“Recently, browsing leader Mozilla shared the result of an independent security audit on its VPN service,” reports Fossbytes. “Upon inspection, a few vulnerabilities were discovered in the VPN, one of which was reportedly a major risk.” In a blog post, Mozilla shared that Cure53, a Berlin-based cybersecurity firm, had identified and fixed the security vulnerabilities…

Mattel’s Masters of the Universe revives a toy with a culturally significant past. …read more Source:: CNet

You know how it goes, you’re just hanging out in the yard, there aren’t enough hours in the day, and weeding the lawn is just such a drag. Then an idea just pops into your head. How about we attach a gas powered flamethrower to a robot arm, drive it around on a tank-tracked robotic…

“A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code,” blares a headline in the New York Times, adding “That’s Good News for Humans. (Alternate URL here.) The article begins with this remarkable story about Codex (the OpenAI software underlying GitHub Copilot): As soon as Tom Smith got his hands on Codex — a new artificial intelligence…

Here’s everything you need to know about Fortnite’s season-ending event on Sept. 12. …read more Source:: CNet

Here’s a quick roundup of the best deals we’re seeing right now. …read more Source:: CNet

“On Thursday evening, KrebsOnSecurity was the subject of a rather massive (and mercifully brief) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack,” the site reports. Citing a new blog post from DDoS protection firm Qrator Labs, Krebs writes that “The assault came from ‘Meris,’ the same new botnet behind record-shattering attacks against Russian search giant Yandex this week and…

Playback of the matches appears to be coming through again on Peacock, and NBC Sports tweeted that the matches were also available free on …read more Source:: CNet

The U.S. state of Texas “has made it illegal for social media platforms to ban users ‘based on their political viewpoints’,” repots the BBC: Prominent Republican politicians have accused Facebook, Twitter and others of censoring conservative views… The social networks have all denied stifling conservative views. However, they do enforce terms of service which prohibit…

Users are reprorting errors trying to play Premier League matches on Peacock TV, one of the only places to stream many of them live in the US. …read more Source:: CNet