Day: September 21, 2018

Telltale Games officially shutting down, only a skeleton crew remains – CNET

Famous for an excellent video game adaptation of The Walking Dead, the studio is now a shambling zombie itself. …read more Source:: CNet


Add ‘Sexy Handmaid’s Tale costume’ to the rest of the garbage thrown out in 2018 – CNET

A retailer pulled the costume after online backlash. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter: Don’t panic, but we may have leaked your DMs to rando devs

Internet outrage mobile insists year-long API bug would have been super-hard to exploit Twitter is in full damage control mode after disclosing that it may have inappropriately exposed some unlucky twits’ private tweets and direct messages to strangers.… …read more Source:: Register


Couldn’t give a fsck about patching? Well, that’s your WordPress website pwned, then

Fiends use vulns to lure victims into tech support scams Website admins are urged to update their WordPress installations as soon as possible to the latest version following a rash of attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities in the web publishing software.… …read more Source:: Register


Android turns 10: Google’s fierce iPhone rival had a stumbling start – CNET

My, has Google’s mobile operating system come a long way since Larry Page and Sergey Brin introduced the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. …read more Source:: CNet


Maniac on Netflix: Jonah Hill and Emma Stone get weird, and it works – CNET

Review: Stone and Hill question what’s real in this madly stylish, crazy fun sort-of sci-fi. …read more Source:: CNet


PayPal bans Alex Jones’ Infowars for promoting ‘hate and intolerance’ – CNET

Infowars won’t be able to do business through PayPal anymore. …read more Source:: CNet


Huawei Trolls Apple By Giving Battery Packs To People Waiting in Line For the iPhone XS

Huawei, which recently surpassed Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone player, can’t stop taking shots at the iPhone maker. From a report: After the iPhone XS was unveiled with little new, Huawei tweeted “Thank you for letting us be the real hero of the year,” a tease for their upcoming Mate 20 Pro…


Twitter Flaw Exposed Direct Messages To External Developers

The company said it has issued a patch for the issue, which has been ongoing since May 2017. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Building A Pocket Sized Arduino Oscilloscope

There’s little question that an oscilloscope is pretty much a must-have piece of equipment for the electronics hacker. It’s a critical piece of gear for reverse engineering devices and protocols, and luckily for us they’re as cheap as they’ve ever been. Even a fairly feature rich four channel scope such as the Rigol DS1054Z only…