Fresh code gives file systems a /var-sectomy – see inside for a manual fix On Tuesday, Google halted deployment of a Chrome update that damaged the file system on some macOS computers and rendered them unable to boot up as normal.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Everything we know about Amazon’s new smart speaker. …read more Source:: CNet

Autobots, roll out to Saturn’s moons! …read more Source:: CNet

Magecart Group 5 has been spotted testing and preparing code to be injected onto commercial routers – potentially opening up guests connecting to Wi-Fi networks to payment data theft. …read more Source:: Threatpost

It’s also projected to reach $157 billion by 2023. …read more Source:: CNet

File storage company launches new Spaces service Dropbox now longer wants to be just a cloud storage service but the provider of “a calmer and more focused working environment” its CEO announced this morning.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Amazon.com unveiled a pair of wearable gadgets equipped with the Alexa digital assistant: glasses and a ring. From a report: The company indicated that the devices aren’t meant to be mass-market consumer products and were inventions “left on the cutting-room floor,” according to Dave Limp, head of Amazon’s devices and services business. The smart glasses…

Security biz that probed 2016 DNC hack makes an odd cameo in revealed transcript A garbled remark by President Donald Trump in a just-released phone-call transcript with the Ukrainian head of state has focused attention on cloudy security shop CrowdStrike.… …read more Source:: Register

A new movement of teenage climate activists — most of whom are girls — are getting dragged, doxed, hacked, and harassed online. Zahra Hirji, reporting for BuzzFeed News: On the morning of August 25, 11-year-old Lilly Platt tweeted a video clip of a Brazilian Amazon tribe speaking out against deforestation. Awareness of the Amazon wildfires…

The Amazon Connect Kit will make Alexa your digital sous chef in the kitchen. …read more Source:: CNet