Day: August 21, 2019

Here’s a top tip: Don’t trust the new guy – block web domains less than a month old. They are bound to be dodgy

Better to be aggressive and safe than sorry IT admins could go a long way towards protecting their users from malware and other dodgy stuff on the internet if they ban access to any web domain less than a month old.… …read more Source:: Register


Nvidia Rapids cuGraph: Making graph analysis ubiquitous

A new open-source library by Nvidia could be the secret ingredient to advancing analytics and making graph databases faster. The key: parallel processing on Nvidia GPUs. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Instagram Asks Researchers To Check Out Checkout Feature

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Researcher Publishes Second Steam Zero Day

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Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores

Supermarket biz wants them torn out at Musk firm’s expense American supermarket chain Walmart is suing Tesla over claims that solar panels supplied by Elon Musk’s company keep setting its shops on fire.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Calif. Governor Announces $50 Million Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Campaign

Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom announced $50 million in local disaster resilience grants and the launch of the state’s new emergency preparedness campaign — Listos (Ready) California — to build resiliency in vulnerable communities at high risk for wildfires and other disasters. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Microsoft Contractors Listened To Xbox Owners in Their Homes

Contractors working for Microsoft have listened to audio of Xbox users speaking in their homes in order to improve the console’s voice command features, Motherboard has learned. From a report: The audio was supposed to be captured following a voice command like “Xbox” or “Hey Cortana,” but contractors said that recordings were sometimes triggered and…


Apple reportedly files four new Apple Watch models – CNET

Apple has registered four new models of its smartwatch, a report says. …read more Source:: CNet


Jeremy Renner asks Sony to give Spider-Man back to Marvel – CNET

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds also weighs in on Sony-Marvel-Spidey news. …read more Source:: CNet


US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he’s insane, court says

60-mile Virginia roadtrip thankfully ended peacefully A US Army officer who “borrowed” an armoured vehicle to go on a joyride has been cleared of wrongdoing by a military court – by “reason of insanity”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister