU over exclusion from science programs

(2022/08/17)

Billions in funding at stake as PM hopeful Liz Truss says bloc 'in breach of agreement'



NASA uses occult means to spot tiny moon orbiting asteroid

(2022/08/17)

Lucy probe is five years away from getting a closeup of Polymele's satellite



There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43

(2022/08/17)

Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta



Modeling software spins up plans for floating wind turbines

(2022/08/17)

Saaaaandia, where the wind comes sweeping 'cross the sea …



Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data

(2022/08/17)

Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places



Australian court overturns 'Google is a publisher' decision

(2022/08/17)

Precedent essentially meant that search results could be considered defamatory, which is dumb



UK hospitals lose millions after AI startup valuation collapses

(2022/08/17)

Updated Two trusts saw nearly $18 million go up in smoke when Sensyne Health was delisted from AIM



NASA wants a hundredfold upgrade for space computers

(2022/08/17)

Does it hope to run Doom on the Moon or something?



Russian military uses Chinese drones and bots in combat, over manufacturers' protests

(2022/08/17)

Testimonials from Russian generals not welcomed by DJI or Unitree Robotics



Elon Musk 'buying Manchester United' football club

(2022/08/17)

Results are rubbish on Earth, but Mars United could be undisputed champions



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