Day: November 15, 2019

The final C7 Corvette has left the assembly line – Roadshow

And it sold for a cool $2.7 million earlier this year. …read more Source:: CNet


The Org That Doles Out .Org Websites Just Sold Itself To a For-Profit Company

Today, the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which maintains the .org top-level domain, announced that it will be acquired by Ethos Capital, a private equity firm. From a report: This move will make PIR, previously a non-profit domain registry, officially part of a for-profit company — which certainly seems at odds with what .org might represent…


White Screen of Death: Admins up in arms after experimental Google emission borks Chrome

Change rolled back, but it’s not a good look for Google An experimental feature silently rolled out to the stable Chrome release on Tuesday caused chaos for IT admins this week after users complained of facing white, featureless tabs on Google’s massively popular browser.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google Almost Made 100,000 Chest X-rays Public — Until it Realized Personal Data Could Be Exposed

Two days before Google was set to publicly post more than 100,000 images of human chest X-rays, the tech giant got a call from the National Institutes of Health, which had provided the images: Some of them still contained details that could be used to identify the patients, a potential privacy and legal violation. From…


Google promises to be good with Knative as it releases Cloud Run serverless containers

Admits open-source API bigger than any one company, but it is not letting go Google’s Cloud Run service, which lets you run containers on Kubernetes (K8s) using a serverless model, has hit general availability, and El Reg has taken it for quick spin.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Best action cameras of 2019: GoPro, DJI and Yi compared – CNET

These tiny rugged cameras are made for shooting and sharing your adventures — even if they only happen in your backyard. …read more Source:: CNet


DevSecOps: The Answer to the Cloud Security Skills Gap

There’s a skills and resources gap industrywide, but a DevSecOps approach can go a long way toward closing that gap. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Taiwan Stops Selling Huawei Phones That Identify It as Part of China

Taiwan suspended sales of three Huawei smartphone models that identify Taiwan as part of China, striking a fresh blow in a long-running conflict over references to sovereignty. From a report: Phone carriers were ordered to stop offering Huawei’s P30, P3O Pro and Nova 5T models starting Thursday because their displays included the words “Taiwan, China”…


Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation

A threat campaign active since January customizes long-used droppers to infect victim machines and lift credentials and other data from browsers, according to Cisco Talos. …read more Source:: Threatpost


TalkTalk says it’s yet to close deal on FibreNation as UK telecoms industry reels over Labour’s nationalisation plans

‘The news overnight … making everybody in the sector pause and consider’ TalkTalk has yet to find a buyer for its infrastructure investment vehicle Fibre Nation, the business revealed in its results for the half year to 30 September.… …read more Source:: TheRegister