Day: June 25, 2018

WPA3 Brings New Authentication and Encryption to Wi-Fi

The Wi-Fi Alliance officially launches its latest protocol, which offers new capabilities for personal, enterprise, and IoT wireless networks. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Supreme Court won’t hear Netflix’s Making a Murderer case – CNET

All that publicity didn’t weigh in Brendan Dassey’s favor. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft’s giant honking Surface USB-C dongle costs 80 freaking bucks – CNET

It’s for dongle lovers, all right. …read more Source:: CNet


Red Meat Allergies Caused By Tick Bites Are On The Rise

Tick bites can cause all sorts of nasty afflictions. And if you’re bitten by a Lone Star tick, here’s one more to add to the list: a red meat allergy. NPR reports: About 10 years ago, Dr. Scott Commins, an allergist and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was…


You can now download Apple’s iOS 12 public beta. Bring on the Memoji – CNET

Get ready for plenty of animated selfie emoji — but you won’t be able to use Siri Shortcuts until the final version of the software is available this fall. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon Workers Facing Firing Can Appeal To a Jury of Their Co-Workers

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Jane was working in Amazon’s Seattle headquarters when she was asked to a meeting with her manager and a human resources representative. They gave her a document outlining concerns about her work performance and spelled out three choices. She could quit and receive severance pay, spend the…


DNS, CDNs and CAs represent Achilles’ Heel for top websites

Third-party services can crash 73% of online properties Internet infrastructure may be fairly resilient thanks to its distributed nature, but the web we’ve built on top of it appears to be rather fragile.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Your sealed copy of Fortnite might be worth hundreds of dollars – CNET

That is, if you somehow resisted the temptation to open it. …read more Source:: CNet


Supreme Court won’t revisit Netflix ‘Making a Murderer’ case – CNET

A lower court’s ruling against Brendan Dassey, who had told investigators that he helped rape and murder a photographer, stands. …read more Source:: CNet


AT&T lets NSA hide and surveil in plain sight, The Intercept reports – CNET

Big Brother has reportedly never left us. …read more Source:: CNet