Twitter for Android users are urged to update their app to fend off a security bug that allows hackers to access private account data and control accounts to send tweets and direct messages. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Redmond celebrates holidays with new toys and a tease of 2020 Roundup Welcome to the last Microsoft round-up of 2019. While it may seem that the Windows mines of Redmond have been deserted by Nadella’s minions ahead of the holidays, there remains one more roundup before the delight of 2020 falls upon us.… …read more…

An anonymous reader shares a report: Jonathan Kay, co-author of the new book Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life, has largely given up on movies and TV, and has instead made tabletop gaming his primary mode of recreation. “It has a social function in my life, and an intellectual function,” Kay says…

The Detroit-based automaker is in talks with NHTSA about getting approval to evaluate such vehicles on public roads. …read more Source:: CNet

Americans searching for last-minute Christmas gifts on Amazon.com will get lots of results that include “Amazon’s Choice” products. Many shoppers will assume that is a dependable stamp of approval. It isn’t. From a report: Amazon attaches the badge to countless legitimate listings, but also to products regulators have raised safety concerns about, that make false…

Gift cards and online services are always easy to give right up to the last minute — and it doesn’t get much more last minute than this, folks. …read more Source:: CNet

Former state-owned telco snaffles ad tech biz for undisclosed sum BT today announced it’s acquiring the remnants of InLink Limited — a profoundly controversial outdoor adtech company — after it entered administration last month.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Asgaard’s favorite trickster is coming to Disney Plus in spring 2021. …read more Source:: CNet

Life is but a dream(liner) as 737 Max maker parachutes in new leader Boeing CEO Dennis A. Muilenburg has stepped down from his position “effectively immediately” following 14 months of headwinds triggered by two fatal crashes of the now grounded 737 Max line.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Three color schemes pay homage to the retro looks of yore. …read more Source:: CNet