Barebones browser available for free in the App Store should also boost performance
Alternative social network Ello in plaintext password glitch
Watch out for default settings when you’re programming – they can leave your users where they don’t want to be.
Instagram Launches Disappearing Live Video and Messages
Instagram is continuing to add features to its service to woo Snapchat and Periscope users. Today, the company will be rolling out two big new features to Instagram Stories on iOS and Android: live video on Instagram Stories and disappearing…
Panasonic Invests $60 Million In World's First Laundry-Folding Robot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Telegraph.co.uk: Panasonic has invested tens of millions of dollars in a robot that can reduce the time it takes to wash clothes by sorting clean items and folding them into neat piles. The…
Canada Plans To Phase Out Coal-Powered Electricity By 2030
Last week, French president Francois Hollande announced that France will shut down all its coal-fired power plants by 2023. This week, Canada’s environment minister, Kathleen McKenna, announced that Canada plans to phase out its use of coal-fired electricity by 2030….
Trump Names Two Opponents of Net Neutrality To Oversee FCC Transition Team
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: President-elect Donald Trump has appointed two new advisers to his transition team that will oversee his FCC and telecommunications policy agenda. Both of the new advisers are staunch opponents of net neutrality…
US Sets Plan To Build Two Exascale Supercomputers
dcblogs quotes a report from Computerworld: The U.S. believes it will be ready to seek vendor proposals to build two exascale supercomputers — costing roughly $200 to $300 million each — by 2019. The two systems will be built at…
Nemucod Infections Spreading Over Facebook
Researchers have spotted an increase in Nemucod downloader infections moving via Facebook Messenger spam, with some victims being infected with Locky ransomware.
Credentials Accessible in Siemens-Branded CCTV Cameras
A firmware update is available for Siemens-branded IP-based CCTV cameras that patches a vulnerability that puts admin credentials at risk.
Office 365 Vulnerability Identified Bogus Microsoft.com Email as Valid
An email scam tricked Yandex email recipients into thinking phishing emails were certified legit and from the Microsoft.com domain.