Long time reader theodp writes: Facebook last week announced the launch of CodeFWD, “a free online education program created in partnership with [robotic toy maker] Sphero to increase the amount of underrepresented and female students interested in studying computer science.” Sphero and CodeFWD are offering a free Sphero BOLT Power Pack (a classroom set of…

Cybersecurity Month at Dark Reading is packed with educational webinars, from data breach response to small business security. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Interested in the service? It’ll remain extremely limited until 2019. …read more Source:: CNet

Google is finally turning its attention to Chrome Web Store. On Monday, the company announced a range of big changes that would make the online store more secure for customers. From a report: The first two are happening now: Developers are being subjected to a more rigorous review process, and the Chrome Web Store no…

Rated as high-risk vulnerabilities, these privilege-escalation flaws could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access protected content. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Adam Mosseri, who used to be vice president of product at Instagram, has been named its new head after the sudden departure of the social network’s co-founders. …read more Source:: CNet

Ding-ding, round three in the internet access battle begins Analysis Within minutes of California signing a net neutrality bill into law on Sunday, the US Department of Justice sued the state claiming the new legislation is illegal.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An anonymous reader shares a report: Evidence of the battery-powered era is all around us. Electric vehicles are cruising down our freeways. Household appliances thrum with stored solar energy that was until recently a daytime-only power source. Governments from California to China and South Korea — even Donald Trump’s Washington — have taken steps that…

But they couldn’t unlock it again with a password. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares an NPR report: Shiru Cafe looks like a regular coffee shop. Inside, machines whir, baristas dispense caffeine and customers hammer away on laptops. But all of the customers are students, and there’s a reason for that. At Shiru Cafe, no college ID means no caffeine. “We definitely have some people that…