Miscellaneous Tech News

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MSI released new desktops and notebooks.

DustinB3403

Microsoft Hotfix KB4093112 causes issues with Pen devices, including Wacom devices.

To correct the issue determine if the hotfix was installed get-hotfix -computername <name> If it is, apply the patch described to address pens, scrolling and moving the window rather than "drawing".

mlnews

Windows Defender protection extended for Chrome.

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Facebook investigating building their own chips!

nadnerB

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Facebook investigating building their own chips!

I hope the potato farmers get a fair price

stacksofplates

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-its-finally-time-to-give-up-on-the-name-javascript/

Kelly

"Facebook has moved more than 1.5 billion users out of reach of European privacy law, despite a promise from Mark Zuckerberg to apply the “spirit” of the legislation globally."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/19/facebook-moves-15bn-users-out-of-reach-of-new-european-privacy-law

NashBrydges

@kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

"Facebook has moved more than 1.5 billion users out of reach of European privacy law, despite a promise from Mark Zuckerberg to apply the “spirit” of the legislation globally."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/19/facebook-moves-15bn-users-out-of-reach-of-new-european-privacy-law

I'm like totally shocked (said no one).

mlnews

MySQL 8.0 Has Released

JaredBusch

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

MySQL 8.0 Has Released

But who cares because anyone that tries to use it will get sued by Oracle

mlnews

Ars Technica reports that 2nd Gen Ryzen continues to gain on Intel.

Obsolesce

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Ars Technica reports that 2nd Gen Ryzen continues to gain on Intel.

Almost as good benchmark-wise as Intel's 8th gen CPUs in similar price range!

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RSA Leaks Security Conference Attendees' Personal Data

DustinB3403

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

RSA Leaks Security Conference Attendees' Personal Data

Ha, he tweeted it at 9:02PM, so I wonder at what point during the conference the vulnerability was discovered.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

RSA Leaks Security Conference Attendees' Personal Data

Ha, he tweeted it at 9:02PM, so I wonder at what point during the conference the vulnerability was discovered.

When they saw it was sponsored by RSA

mlnews

Google Allo, says Goodbye

scottalanmiller

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Google Allo, says Goodbye

I honestly had zero idea that they made a product like this.

NerdyDad

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Google Allo, says Goodbye

Was interested in Hangouts, which worked well for a while. Was never interested in Allo or Duo. I'll stick with my Signal which already does the RCS stuff the article is talking about.

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Google Allo, says Goodbye

I honestly had zero idea that they made a product like this.

Me either, but from the sound of it in that article, it shouldn't be surprising as to why it failed.

JaredBusch

Google has never made a valid messenger program.