Day: August 20, 2019

Google Launches Android Studio 3.5 With Improved Memory Settings, Build Speed, and Apply Changes

Google today launched Android Studio 3.5, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), with a specific focus on “product quality.” From a report: This release is the last one under Project Marble, a fancy name for an initiative Google announced late last year to improve Android Studio. For eight months, the team focused…


Microsoft Offers $30K Rewards For Chromium Edge Beta Flaws

Microsoft released the beta of its new Chromium-based Edge – and it is offering rewards of up to $30,000 for researchers to hunt out vulnerabilities in the browser. …read more Source:: Threatpost


SimpliSafe has a smart lock coming – CNET

Pictures leaked of what will be part of the DIY home security system. …read more Source:: CNet


No REST for the wicked: Ruby gem hacked to siphon passwords, secrets from web devs

Developer account cracked due to credential reuse, source tampered with and released to hundreds of programmers An old version of a Ruby software package called rest-client that was modified and released about a week ago has been removed from the Ruby Gems repository – because it was found to be deliberately leaking victims’ credentials to…


Apple Misstep Leaves iPhones Open to Jailbreak

Newest version of iOS contains a critical bug that the company had previously already patched. …read more Source:: DarkReading


IBM is Moving OpenPower Foundation To The Linux Foundation

IBM makes the Power Series chips, and as part of that has open sourced some of the underlying technologies to encourage wider use of these chips. The open source pieces have been part of the OpenPower Foundation. Today, the company announced it was moving the foundation under The Linux Foundation, and while it was at…


Matrix 4 in the works with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss – CNET

Whoa, for the fourth time. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook reportedly faces EU antitrust scrutiny over its Libra cryptocurrency – CNET

Regulatory scrutiny of Libra heats up. …read more Source:: CNet


Bird or bunny? Internet optical illusion sends viewers down a rabbit hole – CNET

Hop to it, and figure out if this confounding viral video is a rabbit or a raven. …read more Source:: CNet


Fortnite Ransomware Masquerades as an Aimbot Game Hack

Attackers are taking aim at Fortnite’s global community of 250 million gamers. …read more Source:: Threatpost