Collaborate Disseminate
Sean Gallagher, writing for ArsTechnica: Another major site breach from four years ago has resurfaced. Today, LeakedSource revealed that it had received a copy of a February 2012 dump of the user database of Rambler.ru, a Russian search, news, and e-ma… Continue reading More Passwords, Please: 98 Million Leaked From 2012 Breach Of ‘Russia’s Yahoo’
From a BGR report: Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, and it looks like the web team responsible for updating one of Apple’s websites accidentally pushed an update live early this morning. Reddit user “Jaspergreenham” says he was browsing the a… Continue reading Apple Accidentally Lists iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Ahead of Its Wednesday Event
Reader Joe_Dragon shares a Gizmodo report: ITT Technical Institute is officially closing all of its campuses following federal sanctions imposed against the company. The for-profit college announced the changes in a statement: “It is with profound regr… Continue reading ITT Tech Is Officially Closing
Longtime reader schwit1 writes: Huge technological leaps forward in drones, artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems must be addressed before humanity is driven to extinction, say chiefs of Pentagon From a report: Air Force General Paul Se… Continue reading Pentagon Chiefs Fear Advanced Robot Weapons Wiping Out Humanity
Reader StreamingEagle writes (edited): Netflix conducted a large-scale study comparing x264, x265 and libvpx (Google-owned VP9), under real-world conditions, and found that x265 encodes used 35.4% to 53.3% fewer bits than x264, and between 21.8% fewer … Continue reading Netflix Finds x265 20% More Efficient Than VP9
Reader rastos1 writes: British Airways told customers that some flights were cancelled on Monday “due to operational reasons.” The airline apologized to customers, saying its IT teams were “working to resolve this issue”. […] a professional poker pla… Continue reading British Airways Passengers Delayed By Computer Glitch
Damian Carrington, writing for The Guardian: Toxic nanoparticles from air pollution have been discovered in human brains in “abundant” quantities, a newly published study reveals. The detection of the particles, in brain tissue from 37 people, raises c… Continue reading Toxic Air Pollution Particles Found In Human Brains
Chinese web firm Tencent, which has stake in apps such as messaging clients WeChat and India’s Hike messenger, has become the most valuable company in Asia. The company has been racing neck-and-neck with Samsung and China Mobile in the recent times but… Continue reading Tencent Is Now the Most Valuable Company in Asia
An anonymous reader shares a Motherboard report: Freddie Mercury, frontman of Queen and transcendent being of pure performative joy and vitality, would have been 70 years old this Monday, September 5. To celebrate the occasion and honor Mercury’s enorm… Continue reading An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury
An anonymous reader writes:During an address to reporters at the G-20 international summit in China, President Obama stated that he’d like to prevent an “arms race” among countries that have various cyber weapons at their disposal. The remarks come aft… Continue reading President Obama Wants To Prevent a Cyber Weapon ‘Arms Race’