GitHub getting on board legitimizes movement aimed at removing racially-charged language from software. …read more Source:: ZDNet

In our new podcast series I’m So Obsessed, the actor and comic discusses the reboot of Reno 911! on Quibi, BoJack Horseman and The Boondocks. …read more Source:: CNet

The official launch date, and all the new features coming to your iPhone with Apple’s next big software update. …read more Source:: CNet

Apple’s new iPhone SE is $300 cheaper than the baseline iPhone 11. Here’s exactly what you get by spending almost double. …read more Source:: CNet

It could be said that there are two types of people: those for whom the actor LeVar Burton is the host of Reading Rainbow, and those for whom he is Geordi LaForge, Chief Engineer of Star Trek TNG‘s Enterprise NCC1701-D. For those of us engineers who lie in the second camp, we can at least…

See how Apple’s newest iPhone SE stacks up against other budget phones you can buy in 2020. …read more Source:: CNet

In New York City, Airbnb “has agreed to hand over personal data about its hosts — like their phone numbers and email addresses, along with a full list of every home they’re putting on the platform — in order to help city authorities track down those that flout the city’s regulations,” reports Gizmodo. The city…

… and more in this rapid-fire summary of infosec news Roundup We all made it through another week – and here’s a treat: another Register security roundup.… …read more Source:: Register

The demo code for [XTronical]’s ESP32-based SD card music player is not even 40 lines long, though it will also require a few economical parts before it all works. Nevertheless, making a microcontroller play MP3s (and other formats) from an SD card is considerably simpler today than it was years ago. Part of what makes…

Two VoIP pioneers argue in a Wired opinion piece that “Treating the internet like a public utility only bolsters the platform giants,” adding “A more secure model starts with control by the people.” As we rely on the internet more and more for work, social connections, and basic needs, it is time to talk about…