Miscellaneous Tech News
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Zero-day attackers deliver a double dose of ransomware—no clicking required
High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now.
Attackers have been actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in the widely used Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware -
Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored
Details are scarce, but the "backdoor" appears to be benign.
Vodafone, the largest mobile network operator in Europe, found backdoors in Huawei equipment between 2009 and 2011, reports Bloomberg. -
Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall
The iPhone maker saw more of the same during the second quarter of 2019.
Today, Apple shared its fiscal second-quarter results with shareholders. -
Google's new Wear OS update adds a suspiciously Samsung-like feature
Swipable "tiles" add widgets to the watch
Google's yearly I/O developer conference is next week, but the company announced an update to its smartwatch software ahead of the big show. -
HIGH-WATTAGE USB-C BATTERIES CAN KEEP YOUR LAPTOP CHARGED ON THE GO
These batteries can nearly do it all
Portable batteries have become more stylish, cheaper, smaller, and faster at charging your tech. -
Caavo drops price of Control Center, adds Sonos support and parental controls
But the mandatory service plans are getting more expensive
Caavo is making several software improvements today to its Control Center, a voice-driven box that acts as a universal remote for all of your home theater devices -
Slack vocab game that gave away money for no real reason is getting shut down
The Word of the Day Slack channel is shutting down over policy violations
Workplace communication platform Slack says it will be deactivating a public channel dedicated to giving away $1,000 per day to anyone that can guess that day’s selected vocabulary word -
Facebook wants AI researchers to figure out privacy
The company will pay for 5,000 people to learn about "secure and private" artificial intelligence because, as its CEO says, The future is private.
Facebook is working with online learning site Udacity to try to enable AI research that doesn't hurt privacy. -
This DDoS Attack Unleashed the Most Packets Per Second Ever. Here’s Why That’s Important.
https://www.imperva.com/blog/this-ddos-attack-unleashed-the-most-packets-per-second-ever-heres-why-thats-important/ -
Deepin 15.10 is out.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Deepin 15.10 is out.
Here are the notes:
https://www.deepin.org/en/2019/04/28/deepin15-10/ -
3 apps to manage personal finances in Fedora
There are numerous services available on the web for managing your personal finances.
Although they may be convenient, they also often mean leaving your most valuable personal data with a company you can’t monitor. -
Microsoft Defines New Privacy Controls for Office 365 ProPlus Users
Microsoft announced this week that it will be reorganizing its Office 365 ProPlus privacy controls with an aim toward becoming more "transparent" about the information it collects.
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Moto Z4 leak suggests it could bring back the headphone jack
Courage
A leaked image of the unannounced Moto Z4 suggests that the phone could be the first flagship Moto Z device to have a headphone jack. -
Alaska will connect to the continental US via a 100-terabit fiber optic network
That’s a lot of cable
Late last year, Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr got an “earful” from remote Alaskan residents who were concerned with how poor their access to the internet is — and they weren’t wrong. -
Qualcomm will get at least $4.5 billion from Apple as part of its patent settlement
Nothing says ‘sorry’ like a giant pile of money
How much is an apology worth? Well, if you’re Apple, it turns out the number is at least $4.5 billion -
Smart display debate: Are these speaker-tablets worth it or not?
Andrew likes smart displays. Megan doesn't. Let's have a fight.
My colleague Andrew Gebhart is pro-smart display. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Andrew likes smart displays. Megan doesn't. Let's have a fight
Andrew is right!
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Charter data use “rising rapidly” as cord cutters average 400GB a month
And median data usage exceeds 200GB for all residential customers.
Charter cable Internet customers who don't subscribe to Charter's TV service are using an average of more than 400GB of data a month, the company said yesterday. -
AMD to launch new 7nm Navi GPU, Rome CPU in 3rd quarter
No mention yet of when the Zen 2 Ryzen 3000s will arrive.
In its earnings call, AMD offered a little more detail about the launch of its next-generation processors, built using the Zen 2 architecture and TSMC's 7nm manufacturing process, and new GPU architecture, Navi, again built on 7nm.
