Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader writes: In just over seven months, humanity has used up a full year’s allotment of natural resources such as water, food and clean air — the quickest rate yet, according to a new report. The point of “overshoot” will officially be … Continue reading Earth’s Resources Used Up at Quickest Rate Ever in 2016
The National Advertising Division (NDA) said on Monday that Comcast should stop claiming that its Xfinity service delivers the “fastest Internet in America,” adding that the carrier should also discontinue some ads where it claims to offer the “fastest… Continue reading Ad Board To Comcast: Stop Claiming You Have the ‘Fastest Internet’
Jesse Johnson, writing for The Japan Times: The ongoing dispute over the South China Sea has apparently spilled over into cyberspace recently, as hackers believed to be from China have attacked government and private-sector organizations linked to the … Continue reading China Suspected of Hacking Organizations Involved in South China Sea Dispute
A malware dubbed ProjectSauron went undetected for five years at a string of organizations, according to security researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Symantec. The malware may have been designed by a state-sponsored group. Researchers say that Project Sau… Continue reading Researchers Crack Open Unusually Advanced Malware that Hid For 5 Years
Long-time reader geek writes: Facebook is going to start forcing ads to appear for all users of its desktop website, even if they use ad-blocking software (Could be paywalled; alternate source). The social network said on Tuesday that it will change th… Continue reading Facebook Will Force Advertising On Ad-Blocking Users
An anonymous reader writes: London’s Met Police has missed its deadline for abandoning the out-of-date operating system Windows XP, as findings reveal 27,000 computers still run on the software two years after official support ended. Microsoft stopped … Continue reading London’s Metropolitan Police Still Running 27,000 Windows XP Desktops
VLC remains one of the most popular applications. First released over 15 years ago, VLC is open-source, and is available across multiple platforms including Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, ChromeOS, iOS, and it’s coming to the Xbox One later this year. … Continue reading Ask VideoLAN President and Lead VLC Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf Your Questions
Reader Bruce66423 writes: A former police officer turned journalist whose privacy was criminally breached by Scotland’s finest is due to receive 10,000 Pound ($13,000) for the damage their actions caused. Other victims didn’t seek compensation. It is n… Continue reading Police Scotland Told To Pay Journalist $13,000 Over Illegal Intercepts
An anonymous reader shares a report from India’s Economic Times: Social networking giant Facebook is in talks with internet service providers (ISPs) to expand its Express Wi-Fi program into a commercial launch in India, having completed a pilot roll ou… Continue reading Facebook Plans Commercial Launch of Rural WiFi in India
Brian Fagioli, writing for BetaNews:If you are a Windows user, and want a really great computer, you should consider Microsoft’s Surface line. Not only do they serve as wonderful tablets, but with the keyboard attachment, they can be solid laptops too…. Continue reading Linux Kernel 4.8 Adds Microsoft Surface 3 Support