Day: May 30, 2019

Most Windows 10 Users Are Running the Update From Over a Year Ago

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft’s original grand plan for Windows 10 was an operating system that was always up-to-date. Updates were intended to be mandatory, and while you could delay them a bit, you couldn’t opt out of them entirely. And the software giant was committed to rolling out two major feature updates…


Subaru’s bringing the blue and gold to Baja with its Crosstrek Desert Racer – Roadshow

The Class 5 desert racing buggy is powered by a handbuilt 2.5-liter NA Subaru flat-four. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackers steal credit card information from Checkers fast-food chain – CNET

It’s the latest example of a classic cybercrime. …read more Source:: CNet


New Linux Malware ‘HiddenWasp’ Borrows from Mirai, Azazel

HiddenWasp is unique for Linux-based malware in that it targets systems to remotely control them. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Earnings roundup: Zuora, Okta beat estimates, Nutanix misses on revenue

Zuora’s shares tanked after hours on lower than expected guidance. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Mozilla returns crypto-signed website packaging spec to sender – yes, it’s Google

Ad giant’s site slurping tech complicates web security model, could give more power to search engines and social networks, Firefox maker warns Mozilla has published a series of objections to web packaging, a content distribution scheme proposed by engineers at Google that the Firefox maker considers harmful to the web in its current form.… …read…


Uber posts mixed results in its first quarter as a public company – CNET

Revenue is slightly up, but the ride-hailing company still posts a loss. …read more Source:: CNet


How Rocketman brought a bit of Beatles spirit to the Elton John biopic – CNET

Music director Giles Martin, son of legendary producer George Martin, share the “secret weapon” behind the movie’s music. …read more Source:: CNet


Disney’s Star Wars land review: Galaxy’s Edge up close – CNET

Ever imagine what it would be like to step into the world of a Star Wars film or sit in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon? Wonder no more and visit Disneyland’s new Star Wars-themed land, Galaxy’s Edge. …read more Source:: CNet


Metadata is the Biggest Little Problem Plaguing the Music Industry

From a report: Recently, a musician signed to a major indie label told me they were owed up to $40,000 in song royalties they would never be able to collect. It wasn’t that they had missed out on payments for a single song — it was that they had missed out on payments for 70…