This Is the First iPhone 8 Teardown
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 02:45:09 +0000
iFixit sent its engineers to Australia to get its hands on the new iPhone first.
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This Ransomware Demands Nudes Instead of Bitcoin
Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:25:11 +0000
It was inevitable.
Read MoreMeet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:27:28 +0000
David Sieg’s Scanimate was used to produce TV animations during the 1970s and 80s.
Read MoreAn Alleged Ethereum Hacker Gave Back $3 Million And Nobody Knows Why
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:06:07 +0000
This is unheard of.
Read MoreScientists Used Cellphones and Sewage to Pinpoint Neighborhoods With Drug Users
Credit to Author: Troy Farah| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:22:08 +0000
But their findings bring up surveillance and privacy concerns.
Read MoreWhere we stand with messy September Windows and .NET patches
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:54:00 -0700
This month’s Windows and .Net patches hold all sorts of nasty surprises — some acknowledged, some not, some easy to skirt, some waiting to swallow the unwary whole. Here’s a quick overview of what’s going on with this month’s missives.
Most important: If you can’t keep yourself (or your clients) from clicking “Enable Editing” in Word, you must install a broad range of .NET patches (if you’re running Windows 7 or 8.1) or cumulative updates (if you’re running Windows 10), like, NOW.
Windows 10 Creators Update version 1703
Cumulative Update KB 4038788, which brings the build number up to 15063.608, has two acknowledged (but not fixed) bugs:
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Keybase takes on Slack with new end-to-end encrypted team messaging tool
Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:11:00 -0700
Keybase has unveiled a Slack-style team messaging service that promises to protect private communications with end-to-end encryption.
The company launched in 2015 with the aim of making encryption technology more accessible to consumers. Its latest service, Keybase Teams, has a look similar to Slack with features such as chat rooms and channels. Admins can add set up groups of users to work on a particular project, and encrypted files can be uploaded and shared.
An early release version of the software is now available for download for desktops and mobile devices.
The key advantage, Keybase said, involves enhanced security and privacy.
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Mexican TV Is Interfering with Rural Broadband in California
Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000
The Tribal Digital Village has been working since 2001 to improve access to internet for reservation residents, and has faced some unique challenges.
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