Data exposed included search terms, location coordinates, and device information – but no personal data. …read more Source:: Threatpost

You will be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, and numbered Netgear has decided that users of some of its managed network switches don’t need access to the equipment’s full user interface – unless they register their details with Netgear first.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The deadline looms for U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s emergency directive for federal agencies to patch against the so-called ‘Zerologon’ vulnerability. …read more Source:: Threatpost

But the country still lacks an agency to enforce the rules …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: Everyone’s favorite mathematical constant has received an inadvertent tribute from the universe. A team led by MIT researchers discovered a distant planet that orbits its star every 3.14 days, mirroring the famous first three digits of pi. MIT described the rocky Earth-sized planet K2-315b as “baking hot” and “likely…

For the first time since World War II, people in all parts of the world will be able to see the Oct. 31 display. …read more Source:: CNet

What goes up must come down. Or is it the other way round? Just weeks after Salesforce reported huge Q2 profits only to lighten the company payroll by more than 1,000 staff, the badass of CRM software has now said it plans to hire 12,000 or more people over the next year.… …read more Source::…

The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne particles. From a report: Mike Ryan, executive director of the UN agency’s emergencies programme, said he would follow up…

At the most basic level, most shop tools are just a motor with the right attachments. But the details are often far from simple. [DuctTapeMechanic] took a junker clothes dryer, yanked the electric motor from it, and converted it into a disk sander. The price was right at about $10. You can see it all…

The virtual event will take place on Sept. 23. …read more Source:: CNet