Long-time Slashdot reader Kernel Kurtz writes : January 28 is supposed to be Data Privacy Day, so it seems fitting in an alternative sort of way that U.S. President Trump just signed an executive order that eliminates Privacy Act protections…
CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates
schwit1 shares this angry commentary from a CNET senior editor: Maybe you’re delivering a presentation to a huge audience. Maybe you’re taking an online test. Maybe you just need to get some work done on a tight deadline. Windows doesn’t…
ISPs Finally Abandon The Copyright Alert System
“Major internet providers are ending a four-year-old system in which consumers received ‘copyright alerts’ when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content,” reports Variety. An anonymous reader quotes Engadget’s update on the Copyright Alert System. It was supposed to spook pirates by…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Joins President Trump's New Manufacturing Council
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Tesla CEO Elon Musk was already on President Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum, but the White House announced today that he will also be joining the administration’s new manufacturing council, a private…
Apple Is Moving Its Entire International iTunes Business To Ireland
Starting February 5th, Apple will be moving its entire international iTunes business from Luxembourg to its European headquarters in Cork, Ireland, according to a note sent to developers this week. The non-U.S. iTunes business consists of Apple Music and the…
USB-C Power Meter Helps You Spot Counterfeit Accessories Before They Fry Your Gadgets
USB Type-C cables are not all created equally. In fact, some USB Type-C cables fail so badly that they will permanently damage your hardware. Benson Leung, an engineer on Google’s Pixel team, discovered early last year that there’s even more…
Today Marks 50th Anniversary of Fatal Apollo 1 Disaster
schwit1 writes: NASASpaceFlight.com reports: “Fifty years ago Friday, the first — but sadly not the last — fatal spaceflight accident struck NASA when a fire claimed the lives of Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White during a training…
Remote Attackers Can Force Samsung Galaxy Devices Into Never-Ending Reboot Loop
Orome1 quotes a report from Help Net Security: A single SMS can force Samsung Galaxy devices into a crash and reboot loop, and leave the owner with no other option than to reset it to factory settings and lose all…
Raspberry Pi to get a boost in brain power thanks to Google’s AI tools
But what’s in it for Google to develop tools for the maker community? The answer? Data (probably)
How one man could have deleted any public Facebook video
And then Dan Melamed did the right thing: he reported it to Facebook