Non-creepy clowns, unicorns and the ’80s also make the list. …read more Source:: CNet

The next generation of game consoles are coming into focus. Will it be a fair fight? …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader writes: The Tor Project has removed from its network this week more than 800 servers that were running outdated and end-of-life (EOL) versions of the Tor software. The removed servers represent roughly 13.5% of the 6,000+ servers that currently comprise the Tor network and help anonymize traffic for users across the world….

The reported feature would look a lot like Messenger for desktop, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. …read more Source:: CNet

Authoritarian regimes continue wrestling internet back into box China and Russia will sign a joint treaty aimed to tackling “illegal internet content” later this month, the Russian telecoms regulator has announced.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

pgmrdlm writes: American workers are more productive than ever, but their paychecks haven’t kept pace. Researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco have identified a culprit: robots. Economists Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu theorize that automation is sapping employees’ bargaining power, making it harder for them to demand higher wages. Companies across a…

How a new open source initiative for interoperable security tools and a wave of consolidation could finally provide some relief for overwhelmed security analysts and SOCs. …read more Source:: DarkReading

It’s partnering up with a Polish satellite company to develop three Mars missions. …read more Source:: CNet

We love seeing the astonishing array of projects large and small entered into Hackaday contests which push the boundaries of what is possible. Our latest has been the Connected World contest which was announced back in June, and today we’re pleased to bring you its four top winners. As a recap, the brief was to…

Aussie user’s AMD GPU breaks hash in just four days Back in 2014, developer Leah Neukirchen found an /etc/passwd file among a file dump from the BSD 3 source tree that included the passwords used by various computer science pioneers, including Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan, Steve Bourne, and Bill Joy.… …read more Source::…