Miscellaneous Tech News
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A security researcher with a grudge is dropping Web 0days on innocent users
Exploits published over the past three weeks exposed 160,000 websites to potent attacks.
Over the past three weeks, a trio of critical zeroday vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins has exposed 160,000 websites to attacks that allow criminal hackers to redirect unwitting visitors to malicious destinations. -
Microsoft’s Spring Sale makes Xbox Game Pass an absolute bargain
The weather is nice, so what better time to sit in front of the TV?
We're expecting some imminent changes to Microsoft's Game Pass service, but right now the company is offering something of a bargain: three months of Xbox Game Pass, with more than 100 games available, for just $1. -
Kubernetes on Fedora IoT with k3s
Fedora IoT is an upcoming Fedora edition targeted at the Internet of Things. It was introduced last year on Fedora Magazine in the article How to turn on an LED with Fedora IoT.
Since then, it has continued to improve together with Fedora Silverblue to provide an immutable base operating system aimed at container-focused workflows. -
Microsoft Improves Meeting Planning in Outlook on the Web
New "intelligent" features that Microsoft just announced aim to help Outlook users with wrangling meeting attendees and hunting down relevant documents.
I mentioned in a recent article that Microsoft is integrating LinkedIn capabilities into Outlook on the Web. -
Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months
Hackers and Microsoft seem to disagree on key details of the hack.
Late on Friday, some users of Outlook.com/Hotmail/MSN Mail received an email from Microsoft stating that an unauthorized third party had gained limited access to their accounts and was able to read, among other things, the subject lines of emails (but not their bodies or attachments, nor their account passwords), between January 1st and March 28th of this year. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months
Hackers and Microsoft seem to disagree on key details of the hack.
Late on Friday, some users of Outlook.com/Hotmail/MSN Mail received an email from Microsoft stating that an unauthorized third party had gained limited access to their accounts and was able to read, among other things, the subject lines of emails (but not their bodies or attachments, nor their account passwords), between January 1st and March 28th of this year.Wow am I glad that I've never setup an email account with MS. . .
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months
Hackers and Microsoft seem to disagree on key details of the hack.
Late on Friday, some users of Outlook.com/Hotmail/MSN Mail received an email from Microsoft stating that an unauthorized third party had gained limited access to their accounts and was able to read, among other things, the subject lines of emails (but not their bodies or attachments, nor their account passwords), between January 1st and March 28th of this year.Wow am I glad that I've never setup an email account with MS. . .
I still keep my original Hotmail account around. It's nothing but spam fodder for places I don't want to see ever again anymore. Just can't bring myself to delete the thing, it's been around since 1996!
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Elon Musk says Tesla is “vastly ahead” on self-driving
Musk predicts Tesla will achieve full autonomy by 2020.
Tesla is less than two years away from full self-driving, CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with MIT researcher Lex Fridman published on Friday. And he said Tesla was far ahead of other companies working on self-driving technology. -
@Obsolesce yeah, but ABP is a filthy sellout who takes money from advertisers to show their ads. The only reason to use it at all is because it's all that works on IE. I would have guessed that Chromium Edge would be able to use real addons like Chrome or anything else.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
but ABP is a filthy sellout who takes money from advertisers to show their ads.
Never seen any ads while using it... I'll keep an eye out, but I have never seen anything like you say since I started using it a long time ago. I currently use it across all browsers and have never seen any ads related to anything. I only allow ads on my Blog and I think that's about it.
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@Obsolesce it was maybe a year or two ago when they announced their new policy on "acceptable" ads (no such animal in my book), and changed their Ts and Cs accordingly. Then the info on them taking money from advertisers started to surface - apparently, you can pay them to call your ad "acceptable". I think they finally added the option to not show those ads, but their shitty, shady business practices made me hold them at arm's length. IE is literally the only reason I use them at all.
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@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce it was maybe a year or two ago when they announced their new policy on "acceptable" ads (no such animal in my book), and changed their Ts and Cs accordingly. Then the info on them taking money from advertisers started to surface - apparently, you can pay them to call your ad "acceptable". I think they finally added the option to not show those ads, but their shitty, shady business practices made me hold them at arm's length. IE is literally the only reason I use them at all.
You can always just turn it off.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@RojoLoco said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce it was maybe a year or two ago when they announced their new policy on "acceptable" ads (no such animal in my book), and changed their Ts and Cs accordingly. Then the info on them taking money from advertisers started to surface - apparently, you can pay them to call your ad "acceptable". I think they finally added the option to not show those ads, but their shitty, shady business practices made me hold them at arm's length. IE is literally the only reason I use them at all.
You can always just turn it off.
That must be why I've never seen them. I've never left that checked.
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Galaxy Fold: Using Samsung's new foldable phone is a wild ride so far
Phones with bendable displays are real, and it's going to take some getting used to.
fter weeks of tortur teasing us, Samsung has finally put an foldable Galaxy Fold in my hands. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Galaxy Fold: Using Samsung's new foldable phone is a wild ride so far
Phones with bendable displays are real, and it's going to take some getting used to.
fter weeks of tortur teasing us, Samsung has finally put an foldable Galaxy Fold in my hands.I still want to put my hands on one before I decide. I'm torn between the Fold and the Note 10.
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Controller bugfixes/changes since 5.10.20:
- Fix IPv6 encapsulation sizing.
- Fix pagination button type.
- Fix remote syslog validation when logging to controller.
- Fix various bugs with guest portal pre-authorization.
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iPad Air and iPad mini 2019 review: Apple’s tablets strike an ideal balance
These are clearly more appealing to most people than Apple's 2018 iPad or iPad Pro.
Apple's iPad lineup has had a gap in it lately.
At the top end, you had the 2018 refresh of the iPad Pro—an immensely powerful, envelope-pushing tablet priced and positioned as a laptop replacement. -
Logitech’s latest universal remote gives Alexa the keys to your home theater
The device costs $250 and is available starting today.
Logitech on Tuesday announced the Harmony Express, a new universal remote that features the Alexa voice assistant. -
Using tidal energy to power off-the-grid towns
ORPC is a company based in Portland Maine that makes turbines for ocean and river applications. The company is currently working with a remote village in Alaska to supplant its need for diesel power generation.
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Meet the human-friendly robot that could pave the way for household bots
“We wanted to create a new robot that is right for the AI age."
Researchers have created a robot that they say could bring a softer touch to automation.
