Hackers from all over Europe descended upon Rome last weekend for the Maker Faire that calls itself the “European Edition”. This three-day event is one of the largest Maker Faires in the world — they had 27,000 school students from all over Italy and Europe attend on Friday alone. This was held at Fiera Roma,…

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney says it’s working on a fix Software alterations have been fingered as the cause of Airbus A220 airliner problems that led to at least three emergency landings after excessive vibration caused engines to fail, according to reports.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A smart mobile-first phishing effort uses valid certificates to sign fake Office 365 pages, and logs keystrokes in real time. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Verdict of two halves Amazon has failed to stop high-flying salesman Philip Moyer, who once flogged its cloud services to the financial services industry, from moving to Google’s cloud division, although its efforts were partly upheld by a Seattle court.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Hackaday Editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams shed some light on a true week of hacks. It seems as though all kinds of projects are doing this the “wrong” way this week and its delightful to see what they learn along the way. Hovercraft can work using the Coandă effect which uses the blowers on…

From hacking hotel room robots to crackdowns on stalkerware apps, Threatpost editors break down this week’s top news stories. …read more Source:: Threatpost

It’s 2019 and government sites still require Internet Explorer Companies using the Australian Border Force’s (ABF) Integrated Cargo System (ICS) are having problems connecting to the portal using Internet Explorer.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

ARM will keep supplying Huawei with its chip designs at least through the next generation, the company said today. From a report: That’s a reversal from earlier this year, when ARM had reportedly notified personnel to halt all dealings with the Chinese company. “ARM can provide support to HiSilicon for the Armv8-A architecture, as well…

Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey called out his counterpart at Facebook, saying Mark Zuckerberg has a “major gap and flaw” in his argument for free speech on social media. From a report: “We talk a lot about speech and expression and we don’t talk about reach enough, and we don’t talk about amplification,” Dorsey…

Snap-happy sorts will still support the One mobe Iconic camera company Red has upped sticks and quit the smartphone biz following the retirement of its founder Jim Jannard and mobe-fondlers’ dismal reception of the firm’s first effort, the Hydrogen One.… …read more Source:: TheRegister