STARTTLS, which is used to secure the email handled by many organizations, isn’t perfect, but it can be useful
Mastodon: new beast to challenge Big Social, or another white elephant?
Another big social network – this time, Twitter – has another new challenger, with some interesting features. But the history of the web is littered with the corpses of failed social media challengers
News in brief: Twitter sues US government; Google launches Fact Check; cybersecurity apprenticeship launched
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
That ‘iPhone Wi-Fi bug’ isn’t just for Apple users – here’s a rundown
A bug in Broadcom Wi-Fi firmware that has been patched on recent iPhones and some Google devices could affect many other devices too.
Microsoft Formally Bans Emulators On Xbox, Windows 10 Download Shops
Microsoft is officially banning emulators from Windows Store. The company has updated the Windows Store policy to announce the changes. The new rules bar any applications that emulate pre-existing game systems, resulting in the removal of a popular program that…
Senate Confirms Neil Gorsuch To Supreme Court
halfEvilTech quotes a report from Washington Post: The U.S. Senate confirmed Neil M. Gorsuch to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. On a vote of 54 to 45, senators confirmed Gorsuch, 49, a Denver-based judge on the U.S….
Canonical Founder Talks About Ubuntu Desktop Switching From Unity To GNOME, And Focus On Cloud
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth on Friday talked about the move to switch Ubuntu’s desktop user interface from Unity to GNOME, and putting a stop to development of Ubuntu software for phones and tablet: I would like to thank all of…
WikiLeaks Reveals Grasshopper, the CIA's Windows Hacking Tool
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Next Web: In case you haven’t had your dose of paranoia fuel today, WikiLeaks released new information concerning a CIA malware program called “Grasshopper,” that specifically targets Windows. The Grasshopper framework was…
Microsoft's Surface Pro 5 Said To Move To Intel Kaby Lake Processors
Windows watcher Paul Thurrott has revealed the first credible details about Microsoft’s Surface Pro 5. TechCrunch reports: The Surface Pro 5 will have the same power connector currently used on the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, which is a…
Samsung Tizen Security ‘Feels like 2005’
A researcher at the Security Analyst Summit described the insecure state Samsung’s Tizen operating system.