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An anonymous reader shares a report on Android Authority: In a bid to increase the security of the Android operating system, Google has introduced a new check for malware as part of the boot process in all Android devices. Until Marshmallow, Android de… Continue reading Android Nougat Won’t Boot If Your Phone’s Software Is Corrupt Or Has Malware
Mozilla has announced that it plans to discontinue support for Flash in Firefox. Starting next month, Firefox will block Flash content “that is not essential to the user experience.” Also, starting sometime in 2017, the browser will require click-to-ac… Continue reading Firefox To Block Non-Essential Flash Content In August 2016, Require Click-To-Activate In 2017
Dan Goodin, reporting for Ars Technica: A newly disclosed vulnerability could allow attackers to seize control of mobile phones and key parts of the world’s telecommunications infrastructure and make it possible to eavesdrop or disrupt entire networks,… Continue reading Software Flaw Puts Mobile Phones and Networks At Risk Of Complete Takeover
An anonymous reader writes: Google is looking at artificial intelligence technology to help it identify opportunities for data center energy savings. The company is approaching the end of an initial 2-year trial of the machine learning tool, and hopes … Continue reading Google Testing AI System To Cool Data Center Energy Bills
Speaking of instant messaging and VoIP call apps, Facebook announced on Wednesday that Facebook Messenger has hit the 1 billion monthly active users milestone. The company adds that Messenger is just more than a text messenger — in addition to the amb… Continue reading Facebook Messenger Hits 1B Monthly Active Users, Accounts For 10 Percent Of All VoIP Calls
When it was first created, Skype network was built as a decentralized peer-to-peer system. PCs that had enough processing muscle and bandwidth acted as “supernodes,” and coordinated connections between other machines on the network. This p2p system was… Continue reading Skype Finalizes Its Move To the Cloud; To Kill Older Clients — Remains Tight Lipped About Privacy
Kat Hall, reporting for The Register: Telecity’s owner, Equinix, has ‘fessed up to a “brief outage” which subsequently knocked 10 per cent of BT internet users offline this morning as well as a number of other providers. A spokesman from the group, whi… Continue reading BT Internet Outage Was Our Fault, Says Equinix
Microsoft and Google are under no obligation to weed out ‘torrent’ results from their respective search engines, the High Court of Paris has ruled. BetaNews adds: French music industry group SNEP went to court on behalf of a trio of artists, requesting… Continue reading Google and Bing Have No Obligation To Censor Searches For Torrents
A month after Microsoft claimed that its Edge web browser is more power efficient than Google Chrome and Firefox, the company is now warning Windows 10 users about the same. VentureBeat reports: Microsoft has turned on a new set of Windows Tips that wa… Continue reading Windows 10 Warns Chrome and Firefox Users About Battery Drain, Recommends Switching To Edge
An anonymous reader writes: Bulk collection of data from phone calls and emails by carriers acting under government orders could be permissible in the pursuit of ‘serious crime’. That’s the preliminary ruling in a case brought by Brexit chief minister … Continue reading UK ‘Emergency’ Bulk Data Slurp Permissible In Pursuit Of ‘Serious Crime’