“We’re building a world-size robot, and we don’t even realize it,” security expert Bruce Schneier warned the Open Source Leadership Summit. As mobile computing and always-on devices combine with the various network-connected sensors, actuators, and cloud-based AI processing, “We are…
Studies are nice, but women in security say it’s time for the next step
It’s time to stop commissioning studies and get on with fixing the culture
Ethical hacking: should you pay a white hat to break in?
Naked Security reporter Paul Ridgewell thinks it’s odd to attach the word ‘ethical’ to an activity that’s usually considered criminal – do you agree with him?
If Friday’s an 0-day, what about the weekend? [Chet Chat Podcast 260]
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Miniature Lab Begins Science Experiments in Outer Space
An anonymous reader shares a Reuters report: Orbiting the earth at more than 500 kilometers (300 miles), a tiny satellite with a laboratory shrunk to the size of a tissue box is helping scientists carry out experiments that take gravity…
Firefox Goes PulseAudio Only, Leaves ALSA Users With No Sound
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you’re a Linux user who upgraded to Firefox 52 only to find that the browser no longer plays sound, you’re not alone. Firefox 52 saw release last week and it makes PulseAudio a…
What If You Could Eat Chicken Without Killing a Chicken?
From a report on The Outline: San Francisco-based startup Memphis Meats announced this week that it had grown chicken in a lab — chicken strips, to be precise. The strips, which were grown using self-reproducing cells, are technically “meat,” but…
IBM To Hire 2,000 More Veterans, Expand Tech Training Schools
Ina Fried, reporting for Axios: IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is among the tech leaders meeting Friday with President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Axios has learned. They’ll discuss worker training. And IBM will announce plans to: Open 20 more…
FBI Arrests Alleged Attacker Who Tweeted Seizure-Inducing Strobe at a Writer
From a report on The Verge: An arrest has been made three months after someone tweeted a seizure-inducing strobe at writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald. The Dallas FBI confirmed the arrest to The Verge today, and noted…