Day: March 3, 2020

Let’s Encrypt? Let’s revoke 3 million HTTPS certificates on Wednesday, more like: Check code loop blunder strikes

Tons of TLS certs need to be tossed immediately after Go snafu On Wednesday, March 4, Let’s Encrypt – the free, automated digital certificate authority – will briefly become Let’s Revoke, to undo the issuance of more than three million flawed HTTPS certs.… …read more Source:: Register


Galaxy S20 5G: Everything to know about 5G on Samsung’s latest phones – CNET

Everything you need to know about which carriers will have the Galaxy S20 and Z Flip, and which plans will work for 5G. …read more Source:: CNet


Train All the Things Contest Update

Back in January when we announced the Train All the Things contest, we weren’t sure what kind of entries we’d see. Machine learning is a huge and rapidly evolving field, after all, and the traditional barriers that computationally intensive processes face have been falling just as rapidly. Constraints are fading away, and we want you…


Silicon Valley Leaders’ Plea to Democrats: Anyone but Sanders

The Silicon Valley venture capitalist Keith Rabois, onstage in January at a tech conference, said his first choice for president was a Democrat, Pete Buttigieg. And, sure, it would be a close call for Joseph R. Biden Jr. over President Trump. But Bernie Sanders? The New York Times: At that, Mr. Rabois, who has been…


Google Stadia captures rollout, newest games and everything else you need to know – CNET

Capture and download your best gaming moments. …read more Source:: CNet


MediaTek Bug Actively Exploited, Affects Millions of Android Devices

An exploit published by a developer is easy to use and has already been used to build malicious apps that gain root access on Android devices. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Avoiding the Perils of Electronic Communications

Twitter, Slack, etc., have become undeniably important for business today, but they can cause a lot of damage. That’s why an agile communications strategy is so important. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Chinese Security Firm Says CIA Hacked Chinese Targets For the Past 11 Years

China’s largest cyber-security vendor has published today a report accusing the CIA of hacking Chinese companies and government agencies for more than 11 years. From a report: The report, authored by Qihoo 360, claims the CIA hacked targets in China’s aviation industry, scientific research institutions, petroleum industry, Internet companies, and government agencies. CIA hacking operations…


Get an Xbox One X Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order bundle for $299 – CNET

Save $200 on this console-and-game bundle at Amazon or Best Buy. …read more Source:: CNet


AWS to double sales droids as Google, Microsoft’s growing clouds threaten to gobble larger slices of Bezos’ pie

Experts drafted in to help new hires answer customers’ technical questions Amazon Web Services plans to double its sales staffing numbers this year in the face of mounting competition and slowing growth.… …read more Source:: TheRegister