Day: May 29, 2019

Egg on North Face: Wikipedia furious after glamp-wear giant swaps article pics for sneaky ad shots – and even brags about it in a video

‘We hacked the results to reach one of the most difficult places: The top of the world’s largest search engine’ Vid The North Face tried to sneakily replace images on Wikipedia pages with shots of models wearing the outdoor-clothing biz’s clobber in an attempt to skyrocket to the top of Google Images.… …read more Source::…


Uber is now kicking low-rated passengers out of its cars – CNET

Things that can lower your rating: being rude, leaving trash, drinking beer and vomiting. …read more Source:: CNet


Call of Duty 2019 reveal coming Thursday – CNET

Going dark: CoD 2019 is being revealed on May 30. …read more Source:: CNet


Chevron Exec is Secretly Pushing Anti-Electric Car Effort in Arizona

A California lobbyist for Chevron is urging retirees of the oil company in Arizona to oppose electric-car policies, saying the vehicles are too expensive for most people and should not be promoted. From a report: A handful of people who either retired from Chevron or from Unocal, which Chevron acquired in 2005, have used the…


iPhone 11 rumors: Price, specs, features and everything else we know – CNET

What will we learn about the next-generation iPhone when WWDC starts on June 3? …read more Source:: CNet


Palo Alto Networks to acquire Twistlock, PureSec

Palo Alto plans to add Twistlock’s container security capabilities and PureSec’s serverless security capabilities to its new cloud security suite, Prisma. …read more Source:: ZDNet


US Department of Energy is Now Referring To Fossil Fuels as ‘Freedom Gas’

Call it a rebranding of “energy dominance.” From a report: In a press release published on Tuesday, two Department of Energy officials used the terms “freedom gas” and “molecules of US freedom” to replace your average, everyday term “natural gas.” The press release was fairly standard, announcing the expansion of a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)…


New HiddenWasp malware found targeting Linux systems

Malware believed to have been created by Chinese hackers. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google Play Store bans in-app marijuana delivery – CNET

No more pot delivery apps on the Play Store. …read more Source:: CNet


Democrats criticize FCC broadband report – CNET

Republicans say the digital divide is narrowing. Democrats say that’s news to the 21 million Americans who still don’t have it. …read more Source:: CNet