Unlike its browser competitors, Firefox will soon start blocking tracking cookies by default in the name of consumer privacy. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Find sweet savings at Best Buy, Dell, Lenovo, Lowe’s, Walmart and more. …read more Source:: CNet

Authenteq combines verified online identity with blockchain-based ID storage and end-to-end encryption to create the troll-killing Trollteq. …read more Source:: ZDNet

New Booz Allen Hamilton report advises companies to include printers in their overall security strategy. …read more Source:: DarkReading

New submitter Zarhan writes: Earlier this summer, European Commission conducted a poll on whether EU citizens would like to abolish adjusting their clocks twice a year. The results are now in: 80% of the respondents want to get rid of the changes every spring and autumn. EU Commission is planning to follow through and abolish…

If you’re a new subscriber who’s never sampled Pandora’s Spotify-like service, here’s your chance to get an extended trial. …read more Source:: CNet

CFO asked to take the wheel Sage Group chief exec Stephen Kelly has unexpectedly stepped down from his director and CEO roles.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Many Pythonistas are familiar with using decorators, but far fewer understand what’s happening under the hood and can write their own. It takes a little effort to learn their subtleties but, once grasped, they’re a great tool for writing concise, elegant Python. This post will briefly introduce the concept, start with a basic decorator implementation,…

An anonymous reader shares a report: Ten years have passed since the 2008 financial crisis, and the effects linger. For one thing, the crisis produced a significant shift in American higher education. Scared by a seemingly treacherous labor market, since the downturn college students have turned away from the humanities and towards job-oriented degrees. The…

Five Eyes to tech: We have ways of making you comply The Five Eyes nations have told the tech industry to help spy agencies by creating lawful access solutions to encrypted services – and warned that governments can always legislate if they don’t.… …read more Source:: Register